ã€ŠThis Witch Transmigrated into the Romantic Novel&#x27;s Supporting Roleã€‹


 Chapter 1: Wear the Book

    <h4>Chapter 1</h4>

    Chu Yang was a witch, but after the founding of the nation, she was not allowed to be refined, so she was just a little witch who ran an ount called Prophecy Little Witch online every day.

    She would make some prophecies from time to time and asionally helpizens predict something, slowly umting tens of thousands of fans. She would asionally ept some advertisements to earn some money to survive, but the money she earned, she would have to donate two-thirds of it, so she was still very poor.

    Her wish was to earn enough money to buy materials and absorb enough energy for her family''s crystal ball. The energy in her family''s crystal ball passed down had be very thin. Every time she tried to predict something, it required a considerable amount of magical power.

    s, it was all because she was poor.

    That day, she just happened to be resting, so Chu Yang downloaded a novel, thinking of passing the boring time by reading it. After reading half of it, a customer contacted her online.

    Chu Yang immediately put down the book and quickly replied to the customer.

    Customer: Little witch, are you there? I want to know if my boyfriend is cheating on me. Money is not a problem!

    Prophecy Little Witch: I''m here! Please tell me your name and date of birth.

    Customer: My name is XXX, and my date of birth is X Year X Month X Day.

    Prophecy Little Witch: Wait a moment~

    After Chu Yang replied to the customer, she immediately took out her crystal ball, gently wiped the crystal ball clean, ced her hand on it, then concentrated her mind. After a while, the crystal ball started to glow, then some scenes appeared.

    Chu Yang''s forehead was covered in sweat. The energy in the crystal ball was bing scarcer and scarcer, and she was having some difficulty with the prediction.

    The scenes appeared for a few seconds, and suddenly a crack appeared on the crystal ball. Seeing this, Chu Yang''s mind went nk for a moment, and then her magical power became chaotic!

    Chu Yang spit blood onto the crystal ball, then copsed on top of it and fainted. As she fainted, she thought that there seemed to be 20,000 yuan left in her bank card, so the medical expenses should be no problem.

    However, after she fainted, the crystal ball suddenly lit up, and then she and the crystal ball both disappeared from the room.

    ...

    Girl¡¯s Dormitory Room 301, A University

    Chu Yang looked at the person in the mirror, the one inside was definitely not her.

    She originally had quite exotic looks because her grandmother was mixed-race, so she was also a quarter mixed. The crystal ball was passed down to her from her grandmother''s mother''s side. But this face was typical of a delicate beauty. If her eyes turned red, she would look exactly like a delicate beauty eliciting pity.

    Chu Yang was stunned for a while and lowered her eyes. Then she went to wash her face first.

    At this time, her roommates came back and even brought porridge for her. ¡°Chu Yang, you''re awake? Are you feeling better? We brought porridge for you.¡±

    After Chu Yang wiped her face clean, she went to sit at the table. A girl with short hair handed her a spoon. ¡°Eat up. You still need to take medicer. I boiled some water for you.¡±

    ¡°Thanks.¡± That was all Chu Yang said as she took the spoon. The other three didn¡¯t feel anything was amiss, thinking that Chu Yang was just not very spirited because she was sick.

    Chu Yang drank the porridge with the side dishes and listened to her three roommates chat.

    ¡°So Gu Xiao and Li Qinglu are a couple now?¡±

    ¡°Really?¡±

    ¡°Really. It''s all over the school forums already.¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect Li Qinglu to keep it hidden so deeply.¡±

    ¡°I heard the two have known each other for a long time and their families are a good match too.¡±

    ¡°s, handsome boys really belong to someone else.¡±

    Hearing the names Gu Xiao and Li Qinglu, Chu Yang was startled. Weren''t those the names of the male and female leads in the novel "The Sweetheart Wife of the Campus Heartthrob" that she had just been reading?

    That''s right, there was also an extremely scheming female supporting character in the book named Chu Yang. Chu Yang came from a poor family and had a weak and pitiful delicate beauty look. She followed the main couple pretending to be innocent, while secretly trying to sabotage their rtionship so she could take the female lead''s ce.

    Later when her true face was exposed, she was scorned by everyone. Not only was she expelled from school, she eventually fell ill with no one to take care of her and died alone in a shabby hut. By the time she was discovered, her corpse was already rotten.

    So she had transmigrated into the book and became that scheming female supporting character?

    One of Chu Yang¡¯s roommates saw her spacing out and thought that she used to admire Gu Xiao quite a bit. Now knowing that Gu Xiao was with Li Qinglu, she must be heartbroken. So they all startedforting her.

    ¡°Chu Yang, Gu Xiao already has a girlfriend. There are plenty of men out there. We know you usually like Senior Gu Xiao very much, but now that he already has a girlfriend, let''s just give up.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right. The streets are filled with men with two legs.¡±

    ¡°Yes, yes. And you''re still sick. Eat up.¡±

    Chu Yang nodded, agreeing with what they said without refuting anything about liking Gu Xiao. After all, the original Chu Yang did like Gu Xiao a lot, otherwise she wouldn''t have kept bothering the main coupleter.

    However, now that she had transmigrated here, she didn¡¯t care about any male or female leads. Chasing men was not as good as chasing money. Money was more reliable.

    After that, Chu Yang continued drinking her porridge.

    When she almost finished eating, Chu Yang thought that her current physical condition really wasn¡¯t too good. Shey back down on the bed to continue resting. As for everything else, she¡¯d think more about it after recovering.

    Seeing her resting, the others were more quiet in their actions and said softly before leaving for afternoon sses, ¡°Chu Yang, we¡¯re going for ss first. We¡¯ll bring dinner back for you tonight. Rest well!¡±

    Chu Yang waved to them. Her roommates were quite nice.

    After her roommates left, Chu Yang continued to lie in bed and rest. She suddenly thought of her crystal ball¡ªhow could it crack open so nicely? Could it be because it was out of energy?

    But whether it had energy or not seemed irrelevant now. She had transmigrated into the book world and lost her crystal ball.

    Chu Yang flipped over and her foot suddenly kicked something. Hmm?

    She sat up and threw the nket aside. Ah ah ah! Her crystal ball had somehowe with her! This was her livelihood!

    Chu Yang grabbed the crystal ball and sobbed. This was just too wonderful! She touched the cracks on the crystal ball and sighed. Cracked up, she wondered if it could still be used.

    Chu Yang put the crystal ball aside and wondered if her magic power was still there. She ced her hand on the crystal ball and started channeling magic power into it. The crystal ball only lit up for an instant, and then that was it.

    Chu Yang felt happy yet disappointed¡ªhappy that her magic power was still there; disappointed that the crystal ball was now pretty much useless. She would have to use expensive materials to mend it. And due to her previous injury, her current magic power was very weak, making predictions quite difficult.

    Oh well, she should focus on recovering first.

    That night when her roommates came back with dinner, Chu Yang sat there eating while listening to their chatter, quickly learning all three of their names before long.

    The one with short hair was Jin Yang from the Literature Department, a cute girl. The one with wavy hair was Zhou Caicai from the Foreign Languages Department. The one wearing sses was Qian Xin, also from the Foreign Languages Department. As for Chu Yang, she was also a first-year student in the Literature Department. The male and female leads were in different departments¡ªthe male lead Gu Xiao was in Finance while the female lead Li Qinglu was in Business Administration. Gu Xiao was currently the deputy chairperson of the Student Union, while Li Qinglu also intended to join the Student Union and fly high with Gu Xiao. As for how Chu Yang got to know the main couple, Gu Xiao was their senior while Chu Yang and Li Qinglu were in the same cohort. The two girls had even been in the same high school ss.

    After finishing her meal, Chu Yang asked Jin Yang who bought dinner for her, ¡°How much was the porridge at noon and just now¡¯s dinner? I¡¯ll transfer the money to you.¡±

    Jin Yang waved her hands. ¡°No need. My treat.¡±

    Chu Yang insisted on paying. A good roommate needed to draw clear boundaries. Chu Yang thought about the meal prices at her previous university. ¡°Is 30 yuan enough? I¡¯ll transfer 30 to you.¡±

    Hearing Chu Yang say that, Jin Yang quickly said, ¡°Where is 30 yuan needed? As you know, the meals at our school are cheap. Both meals just cost 18 yuan. The porridge at noon was just 5 yuan and dinner was 13 yuan.¡±

    Chu Yang nodded and directly transferred the money to her from her phone. ¡°I¡¯ve transferred it to you, check to see if you received it.¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡±

    This small act greatly improved how the other three felt about her. Although it was just some small change, one¡¯s character could still be glimpsed from such acts. They were all new students after all and hadn''t known each other for that long. Chu Yang had not hung out with them much previously either. They were merely doing their duty as roommates by taking care of her a little when she fell ill.

    It felt like after she recovered from her illness, her whole demeanor seemed much better. Before, she always gave off the impression of a delicate little flower who felt bullied.

    That night, Chu Yang lightly tallied up all of her current worldly possessions - 500 yuan in her bank ount, 482 yuan and 90 mao in her WeChat wallet, and not a single mao in her Alipay ount.

    This body... was also a broke girl! Even more broke than her. At least she still had 20,000 yuan in her ount. But this body was only a college freshman, her living expenses were all provided by her parents, so of course she didn''t have any money.

    Moreover, the female supporting character in the book originally came from an impoverished family background. Her family seemed to consist of a pair of parents and a younger brother. The parents were farmers, the younger brother was in middle school.

    It looked like she would have to think of ways to earn money. Chu Yang pondered for a while before slowly falling asleep.

 Chapter 2: Weather Forecast

    <h4>Chapter 2</h4>

    Two dayster, Chu Yang''s health hadpletely recovered, and she went to ss with Jin Yang. At lunchtime in the cafeteria, two people suddenly walked over. "Chu Yang, I heard you were sick recently? How are you feeling? Is your health better?"

    Chu Yang looked up at the two. One girl had her hair in a high ponytail and wore a strappy flowered dress, looking quite youthful and pretty. The other wore a simple t-shirt and jeans, with her hair braided into two little braids.

    It was the girl in the t-shirt who had just greeted her.

    The current Chu Yang definitely didn''t recognize them, but the original Chu Yang should have known the two girls, she just didn''t know who the two were. So she nodded, "I''m much better, thanks for your concern."

    Her reply surprised the two girls. Then the girl in the t-shirt pulled the girl in the flowered dress to sit next to her. "Chu Yang, you know, right? Li Qinglu and Gu Xia are truly together now. You need to be more self-aware in the future and not always follow Li Qinglu and Gu Xia around."

    The girl in the flowered dress pulled at the t-shirt girl, somewhat embarrassed. "Sorry, Chu Chu, Shu Shu misunderstood you."

    The t-shirt girl wanted to say more but was red at by the flowered dress girl and could only sullenly look away.

    Chu Yang looked at the two girls. She now knew who they were. The girl in the flowered dress was the female lead in the book, Li Qinglu, while the girl in the t-shirt was Li Qinglu''s best friend and roommate, Lin Shushu.

    Lin Shushu looked down on Chu Yang for always finding Li Qinglu and following her around. Even when Li Qinglu went out to y with Gu Xia, she would tag along as a light bulb. Who didn''t know her intentions, they just hadn''t poked holes in it.

    Who would have such thick skin!

    If it was the previous Chu Yang, she would have already put on an injured expression and then acted out what it meant for a fairy to shed tears. She would have chatted and gossiped about how she didn''t previously know about the rtionship between Gu Xiao and Qinglu. After all, the two of them hadn''t clearly stated their rtionship before. Then she would say that she didn''t have many good friends and Qinglu was one of her few friends. Was it wrong to spend time with friends?

    Then the kind female lead would definitely feel guilty andfort her.

    But the current Chu Yang didn''t say much, she just nodded, "I see." Then she continued eating.

    Lin Shushu next to her stared with wide eyes, unable to swallow her anger. She had juste over thinking Chu Yang would surely gossip and try to gain sympathy, but unexpectedly, Chu Yang waspletely calm and only said "I understand."

    After eating a few bites, Chu Yang noticed the two girls were still there and asked, "Anything else?"

    Li Qinglu came back to her senses, "Nothing nothing, sorry, Shu Shu misunderstood you. Chu Yang, eat your meal, we''ll leave first."

    As they walked out of the cafeteria, Li Qinglu said to Lin Shushu, "I told you that you misunderstood Chu Yang. Gu Xiao and I were just friends before too. Chu Yang is also my friend. It''s very normal for friends to spend time together."

    Lin Shushu said, "But anyone can see she likes Gu Xiao! While Gu Xiao likes you!"

    Li Qinglu said, "Gu Xiao is so outstanding, there are many people who like him. And Chu Yang never said she liked Gu Xiao! What if it was a misunderstanding? Come on, you guys are both my friends. In the future when you see each other, shouldn''t we all get along harmoniously?"

    "Fine, as long as she doesn''t make trouble."

    Li Qinglu sighed, "Actually, Chu Yang is a good person."

    Lin Shushu said, "Only someone as kindhearted as you would think she''s a good person." After saying this and seeing Li Qinglu re at her again, she immediately surrendered, "Okay okay, if I see Chu Yang in the future I definitely won''t say anything out of line."

    "Good, it''s a deal then."

    After the two left, Chu Yang continued eating. Jin Yang next to her indignantly said, "They came here just to show off. Now who doesn''t know about Li Qinglu and Gu Xiao''s rtionship. They specially came to unt it. There are so many people who like Gu Xiao, they''re specifically targeting you alone. What''s wrong with liking someone? This is outrageous."

    Seeing Chu Yang not speaking, Jin Yang put a chicken leg on her te, "Don''t be upset, Chu Yang. Eat the chicken leg. The chicken legs in the cafeteria today are delicious."

    Chu Yang smiled and said "Thank you." Anyway, she would stay away from the male and female leads in the future. After all, she didn''t have the energy to deal with the people the original Chu Yang knew before.

    Lately Chu Yang was worrying about money. Now the crystal ball was broken so she couldn''t use it to earn money by making predictions.

    However, Chu Yang first created an online ount called "Fortune Telling Little Witch." Without the crystal ball, she could still use a bit of magic to make small predictions about general directions, but not details.

    Chu Yang looked at the nice sunny weather outside. Okay, let''s first make a prediction about tomorrow''s weather.

    Chu Yang released a bit of magic and gently probed the water molecules in the air...

    Hm, there would be rain tomorrow, but it would be brief.

    Chu Yang checked the weather forecast which actually predicted sunny weather.

    But her prediction would definitely not be wrong. It was probably a sunshower that would quickly disappear.

    So Chu Yang wrote the first tweet on her "Fortune Telling Little Witch" ount: There will be rain in the capital city tomorrow, short and sudden. You can bring an umbre or not. Rmend bringing one.

    She had no followers on this ount so no one saw it.

    The next day when going out, Chu Yang brought an umbre. Jin Yang next to her said, "Why are you bringing an umbre? The forecast says sunny weather today with no rain."

    Chu Yang blinked. "There will be rain, trust me~"

    Jin Yang looked at the sun outside, very puzzled, then checked the weather on her phone again. No rain?

    But Jin Yang decided to bring an umbre too after thinking about it. Even if it didn''t rain, it could block the sun. Chu Yang was so fair, she must protect herself well from the sun.

    As the two girls walked on the road to the ssroom building, there were many students around too, some riding bikes, some chatting in groups of three or two, some seemed to be runningte.

    Suddenly, a stretch of dark clouds appeared overhead while the sunshine remained. A gust of wind blew, and raindrops started pouring down heavily.

    "Fuck, run!"

    "Ahhh why is it suddenly raining!"

    "Damn, sunshower!"

    "Let''s quickly run to a nearby building to take shelter!"

    "Didn''t the forecast say sunny today?"

    Chu Yang and Jin Yang were already under an umbre so didn''t get wet at all. But Jin Yang looked at Chu Yang in shock, "Babe, how did you know it would rain?"

    Chu Yang shushed her and winked, "I foresaw it! Um probably manmade rain."

    Jin Yang''s eyes were huge as she covered her mouth. Could Chu Yang be a big shot?

    This sudden rain left everyone talking about it. In the afternoon, people finally learned it was manmade rain.

    "So it turned out to be manmade rain. No wonder."

    "It really hasn''t rained for a while. This will relieve the drought a bit."

    But Jin Yang kept ncing at Chu Yang again. Chu Yang had said earlier it was manmade rain! Jin Yang looked at Chu Yang admiringly - her roommate turned out to be a big shot! Ahhh how exciting!

    In the next few days, Jin Yang would ask Chu Yang every time before going out:

    "Babe, what''s today''s weather like?"

    "Babe, will it rain today?"

    "Babe, is today''s weather good for going out?"

    At first, Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin found it strange, "Jin Yang, why do you ask Chu Yang about the weather every day? Can''t you just check on your phone?"

    Jin Yang whispered, "Phones aren''t as urate as Chu Yang. Chu Yang is the heavens itself. If she says rain then it rains, if she says sun then it''s sunny."

    Zhou Caicai nced sideways at her, "What Chu Chu, I didn''t know you were so cheesy now."

    Hearing this, goosebumps rose on Chu Yang and she said, "No no no, I''m not the heavens, I''m scared of being struck by lightning!"

    Right after she said this, there was a loud rumble of thunder. Chu Yang immediately said, "I''m just a little mermaid, don''t mind me, don''t mind me!"

    Seeing this, Jin Yang admired Chu Yang even more. "See, even the heavens responded!"

    Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin looked at each other, still not quite believing it.

    However, they then had no choice but to believe her, because the weather forecasts that Chu Yang gave every day were urate. Everyone also knew that weather forecasts were not always so urate, but Chu Yang did not fail even once - everything she said was very precise. If it rained, it rained; if it was windy, it was windy.

    The three roommates asked her every day, "Sweetie, what should I bring when I go out today?"

    Chu Yang: ......

 Chapter 3: The Perverted Affair

    <h4>Chapter 3</h4>

    Recently, Chu Yang found a part-time job at a rtively high-end restaurant as a server, getting paid 25 dors per hour, which was not bad. When she was trying out for the job, the restaurant manager saw that she was nimble and also a student at the prestigious A University, so he decided to keep her, saying she coulde over whenever she had time.

    So when Chu Yang was free on weekends, she would go there to work. That day, the female protagonist Li Qinglu texted her, "Chu Yang, we''re all going to the amusement park on Saturday, do you want to join us?"

    Chu Yang directly rejected it, "I''m not going, I''m busy on Saturday."

    "Oh, okay," Li Qinglu on the other end sounded somewhat disappointed, thinking maybe what Lin Shushu saidst time made Chu Yang upset.

    "Chu Yang said she can''t go because she''s busy," Li Qinglu said to the others.

    Upon hearing that, Lin Shushu was delighted, "Since she''s not going, let''s not bother about her. It''s her own choice not to join us. We can go ourselves."

    "But..."

    "No buts. At most, we can ask her again next time we go out to have fun, right?"

    "Alright."

    Lin Shushu breathed a sigh of relief. She really did not like Chu Yang and always felt her innocent and gentle demeanor was pretentious.

    Chu Yang was not bothered at all by this incident. She did have ns - she already told the restaurant she would go there to work part-time tomorrow. It was a high-end restaurant so customers all had reservations. It was not too busy and Chu Yang felt it was manageable. During breaks, she would overhear the other servers gossiping.

    "The guy at Table 18 just now was so handsome!"

    "Did you get his WeChat?"

    "No, I didn''t dare to."

    "Don''t be shy. You have to take the initiative for romance to happen!"

    "You know Table 11? That guy is a scumbag. I often see himing to the restaurant for meals but he always has a different girl with him each time."

    "Maybe they are just friends?"

    "What friends? The kind who can hold hands and touch shoulders?"

    "Hahaha, hrious!"

    Just then a customer walked in. Chu Yang quickly went over to receive them. After seating the customers, she came back and overheard the others consoling Xu Zhao, another university student working part-time like Chu Yang.

    "It''s alright, it''s just some guy."

    Xu Zhao said, "But it was so awkward. I hope he doesn''tin about me to the manager."

    "That shouldn''t happen. He didn''t look like the petty kind."

    "Yeah, so what if he didn''t give you his WeChat? His loss."

    Chu Yang gradually pieced together what happened - earlier the handsome guy at Table 18 was asked for his WeChat by Xu Zhao, urged on by everyone else. But he rejected her and even said he was here just to eat, hinting not to disturb him. Xu Zhao awkwardly came back and the others wereforting her.

    With her friends'' constion, Xu Zhao felt much better. She suddenly saw Chu Yang standing quietly under the light. The restaurant''s lighting was designed to create atmosphere.

    Chu Yang just stood under the light, her perfect profile even more exquisite under the ttering light. Dressed in the restaurant uniform which instead of looking tacky,plemented her good looks.

    Xu Zhao sighed, "If it were Chu Yang asking for the WeChat, she probably would''ve gotten it." Everyone turned to look at Chu Yang, agreeing with what Xu Zhao said.

    "Chu Yang is so pretty. That guy definitely wouldn''t reject her."

    "What guy would reject such a beauty?"

    "And I heard Chu Yang goes to the prestigious A University too. How impressive."

    "Hey Chu Yang, why don''t you give it a try?"

    Chu Yang: ?

    Of course she didn''t go in the end. Why would she?

    Soon a group of people walked in. Chu Yang quickly went over, "Wee. Do you have a reservation?"

    Just as Chu Yang finished speaking, a shrill voice called out, "Chu Yang, what are you doing here? Don''t tell me you''re here spying on Gu Xiao and Qinglu''s whereabouts?"

    Chu Yang looked up at the group. Oh, it was the male and female protagonists and their friends. And that shrill voice belonged to Lin Shushu.

    Chu Yang nced at her and continued, "Do you have a reservation?"

    The others finally reacted and looked towards the guy standing in the middle. He cleared his throat, "Yes, I booked a private room."

    "Please provide your phone number," Chu Yang said.

    "185XXXXXX."

    Chu Yang quickly handed them a bill, "Mr. Gu? Please follow our server to your private room this way." She gestured for Xu Zhao to lead them to the private room.

    The others took one more look at Chu Yang before following Xu Zhao, while Li Qinglu pulled along Lin Shushu who was about to say something more.

    In the private room after the server left, Lin Shushu could no longer hold it in, "How can Chu Yang be here? She can''t possibly have been stalking us right?" Although nobody liked Chu Yang, such an usation clearly did not stand. It was obvious Chu Yang was working here. And stalking them at the restaurant instead of the amusement park? While working part-time here deliberately?

    Li Qinglu frowned and pulled Lin Shushu, "Shushu, don''t say that. It''s very clear that Chu Yang works here. She is not the kind of person who would stalk us. Don''t say things like this anymore."

    Seeing that the others did not agree with her, Lin Shushu who was already embarrassed quickly said, "Alright, alright, I was wrong. I was just specting."

    Soon, Chu Yang came over pushing a trolley and served everyone''s food orders. Lin Shushu still could not resist asking, "Chu Yang why are you working here? And at this restaurant some more. Howe you didn''t tell Qinglu? And didn''t we ask you out to have fun together and you didn''t join us?"

    Chu Yang did not answer her. She set the dishes down and merely said, "Enjoy your meal." Then she left.

    Seeing Chu Yang''s attitude made Lin Shushu furious, "What''s with her attitude? How dare she ignore me?" The others also felt Chu Yang was out of line.

    "Wasn''t she sticking to us all the time previously?"

    "She''s probably unhappy seeing Qinglu and Gu Xiao together and that''s why she''s behaving like that."

    "Must be. Who doesn''t know about her little crush."

    Li Qinglu quickly tried to cate everyone, "Chu Yang is busy with work. Let''s not disturb her."

    Lin Shushu retorted in dissatisfaction, "What disturbance? She''s the server and we are customers! Isn''t the server''s job to serve customers? I should lodge aint about her."

    Li Qinglu said, "Alright, why are you and Chu Yang at odds? You can''t even keep your mouth shut over a meal."

    Lin Shushu dared not say more about her immense dislike for Chu Yang. She resigned to keeping quiet and eating.

    After the meal, Gu Xiao went to settle the bill and afraid that Chu Yang would cause trouble, Lin Shushu led everyone to tag along. Chu Yang took over the bill, quickly tallied up and said, "That''s $2,390 in total. Will you be paying by card or Alipay/WeChat?"

    Gu Xiao took out his phone, "Alipay."

    Chu Yang directly scanned his code then pointed to the QR code next to it, "You can scan here if you would like an invoice." She passed the receipt to Gu Xiao, "All done. Pleasee again."

    Lin Shushu who tagged along was peering over the counter at Chu Yang, "Chu Yang, why did you ignore me just now? And howe you never told us about working here?"

    Chu Yang nced at her and casually retorted, "Are you my mom?" If not, why would she have to report everything to them? Even her own mom doesn''t know about this job.

    Lin Shushu''s eyes widened in shock, the words stuck in her throat. Just as she was about to hurl abuses, Li Qinglu quickly covered her mouth, "Sorry to disturb your work Chu Yang. We''ll get going first. Be safe going back to campus at night."

    With that, she dragged away the struggling Lin Shushu and everyone else followed them out.

    On the way back, Lin Shushu was very unhappy, "What was with Chu Yang''s attitude?"

    Seeing how she was behaving, Li Qinglu felt it was very unreasonable, "Shushu, Chu Yang was right. She took on a job so why must she inform us? We''re not her mom."

    Lin Shushu argued, "Didn''t she always say you were good friends before this?"

    Li Qinglu was startled for a moment, "Alright, alright, Yangyang also has her own things to do. Even friends can''t possibly tell you every little detail, right? Let''s not talk about her. Didn''t we take a lot of photos today? Let''s pick a few and post them on Moments."

    As soon as this was brought up, Lin Shushu''s attention was immediately diverted.

    On Chu Yang''s side, after Li Qinglu and the others left, Xu Zhao quietly asked Chu Yang, "Do you know the customer from before?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "Just a ssmate."

    Xu Zhao had a knowing expression. "Oh, from the same university? But that girl just now was really rude. As expected, academic qualifications and quality do not align. Also, when I brought them to the private room, that person asked me whether you only came to work today. She also said your work ability iscking. How ridiculous. When did youe to work be her business? And how can she judge whether you are capable or not? Who does she think she is? You shouldn''t hang out with her in the future."

    Chu Yang nodded to indicate she understood. She didn''t intend to hang out with them in the first ce anyway.

    At 9:30pm, Chu Yang finally got off work after standing all day. It was quite tiring. She would continueing here the next day.

    The restaurant opened at 10am. When Chu Yang first arrived, many people had alreadye. Xu Zhao was standing in the middle, seeming to be indignantly saying something.

    Chu Yang didn''t go to listen. She went straight to the backstage to change into her work clothes. When Chu Yang came out, Xu Zhao saw her and pulled her hand, chattering away, "Chu Yang, do you know or not?"

    Chu Yang was confused, "Know what?"

    Xu Zhao took out her phone to show her, while saying, "A pervert has appeared near the college town. Last night, a female senior was dragged into the bushes on her way back to school. She almost got assaulted, but luckily some male schoolmates heard the screams and rushed over to save her. The whole college town knows about this now."

    "I heard that pervert specifically targets female college students returningte at night. Also, he waits for them by the roadside. If not for those male students who also went hometest night, I''m afraid the female senior would have died. I heard that man looked like he intended tomit murder too."

    Chu Yang asked, "Has that man been caught?"

    Xu Zhao shook her head. "No. I heard he escaped quickly when he heard peopleing to the rescue. The police have already been informed but he hasn''t been caught. So the school advised everyone not to go homete at night if possible, and to walk in groups instead of going to remote areas." Xu Zhao looked at Chu Yang''s delicate features. "Chu Yang, be more careful. Don''t walk through remote areas at night when going home."

    Chu Yang nodded. "You too."

    Xu Zhao waved her hand. "Don''t worry. I don''t live on campus. I live near the school."

    "That''s good then."

    Today was busierpared to yesterday, probably because today was Sunday and there were rtively more people.

    She also got off work at 9:30pm at night. Chu Yang was changing when Xu Zhao came into the changing room. Chu Yang suddenly sensed an aura of death from Xu Zhao!

    What was going on? Chu Yang''s expression froze. Then she pretended to casually put her hand on Xu Zhao''s shoulder, "There were so many people today." After saying this, she secretly released a little magic power.

    Xu Zhao also looked exhausted. "Sigh, but there''s bonus pay today. This bit of suffering is still bearable."

    Chu Yang closed her eyes and saw the blurry image of Xu Zhao lying in a pile of garbage, eyes wide open, body covered in filth. Rainwater washed down her face.

    Chu Yang removed her hand from Xu Zhao, and her legs turned soft. She almost fell down. As expected, using the crystal ball really took a huge toll.

    But Xu Zhao thought she was exhausted and quickly caught her. "Chu Yang what''s wrong? Are you too tired? Sit down and rest first."

    Chu Yang sat down. "I''m fine. Maybe just low blood sugar."

    Xu Zhao immediately took out a chocte from her bag. "Here, have this. I also get low blood sugar often, so I always carry some chocte. If not chocte, then candy. You can also keep some candy in your bag from now on."

    Chu Yang epted it, then casually asked Xu Zhao, "Didn''t you say you live on campus before?"

    Xu Zhao nodded. "Yes. I just moved out from the school dorms. I rented a ce near school. I''m in my second year. After the first year, our school doesn''t require students to live on campus anymore. It''s more free andfortable living alone."

    Chu Yang''s expression became serious. "Go back and stay on campus tonight."

    Xu Zhao was puzzled seeing Chu Yang''s solemn face. "Wha...what''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang told her gravely. "That previous pervert will go to your area tonight!"

    Xu Zhao was shocked. There was indeed a Hua Hua Convenience Store near her ce. She looked at Chu Yang in horror. So what Chu Yang said was true. She really could "see"!

    Xu Zhao immediately nodded in agreement. "Alright, I''ll go back and stay on campus tonight."

    Chu Yang "mm-hmm"-ed. "Remember to definitely go back and stay on campus. I''m leaving first."

    "Okay."

    After Chu Yang left, Xu Zhao changed and hurried back to school. Her roommate was surprised to see her return. "You came back to school today?"

    Xu Zhao tidied her things absent-mindedly. "Oh, just came back to take a look. And we have early sses tomorrow right?"

    The roommates thought that made sense and didn''t say anything more.

    At this moment, when the time hit 10:20pm, Chu Yang directly called 110. "Hello? Uncle policeman? I saw that recently wanted pervert in the alley next to the Hua Hua Convenience Store in XX Area."

    The police mobilized very quickly. At 10:35 pm that night, the pervert was caught!

    The pervert was very puzzled ¡ª he was absolutely certain he didn''t give away his whereabouts. How did the police know he was there?

    But he would never find out.

    The next morning, Xu Zhao sat in ss listening to the lecture. Her roommate suddenly said, "That pervert was finally caught! The uncle policemen are truly awesome!"

    Upon hearing this, Xu Zhao asked, "How do you know?"

    The roommate showed her the news on her phone. "Here, this morning''s news. And it was in XX Area huh, wasn''t that where you live Xu Zhao? Fortunately you didn''t go backst night!"

    Xu Zhao was shocked. She took the phone and read the news. It said that someone reported seeing the pervertst night near the Hua Hua Convenience Store in XX Area. The police went and caught him in an alley next to the convenience store!

    She suddenly recalled Chu Yang''s words fromst night ¡ª Crouching in an alley next to a convenience store called Hua Hua.

    It was true!!!

    Chu Yang was truly divine! So she really could "see"!

    Xu Zhao immediately screenshot the news and sent it to Chu Yang. "Chu Yang, Chu Yang! You''re truly magical! Ahhh, big boss!!"

    Chu Yang only replied: As long as you''re safe.

 Chapter 4: The Family

    <h4>Chapter 4</h4>

    Two dayster, Chu Yang came to the restaurant, Xu Zhao secretly pulled her to this side, then gave her a red envelope, "This is my little gift, there is not much, I will never forget your great kindness and virtue, if you need any help in the future, just let me know, big brother." Xu Zhao patted his chest.

    Chu Yang did not refuse, she was short of money now, "If you want to know anything in the future, you can alsoe to me, the price is negotiable."

    Xu Zhao nodded, "Definitely!"

    Xu Zhao said a few more words, then looked at the time and it was almost time, so the two went to work.

    When she returned to the dormitory at night, Chu Yang opened the red envelope Xu Zhao gave her, there were a total of ten Red Bulls inside, one thousand yuan, not bad, she put the money away, and then the phone rang, and the screen It says "Dad" in two words.

    Chu Yang answered, "Hello?"

    But it was a female voice on the other end, probably the mother of this body, "Is it Yangyang?" The tone was somewhat humble.

    Chu Yang tried probing: "Well. Mom?"

    The other end happily "ah" sound, "Yangyang, our family recently made a few thousand yuan selling fruit, and we will transfer one thousand to you tomorrow, eat whatever you want, remember to ask your parents if you run out of money."

    However, Chu Yang refused, "No need, I have money, keep it for yourself, I can earn money part-time. I''m doing part-time jobs, I can earn money myself." The family was not well off, and the few thousand yuan earned was probably hard-earned money, and it was probably ie obtained every few months.

    As soon as Chu Mom heard this, her heart ached. Her child had grown up, but her Yangyang was actually working outside, "Part-time job? That''s too hard! Dad and Mom have money, just focus on your studies, call us if you run out of money, the cost of living is high in big cities, let Dad and Mom give you more if it¡¯s not enough."

    Chu Yang''s parents were the most traditional parents who wouldn''t shortchange themselves or their children.

    After thinking about it, Chu Yang still epted the money given by Chu''s parents, "Okay then, just give me 500 first, I''ll tell you again when I run out."

    "Oh, okay. I''ll have your dad transfer the money to you tomorrow."

    "Okay."

    Chu''s parents were not good with words, and Chu Yang was not familiar with them and could not act like a spoiled child begging for affection from her parents, so the two were silent for a while before Chu Yang said, "Nothing, I''ll hang up first. I''lle back if I have time."

    "Oh, okay, okay."

    Chu Yang hung up the phone.

    After hearing the sound of the hang up, Chu Mom only handed the phone to Chu Dad. The middle-aged man with a weary face rubbed his hands and asked, "What did Yangyang say?"

    Chu Mom happily said, "Yangyang has grown up, she is actually doing part-time jobs now, and said she can earn money herself."

    Chu Dad frowned, "She''s still young, part-time jobs are so hard, is she out of money? Or should I transfer more tomorrow."

    "Yangyang said she has money, let''s just transfer 500 for now."

    "No, let''s transfer 1000."

    After thinking about it, Chu Mom also agreed, and they finally decided to transfer 1000.

    The next day, when Chu Yang received 1000, she was puzzled for a while, and then remembered that it was living expenses transferred to her by the parents of this body.

    Chu Yang sent a message to the number she called yesterday, "Received it."

    The other party quickly replied: "That''s good. Ask your dad if you run out of money."

    "Okay."

    On Chu Yang''s Weibo ount, she posts a Weibo about the weather in Beijing every day. After all, the country is so big that weather forecasts vary from ce to ce. Even in just one city, the east and west sides are often quite different.

    Under the Weibo Chu Yang posted yesterday, someonemented: Blogger is so boring, posting weather forecasts every day, what for? iming to be a little prophetic girl? This weather forecast can be directly viewed on the mobile phone! What kind of prophecy is this!

    Chu Yang ignored him and continued to post today''s weather forecast prophecy: Beijing, strong winds in the northern city at noon tomorrow, rain in the west of the city at 9 pm tomorrow.

    After posting, Chu Yang ignored it.

    The person who had previouslymented on Chu Yang''s Weibo came back again, andmented under Chu Yang''s new Weibo: The blogger is talking nonsense again, the weather forecast clearly shows sunny tomorrow. I''m in the north of the city, if it doesn''t blow hard, the blogger can go eat sh*t! On the contrary, I''ll go eat sh*t!

    Chu Yang didn''t see this sentence. When she returned to the dormitory, Jin Yang brought a bag of snacks and fruits, "Yangyang, this is what we bought for you. We feel a little bad for asking you about the weather every day recently, so the three of us chipped in to buy you food."

    Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin nodded in agreement next to her, "Yes, yes, yes, Chu Yang you must ept it."

    Chu Yang did not refuse. Sometimes epting makes people feel at ease.

    "Just follow my Weibo from now on, I post weather forecasts every day. My Weibo is called Little Prophetic Girl."

    Jin Yang and the other two immediately took out their phones to log in to Weibo, found the ount Little Prophetic Girl, and followed it directly.

    The Little Prophetic Girl ount didn''t have a single fan, "Hey, we are Chu Yang''s first wave of fans!" Jin Yang said excitedly.

    "Hahaha, if Chu Yang has a lot of fans in the future, we will be veteran level characters!" Zhou Caicai liked all the Weibos Chu Yang posted one by one, and then saw someonementing on both Chu Yang''s Weibo yesterday and her new Weibo today.

    But Zhou Caicai was unhappy when she saw thements from this troll!

    "This idiot! He actually doesn''t believe what my Chu Yang said! Let me argue with him!"

    After finishing speaking, she immediately replied to the troll called "Beijing''s No.1 Handsome Guy": "Fool! If you don''t believe what my baby said, you''ll regret it!"

    Jin Yang also replied to that person: "My little sorceress''s prophecy is the most urate! Troll, get out of here!"

    Qian Xin also replied: "No one is stopping you from eating sh*t if you want to!"

    On the other side, "Beijing''s No.1 Handsome Guy"ughed angrily when he saw the replies. They actually found three water armies to argue with him? He immediately picked up the keyboard and retorted: "What the hell? There are actually people who say they are more urate than the weather forecast? What, are you the God of Wind and the Mother of Lightning? It rains when you say it rains? It blows when you say blow? You''re nothing!"

    Jin Yang and the others were done with him too. He still came back?

    Then the two sides argued directly for dozens of floors.

    If Chu Yang hadn''t reminded them to go eat, they wouldn''t have stopped. "Okay, okay, I''ll just block him directly." Saying that, Chu Yang directly blocked ¡°Beijing¡¯s No.1 Handsome Guy¡±, and the other side found himself blocked when replying, which made him even angrier! She actually dared to block him!

    Throwing the phone aside, he was getting more and more angry the more he thought about it! Finally, "Beijing''s No.1 Handsome Guy" directly screenshotted and posted on Moments: I met an idiot! She dared to block me when she couldn''t beat me!

    Soon someone replied: Yan Xiao, so free?

    Beijing''s No.1 Handsome Guy, aka Yan Xu, touched his head when he saw this sentence. He was obsessed, he actually argued with a small online ount like that, the ount didn''t even have many fans, forget it, forget it.

    On this side, Jin Yang and the others were also indignant, "What kind of person is this?"

    Chu Yang picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, "Anyway, he will know tomorrow."

    The few suddenlyughed, "He must be incredulous, hahaha!"

    Zhou Caicai picked up a chicken leg, "I bet a chicken leg that he will follow my Chu Yang tomorrow."

 Chapter 5: Indeed

    <h4>Chapter 5</h4>

    The next day, Yan Xu had already forgotten about yesterday''s scolding. He slept at home until noon, thenzily went out to get something to eat. He didn''t drive, as there were good restaurants near his home.

    Not long after he went out, the sky suddenly darkened. Two minutester, the wind started blowing, and it was blowing harder and harder. With a "ng", an advertising signboard was blown down and nearly hit Yan Xu. The signboard fell right in front of him - if he had walked a little faster, he would have been hit!

    Yan Xu stood there in a daze until the people from the shops came out and asked if he was okay before he came to his senses.

    Feeling his chest and wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he said, "I''m...I''m fine."

    Seeing that he was unharmed, the shop owner also breathed a sigh of relief. Looking up at the sky, he said, "Why did it suddenly get so windy?"

    Windy?

    Yan Xu looked at the street where many things had been blown away from their original ces. Some trash bags were blown high into the sky, and some sheet metal was blown around making "dang dang" sounds. Many pedestrians on the street were running to get indoors, and the wind was getting stronger and stronger, blowing so hard that it was difficult to keep your eyes open.

    Yan Xu suddenly remembered what the "Prophecy Little Witch" had said yesterday: there would be wind in the North City at noon.

    And right now was noon! It really was windy!

    Yan Xu''s eyes widened in realization. So...what that blogger said was true!

    As the wind grew stronger, Yan Xu didn''t dare stay outdoors. He didn''t even want to eat anymore, and went straight home.

    As soon as he got home, Yan Xu logged into Weibo on his phone, then found yesterday''s post from that ount and read through it again: Tomorrow there will be strong winds in the North City, and starting at 9pm tomorrow night it will begin raining in the West City.

    The North City had indeed experienced strong winds. Now to see if it would start raining in the West City at 9 o''clock tonight.

    Yan Xu wanted toment, but then remembered he had been blocked. He immediately created a small ount to follow the "Prophecy Little Witch." He would continue to observe - if every prophecy from this ount came true, he would definitely apologize to her!

    Not long after he followed her, she posted today''s weather forecast: Tomorrow will be sunny in the city, with clear skies.

    Yan Xu immediately liked the post with his alt ount.

    On Chu Yang''s side, she took out her crystal ball and started polishing it. She needed to find some time to look for materials and figure out around how much money she would need. She still wanted to get her crystal ball repaired as soon as possible.

    This was Jin Yang and the others'' first time seeing Chu Yang''s crystal ball. Their eyes shone brightly as they looked at it, but no one reached out to touch it. "Chu Yang, is this your magic treasure?"

    Chu Yang smiled. "It''s not a magic treasure, just something I use to make a living. But it''s having some issues right now. I''ll have to wait until I can get it repaired before I can use it again."

    Of course they could see the cracks in the crystal ball, but the cracks didn''t diminish its beauty at all. "How do you repair it?"

    Chu Yang: "I need to buy materials."

    Zhou Caicai: "Is it because you don''t have enough money? Do you want us to lend you some? No rush to pay it back." Jin Yang and Qian Xin also offered to lend money.

    Chu Yang shook her head. She could tell that of the four roommates, she was the poorest. But the other three weren''t very wealthy either, just ordinary middle-ss families. Even if they lent her all their money it wouldn''t be enough.

    "It''s fine, there''s no rush. Plus the materials are hard to find and probably expensive. I can earn the money myself, you''ve seen what I can do."

    Of course Jin Yang and the others knew of Chu Yang''s abilities. They just wanted to help a bit, but since Chu Yang didn''t need help, the girls didn''t insist.

    The four were happily chatting about other things when there was a knock at the door. Li Qinglu and Lin Shushu came in, and the other four immediately fell silent, smiles disappearing. Jin Yang and the others nced at each other then returned to their seats.

    Chu Yang looked at Li Qinglu expressionlessly. "What is it?"

    Li Qinglu felt a little ufortable inside. They had been chatting so happily just now, so why did everyone go silent as soon as she arrived? But she didn''t say anything, pretending not to notice, and asked Chu Yang, "Yangyang, we''re going shopping today, do you want toe with us?"

    Of course Chu Yang directly refused. "I won''t go, you guys have fun."

    Li Qinglu wanted to say more - in the past whenever she hade looking for her, Chu Yang would always go with her. Why was she being so...

    But Lin Shushu couldn''t hold back any longer. "I already told you there''s no point asking her. If she wanted to go she would havee looking for us already." Then she saw the crystal ball in Chu Yang''s hands, so bright and beautiful but it seemed to have some cracks.

    "Chu Yang, is that a crystal ball in your hands? Howe I''ve never seen it before?" She started to reach out to touch it.

    Touch her crystal ball? Chu Yang''s gaze sharpened. Clutching the crystal ball, she spun around to face Lin Shushu. "Hasn''t anyone ever told you not to touch other people''s belongings without permission?"

    Lin Shushu stopped short, her face ugly. "Who wants to touch your stuff!" But her eyes were still fixed on the crystal ball in Chu Yang''s arms.

    Li Qinglu quickly pulled her back. "I''m sorry, Shushu didn''t mean anything bad. Since you don''t want to go, we''ll head out first. If you ever feel like going shopping with us in the future, feel free toe find us."

    With that, she pulled Lin Shushu out.

    After the two left Chu Yang''s dorm room, Li Qinglu was still feeling down. She mumbled to herself, "Is it because I''m with Gu Xiao now that Yangyang doesn''t want to hang out with me anymore? She hasn''te looking for me in so long." In the past, Chu Yang used toe find her all the time, and would even frequently help her with this and that.

    Lin Shushu rolled her eyes. "It has nothing to do with you, Chu Yang is just petty. I told you, she just looks down on you dating Gu Xiao. Let''s not bother with her, leave Chu Yang be. I''m sure she resents you."

    Li Qinglu sighed. She still felt like Chu Yang wasn''t that kind of person, but since Chu Yang had declined to go, then forget it.

    Once those two left, Chu Yang carefully continued polishing her crystal ball. When she was done she didn''t feel reassured, so she cleared out the top shelf of her wardrobe to store the crystal ball, making sure to lock it - just in case some ill-mannered people tried to touch her crystal ball.

    Her roommates were still very cute. Even though they had also thought her crystal ball was beautiful earlier, not one of them had said they wanted to go touch it. Yet Lin Shushu didn''t even ask before trying to reach out!

    On the other side, Yan Xu finally waited until nightfall. As soon as it passed 9pm, he immediately called his friend who lived in the West City. "Is it raining over there?"

    His friend sounded quite surprised. "Huh? How''d you know? It just suddenly started pouring, even though the morning forecast didn''t say anything. They just updated saying it''ll rain until midnight! Or are you over here in the North City?"

    Yan Xu: "No, I''m not. Just asking, I was thinking ofing over to visit but heard it was raining."

    "Oh I see. Come over next time and I''ll host a get-together."

    "Sounds good!"

    After hanging up, Yan Xu was now 99% convinced that the blogger "Prophecy Little Witch" was the real deal!

    However, Yan Xu didn''t apologize to Chu Yang right away. He felt he should keep observing, just in case it was a coincidence, right? How could someone really be like a wind god or thunder goddess?

 Chapter 6: Bus Incident

    <h4>Chapter 6</h4>

    On the weekend, Chu Yang did not go to her part-time job. She wanted to go to the antique street today to see if she could find materials to repair her crystal ball. As Chu Yang walked into the antique street, someone suddenly came up to her, "Little girl, I see your hall of impression is dark..."

    Chu Yang: ?

    "I see today that you and I are fated to meet. I have excellent talismans to dispel evil here... Hey hey hey, little girl, do you want me to tell your fortune? It''s free." Seeing Chu Yang about to leave, the old Daoist hurried to follow her.

    Chu Yang raised her eyebrows: "Go ahead and tell it."

    The old Daoist observed Chu Yang''s face for a while: "Your family is poor, but you work hard enough. You should be attending a good school now."

    After speaking, he looked at Chu Yang. Chu Yang nodded, signaling him to continue.

    The old Daoist stroked his beard: "You have someone you like, but..." The old Daoist pinched his fingers, "Aiya, that person currently has no interest in you. But I have peach blossom charms here, do you want them?"

    Chu Yang: "I see your hall of impression is dark, you''re definitely going to have bad luck soon." Having said that, Chu Yang left. What the old Daoist said wasn''t exactly wrong, but that was the old Chu Yang, not the current one.

    Old Daoist: "Hey hey hey, if you don''t want it then forget it, why curse people? Let it go, let it go, I''m an old Daoist, I won''t haggle with a little girl like you."

    As Chu Yang walked along the antique street, she could spot the fakes with one nce. Some were genuine artifacts, but they had juste from unclean ces and were covered in ayer of dark energy. She couldn''t take items like that, or she would have terrible luck.

    She went into a shop that looked quite formal and finally found crystal materials, but they were too expensive when she asked the price! She couldn''t afford them even if she sold herself. And the crystal materials needed to repair a crystal ball were more than just a tiny bit. Sigh, she still needed to earn money first.

    On the other side, the old Daoist was still peddling his charms to passing dupes. But just as he was about to make a deal with one, two people suddenly came over, "That''s the Daoist! He cheated me."

    The old Daoist was grabbed by the cor in utter confusion. "Swindler! Beat him to death!"

    "Ow!" The old Daoist was flung to the ground. He suddenly remembered what that girl had said earlier, that he would have bad luck today!

    What a coincidence!

    But now wasn''t the time to think about that, now he had to run away quickly...

    Chu Yang didn''t know what was happening over there. She was already prepared to go back. The bus back to school had arrived.

    As soon as Chu Yang got on the bus, she felt something was wrong. The whole bus felt off. By now the doors were closed, and people were packed tightly inside. Chu Yang could easily bump into the people around her. A girl was squeezed against her left side. Chu Yang secretly released some witch power...

    A vision of the whole trip shed through Chu Yang''s mind. At first the bus stopped at each station smoothly, with people getting on and off.

    But when the bus got to the Ring Road Bridge, something went wrong. The driver''s face suddenly turned sallow as he clutched his chest, clearly having some physical problem. The driver had wanted to slowly pull over, but two people on the bus suddenly started arguing loudly. One shoved the other, who bumped into the door by the driver''s seat. Because the bus had slowed down, a car behind suddenly crashed into it. The driver''s hand slipped, and the bus quickly spun around and another car hit the other side. The bus quickly crashed off the bridge, with none of the passengers surviving...

    Chu Yang opened her eyes, her face now pale, but she didn''t say anything. She couldn''t tell them to stop the bus immediately, because no one would believe her and it would attract too much attention.

    Chu Yang held tightly onto the handrail. She was at the rear of the bus. As people got off at the next stop, making a bit more room, Chu Yang slowly moved forward toward the front. As the bus continued on, Chu Yang lost her bnce and bumped into a male student in front of her who was a head taller.

    But he immediately pushed her away and retreated back two steps.

    Chu Yang looked up at the male student, covering her head. His features were elegant and his skin as fair as hers. His arms were crossed and he had a disgusted look, as if she had sullied him...

    Chu Yang was speechless, but she didn''t have time to care right now. She continued forward, and so did he...

    Finally she made it to the front of the bus. Just as the male student was about to say "Don''te closer!" Chu Yang had already stopped and kept ncing at the driver.

    Seeing that she didn''t continue toward him and seemed to not be looking at him, the male student''s mouth moved but he didn''t say anything more.

    The bus was about to get on the Ring Road Bridge. Chu Yang stared fixedly at the driver. He looked back pleadingly!

    The male student in front of her also sensed something wrong. He was still puzzled why this person wasn''t trying to take advantage of him but was looking at the driver. But this driver looked forty-something and wasn''t handsome either...

    Chi Yan also looked at the driver, and immediately sensed that something was off. Chu Yang on the side also saw the driver put one hand on his chest and frown...

    At the same time, two people on the bus started arguing loudly. The other passengers quickly moved back to avoid getting involved. No one tried to stop it, and some even started filming it, but Chu Yang immediately turned and shouted, "What are you arguing about?" Then she turned back to the driver, "Uncle driver? What''s wrong?"

    The driver uncle gripped the steering wheel tightly and looked at Chu Yang pleadingly!

    Hearing Chu Yang shout, everyone else immediately stopped. When they heard something was wrong with the driver uncle, they wanted to go up front, but Chi Yan on the side quickly opened the driver''s protective door. He grabbed the steering wheel in one hand, turned on the emergency blinkers with the other, and pressed the brake with his foot, slowly pulling the bus over to the side of the road.

    Seeing the blinking lights, the car behind that was about to crash into them immediately slowed down without hitting them. After Chi Yan stopped the bus, he immediately turned to Chu Yang: "Call 120 [emergency services]!"

    Chu Yang immediately called 120, while someone else called 110 [police].

    After that, Chi Yan carried the driver out andy him down t in the middle of the bus. The driver couldn''t speak, but pointed at a bag on the seat. Chu Yang immediately went to grab it and found a bottle of medication inside. Chi Yan also found the driver''s water bottle in his seat.

    The two worked together to get the driver to take his medicine and drink some water. After taking the medicine, the driver''splexion was no longer so poor. A few minutester, 120 and 110 arrived, and everyone rxed. No one knew who started pping first, but soon everyone was apuding.

    Some people gave Chu Yang and Chi Yan a thumbs up, "Well done!"

    Chu Yang smiled, then suddenly felt weak and almost fell with her legs going soft, as she had exhausted a lot of spiritual power. Chi Yan next to her reached out to steady her. An auntie also came over, "Oh dear, you look a little pale, are you ufortable anywhere?"

    She helped Chu Yang sit down on a nearby chair. Chu Yang shook her head, "Just low blood sugar, I''m fine. I was just really tense."

    Hearing it was nothing serious, everyone felt reassured. They had also felt it was a close call earlier. If the driver had been unwell and no one noticed, could there have been an ident? And they were on the bridge too. Thinking of this, many of them felt chills run down their spines.

    A young girl took a candy from her bag and handed it to Chu Yang, "Here, eat some sugar."

    Chu Yang reached out to take it with a smile at the girl, "Thanks."

    Seeing Chu Yang''s pretty face flush red, the girl waved her hand, "Don''t mention it."

 Chapter 7: First Business

    <h4>Chapter 7</h4>

    Soon, another driver came over and drove the bus to the next stop. Many people who were afraid got off the bus. Chu Yang did not get off the bus. There were still two stops to the school, and she was feeling a little weak right now, so it was good to sit and rest.

    Next to her, Chi Yan nced at her from time to time, but did not dare to look directly. His eyes turned around and then turned back. Thinking back now, he felt very wrong. It seemed like she knew from the beginning that something would happen to the driver. Otherwise, why was she standing at the front of the bus from the beginning and staring at the driver the whole time?

    If she hadn''t been watching the driver the whole time, he wouldn''t have noticed that the driver was ufortable. But how did she know? Chi Yan was puzzled.

    Of course Chu Yang noticed Chi Yan''s gaze, but she had no time to care about it. As soon as they arrived at the stop, Chu Yang got off the bus. Chi Yan behind her also got off the bus.

    Chi Yan was still wondering, could she be from their school? Then he realized...oh no, she''s from the school next door.

    What Chu Yang didn''t know was that this incident was filmed and uploaded online. Everyone praised Chu Yang and Chi Yan in the video.

    "Wow, that was so dangerous! It''s really fortunate there was that girl and boy there."

    "It was really close. The people on that bus met their guardian angels."

    "Am I the only one who noticed how handsome that boy is? Handsome guy with a good heart!"

    "One minute, I want that guy''s info!"

    As for Chu Yang, there was only a glimpse of her side profile in the video. For the rest of it she had her head down or her back was turned. Most praised her for staying calm and smart.

    On the other side of the city, after observing for a few days, Yan Xu was 100% certain that the weather forecasts made by the Weibo blogger "Prophet Witch" were extremely urate - predicting exactly where the wind and rain would start.

    Yan Xu immediately private messaged the blogger: Witch girl! I apologize to you! I''m that guy who said you were not urate - the number one hunk in the capital city. I''ll shut up now! Please don''t ignore me! Please take me off your cklist! From now on I will be your loyal fan!

    This side of Chu Yang didn''t have time to get on Weibo. She was lying in bed resting. When she returned to her dorm room her roommate Jin Yang saw her pale face and thought something bad happened.

    She just said she had low blood sugar, drank some sugar water, and then went to bed to rest. Jin Yang and the others didn''t bother her.

    This side of Yan Xu waited a long time but there was no response. Not only did he use his alt ount to like and share Chu Yang''s Weibo posts, but he also gifted her a year of VIP. And he kept sending stickers begging for forgiveness.

    The next day when Chu Yang was feeling much better and posted on Weibo again, she saw what happened. Since he realized his mistake she decided to give him another chance. However she didn''t immediately add him back or take him off the cklist. She waited two days before removing him from the cklist.

    When Yan Xu saw he was really taken off the cklist he cried with joy. He immediately screenshot and posted on his Moments: Treasure blogger! Online rmendation! Her weather forecasts are super urate! [Screenshot]

    When Yan Xu''s friends saw this Moment they were like: ? Yan bro did your ount get hacked?

    Of course he didn''t get hacked. Yan Xu felt they just didn''t understand!

    On Chu Yang''s side her roommate Jin Yang and friends saw that the number one hunk who previously fought with them was now Chu Yang''s fan. They all burst outughing, "Hahahaha got smacked in the face huh!"

    Jin Yang and co @ him: I heard you wanna eat sh*t?

    When Yan Xu saw it: ......¡¾kneeling and begging for mercy¡¿ Ladies I was wrong!

    Jin Yang and her two friends burst outughing again.

    That day, Jin Yang was shopping with her good friend. She heard her friend started dating a guy recently but seemed down a lot.

    "What''s up? Didn''t you start dating? Why unhappy?"

    Her friend held Jin Yang''s hand, "Come on, let''s go to the milk tea shop over there. I''ll tell you about it."

    "Ok."

    The two sat in the milk tea shop, ordered a milk tea, and sat down. "Do you still remember Lin Yuan?"

    As soon as Jin Yang heard that name, wasn''t that a guy from the ss next door in high school?

    "I remember, what happened?"

    "He''s my boyfriend now."

    Jin Yang was shocked: "Huh?"

    "We ended up going to the same university remember? We got familiar over summer break and after military training he confessed to me. I thought about it and felt he was decent so I agreed. But not long after I felt he changed and wasn''t as passionate about me as before."

    Jin Yang angrily said: "Aren''t all guys like that? All passionate at first but it fades."

    Her friend shook her head, "No, even if he lost passion for me I would understand. I know the honeymoon phase can''tst forever. But he often looks at his phone texting someone and ignores me when I ask. I suspect he''s cheating."

    Jin Yang was even more furious: "Definitely! Scum man!"

    The friend said: "I don''t have proof though. I can''t use him without evidence. What if I''m misunderstanding him?"

    "Then secretly check his phone when he''s not looking!"

    The friend hesitated: "That doesn''t seem right. Looking at someone''s phone without permission just seems wrong even if we''re dating. I don''t want him looking at my phone either. I''m the type who even formats the phone before I die." The twoughed at that.

    An idea hit Jin Yang about Chu Yang, "Wait, let me ask my roommate to see if she can help."

    She immediately messaged Chu Yang: "Chu Chu, my friend wants to know if her boyfriend is cheating, can you help?"

    When Chu Yang saw the message she thought of how she crossed over into this world in the first ce just by checking if someone''s boyfriend was cheating...

    Still she replied: "I can, but it''s clearly marked. Your friend gets a discount for 200 RMB."

    When Jin Yang saw Chu Yang''s reply she immediately told the friend: "My roommate says she can check but it costs 200 RMB. Do you want her to check? If Lin Yuan really is cheating then we can end it early, right? Isn''t that for the best?"

    Her friend finally agreed, "Ok, but I''ll pay the money."

    "Great, I''ll set it up."

 Chapter 8: First Business 02

    <h4>Chapter 8</h4>

    The next day, Jin Yang brought her little sister Zhou Xiu to the dormitory, "Chu Yang, we''re here."

    When Jin Yang and Zhou Xiu came over, Chu Yang was wiping her crystal ball. Even though the crystal ball was broken, she still took it out from time to time to clean it.

    Chu Yang saw Jin Yang bringing a girl in and immediately put the crystal ball aside and covered it with a cloth. Zhou Xiu''s first nce when she came in was at Chu Yang, who was quite good-looking after all. Her second nce was at the crystal ball in her hand, which was quickly covered by a cloth. Still, she believed in Chu Yang a little more in her heart.

    Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin were not in the dormitory. They had gone to the library to study. Chu Yang was originally going to work but Jin Yang was bringing her a customer, so she didn''t go today.

    Chu Yang pulled Zhou Caicai''s stool over. "Please sit down."

    Zhou Xiu nodded and sat down on the chair. She then exined her reason foring, "I just want to know if my boyfriend is cheating on me."

    Chu Yang nodded. "Give me your hand."

    Zhou Xiu held out her hand. Chu Yang grasped it and closed her eyes...

    Zhou Xiu was still a little nervous. On one hand, she didn''t want to be cheated on. On the other hand, she felt that if her boyfriend really had problems, she could get away in time.

    After about three minutes, Chu Yang opened her eyes and let go of Zhou Xiu¡¯s hand. She took a sip of brown sugar water first, then said seriously, "Your boyfriend is called Lin Yuan, right?"

    Zhou Xiu nodded. She thought Jin Yang must have told her so she was not surprised.

    But Jin Yang, who was on the side, immediately said, "Wow! Chu Yang, you can even know Xiu Xiu''s boyfriend''s name!"

    Zhou Xiu looked at her, "Didn''t you tell her?"

    Jin Yang waved her hand, "I didn''t."

    Zhou Xiu swallowed hard and looked at Chu Yang. Chu Yang went on, "At the moment, your boyfriend is not cheating."

    Zhou Xiu rxed with relief, just about to smile, when Chu Yang added, "But he will in the future!"

    Zhou Xiu''s smile instantly froze. "How long in the future?" She then felt it wasughable to ask that when he was going to cheat in the future anyway, sooner orter.

    Chu Yang said, "Two monthster." She saw that two monthster, the boy would meet a girl who pursued him. Moreover, that girl had a very good family background. The boy started to waver... There was no need to borate on what would happen afterward. Just typical scumbag behavior.

    Tears instantly welled up in Zhou Xiu¡¯s eyes. Jin Yang put a hand on Zhou Xiu¡¯s back to gentlyfort her.

    "Thank you." Zhou Xiu took out a red envelope with 200 yuan. Then she left the dorm with Jin Yang.

    After they left, Chu Yang opened the red envelope. It was her first business transaction, although Xu Zhao had given her money before, but at that time she had taken the initiative. So today was truly the first time she was paid.

    Zhou Xiu calmed herself down, then eximed, "Oh! I forgot to ask how Lin Yuan cheated!"

    Jin Yang was already cursing angrily, "Who cares how he cheats! This man is a scumbag anyway. Sister, go back and break up with him immediately!¡±

    Zhou Xiu said, "Didn''t your roommate say Lin Yuan won''t cheat until two monthster? But he hasn''t cheated now. Can I change..."

    As soon as Jin Yang heard her wanting to change the scumbag, she interrupted, ¡°Sister! He¡¯s a scumbag! You can¡¯t change him even if you want to. There are so many decent men in this world, don''t get hung up on this one. Even the one from high school was better than him!"

    Zhou Xiu thought she had a point. Although she was still heartbroken, she was not blinded by love. "I still want to know how Lin Yuan cheated. Can you ask when you go back?"

    Jin Yang nodded, "Okay. I¡¯ll ask for the details. But you have to break up with that scumbag." In Jin Yang¡¯s mind, Chu Yang was definitely never wrong.

    "Okay, okay."

    When Jin Yang returned to the dorm at night, she asked Chu Yang for more details andined that Zhou Xiu had wanted to change the future. Then she asked, "Can the results of a prophecy be changed?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Yes." Like the bus incidentst time, the result had been changed. "But not every oue can be altered. For example, you can never change a person''s heart."

    Things have subjectivity and objectivity. If she knew an apple would rot in the future, but she ate that apple now, then that future with the rotten apple would disappear.

    However, if she knew a person would stop liking you in the future, and you wanted to change the future to make them like you, that would be difficult. After all, liking is an emotion influenced by too many factors.

    Jin Yang suddenly understood, "Right! Even if a person doesn''t cheat with that particr person, maybe in the future they might cheat with someone else. We can''t guarantee this person has really changed. So a scumbag is always a scumbag! His ''scumbag'' property can never change!¡±

    Zhou Caicai said to one side, "But isn''t there a saying, ¡®The prodigal son will return?¡¯"

    Jin Yang shook her head. "It¡¯s better to just find someone else rather than waiting for a prodigal son to return. What if he neveres back? Why cling onto trash?¡±

    Chu Yang didn''t say anything. She respected others'' choices.

    In the past, she had made predictions for some unpleasant things to happen, but some people chose not to believe her, and even scolded her for cursing and harming people, iming she must have used some dark arts.

    Chu Yang felt that such people could only vent their emotions onto others because they didn''t dare to face reality. So she usually didn''t say too much or give suggestions. Just in case things went badly in the end and they med her. After all, she was just a witch, not a god. She didn''t have the ability to bring the dead back to life.

    On this end, Jin Yang had already called Zhou Xiu to tell her all the details. She cursed the scumbag afterward too. Future scumbags are scumbags as well! Why cling onto trash?

    After Zhou Xiu hung up the phone, she didn''t speak for a while. Soon, Lin Yuan called her. Zhou Xiu hesitated but still answered...

    It turned out he had been working behind her back these days, just to buy her a gift. When they went shoppingst time, she saw a dress she liked but it was too expensive then for her to buy. She didn''t expect Lin Yuan to remember and work these days just to buy her that dress.

    Zhou Xiu was suddenly somewhat moved. As she took the gift with her hand stretched out, Chu Yang''s words shed in her mind... Her smile froze on her face as she looked at Lin Yuan. Would such a person really cheat?

    What if Jin Yang''s roommate¡¯s prediction was totally wrong?

    Zhou Xiu hesitated. Was it true that someone in this world could predict the future? Even if she stated Lin Yuan''s name correctly, couldn''t it be that Jin Yang had told her but now forgot about it?

    Maybe wait and see for now...

 Chapter 9: Second Business

    <h4>Chapter 9</h4>

    On this day, Chu Yang went to the library. Lately, her teacher had assigned a homework assignment, and she was busy looking up information. After searching for a while, she finally found the book she wanted. Just as she was about to reach out and grab it, someone suddenly took the book away. Chu Yang looked at the person, not recognizing them, and wrinkled her brow, wondering if there were any others avable.

    However, the boy caught a glimpse of her and a hint of disgust shed in his eyes. On the other side, Li Qinglu happened to witness this scene. "You... Chu Yang?" she said.

    Chu Yang suddenly realized, "The male lead! I should be more cautious around him from now on..."

    But as Chu Yang was sizing up the people, Gu Xiao became even more disgusted. He exined to Li Qinglu, "Qinglu, this is a misunderstanding."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Indeed, it was an ident! Just my luck!" She then turned around and left.

    Li Qinglu:...

    Gu Xiao:...

    The two finally noticed that Chu Yang had changed. In the past, she would have greeted them with a smile and stuck by their side. But just now... the evasive look in her eyes caught them off guard.

    Li Qinglu broke the silence, "Axiao, did you find the book? Chu Yang... just now, she..."

    Gu Xiao hugged the book and interrupted her, "It''s alright, don''t worry about her. I found it. Let''s go." He thought Chu Yang was sensible enough to know that she shouldn''t disturb them now that he and Qinglu were together.

    "Okay."

    As Chu Yang walked out of the library, she bumped into Lin Shushu, who was about to enter. As soon as Lin Shushu saw her, she immediately suspected, "Chu Yang, what are you doing here? You didn''te here to be a third wheel for Qinglu and Gu Xiao, did you?"

    Chu Yang didn''t pay attention to her and retorted, "The library doesn''t need your light." With that remark, Chu Yang promptly left.

    Who says she came here because of those two? They spread rumors about her all the time. Today is just another bad day!

    Lin Shushu stomped her foot, "Hey! You..."

    Lin Shushu found Li Qinglu in the library and asked, "Qinglu, did you happen to meet Chu Yang just now? Did shee to find you guys?"

    Li Qinglu''s face stiffened for a moment at the mention of Chu Yang''sment about bad luck. "Uh... it was just a coincidence," she replied.

    Lin Shushu immediately felt vindicated, "I knew she must havee to find you guys. I bumped into her at the library entrance, and she actually talked back to me! Qinglu, don''t hang out with her anymore. I feel like she''s changed ever since she found out about you two. Now she dares to confront us. It was the samest time. She must have been pretending all along. What a two-faced girl!"

    Li Qinglu frowned and looked at Lin Shushu, "Shushu, Chu Yang isn''t as terrible as you think. It really was a coincidence just now. But she has indeed changed. Why do you have such a strong dislike for her?" She wouldn''t have said something like bad luck in the past.

    Lin Shushu blinked with a guilty conscience. "It''s all because of you, Qinglu. You''re too naive. Some girls just pretend to be innocent to seduce boys." She didn''t mention her jealousy of Chu Yang''s appearance.

    When Chu Yang went out to y with Qinglu and other guys before, those guys didn''t think highly of Chu Yang because of her family background. However, secretly, they admitted that Chu Yang was indeed beautiful. As for Lin Shushu, she received an ordinary evaluation.

    "Ugh! Green tea b*tch!"

    Li Qinglu held Lin Shushu''s hand and said, "Shushu, you shouldn''t say such things in front of Yangyang."

    Lin Shushu replied, "I know, I know. I''m not stupid."

    Recently, the fanbase of the "Prophecy Little Witch" ount has grown, and it''s almost reaching a hundred followers. Apart from Chu Yang''s daily weather forecasts, the main attraction is the fanbase for the "Capital City''s No.1 Handsome Guy."

    Every time Chu Yang posted the weather forecast for the next day, this Capital City''s No.1 Handsome Guy would not only like,ment, and share the post, but also quickly take a screenshot and post it on his Moments: Tomorrow''s weather forecast! [Screenshot]

    At first, Yan Xu''s friends thought he was just fooling around. However, after a few days, they realized, "Damn! This forecast is unbelievably urate! What''s going on? How can this small ount be even better than the official meteorological bureau''s forecast?"

    It''s not that the meteorological bureau''s forecast is inurate, it''s just that their forecasts are more general and not as detailed. But this person not only provided urate addresses but also precise timing!

    Follow, follow immediately!

    "Yan Shao, do you know this blogger?"

    "Yan Shao, can this blogger really predict the future?"

    "Yan Shao, besides weather forecasts, what else can this blogger do? Although the weather forecast is indeed urate, it doesn''t seem that significant."

    Chen Shu was one of them. He had a driving license exam tomorrow and asked, "Yan Shao, I have the written test tomorrow. Can you ask the blogger if she can predict whether I''ll pass or not?" He had failed once before...

    Yan Xu replied, "...Why are you asking me? I''m not the blogger! Just follow the blogger and ask her directly. Why are you asking me one by one? I''m not the blogger''s manager." Yan Xu scratched his head and suddenly thought, hey, maybe he could be the blogger''s manager.

    He decided to approach the blogger and ask.

    However, as expected, Yan Xu was rejected. Chu Yang refused because she could handle it on her own, and besides... she only had a small number of followers, why would she need a manager? She couldn''t afford to pay a manager. She used to do everything by herself, juggling multiple roles.

    After rejecting Yan Xu, Chu Yang received a new message in her private chat. It was from a new fan: Witchy Lady? Besides predicting the weather, can you do anything else? I have the written test tomorrow, and I want to know if I''ll pass."

    Chu Yang directly replied with "200 bucks." After the previous deal with Jin Yang''s friend, she realized she couldn''t underprice herself. Predicting two months'' worth of events for only 200 bucks was too much of a loss. It also consumed a considerable amount of her witchcraft power, and her crystal ball wasn''t ready yet. She needed to set a price.

    Normal predictions cost 200 bucks, and the longer the prediction period and the greater the significance of the predicted events, the higher the price.

    Chen Shu hesitated when he saw that it would cost 200 yuan. He took a screenshot and sent it to Yan Xu, saying, "Bro, are they asking for money? Could it be a scam?"

    Yan Xu replied, "...Don''t you need to pay when you ask someone to do something for you?"

    Chen Shu said, "But I can''t help feeling like it''s a scam."

    Yan Xu said, "If you think it''s a scam, then don''t look for the blogger. When you go to have your fortune told, don''t you also have to pay?" Although he had never consulted the blogger for predictions, he believed in them. After all, he had not seen the blogger make any mistakes so far.

    At first, Chen Shu also wondered if the blogger was a scammer. But after following them for a while, the blogger never mentioned doing any business or actively chatted with him about paying for predictions or anything like that.

    After thinking for a moment, Chen Shu decided to forget about it. He logged into Weibo and was about to tell the blogger that he didn''t want it anymore, but then he saw a follow-up message from the blogger: "If it''s not urate, you can get a refund."

    Chen Shu thought for a moment and asked, "Blogger, can I see if it''s urate before paying?"

    Chu Yang replied, "Sure. But don''t even think about running away. I can find you wherever you are."

    Chen Shu felt a chill down his spine when he saw that the blogger could find him. Could the blogger really be an expert?

    "Okay, show me if I''ll pass tomorrow. If it''s urate, I''ll add another hundred yuan," Chen Shu quickly replied.

    Chu Yang promptly responded, "You''ll pass. First attempt will fail, second attempt will seed."

    Chen Shu was delighted when he read the message. "Thank you for your auspicious words! If I really pass, I''ll immediately earn money for you."

    Chen Shu showed the screenshot to Yan Xu and said, "[Screenshot] Keep it as evidence, bro. If it''s not urate, remember to unfollow."

    Yan Xu: ...

 Chapter 10: Change the part-time job - Tutor

    <h4>Chapter 10</h4>

    The next day, Chen Shu came to the exam site. The first time he went in, he thought, let''s pass it in one go! However, when the results came out, it was 89 points... Chen Shu scratched his head, he actually failed? He was quite confident just now.

    Not long after, he went in to take the second exam. 92 points! Passed!

    Chen Shu came out with a happy face and said to the coach: "Passed!"

    The coach was also happy for him.

    He immediately took out his phone and transferred 300 yuan to the little prophetess, "Hahaha, I passed, it was really passed in the second exam. Awesome!"

    Then he immediately sent a message to Yan Xu: "Bro, I really passed! It was indeed passed in the second time! Amazing!"

    Yan Xu: "Did you get pped in the face?"

    Chen Shu: "pped, I immediately transferred 300 to the blogger."

    On this side, Chu Yang directly received the money. She hoped for more business and rolling wealth!

    After Chen Shu told Yan Xu, he immediately took a screenshot and posted it on Moments: Great Master, please ept my bow! ¡¾Screenshot¡¿

    Chen Shu''s friend: ? Got hacked again?

    The part-time job at the restaurant took up too much time. Chu Yang wanted to quit, but before resigning, she had to find another job first. In the end, her roommates suggested that she try tutoring.

    "We are the top students of the A University Literature Department. You can ask the head teacher. Some wealthy families like students from our A University. Also, the hourly rate is high. Most importantly, you only need to go once or twice a week, about 2 hours each time, that''s it."

    Chu Yang felt it made sense. She was also a graduate of a key university in her previous life, and her reading volume was absolutely abundant. So even though she was currently studying Chinese Language and Literature, there was no difficulty, and there was no problem with teaching either.

    "Then I''ll ask the head teacher when I have time."

    The head teacher, Teacher Li, also knew about Chu Yang''s situation. He even said that the school also had work-study programs. If she wanted to do other things, she could apply to him. As for tutoring, she could ask him first.

    Chu Yang thanked him and even said before leaving: "Teacher, pay attention to the ground when you go out today~"

    Head Teacher: ?

    In the afternoon, head teacher Li Deyong walked out of the office to go home. While walking, he did not notice a pit on the ground and stepped into it, spraining his foot.

    In the end, the passing students saw him and helped him to the school infirmary. It was not a big deal, just ice it and rest for two or three days.

    Li Deyong suddenly remembered what the student Chu Yang said: Teacher, pay attention to the ground when you go out today.

    What''s going on? Is it a coincidence?

    The next day, Chu Yang knew about the head teacher''s sprained foot. She shook her head. He probably didn''t take her words to heart.

    In the dormitory, Zhou Caicai came back with sweat all over her head, "I''m exhausted!" Zhou Caicai was from the school dance team. Recently, the school was going to hold an evening party, so she had been preparing these days.

    Zhou Caicai drank a sip of water and looked at her roommates being so leisurely. She said enviously, "I really envy you guys."

    Qian Xin was ying games and replied to her while ying, "What''s there to envy? If your program wins an award, that would be solid credits for you. You can also get familiar with the school leaders. How nice!"

    Zhou Caicai waved her hand, "It''s not that simple. There are many hidden talents in the school."

    On this side, Chu Yang, who was reading, suddenly thought of a plot in the book. The female lead, Li Qinglu, also participated in this evening party. However, an ident happened midway. Her shoes disappeared before going on stage. But the female lead was awesome. She was a top student to begin with. She went on stage barefoot directly. Her halo did not affect things. On the contrary, it made the dance teacher notice her and wanted to ept her as a disciple!

    The shoes were eventually found in the bathroom. Then someone said they saw the female supporting character Chu Yang sneaking into the dressing room and then going to the bathroom.

    The female supporting character cried out asking them to bring out evidence. She said she was falsely used.

    There was indeed no evidence. No one could continue to say anything. In the end, no one could find out who did it. But some people still believed it was Chu Yang who did it.

    Anyway, Chu Yang didn''t want to get involved now. In the book, she was not the only female supporting character. Even without her help, there would be other female supporting characters to help out.

    A few dayster, Li Deyong told Chu Yang that a family nearby wanted to hire a tutor and he rmended her, giving her the contact details and address.

    Chu Yang thanked him profusely and then reminded him again: Teacher Li, don''t be greedy these days~

    Li Deyong: ......

    Why did I suddenly feel a chill down my back?

    The next day, Li Deyong''s rtives sent him a box of crabs. Li Deyong loved crabs. He had his family steam several that day, and he ate four of them.

    That night...he had diarrhea.

    Li Deyongy weakly in bed. His wife brought him antidiarrheal medicine, "I told you not to eat so much. You''re a grown up but still can''t control yourself."

    Li Deyong felt wronged: ......

    Then he remembered what student Chu Yang said: Teacher Li, don''t be greedy these days~

    This student of his...was so mystical!

    What was going on? How did Chu Yang know? He had read Chu Yang''s file. She was just an ordinary student with farmer parents.

    The next day, Chu Yang heard that Teacher Li took a leave. She shook her head again. He still didn''t take her words to heart.

    Chu Yang quit her restaurant job. Xu Zhao even sent her a message: ¡¾Crying hard¡¿ Chu Yang! How can I live without you!

    Chu Yang: ......Live well.

    On the weekend, after making an appointment with the employer, Chu Yang came to amunity near the school, Building B, Room 1901. After Chu Yang came here, she directly pressed the doorbell. When the door opened, both were stunned.

    Chu Yang looked at her phone and then at the room number. She frowned and said, "Sorry, I think I got the wrong ce." Then she turned around to call them.

    Chi Yan was also stunned. It''s her?

    Chi Yan suddenly wanted to say something, "Hey?"

    But Chu Yang had already walked into the elevator and left...

    Chi Yan scratched his head and looked at his own room number. How could she have gone to the wrong ce? It clearly said Building B, Room 1901.

    On Chu Yang''s side, after making the call, the other party apologetically said, "I''m sorry, I sent you the wrong room number. It''s Building C, Room 1901."

    Chu Yang said it was fine and she was on her way now.

    The employer was a typical housewife. She was nice and her child was well-behaved, not one of those little brats. The child listened quite seriously when Chu Yang was teaching.

    The two hours passed quickly. Chu Yang received the 400 yuan the employer gave her and left happily.

    After she left, the employer asked her child, "How''s the teacher?"

    The child nodded, "The teacher''s knowledge is so abundant! She teaches much better than my own teacher."

    The employer patted her head, "That''s good then. As expected of an A University student." As long as the child is happy, the money doesn''t matter no matter how much it is.

    "I want to get into A University too in the future."

    "Then you have to study hard with Teacher."

    "Okay."

    On this side, just as Chu Yang was about to walk out of the gate of thepound, the male and female leads and their group of friends walked over while chatting happily and carrying things. Everyone was surprised when they saw Chu Yang.

    Why was Chu Yang here?

    Chu Yang ck lines again. So never-ending, meeting the male and female leads at every part-time job was really drunk.

 Chapter 11: The Apology

    <h4>Chapter 11</h4>

    Chu Yang had no intention of paying any attention to Lin Shushu, but Lin Shushu walked right up to her and said sarcastically, "What are you doing here, Chu Yang? Don''t tell me you found out where we were going and followed us here. You really are everywhere, I won''t believe you''re not stalking Li Qinglu and the others. You rejected an open invitation to join us before, but now you''re sneaking around like this."

    Chu Yang simply rolled her eyes. "Bad vibes!" she said, then immediately left.

    Lin Shushu was stunned. "What did she just say?"

    Li Qinglu and the others were also confused. Although Chu Yang had said "bad vibes"st time as well, Shushu thought she was just in a bad mood. She didn''t expect her to say it again - did she really not want anything more to do with them?

    One of the boys said, "What''s up with Chu Yang? Didn''t she used to follow us around?"

    Another boy replied, "Maybe she''s got herself a new gang."

    "But didn''t she have a thing for Ah Xiao before?"

    "Maybe seeing Li Qinglu and Ah Xiao together turned her off them."

    Gu Xiao''s eyes shed with distaste. "Let''s go," he said.

    "Yeah, let''s go. We wouldn''t have given her the time of day if she hadn''t stuck to us before."

    "Too right."

    Hearing everyone talk like this made Lin Shushu happy. "Let''s get out of here!" she said.

    On Monday morning, Chu Yang noticed Teacher Li nce at her several times during ss. After ss he called her over. "How''s the home tutoring going? Is the student alright?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Pretty good. The student is very obedient."

    "That''s good. Come to me if you have any difficulties."

    "Thank you, teacher."

    Then there was silence...

    Suddenly Teacher Li said, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

    Chu Yang shook her head in bewilderment. Li Deyong waved his hand to dismiss her.

    As she walked out of the ssroom, Chu Yang smacked her forehead - of course, she used to always tell Teacher Li if she foresaw anything, but everything had already happened this time, so that was why he asked.

    Chu Yang ''looked'' again - today''s Teacher Li had no mishaps, all was well.

    That night, as Teacher Li was about to go to bed, he thought about how smooth the day had been and understood why Chu Yang had said nothing... No! As a teacher he shouldn''t believe in feudal superstitions! Science and technology are the primary productive forces! Yes, yes, it was all just coincidence.

    Whether it really was just coincidence or not, perhaps only Teacher Li himself knew.

    At 7pm on Friday the school g was held in the auditorium. Zhou Caicai, who was performing, had gone over very early and saved seats for Chu Yang. When Chu Yang, Jin Yang and Xiao Bai arrived just after 6pm, the auditorium was already packed and noisy.

    "Luckily Caicai saved us seats, otherwise we''d be stuck right at the back," said one of them.

    Their seats were pretty near the front with a decent view.

    The g started bang on 7pm with a sizzling hot dance routine. Chu Yang thought the atmosphere was great - it made her appreciate college life all over again.

    And she''d heard there was going to be a prize drawter too.

    Chu Yang sat sipping her milk tea and watching the performances. After the second act she suddenly needed the bathroom. She handed her drink to Jin Yang, "I''m just popping to the loo, be right back."

    "No problem."

    The bathroom wasn''t too crowded - either people were backstage getting ready or sitting out front watching the show. Chu Yang went straight in, did her business, and was out again in two minutes.

    She went back to her seat to carry on watching.

    Backstage, Zhou Caicai was chatting with her team while they waited. Then Li Qinglu from another group suddenly said, "I can''t find my dance shoes, has anyone seen them?"

    Everyone shook their heads. "Haven''t seen them."

    Li Qinglu looked close to tears. "What am I going to do?"

    Gu Xiao and Lin Shushu quickly said, "Don''t worry, you''ve still got one performance before yours, we''ll go look for them."

    The teacher also sent some other people to help search.

    But by the time Li Qinglu was due on stage they still hadn''t found them. She gritted her teeth and said, "It''s fine, I''ll just go on barefoot. I can do it."

    And she did - just like in the book, she performed very well. The teachers in the audience kept nodding, and asked the person sat next to them, "What''s that student''s name? Which department is she from?"

    From her seat out front, Chu Yang also thought she was great. What a female lead! Though...why was she barefoot? It definitely wasn''t Chu Yang who''d thrown her shoes away or anything.

    When Li Qinglu came off stage and went backstage again, a girl came from the bathroom holding a pair of shoes. "I saw these in the bins in thedies'' toilets - are they yours?"

    Li Qinglu quickly nodded, "Yes, they''re mine! But who threw them in the bin?"

    Everyone realised when they heard that someone must have deliberately dumped Li Qinglu''s shoes in the bathroom trash. They started whispering among themselves.

    "Must be someone who doesn''t like her getting back at her."

    "None of our business anyway. It''s our turn next, let''s get up there."

    Everyone shook their heads - it definitely wasn''t them.

    Lin Shushu suddenly remembered, "I saw Chu Yang go to the bathroom earlier! Could it have been... She''s been so weird and hostiletely. I think it''s very suspicious, and we know she went to the bathroom."

    As soon as she said this, Zhou Caicai objected. "What do you mean it''s most likely Chu Yang? If you''ve got nothing nice to say don''t say anything! Loads of people went to the bathroom, what''s your point? And Chu Yang hasn''t even been backstage! What evidence have you got?"

    Lin Shushu said, "The evidence is she''s jealous of my Li Qinglu."

    Zhou Caicai rolled her eyes. "Talk about big-headed! So if you say she''s jealous then she must be? I could say you''re the one who''s jealous of me!"

    Lin Shushu, "You-"

    The others pulled Zhou Caicai back, "Alright alright, we need to get ready, our turn''sing up soon."

    Zhou Caicai just "humphed" and ignored them.

    Lin Shushu said, "Why don''t I go and confront Chu Yang then?"

    Li Qinglu shook her head. "Forget it, I''m sure it wasn''t Chu Yang. And the show''s nearly over anyway."

    "We can''t just let her get away with it!" Lin Shushu said angrily. "You''re too soft, that''s why people take advantage of you. I''m going to find her!"

    Lin Shushu had seen where Chu Yang was sitting. She marched right up to her and said, "Chu Yang,e backstage for a minute."

    Without even looking at her, Chu Yang said, "If you tell me to go then I have to go?"

    Lin Shushu put one hand on her hip and jabbed a finger at Chu Yang with the other. "Hey! You - fine, if you won''t go over I''ll tell you here - you took Li Qinglu''s shoes and dumped them in the toilet, forcing her to dance barefoot on stage, didn''t you!"

    Chu Yang: ...The pesky woman just won''t leave me alone! I guess that''s what you get for looking like a popr girl in a romance novel, huh? The annoying minor characters always crowd around you.

    Chu Yang stood up. "You''re saying I did it? Then report me to the police!" But she still followed Lin Shushu backstage, conscious of the sudden attention focused on her as she entered.

    Chu Yang said very clearly in front of Li Qinglu, "Since you''re alleging it was me, report me. Call the police and let theme and investigate exactly who did it." She already had her phone out to dial 110.

    The female lead, Li Qinglu, immediately grabbed her hand to stop her. "No, no, I didn''t say it was you. Shushu, forget it."

    Lin Shushu still had her arms folded. "Let her do it! Whoever doesn''t report it is acting suspicious!"

    A teacher didn''t want things to escte to the point of getting police involved, which could damage the school''s reputation, so they quickly said "Chu Yang, don''t make that call, Miss Lin, don''t throw around unfounded allegations. Without evidence we cannot carelessly use people. Chu Yang, we just asked you here to understand what happened, we did not say it was you. If it wasn''t you then it wasn''t you. Anyway, the matter is over, let''s all make somepromises."

    Li Qinglu nodded enthusiastically, "Yes, that''s right. It''s no big deal, really I''m fine."

    Chu Yang just rolled her eyes again. "Fine, then you can go ahead and apologise to me. Just now, out there, she was announcing it was me who did it." She held out her hand, demanding an apology.

    Lin Shushu said nothing. Like she was ever going to apologise!

 Chapter 12: Men and Women

    <h4>Chapter 12</h4>

    Chu Yangughed. No one had ever ndered her before. She didn''t know what the previous female lead had done and she wouldn''t defend that previous Chu Yang, but she was herself now and she wasn''t someone who could be easily bullied.

    "Since you''re not apologizing, then I''ll go ahead and sue you. There were witnesses outside. Everyone heard what you said just now, swearing it was me without providing a shred of evidence! Just spurting ims out of nowhere!"

    Upon hearing this, Lin Shushu felt a little nervous. Indeed, she didn''t have any evidence. "Then how do you exin that you went to the bathroom?"

    Chu Yang looked at her like she was an idiot. "Why would I need to exin that? Do you eat snacks when you go to the bathroom?"

    "Pfft!" Someoneughed.

    Lin Shushu''s face turned red. Li Qinglu immediately stood in front of Chu Yang and bowed: "I''m sorry, I''m sorry. This is my fault. I apologize to you."

    Seeing Li Qinglu act this way brought tears to Lin Shushu''s eyes. "Qinglu..."

    Gu Xiao, who was also present, hugged Li Qinglu and looked towards Chu Yang: "Are you satisfied now?"

    Chu Yang: "Satisfied about what? Did I force her? How is it that when people falsely use others without evidence, they try to gain sympathy?" Chu Yang didn''t want to dwell on this further. Good grief, even going to the bathroom caused trouble!

    Chu Yang directly dered "This whole thing brings me bad luck!" and left the backstage area. The front of the stage was much livelier than the backstage. Everyone was very excited.

    As soon as Chu Yang sat down in her seat, Jin Yang showed her his phone: "That was Caicai Zhou''s performance just now that you unfortunately missed. But I recorded it!"

    Chu Yang: "Then share it to the group."

    "OK. By the way, there was no issue when that person called you over earlier, right? She also said you stole shoes?"

    Chu Yang took a sip of her milk tea: "No issues. I''ve resolved the baseless usations."

    Upon hearing "baseless usations", Jin Yang immediately asked: "What? They falsely used you?"

    "Yeah. But it''s fine now. It''s been resolved." Since Chu Yang didn''t seem to want to talk more about it, Jin Yang didn''t ask further and they continued watching the show. During the raffle, Qian Xin even won a third prize of a thermos cup.

    Although it was just a thermos cup, it still made everyone happy.

    After the event when they returned to the dorms, Zhou Caicai also talked about what had happened backstage: "Damn, this was the first time I realized how shameless that person is. To actually falsely use someone without any evidence."

    Upon hearing this, Jin Yang mmed the table: "Truly too much bullying. They even called Chu Yang away halfway through!"

    Zhou Caicai was even angrier: "What? How shameless! Was I performing on stage then? I didn''t see that happening."

    Qian Xin nodded. "Yes, you were."

    Chu Yangforted them: "It''s fine. At least she apologized in the end." Although it was the female lead who apologized, Chu Yang didn''t care. She considered them to be aplices.

    Zhou Caicai was still angry: "I refuted her right from the start. I didn''t expect that they''d actually go find you afterwards! Don''t let that persone to our dorm in the future!"

    Jin Yang and the others echoed in agreement. "Right. Too disgusting! Fortunately she''s not in our department. It would be nauseating to attend the same sses with someone like that."

    With this incidenting to an end, Chu Yang felt that she and the male and female leads were nowpletely at odds with each other. As for offending them or not, she didn''t care. As long as they didn''t provoke her, it was fine. But if they really did provoke her, as a sorceress...she really had more than just fortune-telling skills up her sleeve.

    On the other side of the city at another university, a male student realized it had been a long time since Chu Yang had messaged him. Could she have forgotten?

    If she had forgotten, he''d remind her. Zhou Zhao immediately opened WeChat and sent Chu Yang a message: Chu Yang, where have your recent messages gone? I''ming to A University to see you guys this weekend.

    Chu Yang was doing homework when her phone lit up. She nced over briefly and saw it was from Zhou Zhao? Wasn''t that the male supporting character in the original book who liked the female lead and was bent on splitting up the main couple, then recing the male lead? He knew Chu Yang liked the male lead so they worked together, but in the end the female supporting character disappeared while he just apologized and nothing happened to him as he continued living perfectly fine.

    Chu Yang directly blocked him.

    On the other end, Zhou Zhao had been waiting a while without seeing a reply. So he sent another message: Chu Yang, you can''t be thinking of standing me up, right? Or do you want money? How much? Name your price!

    Right after he hit send, he saw the red dot in front of the message...

    Zhou Zhao: ? Chu Yang''s gone mad? She deleted me?

    Zhou Zhao directly sent a message in a group without Chu Yang: Hey everyone, how are you recently? I''ming this weekend to y with you all at A University.

    Lin Shushu: Pretty good here. We''ll wait for you this weekend.

    Lin Shushu: Not so great! There''s something up with that Chu Yang recently. She actually dared to refute us and is practically stalking people all day, saying we owe her when hanging out with her is doing her a favor. Qinglu''s shoes went missing at thest social event. I suspect she threw them in the bathroom but she wouldn''t admit it! Not only that, she even made our Qinglu apologize to her!

    Lin Shushu: She really pissed me off. She''spletely at odds with me now!

    Zhou Zhao: What? She''s be that bold?

    No wonder she deleted me...

    Lin Shushu: That barely covers it. Really disgusting! Anyway, don''t mention her from now on.

    Zhou Zhao: We can talk more when I get there this weekend.

    After getting a grasp of the situation, Zhou Zhao dug up Chu Yang''s number and immediately called her. Chu Yang was still doing homework when she saw an unfamiliar number. She was about to decline the call but figured it could be one of the original host''s other friends or rtives, so she decided to answer.

    "Hello?"

    "Hello? Chu Yang?"

    Hearing it was a male voice, Chu Yang responded "Yeah", "Who''s this?"

    Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhao nearlyughed from anger: "Chu Yang, who have you cozied up to? You don''t even recognize me? Now that you''ve happily taken money in the past, you want to turn your back and deny knowing me? Aren''t you afraid I''ll tell Gu Xiao and Qinglu about your dealings?"

    As soon as Chu Yang heard this, she knew who it was. "Oh. Do as you please." Chu Yangzily threw out this line and then directly hung up the call.

    On Zhou Zhao''s end, he only heard "beep beep beep" before trying to call again only to find she had blocked him!!!

    She really has changed! So arrogant?

    After Chu Yang hung up the phone, she brought up her WeChat contacts and filtered through them. She blocked those who needed blocking, deleted those needing deletion, and exited any groups she should leave. In the end, all that remained were some family plus the new friends she had made and teachers after transmigrating here.

    With this all handled, Chu Yang went back to her homework.

    During the weekend, Chu Yang once again went to the Forest Garden Community to tutor. After two hours she left her employer''s home again amidst their warm hospitality. While walking along the neighborhood road, she encountered the male and female leads plus the male supporting character and some others, same asst time.

    The group of them chatted noisily as they walked,ughing merrily the whole time.

    After the previous encounter, Chu Yang learned that the male lead, Gu Xiao, rented a ce here. So their circle would oftene here to eat at his ce and things like that. Seeing them carrying beer and other items, Chu Yang knew what was up.

    As for encountering them again, Chu Yang chalked it up entirely to the power of the plot.

    The other group also noticed Chu Yang. All of their smiles instantly froze and turned rigid. This time, Lin Shushu didn''t step forward. Zhou Zhao was here today, so she naturally didn''t want to leave a bad impression on him.

    Upon seeing Chu Yang, Zhou Zhao walked up to her, "Chu Yang, do you want to join us for dinner?"

 Chapter 13: Add wechat

    <h4>Chapter 13</h4>

    When Zhou Zhao said this, there was still a threat in his eyes, as if Chu Yang blocking him was nothing.

    Chu Yang just wanted to hurry back to school. It would rain heavilyter. Although she brought an umbre, the umbre wouldn''t help much against the heavy rain.

    Chu Yang retorted directly: "I remember I''ve already blocked you. Oh, I''ve blocked all of you. From now on, we''re strangers when there''s nothing going on. Oh no, even when somethinges up, we''re still strangers. Don''t pretend to be very familiar with me."

    Zhou Zhao was speechless for a moment, narrowed his eyes, sized up Chu Yang, how could Chu Yang be so tough? Not only that, her spirit also seemed to have changed. In the past, she always looked weak and pale. Now her whole person was full of spirit, her appearance didn''t change much, but her temperament changed a lot. There was no longer the disgusting vanity in her eyes.

    "You... you aren''t Chu Yang!" Could it be Chu Yang''s twin sister?

    Chu Yang''s face remained unchanged and said expressionlessly: "Yes, I''m not Chu Yang. I''m your mother."

    Zhou Zhao: ...

    On the side, Lin Shushu couldn''t stand it anymore, "Chu Yang, how can you speak like that? Zhou Zhao kindly invited you, what''s your attitude? If Qinglu hadn''t yed with you before, who would have been willing to y with you, looking all poor."

    Chu Yang''s eyes shot over immediately. Lin Shushu suddenly felt a shock in her heart and took two steps back. What was going on? How could Chu Yang have such momentum?

    "What are you guys doing? Bullying the weak with greater strength?" Suddenly a male voice cut in. Chi Yan was carrying vegetables in one hand and milk in the other.

    When he returned to the residential area, he saw a group of people over there. He wasn''t very curious, but suddenly he heard a familiar voice. Looking over, it was her. And it seemed like she was being bullied now. So Chi Yan immediately walked over and said those words.

    With his appearance, everyone looked at him immediately. They were all shocked by his looks for a moment, then looked at Gu Xiao. Gu Xiao was the campus belle of University A, butpared to the person in front of them now, he really couldn''t match up.

    Gu Xiao also nced at the neer, his eyes shing for a moment. He knew him, the campus heartthrob from the neighboring University B. Gu Xiao looked at his own girlfriend, Qinglu only nced at him once before lowering her eyes, as expected of his girlfriend.

    On the side, Lin Shushu''s eyes immediately became infatuated for a moment before she came back to her senses. And this boy''s words... he knew Chu Yang? Lin Shushu looked at Chu Yang jealously, what''s so good about Chu Yang except for her face?

    Zhou Zhao spoke up, "Misunderstanding! We know each other."

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, "Do you know them?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "Don''t know them."

    Lin Shushu: "Chu Yang... don''t regret it!"

    Zhou Zhao didn''t say much either, "Forget it, let''s not affect everyone''s mood. Let''s go first."

    Gu Xiao also said, "Let''s go."

    The group finally left. Chu Yang thought about it and still said "Thank you". Then she was about to leave too.

    Chi Yan suddenly said, "Since I helped you, may I add you on WeChat?"

    Chu Yang turned and nced at him: ?

    Chi Yan didn''t know why, but his ears suddenly turned red. "Um... can I add you on WeChat? It''s fine if not."

    Chu Yang felt there was no harm, so she opened up her QR code, "Sure, go ahead."

    Chi Yan hurriedly put down the things in his hands, took out his phone and scanned it, then immediately added her and asked scratching his head, "May I ask your name? I''m Chi Yan, Chi from Chunri Chi, Yan from Chunri Yan."

    Chu Yang: "I''m Chu Yang, Chu from Chuguo Wei.

    "Oh, okay."

    After adding each other, Chu Yang left. Chi Yan watched her figure for a while before picking up his things and heading home.

    On the way back to the dorm, it started pouring on Chu Yang. If it wasn''t for meeting Zhou Zhao and the others, she would''ve been back in her dorm already!

    On Gu Xiao''s side, everyone was talking about her too.

    "Chu Yang wouldn''t stop hanging out with us just because she met that guy right." After all, everyone knew she had been following them only for Gu Xiao before.

    Now that she met someone better, she shifted her attention. But no one dared say this out loud.

    Lin Shushu said to Zhou Zhao: "Zhou Zhao, did you see Chu Yang''s attitude? She even said she blocked all of us. Forget it, who cares about her. If she wasn''t shameless before..."

    Zhou Zhao was opening a can of Coke and handed it to Qinglu. Afraid of being too obvious, he opened another can and handed it to Lin Shushu.

    Lin Shushu happily epted it.

    Qinglu didn''t say anything, she took a sip of the Coke and started preparing what to eat for the night. No one knew what she was thinking.

    Seeing her like this, Gu Xiao thought she was affected by Chu Yang''s mood, andforted her, "Don''t be sad, you still have us."

    Qinglu reacted: "Yes, yes, I just feel like Chu Yang seems to have changed. She wasn''t like that before."

    Lin Shushu chimed in: "She changed long ago. Anyway, she''s broken up with us now, so let''s just ignore her in the future."

    Seeing Qinglu snuggling in Gu Xiao''s arms, Zhou Zhao''s eyes blinked for a moment. Heforted, "Chu Yang was vain from the start. Since she cut ties with us, let''s just ignore her from now on."

    "That''s right, that''s right." Everyone echoed agreement.

    Qinglu nodded, "Got it, thank you all."

    Back home, after Chi Yan put everything away, he took out his phone and looked again and again. He really wanted to ask how she knew the driver would get in an ident when she kept staring at the driver on the bus. Otherwise, why would she stare at the driver the whole time?

    He edited and deleted over and over, and finally deleted without sending anything.

    Perhaps it was the person''s secret? Besides, they weren''t very familiar now, it seemed inappropriate to ask like this.

    Finally, Chi Yan just replied: "Did you get back to school safely?"

    Chu Yang replied: "Got back."

    Chi Yan: "That''s good then."

    After that, Chu Yang didn''t reply anymore.

    Chu Yang got a new order. Ever since she gave a prediction to that Shu Daonan on whether he would pass his driving test, he had be her loyal fan, just like Capital City''s No.1 Handsome Guy. They both liked,mented and shared everything she posted on Weibo. And they often chatted with her privately.

    "Witch, you haven''t posted on Weibo today?"

    "Witch, I''m going out to y tomorrow, what should I bring?"

    "Witch, good morning."

    But Chu Yang never replied. From their conversations under her Weibo posts, it could be seen that this person was friends with Capital City''s No.1 Handsome Guy. Sometimes they chatted under her Weibo posts.

    Jinyang hadmented before: If you want to chat, just chat on WeChat. One look and I can tell you guys know each other.

    Shu Daonan: None of your business!

    Capital City''s No.1 Handsome Guy: That''s right!

    Jinyang: ...

    Today, this Shu Daonan asked her to give him another prediction: [Transfer $200] Witch, the midterm exam ising up. Please predict for me whether I will fail math or not.

    Chu Yang quickly replied: If you try hard enough, maybe you won''t...

    Shu Daonan: ...So that means I will! [Kneeling on the ground bawling]

    Shu Daonan: [Rolling on the ground crying]

    Shu Daonan: Help! Please tell me where I''ll go wrong?

    Prophet Little Witch: ...Probably because you don''t study hard enough.

    Shu Daonan: ...

 Chapter 14: Mid-term Examination

    <h4>Chapter 14</h4>

    Finally, Chen Shu still opened calculus, then sent a message to Yan Xu: "[Cry], the witch said I''m going to fail the midterm math exam."

    Yan Xu: You can still pass now if you make extreme efforts to study...

    Chen Shu: Can the future be changed?

    Yan Xu: You can ask the witch expert!

    Chen Shu hurried to send a message to Chu Yang: Boss! Please tell me if your prophecy can be changed?

    Fortune-telling Little Witch: Human effort can triumph over fate.

    Chen Shu: [Effort] Got it! I''ll start making extreme efforts now!

    After Chen Shu read calculus for two minutes...her mind started wandering: I really want to y games, emmm, I feel like drinking milk tea, or should I y a round first.

    Half an hourter! Damn! Bad luck today! I actually lost points! No, I must get them back!

    Two hourster, feeling hungry, let''s go eat first.

    Right before falling asleep at night, suddenly woke up! Crap! Got too caught up ying, didn''t study at all today! Tomorrow, I must study tomorrow...and the cycle repeats...

    On Chu Yang''s side, she looked at her schedule. Her midterms were alsoing up, so Jin Yang and the others went to the library every day, onlying back at 10 pm every night.

    "The seats in the library are beingpeted for madly!" Jin Yang and them said when they came back at night.

    "I''m so jealous that you can study without going to the library. I just can''t do it in the dorm. I either get distracted by gossip, my phone andputer, or snacks. Going to the library and studying together with the nerds is the only way I can motivate myself." Zhou Caicai said.

    Qian Xin suddenly said: "Yang Yang, can you predict how we''ll do on our midterms?"

    Chu Yang nodded: "I can, but I don''t rmend you guys testing it out. If it''s good news, wouldn''t you stop trying hard? If it''s bad news, wouldn''t it affect you negatively?"

    The three thought about it and agreed she had a point: "Then forget it. Sometimes it''s better not to know."

    "Yeah yeah yeah. Let''s just keep working hard."

    Chu Yang didn''t actually only study in the dorm. The main reason she didn''t go to the library was that she remembered books often had library plot lines of the male and female leads studying together there while also developing their romance, and she had run into some peoplest time she went to the library. She didn''t want to run into those people again. Too annoying.

    Of course she wasn''t scared of them, she just found it troublesome. You can study anywhere, so why the library? However, when she needed to find resources, she would still go to the library. A University had a pretty good library with lots of books and materials. Chu Yang had already borrowed quite a few.

    In addition to the library and dorm, some less crowded and shadier spots on campus were also pretty nice spots to study. When she got bored of the dorm, Chu Yang would also go to one of those shady spots on campus to read.

    On this day, she was sitting in a pavilion on campus reading a book. The gentle breeze felt quitefortable. And there weren''t many passersby, so it was nice and quiet. The trees around were tall and lush. asionally, she could even hear birds chirping.

    Suddenly, a "caw caw..." A pitch ck crow suddenlynded on the pavilion railing, cocking its head looking at Chu Yang.

    Then it cawed twice again, as if saying hello.

    Creatures like crows weren''t umon to witches, and they actually had quite good rtionships. Chu Yang looked at the little crow, extending her hand.

    The crow''s eyes turned as it then flew to Chu Yang''s hand. Chu Yang reached out and stroked its head. The crow nuzzled against her hand quite affectionately.

    Chu Yang searched around in her bag, only finding some fruit candy, nevermind, it couldn''t eat that.

    "Go on, I''ll bring you some treats next time."

    It seemed as if the crow understood her. It nuzzled against her once more, cawed twice, then flew away to a tree.

    Only then did Chu Yang continue studying.

    No one else saw this scene.

    The weather was gradually turning cooler, and Chu Yang had already put on a coat. During this time, Chu Yang had also saved up 20,000 RMB, but it still wasn''t enough. She felt like she needed to earn money faster. At this rate, who knows how long it would take to save enough to repair her crystal ball, which would cost at least 100,000 RMB.

    She now had close to 200 followers, but not that many clients. Most just treated her like a weather forecaster, and she usually only predicted Kyoto''s weather. Some of her followers weren''t even from Kyoto.

    Chu Yang immediately changed the content of her Weibo posts. She felt like she needed to regrly predict some slightly abnormal event that could attract attention from a small audience. After midterms, she would need to investigate further what would be good to predict.

    Two weekster, Shu Daonan sent Chu Yang a message: Boss! [Crying hard] You were right, I really didn''t pass...

    Fortune-telling Little Witch: Human effort can triumph over fate...

    Implying that he didn''t try hard enough.

    Shu Daonan: ...I was wrong! I shouldn''t have indulged in games and entertainment. I have failed you!

    Fortune-telling Little Witch: The only person you failed is yourself...

    Shu Daonan: ...Oh, you''re right.

    On Chu Yang''s side, she and her roommates had no issues passing their midterms. Chu Yang even scored first ce in their major!

    "From now on you are my father! With the gods as my witness, let this junior pay her respects! Getting 99 points on such a difficult ancient Chinese literature exam, you''re just too amazing!" Jin Yang bowed to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang: "Rise, my beloved consort."

    Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin weren''t literature majors, but getting first ce in their major at A University was no easy feat. They looked at Chu Yang admiringly.

    Jin Yang giggled happily: "From now on I''m Noble Consort Yang!"

    Zhou Caicai: "Then I''m Consort Zhou!"

    Qian Xin said in an exaggerated high-pitched voice: "I''m Consort Qian, pleased to meet you sisters." And bowed.

    Everyone then burst outughing.

    On Chu Yang''s side, she did well on her midterms. And her tutoring student also earned good grades, so Chu Yang received a 2,000 RMB bonus from the employer.

    In the dorm, Lin Shushu whispered to Li Qinglu: "I just heard that Chu Yang from the literature department got first ce in her major."

    Li Qinglu paused for a beat, "Alright, let''s not talk about her from now on."

    Lin Shushu nodded in agreement, "Yeah, let''s not mention her anymore. I just feel like she''s changed. Were her grades ever that good before?"

    Her previous grades were decent enough to get into A University, butpared to all the other elite students, she was pretty average. But somehow now she had be so exceptional?

    Lin Shushu was naturally jealous.

    Li Qinglu also didn''t know how to feel. She felt like after leaving them, Chu Yang seemed to be doing even better.

    There were many female students in the literature department. Now that word got out about Chu Yang cing first in their major, a lot of people recognized her. After all, ability was very important at A University. On the roads, some people would even greet her. Sometimes girls from the literature major in the neighboring dorm woulde over to hang out too.

    More social connections meant more potential clients in the future right?

 Chapter 15: Predicting House Collapse

    <h4>Chapter 15</h4>

    There was a girl named He Song in the dorm room next door, she was a fan girl who was obsessed with celebrities. Whenever she came over, she would talk non-stop about how amazing her idol brother was, but she wasn''t forceful about making people pay attention. She was fine.

    The idol she chased was some unknown 18th tier male celebrity. None of the four roommates in the dorm had heard of him before looking him up on Baidu after He Song mentioned him.

    Today when He Song came over to chat again, she talked about her brother again. "Someone actually said my brother would be caught cheating this week? I just don''t understand. My brother works hard every day, he''s as innocent as can be. I''ve met him before, he''s very gentle. How could anyone say he would cheat? I''d believe it if they said it about someone else, but my brother would absolutely never cheat."

    Zhou Caicai who didn''t follow celebrities said: "Nothing is absolute in this world. Didn''t everyone say the same thing about that one person before? The one surnamed Yan. "

    He Song nodded. "Oh, him. Shame on me for being blind."

    Chu Yang was just thinking about changing the prediction theme on her Weibo, but when she heard them chatting she immediately went online to search for the celebrity He Song mentioned.

    Let''s change it up today.

    After He Song left, Chu Yang soon posted on Weibo:

    This week''s prediction: Celebrities Ji Xiao and Qi Jun will be caught cheating this week.

    When Jin Yang and the others saw it, they looked to Chu Yang and asked: "Chu Yang, Ji Xiao is really going to be caught cheating?" Ji Xiao was the celebrity He Song had been chasing recently.

    Chu Yang gave a definite yes.

    Jin Yang and Zhou Caicai looked at each other, "Let''s not tell He Song. She shouldn''t be a blind fan anyway."

    Everyone agreed.

    When Yan Xu saw the online goddess didn''t predict the weather today, but instead predicted cheating scandals?

    Ji Xiao and Qi Jun? He didn''t recognize those names, but Yan Xu still quickly liked andmented to show his support.

    When Chen Shu saw it, Ji Xiao and Qi Jun? Who are they? Cheating scandal? What does that mean? Chen Shu immediately searched online, oh, just some small celebrities, no one got hurt.

    However, someone saw Chu Yang''s post and reposted it. Even tiny celebrities have fans. Soon several angry fans rushed in to scold Chu Yang in thements.

    "If my Qi Jun doesn''t get caught cheating this week, I''m going to attack this blogger!"

    "Fake prophet! Report this feudal superstition!"

    "Sisters! Report this clout chasing!"

    "What kind of trash are you? How dare you spread rumors about my brother cheating?"

    "Scumbag! I hope you get hit by a car and die when you go outside."

    Chu Yang saw thesements with no reaction. The truth woulde out soon anyway.

    But Jin Yang and the others were furious and started fighting with the fans directly. Chu Yang said not to fight back, the oue would be revealed soon.

    Thements under her post blew up quickly.

    More people started checking out her Weibo after seeing the drama, some even followed after seeing her past weather prediction posts were surprisingly urate ording to thements.

    Some followed, some just browsed, but it became Chu Yang''s most interacted Weibo post.

    Ji Xiao''s manager pays attention to online chatter, of course he saw Chu Yang''s post and immediately called Ji Xiao: "You didn''t give anyone inappropriate materials right? You''re on the rise now."

    Ji Xiao still had a woman lying next to him and he shushed her, "Bro, you know me. How could I possibly do that?"

    The manager thought for a bit, "You''re right. Okay, you still have an event tomorrow, remember that."

    "Got it bro."

    The next day, Chu Yang went back to predicting the weather. Maybe she could do a ''prediction of the week'' sometime, predicting something different.

    But under today''s weather prediction, other than the usualments from Yan Xu and the gang, there were also a few new angryments from ounts simr to the anti-fans from yesterday.

    Another round of fights broke out, and Yan Xu directlymented: I''m waiting for you all to get pped in the face! Hahahaha!

    Chen Shu: Esteemed prophet, I''ll send you 100 yuan when you p their faces! @ChuYang

    When Chu Yang saw this... you really don''t have to... although she does like money.

    On Friday night, #JiXiao entering and exiting with a woman# trended, although only at the very end of trending topics.

    "Who''s this? Don''t recognize him."

    "Another male celeb got caught cheating. No one got hurt."

    "I know him, he was in that TV drama ''Legend of Song Dynasty''. I used to think he was a decent actor. Can''t believe this, tsk tsk."

    "What''s wrong with dating? Who still doesn''t let celebrities date nowadays?"

    "Some fans think their idols can''t date, it''s like betraying the fans."

    "Never heard of this guy but he actually trended!"

    After brewing for half an hour, a blogger named XiaoXiaoXin spoke up. She was Ji Xiao''s girlfriend of 6 months, but the woman in the video was not her.

    Scumbag?

    Then the discussion under the topic turned to scolding Ji Xiao as a scumbag.

    Disgustingly, two more female bloggers spoke up iming to also be Ji Xiao''s girlfriend... Not only that, his despicable actions like not using protection and forcing the girls to take contraceptive pills were also exposed.

    Wow!

    Huge gossip! Caught dating multiple women at once! And he''s just a nobody! Not even good looking!

    The Ji Xiao team panicked with no one picking up calls. His manager scolded him and he had to pay a penalty for contract breach.

    Chen Shu had been following the Ji Xiao and Qi Jun incident. Seeing the news online he immediately burst outughing. His dormmates wondered what was up with him.

    Chen Shu directly @''ed the anti-fans who had insulted Chu Yang under her prediction post:

    @JiJiJiJiXiao @XiaoShengBuDuan @JiJiaRen @MaChengGongL @ThatSomeone''sLittleTiger

    "Can you hear the ''p p p p p'' sounds? Hahahahaha"

    Yan Xu, Jin Yang and the others quickly liked hisment.

    Then they all leftughingments.

    None of the anti-fans dared to say anything.

    Not only that, Chu Yang really did receive 100 yuan from Chen Shu.

    Apart from Chen Shu and the gang, new followers also saw it and wondered if the blogger they followed was really that urate?

    Because #JiXiaoScumbag# was trending, people dug up Chu Yang''s prediction post.

    "The blogger predicted Ji Xiao''s cheating a few days ago, she must have known something."

    "Now the pressure is on the other nobody she named, Qi Jun."

    "Don''t tell me Qi Jun is also a scumbag?"

    "Do scumbags just appear in pairs?"

    Chu Yang''s prediction post quickly exceeded 500 likes, and she gained a wave of new followers, some from Beijing who had seen her old weather prediction posts were surprisingly urate ording to thements.

    One girl from Beijing named Cheng Xiaoyu started following Chu Yang because of the Ji Xiao incident. When she clicked into the prophet''s Weibo, she was surprised to see it was all weather predictions for Beijing?

 Chapter 16: Rising Powder

    <h4>Chapter 16</h4>

    Although Cheng Xiaoyu didn''t pay much attention to the daily weather in Beijing, she still knew roughly when it would rain and when the sun woulde out brightly in recent days. This was because she had a shop herselftely, facing the entrance every day. She noticed the weather forecasts released by the blogger were quite urate.

    Because of the scandal with Ji Xiao, Chu Yang gained around 400+ new followers.

    As the number of followers increased, some of them said after seeing the blogger forecasting Beijing''s weather all the time, "Blogger, why do you always forecast Beijing''s weather? Forecast some other cities as well, take care of us followers from Jiangning!"

    Other followers immediately echoed, "And those of us from Yuezhou!"

    Some hoped the blogger would reveal other entertainment gossips, "Blogger, reveal some other gossips! I love gossips the most."

    After seeing the requests from the followers, Chu Yang directly forecasted the next day''s weather for Jiangning City the next day: Hailstorming at 2:20 pm east of Jiangning City tomorrow, please stay safe.

    The follower living in Jiangning City: "No way, I live in the east of the city... But the weather does seem not so good recently."

    Regarding the rumor about the copse of the vi of Zhuang Zi Qi, a C-list celebrity, his studio had already issued a statement denying it. A big "FALSE" was stered in the announcement picture. It even said they would take legal measures to protect their rights against those spreading rumors.

    However, right after the announcement was posted at noon, someone asked Chu Yang to delete her post, in case she got sued. After all, the other party had released an announcement.

    Of course Chu Yang wouldn''t delete it. As a joke! Her predictions had never gone wrong.

    Some others said the rumor about the copse of Ji Xiao''s vi had been circting for some time. The blogger was just hyping it up. Though some paparazzi also privately contacted her, wanting to buy gossips from her as they thought Chu Yang had some evidence.

    Chu Yang just ignored them.

    That night, "Copse of Zhuang Zi Qi''s Vi" made it to the hot search. The announcement at noon seemed like a irony...

    The reason for the copse of Zhuang Zi Qi''s vi was even more dramatic than that of Ji Xiao''s. He had forced abortion, adultery while married, threatened with nude photos! Chu Yang''s post was dug out again, gaining another small wave of fans. But people still thought she was a gossip blogger...

    However, the new fans found after checking the ount "Prophet Witch" that her posts were all "weather forecasts". And each post had fans'' tteringments saying the predictions were very urate. But her self-introduction said she was a witch who could make prophecies.

    The new fans were confused. Why make weather forecasts when you could just check the meteorological bureau? As for "prophecies" and stuff, nobody believed it. It was probably just like Tarot card reading and such. But the blogger didn''t have posts like that at all.

    The next day, the fan from Jiangning City replied: Ahhhhhh, it really hailed, precisely at 2:20pm! I timed it! The blogger is awesome!

    Below werements from fans: Witch, it should be my city''s turn today, Sanchuan City.

    "I asked first, Witch, Yuezhou, Yuezhou!"

    "Blogger, any other gossips recently?"

    Chu Yang posted Yuezhou''s weather forecast today: Yuezhou, sunny tomorrow.

    ...

    In a pavilion corner of the campus, Chu Yang was sitting there crumbling a small bread into breadcrumbs on the table, then a crow flew over crying "caw caw", and started pecking at the breadcrumbs, asionally rubbing its beak against Chu Yang''s fingers.

    Chu Yang even made a cup with leaves, poured some mineral water in for the crow to drink.

    When Chi Yan walked past here, he saw this scene of a girl getting along so harmoniously with a crow...

    Chi Yan hesitated for a moment then walked up. The crow was startled and "caw caw"-ed before flying onto a nearby tree, tilting its head looking at Chi Yan, crying at Chu Yang twice, then flew into the woods.

    Only then did Chu Yang notice Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan stopped in his tracks, smiling awkwardly, "Sorry, it seems I disturbed you guys."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "Anything?"

    Only then did Chi Yan recall his purpose, "I''m here for an exchange activity, but got lost. I want to go to Zhixing Building." There were quite some exchange activities between B University and A University, sometimes they would audit each other''s sses.

    Chu Yang thought for a bit before recalling where Zhixing Building was, at the Computer Science school. But it was still quite far from here, she wondered how Chi Yan got here.

    Chu Yang pointed to a direction, "Walk about 100 meters that way and there''s a bus stop. Take the bus for around 3 stops and get off, then ask someone and you''ll know."

    "Okay, thanks!" Chi Yan looked at the time, it was about time, he waved at her and left.

    After Chu Yang packed up, she went back with her schoolbag.

    For a few consecutive days, Chu Yang forecasted the weather for several cities where her followers lived, and they all said the predictions were very urate. Even asking Chu Yang to forecast the weather for all cities in the country once over.

    Of course she wouldn''t do that. After a week, Chu Yang made another gossip prophecy: A celebrity with over 20 million fans will announce his/her rtionship this week.

    The fans who had thought she was a Prophet Witch all reappeared! They guessed one by one, after all there were multiple celebrities with over 20 million fans.

    "XJJ?"

    "I think it''s TAJ."

    "Huh what? Who''re XJJ and TAJ? Why can''t I type their Chinese names?"

    "So the blogger is a gossip blogger?"

    One fan said, "What? My blogger is a prophet blogger!"

    "Nonsense, my blogger is clearly a weather forecaster."

    "Nah, the blogger is the Goddess of Wind and Thunder."

    "Oh, the blogger turns out to be the Son of the Sky God."

    "..." Getting more and more exaggerated.

    "Impossible someone can actually make prophecies, just take it as entertainment."

    Chu Yang''s eyes narrowed seeing this post doubting her capabilities - since he doubted her power, she would prove it to him. She was a little bored recently anyway.

    Soon Chu Yang replied to him: "Suggest you hurry home, your wife''s going intobor."

    The fan: "??? How did the blogger know my wife is pregnant? No, how did you know I''m married?"

    Chu Yang didn''t reply to him. 10 minutester, the fan immediately got a call, "Zhou Cheng, go to the hospital quick, your wife is inbor!"

    The fan called Zhou Cheng: !!!

    Two hourster, the fan immediately replied to Chu Yang: "Ahhhhhhh, the blogger is truly divine! My wife gave birth, hahahaha."

    Chu Yang: "Congrats on getting a little cotton-padded jacket."

    Fan: "...Fuck me! My wife did give birth to a daughter."

    The fans who saw this allmented: "No way." "The blogger can really do it?" "I felt the blogger was extraordinary after following her." "Has to be fake right? Paid propaganda?" "Seems fake, unfollowing."

    Chu Yang didn''t care about those unfollowing. Good wine is not afraid of a deep alley.

    As for the celebrity announcing rtionship Chu Yang mentioned, gossip lovers were all waiting for it. Two dayster, an actor called Rong Xichou publicly announced his rtionship, @-ing another actress. The two actors both had over 20 million fans.

    Chu Yang''s post was seen again, and gained some more fans, close to 1,000 now... All real fans.

 Chapter 17: Looking for students + Zhou Xiu Verification

    <h4>Chapter 17</h4>

    There were also some entertainment gossip bloggers who privately messaged her saying that if there was any gossip in the future, they could sell it to them and the price was negotiable.

    Chu Yang didn''t reply to any of them. She really wasn''t an entertainment gossip blogger. Chu Yang edited a Weibo post: I''m not an entertainment gossip blogger but a prophecy blogger. I take on all kinds of prophecy events, the prices are fair, there is no deceit towards either the young or the old, it is absolutely authentic!

    Chen Shu, Jin Yang and the others also stood up for Chu Yang, but the new fans didn''t really believe them. Some even felt that Jin Yang and the others were drags, thinking about making money from the fans they just got?

    More than 10 unfollowed right away.

    The fan who was pregnant before also stood up for Chu Yang: I definitely don''t know the blogger! The blogger''s prophecies are definitely amazing!

    Not only did she know that his wife was going to give birth, she even knew the gender! This must be someone incredible. He had met a benefactor!

    During the weekend, Chu Yang went to the student''s home as usual, but no one answered the door after she knocked for a while. Chu Yang immediately called the employer.

    The employer on the other side wasn''t in good spirits, "I''m sorry Teacher Chu, I forgot to tell you, Xiao Xiao had an argument with her dad and ran away from home. She hasn''te back for a day and night now. I asked her teachers and ssmates and none of them knew where she was. I''m at the police station right now. Please let me know if you happen to see Xiao Xiao."

    "Okay."

    After hanging up the call, Chu Yang immediately used her witch powers. After all, Xiao Xiao was her student and she was still a little worried that the girl had gone missing. Also, the employer said she had been gone for a day and night, it was very dangerous for a young girl to be out there by herself.

    Soon, Chu Yang saw Xiao Xiao''s figure appear in a park. Chu Yang knew that park, it wasn''t too far from here, close to the river.

    When Chu Yang got there, she saw Xiao Xiao sitting by the riverbank, sitting alone on the ground and looking into the distance.

    Chu Yang pretended to bump into her, "Xiao Xiao, what are you doing here? I was supposed to go give you a lesson today. Your mom said you weren''t home."

    Xiao Xiao turned her head and saw her admirable teacher Chu Yang. She rubbed her eyes and cried out, "Teacher Chu Yang... I... I..." The little girl was about to cry.

    Chu Yang squatted down and stroked her head, "It''s alright, you can tell Teacher Chu Yang Lin anything."

    Xiao Xiao wiped her tears, "I had an argument with my dad. Teacher Chu Yang, you probably haven''t seen my dad before. He''s apany boss who''s rarely home. Other than giving me money, he has never taken care of me. The day before yesterday when he came back, he said I would be studying abroad in the future and take over his business by studying finance management. But I don''t want to go abroad, I said I wanted to go to A University.

    Then my dad said the universities in China aren''t good, I still have to go abroad to study well. He even said my grades can''t get into A University. I got angry and said China is powerful now and the top domestic universities are world ss, how could they not be good. Also, he doesn''t even believe in me. I don''t even want to study finance management, I want to study something else.

    He actually said that if I don''t study it, he would go have an illegitimate child toe and learn it instead. Can you believe he would say something like that? He didn''t care about my mom at all. It was really disgusting."

    Chu Yang also felt that a dad like this was no good, but she couldn''t judge the employer right now either, so she could onlyfort Xiao Xiao, "Since your dad doesn''t think you can do it, then prove it to him. I think your science scores are actually quite good and your Chinese has also improved a lot recently. Keep working hard, I think getting into A University in the future is absolutely possible for you.

    As for what major to study, you still have time to decideter, it won''t be toote to look again after taking the college entrance exam. Remember, when you be strong, no one can hold you back. Right now, the most important thing is to study hard and be strong."

    Xiao Xiao nodded, "Okay, I''ll remember."

    "Teacher Chu Yang, I really admire you. You''re pretty, and an A University top student, you must have a lot of friends."

    Chu Yang smiled, "You only see the surface. Also, I don''t have that many friends."

    Xiao Xiao: "Why?" Then she suddenly realized, "Oh, I know, strong people are always lonely."

    Chu Yang didn''t refute her. In fact, whether one is strong or not has no direct corrtion with how many friends they have. Making more or fewer friends is only a difference in personal lifestyle.

    "Let''s go back first, your mom must be worried sick looking for you. I''ll give her a call."

    "Okay."

    When the employer mom saw her daughter, she cried. But she didn''t forget to thank Chu Yang, "Thank you so much Teacher Chu. I really can''t thank you enough."

    "You''re wee, after all Xiao Xiao is my student too."

    In the end, the employer mom still wanted to give her money but was declined.

    After Chu Yang left, the employer mom asked her daughter, "How did Teacher Chu find you?"

    Xiao Xiao: "It was a chance encounter."

    "Is that so?"

    "Mhmm."

    The next time Chu Yang came to teach, the employer mom raised her hourly rate to 200 RMB.

    Chu Yang wanted to decline again, but Xiao Xiao on the side said, "Just take it Teacher Chu Yang, my dad has a lot of money. It''s because he has too much money that his brain short circuited. Might as well give you more money."

    Chu Yang: ......

    On the other hand, as time drew closer, Zhou Xiu grew more nervous. She had told Jin Yang before that she would definitely break up with Lin Yuan, but because Lin Yuan treated her very well, she kept hesitating. Sometimes she thought maybe the person who told her was lying. How could her Lin Yuan cheat on her?

    Also, she felt like she could change him too. He really loved her a lot right now, she could feel it. As for the woman he would cheat with, she hadn''t met her before either.

    Jin Yang called her and asked if she had broken up yet. Zhou Xiu evaded the questions, so Jin Yang thought she really did break up. However, the little sister didn''t listen to her advice at all.

    A weekter, Zhou Xiu called Jin Yang crying, "Jin Yang, Lin Yuan really showed that tendency... I saw that woman."

    Jin Yang was confused: "Hmm? Didn''t you break up with him already?"

    Zhou Xiu mumbled: "I... I..."

    Jin Yang understood then. Wow, she thought Zhou Xiu had broken up with him long ago! She was so angry cursing out that future scumbag before!

    Jin Yang immediately hung up the call. She couldn''t control it.

    Half an hourter, Jin Yang called her back again. She was angry for half an hour, but convinced herself in the end that it was still a prophecy after all. Maybe many people wouldn''t want to believe it even if you told them their boyfriend would cheat in the future when he still seemed decent to them normally. Most would probably not believe that.

    Jin Yang firmly said, "Remember to show me evidence immediately if there is any! Don''t be an idiot if you want to stay with him, and don''te looking for me in the future!"

    Zhou Xiu wiped her tears, "I understand. I''m sorry, Jin Yang."

    After all, they were sisters for many years. Jin Yang couldn''t bear it either, "You know how amazing my roommate is now right. I told you, my roommate is a big shot! That 200 RMB was worth it!"

    Zhou Xiu immediately nodded, "Yes, yes. Sorry, I didn''t really believe before."

    "Anyway, go break up with that scumbag first. Scumbags aren''t worth it. Oh right, my roommate''s Weibo ount is Young Female Witch''s Prophecies. Follow it in the future, you can contact her if anythinges up."

    "Okay."

    On Chu Yang''s side, she was receiving a new customer. She gained another diehard fan.

    This new customer was rich and imposing. He directly threw 1,000 RMB over without even worrying that Chu Yang might be scamming him.

 Chapter 18: Looking for a Dog

    <h4>Chapter 18</h4>

    A new client directly gave Chu Yang a red envelope of one thousand yuan and said, "My Dian Dian is missing. Blogger, please help me find my Dian Dian. Money is not an issue, consider this one thousand as a deposit." In the end, she also sent Chu Yang a photo of her Dian Dian.

    In the photo was an adorable Samoyed, wearing beautiful clothes with a dog leash encrusted with gold around its neck, it looked like the dog was living an even better life than some people.

    One thousand yuan, Chu Yang quickly replied, "Okay, right away."

    On the other side, Wei Qianduo was also out of options. Her Dian Dian had been missing for quite some days already. She had put up missing dog notices, posted on social media, gathered friends and ssmates to help search, but still could not find Dian Dian.

    It was one of her friends who said she had recently followed a blogger. Although the blogger imed to be a fortune teller, she looked more like a gossip blogger, if not a weather expert. However, from the content she posted and some of the replies from her fans, there was still something believable about her.

    Wei Qianduo anxiously waited.

    On Chu Yang''s side, she directly saw a dirty dog with its eyes already closed. A man was holding a shovel, digging a hole nearby, next to a pond... Surrounded by trees, there was a mountain nearby with a pavilion on it. The pavilion had the words "Shouyun Pavilion" written on it, and at that moment the setting sun had gone down.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes, looked up the three words "Shouyun Pavilion", and it turned out to be on Guanyun Mountain on the outskirts of the city. Guanyun Mountain was over one thousand meters above sea level, there was also a temple up the mountain, but it was rather secluded. Usually only on weekends would there be more people, other than that there would hardly be anyone there.

    Chu Yang quickly replied to the client: "Guanyun Mountain, by the pond, hurry, not looking good."

    Seeing this message, Wei Qianduo immediately got up and called someone, "Come with me quickly to Guanyun Mountain!"

    In the car, Wei Qianduo asked the fortune telling girl, "Has something happened to my Dian Dian?"

    Fortune telling girl: "Very not looking good."

    Wei Qianduo was extremely anxious, while the boy next to her tried tofort her, "Don''t worry, Dian Dian will be alright."

    Wei Qianduo was on the verge of tears, "But the blogger said it''s not looking good at all, I feel like something has happened to Dian Dian."

    The boy was puzzled, "Blogger? What blogger?"

    Wei Qianduo showed him her phone. The boy took one look and felt she was being scammed. "Qianduo, you haven''t been tricked have you? This looks clearly like a scam."

    Wei Qianduo took her phone back. "No, I feel like it''s real. She even clearly stated the location. Anyway we have to hurry over there. Uncle driver, please go faster."

    "Alright."

    Two hourster, the two arrived at Guanyun Mountain. Wei Qianduo jogged ahead, "The blogger said it was by the pond."

    The boy could only run after her. Soon the two reached the area around the pond, but could not find any traces of people or animals. The boy said, "You must have been tricked. How could Dian Dian possibly have run so far out here?"

    "Shhh!" Wei Qianduo quieted the boy down, then her ears perked towards a certain direction. She walked over and parted some bushes, and saw her Dian Dian tied up. A man was fiercely whipping Dian Dian with a whip. The whimpering dog was already very weak.

    Wei Qianduo immediately shouted loudly, "Qin Hai!" referring to the boy next to her.

    Qin Hai rushed over at once to grab hold of the man. Having heard the shout, the man also panicked. Just as Qin Hai charged at him, he threw down the whip and fled. Qin Hai quickly chased after him.

    Wei Qianduo cried as she rushed over to untie Dian Dian. She shouted, "Qin Hai, stop chasing, we need to go to the hospital, quick! Wahhh Dian Dian!"

    Seeing the man disappear into the woods, and hearing Wei Qianduo''s cries, Qin Hai stopped his pursuit and hurried back. The two carried the dog and made haste to leave, but on the way Dian Dian let out a few whimpers. She barely managed to open her eyes, but soon stopped breathing...

    Wei Qianduo had already cried to the point she nearly fainted. "Wahhh Dian Dian!"

    They finally found a pet hospital, but the doctor could only shake his head...

    Wei Qianduo cried so hard she almost passed out. In the end Qin Hai took Dian Dian''s body back. As for that man, Qin Hai had already called the police. That abuser would definitely not get away.

    While Wei Qianduo went to find Dian Dian, Jin Yang was alreadyining to Chu Yang, "Chu Yang, do you still remember my friend Xiu Xiu? Oh my god, she actually didn''t listen to you and break up, and now her boyfriend has shown his true colors. She''s onlying to cry to me now! I''m so pissed off!"

    Chu Yang: "Don''t be angry, just respect others."

    Jin Yang sighed, "You''re as calm as always. I''m most angry that she didn''t even believe you on this point." She had already foreseen this oue. "Oh well, make your choice, bear the consequence. Whether to believe or not was up to her."

    Jin Yang: "I will always believe in what you say."

    Chu Yang smiled, "Don''t, sometimes you still have to believe in yourself. Believing others is the most unreliable." Man can triumph over heaven.

    Jin Yang felt Chu Yang made sense, but she would still believe Chu Yang''s words. So far, everything she had seen Chu Yang say was urate.

    ......

    Dian Dian was found, but the dog had passed away... Her friends came one after another tofort Wei Qianduo. They knew what Dian Dian meant to Wei Qianduo, that she was no longer just a pet dog, but family. They just didn''t expect her to be tortured to death by some psychopath. She must have suffered tremendous pain at that time.

    Two dayster, the police caught the man. From interrogation it was uncovered that he had already abused many dogs, always going to Guanyun Mountain by that pond to do it. Nobody knew just how many dead dog bodies were buried by that pond. When the police dug them out, they were shocked speechless.

    While thew would deal with the dog abuser, Dian Dian still could note back.

    Wei Qianduo had been silent for a whole week already. To distract her, Qin Hai asked, "Show me that blogger you mentionedst time, I''ll go follow her ount."

    Wei Qianduo pped her forehead, "Oh my, I forgot to pay the blogger!"

    Wei Qianduo opened Weibo, and directly transferred five thousand yuan to the fortune telling girl. She left a message: "Thank you blogger for finding Dian Dian, but Dian Dian has already... Still, thank you blogger."

    If not for the blogger, perhaps underneath that mud by the pond would be her Dian Dian, never to be discovered. She hated herself for not having discovered this blogger earlier. Perhaps then her Dian Dian would not have... But all the what ifs were useless now.

    On Chu Yang''s side, she had already foreseen this oue. Back then when she saw the scars on the dog, most of them were old wounds already. She could only sigh at the situation.

    But she still epted the money.

    From Wei Qianduo''s introduction, Qin Hai followed the "fortune telling girl''s" Weibo ount. Looking at the posts the blogger had made, his heart also slowly came to believe that this blogger might be a professional.

    If there was anything in the future, he would definitelye looking for this blogger.

 Chapter 19: Debate Competition

    <h4>Chapter 19</h4>

    "Chu Yang, there''s a debatepetition in the auditorium, and the debaters are all handsome guys. Let''s go grab some seats!" Jin Yang rushed back from outside and grabbed Chu Yang''s hand while beckoning Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin to follow along.

    "Hurry hurry hurry, super handsome guys!"

    Chu Yang was confused as she was dragged along, while Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin excitedly followed them over.

    Jin Yang chattered along the way: "As it turns out, today is a debatepetition between B University and our school, with top experts battling it out. Most importantly, I''ve heard that B University''s campus heartthrob is participating as the fourth debater. And besides the school belle, the others are all handsome guys too! As for our side, apart from Gu Xiao, the other three are not bad either."

    Zhou Caicai: "Who is this Gu Xiao?"

    Jin Yang nced at Chu Yang before saying: "Ah, it''s that person. The one our school publicly ims as our school belle. "

    Zhou Caicai suddenly realized: "Oh! Senior Brother Gu Xiao... Bleh! I mean, Student Gu Xiao."

    Chu Yang waved her hand: "Don''t mind me, I don''t know them well."

    Jin Yang burst outughing: "That''s right, not familiar at all. We''re mainly here to see B University''s handsome guys. Even though we''re from A University, wildflowers can still smell sweet, don''t you think?"

    The group finally arrived at the auditorium, which was already filled with many people, mostly female students who were very excited.

    Chu Yang overheard whispers: "Is it really Chi Yan?"

    "Yes, I''ve heard he''s the fourth debater."

    "Ahhhhh I''ve finally gotten to see him!"

    "I regret going to A University now. I should''ve gone to B University."

    "Don''t say that, our school belle Gu Xiao isn''t bad-looking either."

    "But still... I still think Chi Yan is more handsome. And Gu Xiao already has a girlfriend."

    "True. And it''s not just Chi Yan! Yuan Zhi, Chen Xihua and Zhao Qingyun are here too!"

    "What! The four big beauties of B University?"

    "Ahhhh so thrilling!" Jin Yang excitedly joined in the discussion with the girls beside them. Chu Yang beside them didn''t really understand... and isn''t that Chi Yan the one she knows?

    Soon, the host walked up on stage and everyone quieted down.

    When the two sides started going up on stage, the audience pped loudly with some even screaming "Woohoo!!!"

    The four beauties of B University in ck suits were on the left, each over 1.8 meters tall. On the right were two male and two female students from A University, one of them being Gu Xiao. The other three were also some student council members of the school. Gu Xiao was the fourth debater.

    Chu Yang had just started pping when a person suddenly burst in through the back door, rushed over to her out of breath and asked softly: "Excuse me, is this seat taken?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. The person then waved to another male student: "Come on!"

    The two sat down beside Chu Yang. "Phew, just made it! Today our Chi Yan will definitely steal the spotlight. As his roommate, we''ll be capturing his heroic debating moments on camera!"

    "Yeah yeah!"

    "Quick, get the video camera ready. It''s starting soon."

    "Got it."

    Chu Yang nced over - so they were Chi Yan''s roommates!

    Today''s debate topic was: Are the pros or cons more significant when university students date

    Pro position: More pros

    Con position: More cons

    B University took the pro position while A University took the con position.

    The audience also had differing views on whether there were more pros or cons. Chu Yang took a neutral stance - there would be no right answer for such debates, it depends on the individual.

    The first debater from B University went first: "I think there are more pros for university students dating, for three reasons: First..."

    A University First Debater: "I disagree with the opponent''s view. We believe there are more cons for university students dating..."

    Both sides went back and forth, with each side''s views resonating with the audience below. Their emotions were stirred up as they kept turning their heads left and right as the debate became more intense.

    Suddenly Jin Yang asked Chu Yang: "Chu Yang, which side do you think will win?"

    Chu Yang didn''t even need to "see"; her immediate response was "The left side."

    No matter in terms of their aura, temperament, arguments, etc., Chu Yang felt the left side had greater odds of winning, though it wasn''t absolute since this was A University''s home turf. Sometimes the scoring would give consideration to that "home advantage".

    When Chu Yang spoke, the two male students beside her suddenly nced at her- wow, a pretty girl! Wei Feng raised a thumbs up towards Chu Yang. "Beauty, you have good eyes!"

    He then took out a banner from his pocket and unrolled it together with the person next to him. It read inrge print: Chi Yan is the most handsome! Chi Yan is the best!

    As the debate grew more intense, Chi Yan sat up straight, recalling how he saw Gu Xiao leading a bunch of people earlier "bullying" Chu Yang, and also...

    After the opponent finished speaking and sat down, Chi Yan stood up, looked at Gu Xiao and said: "Since the opponent ims that there are more cons than pros for university student dating, may I ask the opponent''s fourth debater - I''ve heard you have a girlfriend. If you think the cons outweigh the pros, does that mean you will break up with your girlfriend? She should be watching in the audience right now."

    Yuan Zhi, Chen Xihua and Zhao Qingyun beside him instantly nced his way, secretly giving him the thumbs up. Many in the audience also looked towards Li Qinglu - it wasmon knowledge she was Student Council President Gu Xiao''s girlfriend.

    Li Qinglu looked at Gu Xiao. She was well aware this was just a debate, but still couldn''t help worrying if she affected Gu Xiao.

    Of course, Student Council President Gu Xiao''s capabilities were undoubtedly formidable too. He was momentarily stunned but quickly stood up to reply: "It is precisely because I understand the cons outweigh the pros that I avoid inappropriate behavior in the rtionship."

    Chi Yan raised his brows: "In other words, you won''t be breaking up then?" Hmm, clearly knew the cons outweighed the pros yet still wasn''t breaking up.

    Gu Xiao: ......

    As Gu Xiao remained standing, the female second debater from their side stood up and said: "You im there are more pros than cons for university students dating. Then howe all of you don''t have girlfriends? As far as I know, aren''t you all single?"

    Chen Xihua chuckled roguishly as he stood up. "It''s not that we don''t have girlfriends, just that we can''t get them. If this student would like to be my girlfriend, I feel that I can ept."

    The female second debater from A University stammered instantly turning red, not daring to say anything more as she sat down.

    "Oooh~" Wolf whistles and cheers of "Get together get together!" erupted from the audience.

    "Everyone please quiet down!" The host came out to maintain order before the noise died down.

    ...... The oue was obvious. In the end, B University''s side did obtain the victory. Yet all the university students had good conduct- even A University''s side did not feel dissatisfied. After all, everyone found this debate quite satisfying - aside from the handsome guys, people''s remarks, temperament,nguage and thought process were all very enlightening.

    After it ended, the two male students next to Chu Yang rushed up immediately to take pictures with B University''s team. Jin Yang pulled Chu Yang along to walk out following the crowd. When they were about to exit, Wei Feng suddenly caught sight of her. He instantly pointed at her and called out: "Beauty, you were the one who said we would definitely win. Beauty, do you want toe take a picture together? Squad leader Chi Yan,e take a photo with the beauty who supported you!"

    Chu Yang turned around and Chi Yan happened to see her calling out: "Chu Yang?"

 Chapter 20: Bitchy

    <h4>Chapter 20</h4>

    Chu Yang looked at him and nodded.

    Wei Feng stared with wide eyes and looked at Chi Yan, "You guys know each other? Comeee, let''s take a photo together!"

    Chu Yang hesitated for a moment. Jin Yang beside excitedly said, "Ah, can we take one together too?"

    "Sure,e on over."

    Jin Yang pulled Chu Yang over and called Caicai and Qian Xin over too. Then they stood together with Chi Yan''s group and changed positions so the photo would look better, and Chu Yang was pushed next to Chi Yan, the two of them standing in the middle.

    Photographer: "Come on, strike a pose!"

    "V sign!"

    When he said to strike a pose, Chu Yang directly put up two fingers in a V, neatly calling out "V sign!".

    While they were taking photos, Li Qinglu and the others were also there on the side. Lin Shushu beside saw that Chu Yang was actually taking photos with the B University people? And they seemed so close?

    Li Qinglu said, "Since when did Yi Yi get to know people from B University?"

    Lin Shushu stared at Chu Yang, "I''ll go ask her." After saying that, ignoring Li Qinglu''s shouts, she went in front of Chu Yang, "Chu Yang, is it because you got to know new friends that you''ve abandoned your old ones?"

    While talking to Chu Yang her gaze was fixed on Chi Yan''s group.

    With her words, everyone looked towards both groups. On that side Li Qinglu wanted to say something but stopped, not saying anything in the end.

    The thing with the school event already gave Zhou Caicai a bad impression of this Lin Shushu. Hearing what she said, Zhou Caicai exploded, "What abandon? What friend of Chu Yang''s are you? Our Chu Yang doesn''t have a friend like you who falsely uses others!"

    Lin Shushu rolled her eyes. "Chu Yang hasn''t said anything, what are you barking for?"

    "You!" Zhou Caicai wanted to hit her. Chu Yang held her back directly, "Caicai, I''ll handle this."

    Chu Yang looked at Lin Shushu, staring straight at her, staring until she felt a little creeped out inside.

    Lin Shushu felt a bit ufortable with Chu Yang''s gaze, "You... why are you looking at me like that? Could it be that what I said wasn''t right? Weren''t you always following our Qinglu before? To others you''ve always said that you and Qinglu will be friends forever."

    Chu Yang nodded. "Probably said that before, but... don''t you know that friends can end friendships? Like how we''ve already ended our friendship? And... you''re jealous of me? Why? Jealous that I''m better looking than you? That my grades are better? That I have friends?"

    Chu Yang wouldn''t mistake it. She had seen the gaze Lin Shushu looked at her with sh with jealousy multiple times already. Once could be a mistake but multiple times wouldn''t be wrong.

    When Chu Yang said this, Wei Feng beside her suddenly let out a "pfft"ugh. When everyone looked at him he embarrassedly waved his hand. "Sorry, didn''t mean to."

    Lin Shushu panicked for a second, then stubbornly said, "Who''s jealous of you? What''s there to be jealous about?"

    "So why are you barking?" Chu Yang threw the question back at her. "I remember I was Li Qinglu''s friend before, but I was never friends with you. What, Li Qinglu doesn''t know how to talk so you''re here to talk for her? Do I need to restate this once more? We have nothing more to do with each other from now on. Don''t say you know me outside, we aren''t friends, just strangers."

    Chu Yang looked towards Li Qinglu''s side. "Did you get that? If you didn''t remember I can say it again. We aren''t friends!"

    Lin Shushu suddenly smiled. "Oh I get it, you got close to our Qinglu before for the sake of Senior Xu Xiao. Since Senior Xu Xiao is a perfect match for Qinglu you got jealous and that''s why you said you wanted to end the friendship, right?"

    Chu Yang looked puzzled and asked, "When did I ever say I liked your Senior Xu Xiao? Did I? Senior Xu Xiao, please say, have I ever said I liked you before?!"

    The previous Chu Yang had never said anything like that. It was just her behavior and expressions that made it seem obvious.

    Gu Xiao was rendered speechless for a moment, suddenly feeling resentful that Lin Shushu went to confront Chu Yang about it. Chu Yang really hadn''t ever said it outright, it was just obvious to everyone, so he shook his head.

    Lin Shushu red. "Anyone with eyes can see it clear as day."

    Chu Yang swept a nce at her and asked Jin Yang beside her, "Did you see it?"

    Jin Yang, Zhou Caicai, and Qian Xin immediately shook their heads. "No no, Yi Yi never talked about them in the dorms!"

    "That''s right."

    "What senior, we would never talk about senior Gu Xiao. If we talk about anyone it would be senior Chi Yan since he''s more handsome than Gu Xiao."

    "That''s right, Senior Gu Xiao already has a girlfriend, why would we talk about him? We only talk about fresh cucumbers, old cucumbers aren''t wanted."

    The few of them went more and more overboard. On the other side Gu Xiao''s face grew darker and darker...

    Beside them Chi Yan coughed. "Ahem." What to do, want tough so much. His gaze turned to Chu Yang. So they talk about me in their dorms huh, meaning she talks about me...

    Chu Yang smiled and cut off Jin Yang and the others'' words. "Alright that''s enough." Then she looked at Lin Shushu again. "I never provoked any of you. You can''t even stand seeing me here taking photos together? If you can''t stand it then endure it, don''te over making snide remarks again. Otherwise I''ll just say that you actually like Gu Xiao but you can''t beat Li Qinglu so you can only take it out on me."

    Huh? There''s gossip like this?

    Everyone instantly looked at Lin Shushu.

    Lin Shushu immediately looked at Li Qinglu. "Qinglu, I absolutely don''t! I swear! Chu Yang! You... Just you wait!"

    After saying that she immediately ran off.

    Chi Yan suddenly said, "Wasn''t it that bunch of them surrounding you and trying to bully youst time? How can they still have the nerve toe find you?"

    Hearing this, everyone looked towards Li Qinglu''s group. Gu Xiao''s face was even darker as he said, "It was just a coincidence running into each other, don''t talk nonsense, no bullying happened." Then he pulled Li Qinglu away.

    Chu Yang shrugged. She didn''t know why Lin Shushu always acted so wretched when seeing her. She had felt that it would be best if everyone minded their own business peacefully. You don''t like looking at me and I don''t like looking at you either, so avoiding each other is good enough. Yet she always charged over not knowing why.

    Chu Yang called Jin Yang and the others to leave together with her. "Let''s go back."

    "Mm mm."

    "Wait a moment." Right as Chu Yang was about to leave, Chi Yan suddenly called out to stop her.

    Chu Yang turned back. "Hm?"

    Chi Yan suddenly said awkwardly, "Want to go eat together?"

    Hearing this, Wei Feng, Yuan Zhi and the others beside him made meaningful nces at each other.

    Chu Yang wanted to shake her head, because she didn''t want to go eat with them. These few seemed to be the biggest names from the neighboring school, and getting too close with them would probably bring quite a bit of trouble.

    "I helped youst time, so you have to treat me to a meal right." Chi Yan suddenly came out with this.

    Wei Feng ck lines. "Bro Yan, you''re that stingy? Making a girl treat you?"

    Beside them Zheng Qing hit him. "You know nothing. It''s strategy, strategy."

    "Oh, I see."

    Chu Yang was also a bit speechless... Jin Yang beside shook Chu Yang''s arm and said, "Treat him, you have to treat him!"

    Seeing her roommates fanatically flower-girling, fine, she''ll treat.

 Chapter 21: Dinner + Car Accident

    <h4>Chapter 21</h4>

    In the private room, everyone very consciously let Chu Yang and Chi Yan sit together. When the waiter came over with the menu, Chi Yan ced it directly in front of Chu Yang, "You order."

    Seeing this, Wei Feng and Zheng Qing started wiggling their eyebrows again.

    Chu Yang directly ordered a stir-fried vegetable, sweet and sour pork ribs, steamed fish, and then handed the menu to Chi Yan, "I''m done ordering, you guys can order the rest."

    Chi Yan ordered several more dishes, then the menu was passed around and everyone ordered another two or three dishes.

    At the table, Wei Feng gossiped, "How did you two meet?"

    Chi Yan thought for a moment, "She saved me."

    Everyone was shocked, "She saved you?"

    On Chu Yang''s side, she didn''t feel like anything was wrong with that. She did save someone, or rather, she saved herself and happened to save someone else. So now she has to treat them to a meal?

    Yuan Zhi on the side said, "She saved you yet you''re making her foot the bill?"

    Chi Yan: "Mm, she said she''d treat me to a meal,ter I''ll pay."

    Everyone jeered, "Ohhh~"

    Chu Yang didn''t know what was so funny about that. Since she said she''d treat them, then she''d treat them, "No need, I''ll pay."

    Chi Yan didn''t argue against this either. Anyway, he''d go straight to pay the billter.

    "So how exactly did you get to know each other?" Wei Feng asked again. Chi Yan wasn''t the type of person to take such initiative with someone just because they saved him.

    When the dishes arrived, there were also drinks. Chi Yan conveniently opened a bottle of Wang Lao Ji and ced it in front of Chu Yang, while saying: "It was that incident from before, on the bus ride back to school. She noticed the driver was unwell, then stopped the passengers from arguing and fed the driver medicine."

    When Wei Feng and the others heard this, they understood. That bus incident had also been talked about a lot online, and they recognized Chi Yan, but didn''t know which girl the other one was. During that incident, it was thanks to these two that the whole bus was saved.

    "So that incident was you two saving the entire bus of people ah." Everyone instantaneously held Chu Yang in reverence.

    Chi Yan shook his head. "It was still Chu Yang who noticed it first, which made me realize the driver''s situation. If it wasn''t for her, the circumstances at that time could have really been bad." He had just lent a helping hand, while she deserved the greatest credit. He was still puzzled by how she knew the driver would run into trouble.

    Jin Yang whispered by Chu Yang''s ear, "You saw it at that time, right?"

    Chu Yang nodded.

    Catching the whisper of "saw," Chi Yan was a bit confused. Saw what?

    But the dishes had already arrived and everyone was hungry, so they chatted about other topics while eating heartily, also celebrating today''s debatepetition victory.

    "You four will definitely be chased by the school''s female students again when you go back today." Wei Feng said. The four biggest male idols of B University were definitely not undeserved.

    In addition to being handsome, they were also excellent students and role models for everyone at school.

    Chen Xihua took a big bite of food. "Please no,ter we''ll sneak back to the dorms. We absolutely can''t openly return to campus." Some of the female students at school were truly mad.

    "I''ll drive you guys back to the dormster, I came by car just now." This was from Zhao Qingyun.

    "Alright then, remember not to drink alcohol."

    "Got it."

    Everyone was eating to their heart''s content. In between, Chi Yan went out for a bit and everyone assumed he went to the bathroom. Then when Chu Yang went to pay the bill after the meal, the server said it had already been paid.

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan: "You paid?"

    Chi Yan nodded. "After all, you still saved me in the end."

    Wei Feng on the side said, "Bro Yan treating this time, next time little sister Chu Yang can treat us back, this back and forth...Ow!"

    Chi Yan threw a punch straight into his chest, not using much strength. Wei Feng acted exaggeratedly.

    Chu Yang sighed. This owing back and forth would have to be repaid at some point. She ced her hand on Chi Yan''s shoulder and his entire body tensed up. "Wha...What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang didn''t say anything, but closed her eyes. The other boys also exchanged nces with each other while Jin Yang beside them shushed.

    After a while, Chu Yang opened her eyes and looked towards Zhao Qingyun.

    Zhao Qingyun was made nervous by her staring at him and scratched his head. "Wha...What''s up?" Could she have taken a fancy to him? Would Chi Yan kill him? In just a couple seconds Zhao Qingyun had already thought of piles of chaotic nonsense.

    Chu Yang removed her hand. She looked at her watch and said, "Wait half an hour before going back. Otherwise, there will be an ident. Or you guys can walk back to school."

    The boys: ???

    Jin Yang and the two other girls: !!!

    Just now Chu Yang had seen these boys getting into a major car ident on the road when returning. And their car''s front waspletely smashed in.

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang. He felt that she didn''t seem to be joking. Just like with that bus before. "Will something happen?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Right, there will be a car ident on Anding West Road. A major one."

    Wei Feng and the others were already dumbfounded. "...Why, how do you know?" They were indeed nning to take Anding West Road back to school.

    Jin Yang on the side said, "Anyway, my family''s Chu Yang just knows. You have to believe it for sure. We''ll go to the supermarket nearby for now. Don''t head back first."

    Yuan Zhi frowned. "If there really might be a car ident, shouldn''t we go stop it now?"

    Chu Yang looked at him. "And how to stop it?"

    Everyone was at a loss. Right, how to stop it? How would the ident happen? Could they say right now that there would be a car ident hereter on, so don''te this way? How would they notify people? Who would believe it?

    Some things just cannot be stopped. For some people, their fate is just that way.

    Chen Xihua said, "It''s not...you''re definitely not joking, right?"

    Zhou Caicai rolled her eyes at him. "Who''s joking with you? My family Chu Yang is..." Before Caicai could say it, Jin Yang pulled her once. "Forget it,ter you''ll believe it anyway. If we say anything now they might not believe it."

    Zhou Caicai shut up immediately. Everyone looked towards Chu Yang again. Were they about to say just now that Chu Yang in their family is able to see the future? What era are we in now? No more random spirits haunting people after the founding of the country, no one believes that!

    Yet somehow, with one nce from Chu Yang, each of them felt a sense of dread. It was like being stripped bare.

    Chi Yan directly decided: "Let''s go to the supermarket." As for why they wouldn''t walk back, they weren''t fools. Going back that way it''d take over an hour, with how big their campus is!

    "Okay." Everyone agreed.

    In truth, no one was really in the mood to browse the supermarket. As for Chu Yang, she wondered why she had to apany them shopping when she and the other girls could''ve just directly gone back to their dorms. But upon seeing Jin Yang happily shopping, she kept silent.

    Chi Yan pushed the cart. Choctes here, potato chips there, then candies and spicy sticks, the cart was soon filled with all kinds of snacks. Wei Feng saw him like this: "Bro, why''re you buying so much snacks? Don''t you not eat them usually?"

    Zheng Qing pulled him back. "What''s your brain thinking? He might not eat them, but aren''t there people who do?" he said pointing towards Chu Yang, who was looking at things ahead.

    Chu Yang had put down the box of plum candy she picked up, deeming it too expensive for its small size. She had to save money; she won''t eat it!

    Once she put it down and walked further ahead though, Chi Yan directly ced the plum candy she was looking at just now into the cart.

 Chapter 22: Itâ€™s the Witch

    <h4>Chapter 22</h4>

    Ten minutester, a few people were strolling around the fruit section. Jin Yang asked Chu Yang if she preferred apples or grapes. Chu Yang, who was next to him, pointed at the watermelon and said, ¡°Let¡¯s eat watermelon. I¡¯ll buy it.¡± After tapping the watermelon, she chose two and put them in the shopping cart Jin Yang was pulling.

    When the few people felt they had gotten enough, they went to check out. Just then, they heard someone saying at the supermarket entrance, ¡°A series of idents just happened on Heping West Road! Don¡¯t go to Heping West Roadter. There¡¯s a traffic jam over there.¡±

    ¡°That serious? A series of idents?¡±

    ¡°Yes. Several cars flipped over and some people were thrown out. Tragic! Several ambnces have gone. Didn¡¯t you hear the sound of the ambnces?¡±

    The few people who were checking out were shocked and looked at Chu Yang, who was arguing with Chi Yan about paying. ¡°I¡¯m paying for the watermelon. Don¡¯t move! If you move I¡¯ll block you!¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°...Fine.¡±

    After paying, the few guys looked at Chu Yang. Wei Feng swallowed and said, ¡°Boss! Oh no! Goddess! How do we go back now?¡±

    Chu Yang was holding a watermelon. She said, ¡°No problem, just a traffic jam.¡±

    Hearing that, the few big guys rxed. Chu Yang handed them the watermelon she was holding: ¡°This is for you, to calm your shock.¡± After all, they had just spent over 1,000 yuan on the meal.

    After Chu Yang freed up her hands, Chi Yan gave her a bag of snacks, ¡°For you to eat.¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°Huh?¡±

    Chi Yan directly put the snacks in her hands, then left with the other guys.

    Looking at the big bag of snacks, Chu Yang fell into deep thought. This back and forth, just who owes who?

    The few guys sat in the car. Zhao QingYun didn¡¯t even dare to drive. ¡°Yan, you drive.¡±

    Yuan Zhi scorned, ¡°Coward!¡±

    Zhao QingYun: ¡°Then you drive!¡±

    Yuan Zhi: ¡°No!¡±

    Zhao QingYun red at him. In the end, Chi Yan drove. As the car passed Heping West Road, there was indeed a traffic jam. Driving past the scene, they could see the tragic sight. Wei Feng wiped his forehead, ¡°Look, I¡¯m sweating.¡±

    Zheng Qing next to him was simr. ¡°My back chilled. If we were really at that time...¡±

    Everyone dared not imagine. At that time, they would have been driving past this spot. So Chu Yang had really... Was she really the boss?

    Wei Feng looked at Chi Yan. ¡°Bro Yan, we¡¯ll rely on you from now on?¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°Huh?¡±

    Wei Feng: ¡°In the future when you be the boss¡¯ man, cover for us younger bros too.¡±

    Chi Yan: ?

    Chen Xihua patted his shoulder: ¡°You¡¯re even considering this? Means you have ideas.¡±

    Chi Yan choked...

    Everyone instantly stirred up, ¡°Yan, we rely on you!¡±

    Chi Yan: ...

    Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when they got back to school safely. Yuan Zhi, Chi Yan, Wei Feng and Zheng Qing were roommates in one dorm. The other three guys were in another dorm. There were eight people in the two dorms. One person wasn¡¯t present today.

    In the dorm after showering, Chi Yany in bed and sent Chu Yang a message on his phone: ¡°Thank you.¡±

    At this time, Chu Yang was spacing out looking at a pile of snacks - chocte, candied fruits that she had seen before but didn¡¯t buy... This guy really...

    Right then, Chi Yan sent a message. Chu Yang directly replied: ¡°Don¡¯t need to thank me. Thanks for the snacks.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°So you can really foresee things?¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°It¡¯s prophecy.¡± Then she sent him the ount ¡°Prophecy Little Witch¡±. ¡°If you want to consult for business, wee to follow Prophecy Little Witch.¡±

    Chi Yan clicked into Prophecy Little Witch¡¯s ount but he didn¡¯t have a Weibo ount. In the end, he downloaded Weibo and followed her. After reading all her Weibo posts, Chi Yan finally believed that Chu Yang was no ordinary person.

    He liked all her Weibo posts, then shared her ount in the group: ¡°Chu Yang¡¯s Weibo ount. Everyone can consult her there for business.¡±

    Wei Feng: !!!

    Zheng Qing: Wow! The boss is a witch who can prophesize? How does she not seem like one?

    Yuan Zhi: It¡¯s just a username, not necessarily a real witch.

    Wei Feng: Right, maybe she¡¯s a fortune teller! Witches feel like dark creatures, wearing ck robes, wrinkled faces, and there would be crows and stuff.

    Seeing the words ¡°crows¡±, Chi Yan suddenly recalled Chu Yang feeding bread to the crows. So... was she really a witch?

    Maybe because on Weibo, every weather forecast and minor event she predicted was very urate, her fans were steadily increasing. Then Chu Yang finally started earning money steadily.

    Generally every week some people would consult her on questions - on rtionships, whether a trip would be safe, on exam results. The low end would be a few hundred yuan, the high end could be a few thousand, mainly from mary gifts.

    There were even people asking Chu Yang if she sold talismans for luck, fortune bags, amulets and such. Every time Chu Yang felt speechless. She was a prophecy witch... not some fortune teller or grand master of Buddhism or Taoism. She was just an ordinary prophecy witch trying to earn money to survive.

    She doesn¡¯t make luck talismans or fortune bags, protective amulets or anything like that. She knows nothing, just an ordinary prophecy witch. Yes, ordinary.

    To avoid this happening again, Chu Yang made a Weibo post: This person is just an ordinary prophecy loser. I don¡¯t know anything else like luck charms, fortune bags etc. Thank you everyone.

    Soon her fansmented:

    ChirpChirpChirpChirp: If the blogger is a loser, what am I? I¡¯m a huge loser! *crying emoji*

    Don¡¯t love being free and easy: So being able to prophesize makes you a small loser! *crying emoji* I can¡¯t do anything.

    Prophecy Little Witch replied Don¡¯t love being free and easy: No, you can eat.

    Don¡¯t love being free and easy: Wow, the blogger replied me! And she even knows I¡¯m a foodie!

    After this Weibo post, people asking her to make protective amulets finally reduced. Only neers would ask.

    ¡°[Transfer $500] Blogger! Are you there? I beg you, can you help me find my son? My son is missing! No matter how much money, I can give!¡±

    When Chu Yang saw this message, it was alreadyte into the night. She had gone to the library to find books today. By the time she returned to her dorm when they were closing up, which was 11pm, she went back to shower, blow dry her hair and tidy things up. It waste into the night. Before sleeping, she checked her messages and saw this message.

 Chapter 23: Trafficking

    <h4>Chapter 23</h4>

    Chu Yang quickly replied: Can you send me a photo of your son?

    About ten minutester, a photo was sent to her from the other side.

    Sitting on the bed, Chu Yang closed her eyes and slowly frowned...

    She saw quite a few children locked in a room, all of them were so dirty that she could barely make out their features. It was almost early morning, extremely cold at this time, but the children did not have many nkets to cover themselves and were shivering.

    Abduction!

    Chu Yang continued to watch. This was a bungalow with a bonfire burning outside. A man was sitting there sleeping, surrounding the house were cornfields. This was obviously a small city in the north. She could not make out exactly where it was.

    The man wearing a hat sitting there sleeping, his phone suddenly rang. The caller ID showed Anyang City, Lan Province.

    The man answered the phone. Chu Yang could not hear what he was saying... When the sun rose, a bread van arrived. Its license te read An K23602.

    Chu Yang quickly opened her eyes andy down. To see more urately, too much magic power had been released and she had to get the crystal ball repaired as soon as possible.

    Chu Yang quickly replied to theizen: Bread van An K23602, Anyang City, Lan Province, bungalow, surrounding cornfields, abduction.

    Seeing Chu Yang¡¯s reply, the person on the other side was indeed from Anyang City. She just did not know what to do. She wanted to go online to see if there really were psychics. She also knew that she might be cheated, but her son had been missing for many days!

    The police had been looking for him, but could not find him either. She had nightmares every night when she went to bed, sometimes dreaming that her son was dead, sometimes that her son was sold somewhere and suffering.

    She did not expect to find such a blogger. The other side quickly gave information. Although she was still unsure if it was true or not, this mother immediately took the information to find her husband. "Husband, husband! Come and see quickly!"

    Her husband had also looked haggard these days, with more and more white hair sprouting.

    "What''s the matter?" Li Yu ran in from the living room.

    Zhu Haixin showed him her phone. "Look at what this blogger said. I only sent her my son''s photo, but she actually knew we were from Anyang City, and even gave this license te number. Husband, I think what the blogger said must be true, bungalow and cornfield. My son was abducted!"

    Li Yu calmed her down, "Don''t get excited, don''t get excited. There are bungalows and cornfields everywhere in the countryside. As for this license te number... let''s go to the police first."

    "Okay, okay. Let''s go over immediately."

    ording to the license te number provided by the parents, the police discovered something wrong. It was already 4 am now.

    "The owner of this car is a convicted criminal released a month ago. And recently, this car has been going to the suburbs."

    "Where did this car go recently?"

    "Yesterday at 8 pm it went east of the city, then came back and went west of the city."

    ...

    Around 5 am, the police suddenly noticed, "Captain Li, Captain Li, we found that the car went east of the city to the suburbs."

    Thinking of the cornfields in the eastern suburbs, Li Yu immediately stood up and said, "The cornfields in the east of the city."

    The policeman said, "There is indeed a cornfield in the eastern suburb. What''s wrong?"

    Zhu Haixin was about to say something when Li Yu grabbed her hand. "No... I just suspect that someone may have abducted my son and is now hiding in the cornfield in the east of the city, because that ce is remote with few people around."

    And the reason they would not leave the city was probably because not only their son was missing recently. The checks to exit the city were very strict. Those people were probably waiting.

    The police of course also had analytical abilities and immediately asked someone to follow the car. "Have someone follow that car carefully without letting them notice."

    "Yes."

    On the road before dawn at 5 am, a bread van was driving on the ring road. Music was ying in the bread van, the driver wore a ck T-shirt and shorts, humming along to the song.

    He picked up his phone and made a call, "Lao Hu, I''ming over soon, keep an eye out okay."

    "Watching them, bring me something to eat."

    "Brought it, brought it."

    Hanging up the phone, the traffic light in front turned red ahead and the bread van stopped to wait. Soon a small car followed behind the bread van. The bread van driver nced back but did not pay much attention.

    When the green light came on, the bread van zoomed away swiftly. The small car behind followed while maintaining a not too near or far distance.

    After leaving the city center and going towards the suburbs, the small car was afraid of being discovered so it followed from much further behind. Sometimes it could not even see the bread van, but there was only this small road to the suburbs so there was absolutely no way it would lose track of the bread van.

    ...

    In Jing City, Chu Yang was still sleeping. Having released too much magic power yesterday, she was exhausted. At this moment herplexion was still somewhat pale, with her brows furrowed, not looking veryfortable.

    There were still sses early in the morning. Around 6 plus in the morning, amidst her roommates washing up quietly, Chu Yang woke up too. She was still feeling a little ufortable but going to ss was not a big problem.

    When Chu Yang got out of bed, Qian Xin was startled by her paleplexion. "Chu Yang what''s wrong with you? Why is yourplexion so white? Is it your period?"

    Although it seemed quite fair initially, it seemed to be more rosy afterwards. But today it was pale again.

    Jin Yang, whose face was full of pimples, immediately ran over. Seeing that it was indeed the case, "Did you use your powers against night?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "I''m fine, just looking pale."

    Zhou Caicai immediately poured her a cup of hot water with a little brown sugar and ced it on her table. "Drink a littleter."

    "Thanks."

    Chu Yang washed up and drank a sip of the sweet drink. The warmth made her feel her roommates were all little sweethearts.

    Seeing that herplexion was indeed much paler, Chu Yang took out her previous makeup and applied some lipstick. Seeing her lips be red and lush, she then headed out.

    During her ss, on the eastern outskirts of Anyang City, arge group of police surrounded the bungalow. Two gang members were pinned to the ground.

    In the room, all the children huddled together. Seeing the police uncles, they cried one by one.

    "Uncle Police~"

    "Daddy!"

    "Mommy, I want Mommy."

    Seeing this scene, all the policemen were furious! If not for discipline, these two would have been beaten to a pulp!

    Li Yu and Zhu Haixin hugged their son tightly and finally broke down crying. Zhu Haixin stroked her son''s forehead, "Husband, our son has a fever, let''s hurry to the hospital."

    "Okay, okay! Let''s go over immediately."

    ...

    The ending was good. On this side, Chu Yang was a little low in spirits. The teacher still asked her to stand up and answer a question, and she almost could not answer it. Jin Yang had to give her a reminder.

 Chapter 24: The Crow

    <h4>Chapter 24</h4>

    Finally, school was over. Jin Yang said she would bring food for Chu Yang, and Chu Yang wanted to go back to the dormitory to rest.

    When she got back to the dormitory and opened her phone, she discovered that the person looking for her sonst night had transferred 30,000 yuan to her, and also said many thanks, and said she not only saved her son, but also several other children. Anyway, she treated her like some kind of saint. After Chu Yang received the money, she did not reply anymore. They had settled their transaction.

    On the other side, Zhu Hai Xin, after seeing that the blogger had finally taken the money, rxed, but she was still a little worried: "Dear, isn''t 30,000 yuan too little?"

    Li Yuchengforted her, "It''s okay, if it was too little the blogger would have said something. Since she didn''t say anything it must have been enough. I''ve heard that these saints like doing good deeds and don''t care too much about money and possessions. In the future when we do good deeds we should pitch in too."

    "Okay, okay."

    The weather was getting colder and colder. Chu Yang was already wearing a padded jacket. Other than going to tutor, she rarely went out now. It was too cold outside. Plus there were constant rumors it might snow soon, however Chu Yang looked and didn''t see any snowing this week.

    She had almost saved up enough money, just a little bit more. Her fans would often ask under her Weibo posts when it would snow, you could see everyone was looking forward to the first snow this year.

    Chu Yang hated the cold. She wasn''t looking forward to the snow. Recently she hadn''t gone to feed the crows, they came looking for her.

    "Bang bang bang" they pecked at the window, scaring Qian Xin half to death.

    "Fuck! There''s a crow! Pecking at the window!"

    Jin Yang rolled out of bed in a tumble, "Where where?"

    Qian Xin pointed at the window, the crow cawed twice and then "bang bang bang" some more.

    Jin Yang''s eyes were wide, "Is it trying to get in?"

    Qian Xin was a little afraid, "No way, aren''t crows ominous? If ites in our dorm will something happen..."

    As she said this she rubbed her arms, she had goosebumps.

    Chu Yang, who had juste back upstairs with hot water: "What''s up?"

    Jin Yang pointed at the window: "There''s a crow."

    Chu Yang took one look, oh it''s that one, she immediately told her roommates: "Sorry, it''s probably looking for me."

    Jin Yang and Qian Xin: ???

    Chu Yang put down the kettle in her hands, then went to the window. Before opening it she asked again: "Do you mind if I let it in? If you do I can go outside. No problem."

    Jin Yang and Qian Xin shook their heads: "No problem, no problem. Since it''s familiar with you we won''t be scared."

    "Yeah yeah. No problem."

    When Chu Yang heard this she felt relieved. "It doesn''t peck people. Don''t worry. If it acts up, I''ll just cook it!"

    As soon as Chu Yang said this, the crow outside immediately stopped, then frantically pped its wings, as if to say: I won''t act up!

    Chu Yang opened the window and held out her palm. The crow immediatelynded in her palm, then started preening its feathers with its beak.

    Chu Yang put a napkin on her desk, then ced the crow on the napkin and stroked its head: "Be good."

    The crow nodded.

    Beside them Jin Yang and Qian Xin were stunned.

    Jin Yang''s hands were twitching, "Chu Yang, can I touch it?"

    Chu Yang didn''t care: "Go ahead, it likes to eat French bread rolls. Feed it some and it''ll listen to anything you say."

    Hearing this Qian Xin immediately opened her drawer and took out a pack of rolls, "I have some. I want to touch it too." Any thoughts of it being ominous or scary were gone.

    Jin Yang and Qian Xin yed with the crow, chattering away: "Let''s make it some clothes. Look how cold it is."

    "Buy it a nest so it can live with us."

    "Take out the clothes I don''t wear and make it a nket."

    "What does it eat besides bread? Rice?"

    "We can feed it some of our lunch when we buy itter."

    Beside them Chu Yang said: "Crows are homeothermic, they don''t feel cold. Plus if it cawed loudly at night, I''m afraid it would scare you. Best not to let the dorm supervisor auntie find out, that would be trouble. Just feed it full and let it go."

    Jin Yang and Qian Xin were disappointed. "Okay."

    When Zhou Caicai got back to the dorm, she saw Jin Yang and Qian Xin ying with a crow. "Wow! What''s that?"

    Jin Yang quickly exined: "It''s Chu Yang''s crow. You know, crows are a witch''s helpful minions, so this one came looking for Chu Yang."

    "Wow, so amazing!" Zhou Caicai looked at Chu Yang in admiration, "So the books were true!"

    After saying this, she also ran over to gawk at the crow. The three of them started chattering again: "This crow is clearly not ordinary."

    "Can it breathe fire?"

    "Wow! Crows can really breathe fire? Cool!"

    "Maybe it knows dark magic too, then it can turn into a hot guy!"

    "Wow!"

    Beside them Chu Yang said: "...You''re imagining things. It''s just an ordinary crow. It doesn''t breathe fire or turn into hot guys. It just came by because it wanted some bread."

    The three were disappointed...

    The fully fed crow was let out by Chu Yang. It cawed twice happily and flew away satisfied.

    In thest tutoring session of the semester, when Chu Yang left the employer''s home, she counted her savings. Almost enough. She was going to buy materials to finally repair her crystal ball.

    With money in hand, Chu Yang went back to the antique market. She made a beeline for her destination and bought the crystal materials. Spent all her money down to thest cent. With this finally settled, she happily went back to campus.

    Just after she got on the bus, Chu Yang ran into Chi Yan, who was already on the bus. As soon as Chu Yang got on, Chi Yan sitting in the back saw her. He immediately waved.

    Chu Yang saw him too. She went directly over and sat down in the spot Chi Yan had just vacated for her.

    Right now there weren''t many passengers on the bus, so there were empty seats.

    Chi Yan knew why people got on at this stop, so he asked directly: "You came to buy stuff right? Let me know if you need me to take a look, some things here scam people who don''t know better."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "It''s fine, I know what I''m doing."

    Considering Chu Yang''s identity, Chi Yan thought that made sense.

    Chu Yang also asked him: "Howe you''re on this bus?" She knew Chi Yan lived in the sameplex as her employer. Completely the opposite direction of here. Come to think of it, the two times she hade to the antique market and taken the bus back she had run into him. What were the odds?

    Chi Yan exined: "I went home yesterday. Today I''m going back to campus. My family home is near thest stop on this bus line. The ce near campus was just a house my parents got for me to make it convenient when I have sses. I''m local."

    Chu Yang suddenly understood. He was from a rich family after all. She just didn''t know why he always took the bus instead of driving, must be rich people keeping a low profile.

    After this exnation they fell silent for a moment.

    Chu Yang was thinking about repairing her crystal ball when she got back. Chi Yan thought about what Yuan Zhi had said before about repaying a life debt with marriage and nced at Chu Yang''s exquisite side profile, his ears getting redder and redder.

 Chapter 25: Mending the Crystal Ball

    <h4>Chapter 25</h4>

    Suddenly, the bus mmed on the brakes. Chi Yan''s first reaction was to immediately put his arms around Chu Yang next to him and hold her in his embrace. There was also someone standing at the back of the bus who rushed to the front and nearly fell over until someone in front grabbed them to steady them. Everyone on the bus was terrified.

    At that moment, however, Chi Yan''s mind was only on the girl in his arms. He caught a scent of sweet fragrance.

    The bus driver uncle yelled out the window several times, "Looking to die? Get farther away! Can''t you drive?"

    Everyone then realized that a car had cut in front of the bus at high speed. If the bus driver hadn''t mmed on the brakes they would have crashed.

    On this side, Chu Yang was firmly pressed against Chi Yan''s chest by him protecting her. Her nose hit his stiff chest and her eyes immediately turned red.

    Chu Yang patted Chi Yan''s chest signaling him to let go. Only then did Chi Yane back to his senses and released her. Seeing her red-rimmed eyes, he became nervous and anxiously asked, "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang rubbed her nose. "Nothing. Your chest is just too hard. My nose got hurt when it hit."

    Chi Yan''s face immediately turned red. "Sorry..."

    Chu Yang waved her hand. "It''s okay. Thank you." Although it really wasn''t necessary, why are you acting like a virtuous gentleman who got vited? She didn''t take advantage of him either. It wasn''t initiated by her.

    Chu Yang thought again of their first meeting, and how this guy had acted all weird, seeming afraid she would vite him.

    The two fell silent again. Chu Yang wondered why every time she took this bus route something would happen? She ced her hand on Chi Yan''s arm. "Looking" ahead, nothing else happened for the rest of the trip. She felt relieved.

    Chi Yan, with Chu Yang''s hand on his arm, stiffened up again. His eyes darted around, deliberately not looking at her. When she removed her hand, he felt a tinge of loss.

    What''s with him?

    Chu Yang didn''t bother figuring out what he was thinking about. Repairing the crystal ball was the priority.

    When they arrived at the stop, Chu Yang immediately said "Bye" and rushed off the bus.

    Chi Yan: ......

    Back in the dorm room, Chu Yang said not to disturb her. Then she took the crystal ball and ran to her bed. Her roommates assumed she had work to do again, so they also didn''t disturb her and moved about quietly.

    Chu Yang closed the curtains, then used a cloth to wipe the crystal ball clean. She took out all the materials, intending to use her magic to grind them into dust to mix together. She would then fill the cracks in the crystal ball with it, and use her power to fuse the materials into the crystal ball.

    Jin Yang and the others could only see shes of lighting from the gaps in Chu Yang''s curtains, going dark and then lighting up again. It was the first time they had witnessed such a magical scene. They huddled together, shivering a little.

    "Nothing will happen, right?" Zhou Caicai whispered.

    "I... don''t think so," Jin Yang also wasn''t certain.

    Qian Xin said, "Chu Yang is so capable, nothing will happen."

    "Trust Chu Yang."

    After more than half an hour, it still wasn''t done. The three looked at each other. "Isn''t it taking too long?"

    "Maybe it''s rted to a major event in the prophecy."

    They continued huddling together, staring fixedly at Chu Yang''s bed, though they couldn''t see anything.

    After a while,ughter came from Chu Yang''s bed. The three shuddered in fright. "Ahhh, is everything really okay?"

    Jin Yang called out softly, "Chu Yang? You''re okay, right?"

    Chu Yang drew back the curtains in one motion. There was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, making her lips look extremely red against her paleplexion. But her spirit seemed quite good, and she was still holding a crystal ball in her hand.

    She looked just like a vampire, especially with Chu Yang alsoughing and baring her full mouth of red teeth at Jin Yang and the others.

    The three let out a scream in shock.

    Chu Yang tilted her head in confusion. "What are you doing?"

    It was Chu Yang''s normal voice. Finally relieved, Zhou Caicai held up a mirror for Chu Yang. "Chu Yang, look at yourself! You scared us to death!"

    Jin Yang chimed in, "Right, what happened to you? Did you vomit blood? Your face is super pale." But she looked full of energy.

    Chu Yang smiled, eyes curving. "Nothing much. I repaired the crystal ball."

    As she spoke, she held up the crystal ball. Seeing the dazzling, shimmering crystal ball, the three gasped in admiration. "Wow! So beautiful!"

    Chu Yang carefully stroked the crystal ball. "This is what I use to make a living."

    They all congratted her happily.

    After celebrating for a while, Chu Yang finally couldn''t keep it up and copsed limply on the bed. She had overexerted her magic power and was exhausted.

    The three roommates became busy taking care of her again.

    For several consecutive days, Chu Yang remained weak. Final exams were also that week. Because she needed to recuperate these days, she also hadn''t updated her blog.

    Her fans didn''t have much reaction, just asking when she''d update again. Some clients also asked, but Chu Yang declined, saying to wait a few days.

    Chu Yang felt it didn''t impact things though. Her body was a little weak, but her mind was fine.

    Right after exams ended, roommates Jin Yang and Zhou Caicai packed up and went home that very night.

    Chu Yang was also packing up. She was going back too. Although she didn''t have her memories, she could find out from her ID where her home was - in the countryside of the neighboring Jiazhou City.

    Qian Xin''s home was farther away. Her flight was the next afternoon.

    Chu Yang just packed two sets of clothes, thinking of her parents at home and a younger brother. She also bought each of them a set of clothes and some fruit. The next morning she left campus, first taking a train for over an hour, then transferring to a bus, and finally needing to take a three-wheeled vehicle to get to her vige.

    At her home, Chu''s Mom''s left eye had been twitching. With the recent cold weather, there were no crops left in the fields. Chu''s Dad went to town each day for odd jobs. Chu''s Mom did housework at home, sometimes bringing back handicrafts to work on.

    Chu Yang''s younger brother was named Chu Luo. He was still in middle school in town, with another week before vacation.

    "Do you think Chu Yang is on break yet? I heard university students get out earlier."

    Chu''s Dad thought that made sense. "Why don''t we call Chu Yang?"

    "Let''s wait until evening. What if she''s still taking exams?"

    "You''re right, we''ll wait until evening. I hope she has enough money."

    Although they sent money to her every month, she never asked for money over there, always saying she received it.

    "I''ll transfer another 1,000 to her tomorrow. She''ll need money for the ticket home if she''s on break."

    "Okay."

    The two sat at the door. Chu''s Mom was picking vegetables while Chu''s Dad repaired a stool. Suddenly someone pulling a suitcase came down the small road. Chu''s Mom nced over, then did a double take. She stood up, "Dear, isn''t that Chu Yang? Oh my, it''s Chu Yang!"

    Chu''s Mom immediately tossed down the vegetables in her hand and hurried over. Chu''s Dad also put down what he was working on and rushed over.

    Chu Yang was pulling her suitcase down the road. Thanks to great government policies, even the small vige roads were paved with cement, so pulling her suitcase didn''t feel tiring to Chu Yang at all.

 Chapter 26: Go Home

    <h4>Chapter 26</h4>

    A rural woman suddenly ran over from the front. She was wearing an ordinary ck overcoat and a straw hat on her head. She looked like a very ordinary rural woman, but from her eyebrows and eyes, one could also see that she had a simr appearance to her external looks.

    For example, the double eyelids, the nose, and Chu Yang all looked quite simr. It seemed that she was also a pretty girl when she was young.

    "Yang Yang, you''re back! Why didn''t you call to have your dad pick you up?" Chu''s Mom took over Chu Yang''s suitcase.

    Chu Yang opened her mouth, and finally shouted, "Mom!"

    "Oh!" Chu''s Mom looked her over and saw that everything was fine, so she felt relieved.

    A man wearing a somewhat old military coat rushed over behind them. The man took over the suitcase in one go, "Yang Yang is back."

    This time, Chu Yang called out quite normally, "Dad."

    "Oh, let''s go back quickly. I''ll have your mom make you something delicious."

    Chu''s Mom also helped carry her bag, "Come on, let''s go back quickly."

    Chu Yang followed lightly behind them. Chu''s Mom chatted on, "We thought you hadn''t gotten off school yet. Who would''ve thought you''d get off so early. How long is your vacation?"

    Chu Yang: "Over a month, probably not going back until after the 15th."

    "That''s good. Your brother still hasn''t gotten off school. I heard he''s not getting off until next week. We didn''t know you wereing back today, there''s not much food at home. Dear,ter take the car into town and buy some food to bring back."

    "Okay."

    When they got back home, the suitcase was taken to Chu Yang''s room. Chu Yang took a look at this simple four bedrooms and one living room. Her parents had one room, her brother had one room, she had one room, and there was also a utility room. As for the kitchen, there was a simple shed set up outside in the yard.

    The furniture in the house was all wooden styles that looked quite dated. There was also a TV in the house, but it was also very old-fashioned.

    In her room there was a bed, a wardrobe, and a desk. High school books were ced on the desk.

    Chu''s Mom helped make her bed, "I didn''t know you wereing back, the quilt hasn''t been dried yet. I''ll put on a clean quilt cover for you and take it out tomorrow to dry in the sun."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang opened her suitcase and took out clothes, "Mom, I brought you clothes."

    When Chu''s Mom saw that her daughter had actually bought her clothes?

    Chu Yang took out three sets of clothes, "This set is for Dad and my brother, and this set is for you."

    The clothes Chu Yang bought were all ck, easy to match and dirt resistant.

    Chu''s Mom happily touched the fabric. It was good material, "How much were they? Do you have any money left, Mom will give you some."

    Chu Yang shook her head: "No need, I have money. You can take the clothes back first."

    Chu''s Mom happily took the clothes, afraid of dirtying them, and quickly took them back carefully.

    Chu Yang also took fruit and candy from her bag and put them in the living room.

    After tidying everything up, Chu Yang began to take a detailed look at this house.

    At first nce, it was clear this was not an affluent family, just an ordinary family. The house was only one story. It would probably be very hot in the summer. And the house was also somewhat dated, with the bricks on the walls all ckened.

    Chu Yang''s dad rode his moped to the town''s vegetable market, "Brother Li, do you still have fresh pig''s feet?"

    Butcher Li shook his head: "No more, it¡¯s thiste already, no more pig''s feet. There¡¯s pork ribs, do you want some pork ribs?"

    "Okay then."

    Butcher Li weighed him out a b of ribs. Seeing him buyrge and small bags, "Why are you buying so much stuff today?"

    Chu''s dad said happily, "My daughter came back home."

    "Oh, that daughter of yours who got into A University (a top university)!" At the time when Chu Yang was admitted to A University, everyone was so envious. A phoenix had emerged from this ravine.

    Chu''s dad nodded happily.

    Butcher Li chopped up the ribs for him, then gave him a piece of meat, "This meat is for your niece."

    Chu¡¯s dad was not polite with him either: "Thanks Brother Li." He paid the money and happily went back home.

    Chu Yang was wandering around the house, then went out to take a look, familiarizing herself with the roads nearby. She didn''t go far, just walking around nearby. The rural air was still very nice, it was just too cold today. The air exhaled was like fumes.

    After a round of walking, Chu Yang returned home. Her mom Chu was making a fire and called to her when she saw her, "Come quickly to warm yourself by the fire so you don''t catch a cold."

    Chu Yang went over and put her hands by the fire. Warmth came over and Chu Yang felt much better.

    Chu''s mom was picking vegetables beside her. Chu Yang also went to help out but Chu''s mom took the vegetables from her hands, "You just pinch them, mom will handle them. You young people like to y on your phones, right? Warm yourself by the fire while ying on your phone. "

    Chu Yang: ...... These parents spoiled her too much, which isn¡¯t good for the child.

    However, Chu''s mom reminding her about her phone made Chu Yang think that she seemed to not have posted on Weibo for many days. She hurried back to her room, "I''ll go back to my room for a bit."

    Chu''s mom let her be.

    Chu Yang went into the room, took out the crystal ball, and started divining the weather in Beijing tomorrow - it was actually going to snow!

    And Jiazhou, another cold wave ising tomorrow afternoon with rain turning into sleet.

    Chu Yang posted on Weibo, posting about Beijing''s weather: Beijing¡¯s weather tomorrow, cold, snow at 7pm tonight.

    Fansmented quickly: Beijing¡¯s first snow this year, luckily I haven¡¯t left school yet, going to watch the first snow outdoors tomorrow!

    When Zhen Yan saw this Weibo post, he forwarded and liked it, then opened his phone. Their chat was still stuck back in the very beginning.

    Zhen Yan sent her a message: Are you on vacation?

    Chu Yang: Yes.

    Zhen Yan: Do you want to go to the Imperial Pce to see the first snow tomorrow?

    Chu Yang: I¡¯m already home. Not in Beijing.

    Zhen Yan felt disappointed, so she had gone back home.

    Zhen Yan: Then I¡¯ll send you pictures of Beijing¡¯s first snow tomorrow.

    Chu Yang: Okay.

    Chu Yang suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten ckie...

    At school, ckie looked at the empty dorm room, cawed sadly twice, and flew away! She had left without even telling it! Bad person!

    Soon after, Chu¡¯s dad came back, having bought fish and meat, ¡°Let¡¯s make fish tonight and ribs in sauce.¡±

    Chu¡¯s mom took the ingredients, ¡°Got it.¡± Then said, ¡°Come with me.¡±

    The two went into the bedroom, and Chu¡¯s mom picked up a set of clothes: ¡°Look, this is what your daughter bought you in Beijing. Try it on.¡±

    Chu¡¯s dad happily took them, ¡°Really? Let me go wash my hands first so I don¡¯t dirty the clothes.¡± He said and went out to wash his hands with soap.

    Then he took off his jacket and changed into the new clothes. The new clothes were a size too big, but that was fine since it was the dead of winter, he could just wear moreyers underneath.

    Chu¡¯s dad was very happy, ¡°It fits, it fits.¡±

    Chu¡¯s mom wiped a tear from her eye emotionally, ¡°Our daughter¡¯s all grown up. I thought...¡± she choked up a bit.

    Chu¡¯s dad hugged her, ¡°It¡¯s alright, it¡¯s alright. Our daughter goes to A University after all. She¡¯s a good kid.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re right.¡±

    When Chu Yang had left home to go to college, she had said ¡°I won¡¯t being back again.¡± Her parents thought she really wouldn¡¯t being back. Turns out those were just angry words. And she had even bought them clothes.

    Chu Yang¡¯s parents both felt very happy.

 Chapter 27: The Younger Brother

    <h4>Chapter 27</h4>

    Chu Yang was oblivious to whatever her parents were talking about in the house as she was attending to a client.

    "Blogger, my parents introduced me to a girl and I''d like to know more about her," said the client.

    Little Witch Who Foretells: "I''m not a fortune teller..."

    "But you do make prophecies, don''t you? So could you foresee if I''m fated to be with this girl?" asked the client.

    Little Witch Who Foretells: "The further into the future I predict, the more it costs." She said this to deter people from asking her to predict their whole life - that would be beyond her capabilities, as a person''s life has too many variables for even all her psychic powers to cover.

    "I see. Then how about just one week?"

    Little Witch Who Foretells: "500 bucks. Show me a photo of her."

    "Sure. Transferring 500. [Photo attached]"

    Chu Yang soon recovered. Indeed, everything became quick and smooth again after her crystal ball was fixed.

    Little Witch Who Foretells: No chance of sess. Big trouble up ahead instead.

    The client was shocked. "What big trouble?"

    Little Witch Who Foretells: Gotta pay extra for that.

    The client quickly transferred another thousand dors.

    Little Witch Who Foretells: It''s a trap. The girl is not clean.

    The client was stunned!!! He said, "I''ll go investigate. If what you said is true, blogger, I''ll tip you for this." Then he went offline.

    Chu Yang was not in a hurry either. Earning $1500 for this job was not bad.

    When Chu Yang finished, it was already dark outside with the wind fiercely howling. Chu''s Mom was preparing dinner and Chu''s Dad was helping out.

    Seeing Chu Yange out, Chu''s Dad promptly called her over, "Go warm yourself by the firece in the living room. Don''t catch a cold."

    Chu Yang did not decline but went over to the fire with a book in her hand.

    In about an hour, Chu''s Mom finished cooking the dishes and brought them out to the living room. Due to the cold, she also brought a hotpot, "Let''s eat, or the food will get cold."

    "Alright."

    Chu Yang put down her book and walked over to the dining table. The food looked and smelled appetizing with both meat and fish; this family really spoils their child.

    The family of three were having dinner when suddenly someone knocked on the door from outside, "Is Chu ge (older brother) home?"

    Chu''s Dad immediately opened the door, "Who is it? Brother Zhang, it''s you! Have you eaten yet? What brings you here?"

    The man did note in. He said, "Chu ge, my car broke down. My son will be arriving in town soon and I need to pick him up. Can I borrow your car?"

    "Sure. Let me get you the key." Then Chu''s Dad asked, "Would you like toe in and sit first?"

    "It''s fine."

    "Alright, let me get the keys for you."

    Chu''s Dad handed the car keys to the man outside and came back in after he left. He said to the others at the dining table: "That''s Zhang Quanjia''s soning back. His car broke down so I lent him my car."

    Chu''s Mom asked, "His son Xizhi who went to university in the southwest?"

    "Yes, that''s him."

    Chu''s Mom turned to Chu Yang and said, "Do you still remember? Zhang Quanjia''s son, Zhang Xizhi."

    Of course Chu Yang wouldn''t remember anything. But she couldn''t act like she didn''t recognize that name either. "Oh I know of him, but we weren''t close."

    "I heard he was just a few marks shy of going to A University."

    "Is that so?" Chu Yang figured that the original Chu Yang wouldn''t have cared about such an irrelevant character, and he wasn''t mentioned in the novel too. He''s probably an unimportant side character.

    "Yup. That boy looks pretty decent." Then Chu''s Mom said, "We even talked about arranging a childhood betrothal between you two back then."

    Chu Yang''s Dad retorted, "Why mention this to our daughter? People value free love nowadays. Quickly eat, or the food will turn cold."

    "You have a point. Go on and eat, Chu Yang."

    As Chu Yang was eating, the first snow of winter fell in Jing City and soon made its way to the hot search topics.

    All the folks in Jing City were abuzz. The moment the snow started falling, Chi Yan took a video and photos to send to Chu Yang, but she hadn''t replied him at all. Maybe she was busy.

    It was after dinner that Chu Yang saw the snowy pictures Chi Yan sent. She replied: Thank you. It''s beautiful.

    Chi Yan was ted and sent over a few more pictures. "All of Jing City will be covered in white tomorrow. I''ll send you more tomorrow."

    Chu Yang: Okay, thank you.

    Chi Yan: No worries, we are friends after all.

    Chu Yang saved all the pictures. Since there wasn''t anything to dote at night and today''s hustle had worn her out, she washed up and went to lie in bed to rest after dinner.

    She slept through till 7 AM the next day and was reluctant to get out from under the covers because it was too cold. After lingering in bed awhile more, Chu Yang finally sat up, got dressed and headed out still wrapped in her coat.

    Chu Yang was surprised to see her out of bed. "You''re up already? It''s the holidays, why aren''t you sleeping more?"

    Chu Yang then recalled that kids who have just returned home for the holidays are supposed to sleep in andze around as they please. Though she wondered if that would change after a while... Looking at how Chu Yang''s parents behave, it seems unlike thosework parents.

    Chu Yang: "I''ve gotten enough sleep."

    Chu''s Mom said, "There are still hot buns in the pot. Let me bring them out for you. If you don''t want buns, let me know what you''d like to eat and Mom will make it for you."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "It''s fine, buns are good enough."

    After washing up, Chu Yang ate two big buns and was full. Since there was nothing to do, she wandered around the house peeking here and there. She even turned on the TV for a bit before losing interest and heading back to her room for a siesta. When she woke up from her nap, she saw the photos Chi Yan sent of Jing City nketed in white snow and plum blossoms covered with snow.

    Chu Yang replied: Very beautiful.

    Chi Yan: These are from the corner of my home [pride emoji]

    But Chu Yang did not reply him anymore. She saw Chu''s Mom return with a bunch of handicraft materials, preparing to do handicrafts. So Chu Yang went to lend a hand.

    Chu''s Mom did not wish for her to work. She asked Chu Yang to go watch TV or y outside instead since it''s the holidays, but Chu Yang said she wasn''t interested in watching TV and it was too cold outside. Hence, she tagged along to learn handicrafts from Chu''s Mom.

    They were making clips forundry lines that sold for only a penny each, probably able to make a few hundred a day for tens of dors of ie.

    After cking for a few days, Chu Yang was watching TV in the living room this day when she heard the sound of a motorcycle outside and knew it was Chu''s Dad returning... but why was he back so early today?

    When the door opened, a boy about 1.7 meters tall walked in. His facial features resembled Chu Yang''s. Pulling a luggage behind him, he let out a "hmph" upon seeing Chu Yang then headed straight to his room.

    Seeing this, Chu''s Mom immediately spoke up, "Xiao Luo, didn''t you see your sister? Why didn''t you greet her?"

    All she got in response was the sound of his door mming shut. "This child!"

    Chu Yang did not feel there was anything wrong. The rtionship between this sister and younger brother probably isn''t good. Recalling Chu Yang''s past behavior, there must have been some conflict between them.

    That night the family of four had dinner together but Chu Luo did not utter a single word to Chu Yang, and of course she would not bother with him either. In her eyes, he was just a rebellious early teen albeit slightly taller than her and eating more than her - at least she noticed he consumed two big steamed buns and two bowls of rice.

    Seeing him eat so voraciously, Chu''s Mom remarked: "Are you not eating well in school? Is your allowance not enough? Mother can give you more next semester..."

    Chu Luo put down his bowl with a tter, wiped his mouth and said, "No need, it''s enough. You can give the money to someone else instead."

    Everyone knew who this ''someone else'' referred to.

    Chu Yang merely nced at him without a word, and continued eating her dinner.

 Chapter 28: Overboard

    <h4>Chapter 28</h4>

    Chu Luo saw that Chu Yang''s face did not change at all while eating, and he wondered for a moment, but he did not feel that his sister would change. He finished eating and then went to watch TV on the sofa.

    After Chu Yang finished eating, she cleaned up and prepared to wash the dishes. Chu¡¯s Mom hurriedly stopped her, "Let me do it."

    Chu Yang also felt bad for just sitting at home and eating without doing much, so she helped clean up.

    Chu''s Dad on the side said, "You two don''t move, Chu Luo you have grown up, you should also share in the housework, you wash the dishes tonight."

    Chu Luo, who was watching TV, pointed at himself: "I wash the dishes???"

    Chu''s Dad: "Yes. The boys in our family can''t just eat. On such a cold day, do you have the heart to let your mother and sister use cold water?"

    Chu¡¯s Mom: "There is hot water."

    Chu''s Dad: "Go, your mother and sister have been doing handicrafts all day today."

    Chu Luo hesitated for a moment but still stood up and grabbed the bowl from Chu Yang''s hand, "Give it to me."

    Chu Yang on the side:...So he''s not that spoiled, at least he educates his son to wash dishes.

    The next day, when Chu Yang got up, she saw Chu Luo holding a broom and sweeping the yard. Chu Luo also ignored her and went about his business. Both Chu''s parents were not at home. Chu Yang went to the kitchen by herself and saw that there was breakfast kept warm in the pot.

    After breakfast, Chu Luo took a look around, then took the lighter and some coal from home to start a fire. It was quite pleasant to roast by the fire and read books in the cold winter.

    She had been there for a long time, but it just kept smoking without catching on fire...

    "Cough cough cough cough!" Chu Yang was choked with tears in her eyes.

    Chu Luo came in to take a look, immediately rushed over, "You can''t even start a fire." Then he grabbed her lighter, "Let me do it."

    Chu Yang was choked and walked out of the room. After her eyes felt better, she poked her head in from the doorway to take a peek. Chu Luo ced a handful of straw on the coal, then lit it, fanned it continuously with a book, and blew on it with his mouth asionally. The coal was quickly ignited.

    It was done in no time.

    Chu Yang hurried back in and held out her hand, "You are more capable after all."

    Chu Luo scorned: "It¡¯s because you are ipetent."

    After speaking, he picked up the broom again and started cleaning the living room. Unexpectedly, this kid was quite hardworking.

    Chu Yang sat there roasting by the fire while reading a book. After Chu Luo finished cleaning over there, he went back to his room and did not know what he was doing.

    At noon, Chu Yang''s parents had not returned home. Chu Yang was about to go cook when Chu Luo stopped her, "What are you doing?"

    Chu Yang held up the rice cooker and said, "Cooking."

    Chu Luo took it over, "Don''t make a mess, I''ll do it. Also, didn''t you say you wouldn''te back? Why did youe back?"

    As soon as Chu Yang heard this, she knew that the child had been upset about something. And that sentence was definitely not what she said, it must have been what the previous Chu Yang said.

    So Chu Yang pretended not to know anything, "What are you talking about? Have I ever said that? No!"

    Chu Luo was speechless for a moment, feeling like he didn''t recognize his sister. Since when did she be so shameless? "Anyway, you go roast by the fire and don''te mess things up." After speaking, he took the rice cooker and went to rinse and cook rice.

    It turned out that today Chu Yang¡¯s parents had something to do at noon and would not being home, so only the sister and brother were home for lunch. Chu Luo cooked very skillfully, stir-fried some greens and made a potato stewed meat. The two of them just ate casually. After the meal, it was still Chu Luo who washed the dishes.

    It made Chu Yang feel like a useless person.

    After eating, Chu Yang went back to her room to take a nap. When she woke up and came out, she happened to see Chu Luo standing at the door talking to someone. Then he quickly returned to his room. When he came out, he nced at Chu Yang and said, "I''m going out to y, I¡¯ll be back tonight."

    After speaking, he followed the person at the door and left together.

    Chu Yang didn''t care. She nodded her head and walked to the courtyard to look out. She saw a boy walking shoulder to shoulder with Chu Luo on the country trail.

    Something¡¯s not right!

    Chu Yang looked closely. That boy would get into trouble!

    Chu Yang immediately went back to the room, took out the crystal ball, put both hands on it, and started viewing.

    On the frozen river, several children were ying there, including Chu Luo. A few people were skating when the ice under a boy suddenly cracked open and the boy fell in!

    Everyone rushed over, but the surrounding ice blocks cracked instantly, and several of them fell into the cold water, including Chu Luo!

    Chu Yang immediately opened her eyes, put on her slippers, and ran outside...

    But she forgot that she didn''t know the way. After running for a while, the cold wind blew her a little dizzy... A woman walked towards her, "Oh? Aren''t you the youngdy from the Chu family? You went to college and came back? Why did youe out in slippers?"

    Chu Yang had no time to bother with her and asked directly, "Yes, auntie, hello. Please ask, is there a pond orke nearby?"

    The woman pointed in one direction, "Over there? Did you forget? There''s ake over there."

    Chu Yang thanked her and hurried in that direction.

    The woman wondered: "Why is she so flustered? Didn''t they say that the youngdy from the Chu family was admitted to a university in the capital? She doesn''t look like it at all."

    Chu Yang ran to thekeside quickly and indeed saw several boys skating there,ughing and talking, including Chu Luo.

    Chu Yang ran over, panting, "Get up quickly!"

    Hearing the shout from that side, "Chu Luo, isn''t that your sister?"

    Chu Luo was just telling his buddies that they would go to the woods to catch birdster. Hearing the shout, he looked towards the shore and saw Chu Yang bending over and panting, calling them.

    Chu Luo slipped over and asked when he got to the shore, "Why aren''t you home roasting by the fire? What are you doing here?¡±

    Chu Yang was very serious: "Get up here immediately, it¡¯s very dangerous!"

    Chu Luo was about to say there was no danger when someone in the middle of theke suddenly shouted, "Ah!"

    The two looked over and the little buddy who hade to find Chu Luo just fell into the crackedke.

    Chu Luo immediately wanted to rush over but was shouted at by Chu Yang: "Don''t move! All of you, don''t move!"

    Hearing this lion''s roar, those who were about to rescue stopped immediately. Chu Yang pushed Chu Luo ashore, "Go up and quickly go find people, hurry!"

    Chu Luo immediately went ashore and ran quickly to find people.

    Chu Yang shouted: "Walk slowly to the shore one by one."

    Everyone looked at each other, then one looked down at his feet and said in horror: "The ice cracked open!"

    Chu Yang calmed them: ¡°Don¡¯t panic, slowly, slowly.¡± By this time, Chu Luo had already reached the little buddy who had fallen in. He was still floundering. Chu Yang took off her coat and shoes, took a deep breath, and immediately jumped in, grabbing the drowning person. She warned: ¡°Don¡¯t move!¡±

    But the person was still struggling. Chu Yang pped him directly: ¡°Don¡¯t move!¡±

    The person finally settled down, clutching Chu Yang tightly with both hands. Chu Yang slowly swam to the side, and a boy came to help pull the person up!

    On Chu Luo''s side, people had arrived. At first nce, they saw his sister was actually in the icy water!

    "Sis!¡±

 Chapter 29: Fever + Spring Festival Shopping

    <h4>Chapter 29</h4>

    Everyone quickly pulled Chu Yang up to prevent theke surface from splitting further. Everyone quickly returned to the shore. Fortunately, the young man was not as tall or big as Chu Luo, otherwise Chu Yang would definitely not have been able to save him.

    The young man had already been taken to the vige hospital. His lips werepletely purple, he had choked on water, but he was still conscious and did not seem to be seriously injured.

    Chu Yang also felt the cold. "Take me back quickly."

    Chu Luo immediately squatted down and then carried Chu Yang back home. Chu Yang was so cold that her body was shaking. Her shoes were gone and her bare feet were exposed to the air.

    People followed them back.

    Back at home, Chu Yang first changed her clothes, then got into the bathroom to take a hot bath. After all themotion, she was exhausted. Shey in bed, covered with a thick quilt, and fell asleep. On the other side, Chu Yang¡¯s parents rushed back.

    As soon as Chu¡¯s Mom got home, she pped Chu Luo''s back twice. "I told you not to go to dangerous ces to y!" "p, p," two loud sounds.

    Chu Luo''s eyes turned red, but he also knew he was wrong. He lowered his head, "I''m sorry."

    Chu''s Dad quickly said, "Alright, alright, the child is fine, that''s the main thing. Go make some ginger soup to take to Yangyang. She''s weak, I''m afraid she''ll get a fever tonight."

    "Okay." Chu¡¯s Mom immediately sprang into action.

    Chu Yang was lying in bed when she heard a knock at the door. Chu Yang called out, "Come in."

    Then Chu¡¯s Dad walked in, with Chu Luo following behind, his head lowered.

    "Are you alright?" Chu¡¯s Dad tucked the quilt corners for her.

    "I''m fine. I''m just a little tired." Chu Luo was not used to this kind of situation. She lost her loved ones early, and had never experienced such caring concern from family.

    "I''m sorry," Chu Luo said softly.

    Chu Yang stretched out her hand and waved it. "It''s okay. Thanks to you for finding someone. And it wasn''t just you who went to y. I''m fine, don''t worry about me."

    Soon, Chu¡¯s Mom came over carrying a bowl. "I made ginger soup, drink some."

    Chu Yang did not stand on ceremony. She sat up and took a couple sips. Her whole body warmed up. Shey down again, "It''s nothing. I just need to rest and I''ll be fine. I''m just weak right now."

    Chu¡¯s Mom wiped her face. "Should we still go to the hospital? Your health is weak to begin with. Falling into ice water in the winter, I''m afraid you''ll get a fever tonight."

    Chu Yang did not think there was anything wrong with her, and her health was not actually weak either. She had been pretending before. "I''m much better now. I''m fine. Let''s not make a fuss."

    Unable to persuade her, everyone left to let her rest properly.

    In the living room, Chu Yang¡¯s parents were asking Chu Luo about the specific situation at the time. Chu Luo told them everything. "Xiao Hai came to y with me and said theke had frozen over and Da Xiong and the others were skating there too. He asked me to go with him. I thought it was no big deal so I went. Then my sister ran over and told me toe back. I went to the shore and asked her how she got there.

    Then I don''t know what Xiao Hai did, but the ice under his feet cracked and he fell straight into theke. My sister told me to go find people, and when I brought people back, I saw my sister push Xiao Hai up. Xiao Hai was already taken to the hospital. I carried my sister back." It was all our fault, we were too yful...¡±

    As he spoke, Chu Luo''s eyes turned red again.

    Chu¡¯s Mom pped his back twice more. "I told you not to be so yful! I told you not to be so yful!"

    Chu Luo did not resist. He also knew he was wrong.

    Chu¡¯s Dad sighed, "Alright, alright. Be more careful from now on. How is Xiao Hai?"

    Chu Luo shook his head. "I don''t know. He was taken to the hospital."

    ...

    Chu Yang thought she would be fine, but she developed a fever in the early morning hours. There was a loud "p, p" sound. Fortunately, Chu¡¯s Mom came to check on her in the middle of the night, and the whole family hurriedly took her to the hospital.

    After an IV and medication, she finally recovered.

    Then shey in bed for another two days before she regained some energy.

    While Chu Yang was lying in bed, Xiao Hai¡¯s parents even came to express their gratitude. They almost knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

    "Oh my! No, no, no. Xiao Hai¡¯s mom, don''t kneel whatever you do. My Chu Yang can¡¯t take that. It¡¯ll shorten her life." Chu¡¯s Mom pulled the woman up.

    When Xiao Hai¡¯s mom heard this, she quickly got up, "Thank you, thank you. I really can''t thank you enough. I''ve already punished my Xiao Hai. As soon as he gets better I¡¯ll have hime over personally to thank you."

    Because Chu Yang was resting, Xiao Hai''s parents thanked Chu Yang¡¯s family face to face in the living room. They also left a box of milk, a bag of fruit, and a box of egg custard tarts. They wanted to give money at first too, but Chu Yang¡¯s parents refused.

    Because she was sick, she didn''t post on Weibo for several days in a row. Her fans even asked if something had happened to her. Not only her fans, but her roommate and Chi Yan had also messaged her.

    Chu Yang didn''t mention that she was sick. She just said there was something going on at home, and that the New Year atmosphere was getting stronger. After she recovered, she started helping Chu¡¯s Mom prepare New Year''s goods for the house.

    The whole family went out to buy New Year''s goods, but there was only one moped at home. So Chu¡¯s Dad first took Chu¡¯s Mom and Chu Yang to town, then went back home to pick up his son.

    They split up into two groups. Chu¡¯s Mom and Chu Yang went to buy daily necessities, while Chu¡¯s Dad and Chu Luo went to buy food.

    The town was very lively, with peopleing and going to buy New Year''s goods. It was exceptionally noisy, and the smell of food kept wafting by. Chu Yang swallowed.

    Chu¡¯s Mom neatly bought a baked pancake and handed it to Chu Yang, "Eat this first, then we''ll go shopping after you finish eating."

    Chu Yang broke off half and handed it to Chu¡¯s Mom, "You eat too."

    Chu¡¯s Mom refused at first, but Chu Yang said she couldn''t eat that much. Chu¡¯s Mom then took it with a smile and ate the pancake, feeling like her daughter had grown up.

    After eating, Chu Yang followed closely behind Chu¡¯s Mom, watching her chat with vendors, haggle prices, and decisively buy things. Chu Yang helped carry some bags, but Chu¡¯s Mom carried more.

    When they met up with Chu¡¯s Dad, everyone had big and small bags in hand. Obviously Chu¡¯s Dad couldn¡¯t take everything back on the moped. So they finally decided that Chu¡¯s Dad would take some things back first, while the other three took a three-wheeled car back.

    They got homete. Chu Yang¡¯s parents hurried to make dinner while Chu Yang and Chu Luo sorted things out. They put things they didn¡¯t know where to put aside for Chu¡¯s Mom to take care ofter.

    They did a big cleanup the next day. All kinds of stuff had to be dug out and washed, airing it all out in the sun. On the 27th day of the lunar calendar, it snowed in Jiazhou. Early in the morning when Chu Yang got up, she saw everything outside covered in white. It must have started snowingst night.

    Chu Luo and Chu¡¯s Dad were sweeping snow in the yard while Chu¡¯s Mom was making breakfast in the kitchen. Seeing here out, she immediately told her to go back so she wouldn''t catch a cold since her health was poor.

    Chu Yang had no choice but to go back to the living room to sit by the fire. She watched TV while thinking that Chi Yan had sent her a photo of the snow before too. She should send him one back.

    Chu Yang stood by the window facing outside and took a photo of the scenery. Snow weighed down the branches, everything was white as far as the eye could see, with sparse houses dotted here and there amidst the snow: it was a typical vige snow scene.

 Chapter 30: Chinese New Year

    <h4>Chapter 30</h4>

    When Chi Yan saw the picture Chu Yang sent, he directly clicked save and replied: "It''s very beautiful."

    After Chu Yang sent it to him, she didn''t look at her phone anymore. She first went to eat breakfast, then the family continued to prepare for the New Year.

    For example, Chu Luo and Chu''s Dad cleaned up the yard even cleaner, and the ce to put firewood had to be cleaned uppletely. Chu''s Mom also washed everything in the kitchen again and cleaned the house and washed things: this is something they have been doing these past few days.

    For Chu Yang, it was quite novel. In her previous life, she was alone and didn''t have so many rituals. During the New Year, it was just a meal, not much different than normal. As for cleaning the house, she would clean it anytime.

    Unlike now, all the pots, pans and containers had to be taken out and washed, and every corner had to be swept clean. The weeds in the corners were all pulled out and shoveled away. Chu''s Dad even went downtown to buy two potted nts and put them in the yard.

    As Chu Yang fed the chickens the vegetable leaves and leftover rice fromst night, someone knocked on the door of their house. Chu Luo went to open the door, then said to Chu Yang, "Sis, someone is looking for you." Then he said to the person outside, "Come in first."

    Chu Yang: ? Who was looking for her?

    A tall, thin boy walked in, and then Chu''s Dad said, "It''s the Zhang family''s kid, Xizhi!"

    When Chu Yang heard this, she immediately knew. It was the son of the uncle who hade to borrow a car from Chu''s Dad before. He went to the same high school as the previous Chu Yang, and was from the same vige. They were even in the same ss in 10th grade, but got split into different ssester.

    Chu Yang put everything in her hands away, washed her hands, and said to Zhang Xizhi, "Let''s go to the living room."

    Seeing that Chu Yang''s parents were still in the yard outside, Zhang Xizhi thought that he shouldn''t let her parents hear what he was going to say either. So he followed Chu Yang into the living room.

    "What''s the matter?" Chu Yang poured him a cup of hot water after entering the living room.

    Zhang Xizhi scratched his head. He felt that Chu Yang seemed to have changed a bit, not her appearance, but her temperament. But this was just a fleeting thought. "It was your high school ss monitor, Xing An, who asked me. He asked if you were going to the ss reunion. He couldn''t contact you so he came looking for me and asked me to ask you. He also said that you seemed to have deleted the contact information of your former ssmates."

    Chu Yang nodded. "Yes, I did delete them. After all, we weren''t very good friends."

    "Oh," said Zhang Xizhi. He didn''t know what else to say, since he didn''t know why Chu Yang had deleted everyone either.

    Chu Yang continued, "Just tell him directly that I won''t go. And don''t need to look for me again in the future either. I won''t go. Nothing good to go for." She remembered that Li Qinglu, the female protagonist in her high school ss, was the darling of the ss. As for her, she had turned hostile with Li Qinglu, so naturally the others would take Li Qinglu''s side if she went. What¡¯s more, she didn¡¯t even know these people. What if her secret was exposed?

    A high school reunion was nothing more than eating, drinking and listening to people brag anyway. Nothing worth going for.

    "Ah? Should I really say it like that?" Zhang Xizhi felt it seemed a bit hostile.

    But Chu Yang didn''t care. "Yes, just say it directly. Say I said it."

    "Okay," said Zhang Xizhi.

    Chu Yang took a sip of water. "Anything else?"

    Zhang Xizhi shook his head. "No more. Oh yes, I heard that you saved Haist time. It was really thanks to you. I heard about it. It was truly dangerous at that time."

    Chu Yang handed him an apple. "No need to entertain you if there''s nothing else. Here''s an apple for you. As for the thing with Hai, it was no big deal. We''re from the same vige after all."

    With the apple in hand, Zhang Xizhi walked out of Chu''s house gate. After walking some distance, he looked at the apple and murmured, "How could Chu Yang not ask about Senior Gu Xiao? And wasn''t she very close with Li Qinglu?"

    Unable to make sense of it, Zhang Xizhi directly passed on Chu Yang''s words to Xing An.

    Xing An also felt it was very strange. How could Chu Yang not attend the ss reunion? Could the rumors be true, that she didn''t dare show up because Li Qinglu was with Senior Gu Xiao?

    Chu Yang didn''t care about this at all. After all, ording to the book, the previous Chu Yang had been "so close" with Li Qinglu, and their social circles ovepped greatly. Now that the two were hostile, with the female lead''s halo, the others would naturally take Li Qinglu''s side. If she went, there certainly wouldn''t be anything good waiting for her.

    A ss reunion was nothing more than eating, drinking and listening to bragging. Nothing worth going for.

    Early morning on New Year''s Eve, the family started getting busy. Chu''s Mom and Chu Yang were making dumplings, Chu''s Dad went to kill chickens and fish, while Chu Luo helped out on the side.

    They also had to put up Spring Festival couplets, worship their ancestors: in short there were a ton of things to do. Chu Yang didn''t know how to wrap dumplings, so she learned by following Chu''s Mom, and after wrapping for a while she got the hang of it.

    From time to time there would be the crackling sound of firecrackers going off outside. The atmosphere was festive everywhere.

    That night Chu''s Dad did the cooking, making over a dozen dishes. The family of four had a wonderful New Year''s Eve dinner. Chu Yang also received red envelope money from Chu''s parents that night, one thousand yuan each.

    Chu''s Dad had also bought fireworks. Some neighborhood kids came over to their house to watch Chu Luo set off fireworks. Everyone was very happy. Chu Yang also felt extremely happy. It had been a long time since she had experienced such a pure, lively joy and happiness. She hadn''t expected that transmigrating into a book would give her such a wonderful family. She would definitely be very filial to Chu''s parents from now on.

    In the early morning hours Chu Yang received New Year''s greetings from Jin Yang and Chi Yan on Weibo. Her Weibo was also filled with lively celebrations, with Chu Yang posting a New Year''s Eve microblog that garnered New Year''s blessings from dozens of fans in thements. Not only that, Chu Yang had also received red envelope money from previous customers. She earned a small sum over the New Year holiday.

    When Chu Yang woke up on New Year''s Day, she saw that her family members were all wearing the new clothes she had bought them. Chu''s Mom even admonished Chu''s Dad, "You mustn''t get your clothes dirty."

    Chu''s Dad was very happy. "I know, I know."

    The clothes Chu Luo wore were a little small, making it inconvenient to wear a sweater inside, so he wore an undershirt and then a jacket over it.

    Chu Yang felt them and said, "It''s a little small. I''ll buy you a bigger size in a couple days."

    Chu Luo patted his clothes. "It fits just right now. No need to buy more."

    But Chu Yang still felt she should buy him more, so she asked for his height and weight. Although Chu Luo kept saying there was no need to buy any, he still told Chu Yang his measurements.

    On New Year''s Day, they stayed home waiting for people toe pay New Year visits. On the second day they went visiting rtives, with Chu''s Dad taking Chu''s Mom to visit Grandma''s ce, but not bringing Chu Yang and the others. Chu Luo also didn''t want to go. "Every time we go over, Aunt looks at us with disgust, as if suspecting we only went to beg. Who cares! And Lin Sheng, with his shifty eyes: he has no manners at all." Lin Sheng was their cousin, a real brat.

    Only now did Chu Yang realize they didn''t have a good rtionship with Grandma''s family, probably because they looked down on Chu''s family for being poor. Chu''s Mom still went mainly for Grandma''s sake. The previous Chu Yang and Chu Luo had gone too, but were probably mistreated.

    Soter on, Chu Yang and Chu Luo rarely went to Grandma''s ce anymore. It was mainly just Chu''s parents going over, but they would alwayse back the same night, never staying over.

 Chapter 31: Window-shopping

    <h4>Chapter 31</h4>

    Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom were not at home. Chu Yang was bored at home and noticed Chu Luo only had a couple sets of clothes. So she suggested, "Let''s go shopping in the city and buy you some clothes. Also...let''s get you a study guide. You''re in 8th grade, right? Which high school do you want to apply to?"

    When Chu Luo heard buying clothes he didn''t want to go, but a study guide? Then let''s go. The two got dressed and headed out.

    First they took a three-wheeled car to town, then transferred to a bus from town to the city - quite the hassle... Chu Yang thought to herself that in the future they''d have to earn money to buy a car, one with four wheels for the whole family. That way they wouldn''t have to deal with so much hassle when going shopping or traveling.

    They really needed to earn money!

    After a little over an hour, the two finally arrived in the city. After getting off the bus it was about noon. Chu Yang took Chu Luo straight to a restaurant to eat lunch together.

    Before entering, Chu Luo looked at the fancy restaurant and said, "Let''s just eat at a roadside food stand. This ce looks really expensive."

    Chu Yang walked right in, "I want to eat here."

    Chu Luo: ...Okay then.

    After ordering, Chu Luo looked at the menu. Twenty yuan for a vegetable dish, a few dozen yuan for a meat dish! And a seat charge of 5 yuan per person! The seat charge alone could buy him a meal at school.

    Chu Yang didn''t expect him to order - one look and you could tell this was a kid who rarely came to the city. Indeed Chu Luo very rarely came to the city. Usually he only came for schoolpetitions, exams, etc. During his time off he was mostly home studying or helping around the house - an altogether filial and hardworking kid.

    Though it was strange the book never mentioned Chu Yang having a little brother.

    Chu Yang ordered a vegetable dish, pineapple sweet and sour pork, a fish with pickled cabbage dish, rice, and more.

    As soon as the dishes came out Chu Yang started eating, then urged Chu Luo, "Hurry up and eat, eat more, this stuff is so expensive."

    Chu Luo muttered, "You''re the one who ordered the expensive stuff." But he didn''t dare say it out loud.

    Chu Luo had formidable eating prowess. Chu Yang ate one bowl of rice and was full, but Chu Luo ate two huge bowls of rice and finished all the side dishes, eating up everyst pickled cabbage. He drank a whole pot of tea.

    Drinking so much tea of course meant that Chu Luo soon had to go to the bathroom. Meanwhile Chu Yang went to settle the bill, which totaled 152 yuan.

    After eating, Chu Yang took Chu Luo to the city''s shopping center. They walked and stopped along the way while Chu Yang showed Chu Luo various clothes. Each time Chu Yang picked out some clothes and asked Chu Luo, he would say "They don''t look good."

    So then Chu Yang just started grabbing clothes for him to try on without asking. Seeing Chu Luoe out in well-fitted clothes, Chu Yang thought that her family''s looks were truly stunning - dressed up, Chu Luo could totally be his ss''s campus hunk.

    "Looks great, let''s get it!"

    With his shopping desire piqued, they bought Chu Luo two new outfits, a pair of brand name shoes, and a fitted jacket.

    Chu Yang also wanted to take Chu Luo to a watch shop to buy him a watch, but Chu Luo hurriedly stopped her. "That''s good enough, I already have a watch. We spent so much money today already."

    Chu Yang said, "But I have money!" She had an ie now after all.

    Chu Luo said, "Still, that''s enough. We still need to buy books too."

    Chu Yang then remembered, "Oh right, I almost forgot."

    The two then made for the bookstore. Chu Yang asked directly, "Which subjects are you weakest at? Tell me your final exam scores for each subject."

    Chu Luo scratched his head. "80 for Chinese, 118 for Math, 117 for English...96 for Biology."

    Chu Luo: ...Wow, not bad in everything besides Chinese.

    "Why is your Chinese only 80 points?" Chu Yang was very serious. Chu Luo''s sister studied Chinese Literature at A University, yet his Chinese was only 80 points!

    Chu Luo said, "...I''m bad at writing essays and readingprehension."

    Chu Yang had an incredulous look on her face. "What??? Why can''t you write essays? Isn''t writing just something you do with your hands? Can''t you just write an 800 character essay in half an hour, speedily cranking them out?"

    Chu Luo: ...That''s just you. In their ss, everyone preparing an essay takes at least an hour, including reviewing reading materials and nning out ideas. But Chu Luo didn''t dare say this out loud.

    Chu Yang then said, "Forget it. I''ll tutor you on it when we get back. For now let me grab a few books for you to check out. You''ll also need to read more books and texts in the future for more knowledge and insights - without that you can''t write good essays. Let''s get you a book of model essays - you can imitate what others have written. You''ll also need to look at prose and poetry selections, and cite and reference more from them. I''ll subscribe you to a newspaper and some magazines, which you''ll need to start reading regrly going forward."

    Chu Yang chattered on and on. Her brother only getting 70 points in Chinese? Failing score! Absolutely uneptable!

    Chu Luo: ...Didn''t dare say anything.

    On the other hand, Chu''s Mom and Dad were sitting awkwardly in the living room listening to someone talk. In the living room sat Wang Uncle, Wang Auntie, and some other rtives.

    Chu''s Mom''s maiden name was Wang Yijiao.

    Everyone in the living room was chatting away, while Chu''s parents couldn''t get a word in. Suddenly Wang Auntie asked, "Yijiao, howe your Chu Yang and Chu Luo didn''te?"

    Chu''s Mom smiled, "The kids went out to y."

    Wang Auntie grinned and said, "They really went out to y? Or could it be they don''t likeing over? Though I guess so, you guys live in the vige...forget I mentioned it. By the way, didn''t your Chu Yang get admitted to A University? I say, what''s the point of girls studying so much? You should have her find a rich boyfriend on campus.

    Then have the boyfriend give you guys some money to renovate your house and make it a little nicer. Or hey, someday he could buy you all a ce in Jing City - that would be great right? Oh yes, I heard big bosses these days don''t really like female college grads. In my opinion, your Chu Yang could also find an old boss to be a little honey to. She could still support your Lin Sheng well in the future."

    Chu''s Mom was so angry her hands shook. She stood up, pointed at Wang Auntie and yelled, "What nonsense are you spewing! Honey, let''s go!" Then stormed out. Chu''s Dad was also very angry but followed her out.

    Wang Auntie was also angry, and said to Wang Uncle, "See how your little sister is acting? She came over with just a small gift then flies off the handle at a few words! Was I wrong? Girls shouldn''t study so much to begin with. Better to marry early - at least then she could get bride money for your Chu Luo right?"

    Wang Uncle nodded. "You''re right, forget them."

    Wang Auntie then quickly said to the others, "Sorry for that, my little sister is so hot-tempered...anyway, let''s get back to our conversation from earlier."

    Chu''s Mom sat behind her husband on the motorbike, now feeling a bit regretful for losing her temper. But she had been so furious!

    "Do you think the kids will ask why we went back so early?" asked Chu''s Mom.

    Chu''s Dad was also super angry, but what could they do. "I''m sorry dear, it''s still because I haven''t amounted to much."

    Chu''s Mom hugged him tight. "It''s not your fault at all, it was clearly my sister-inw who...forget it. Let''s try not to go over much in the future. We''ll just send some money - after all my mom always favored boys over girls."

    The two were worried about how to exin it when they got home, but when they arrived the two kids were not home...

 Chapter 32: Come across

    <h4>Chapter 32</h4>

    Chu Yang held tworge bags of clothes in both hands, then Chu Luo held a bunch of books in both hands. Chu Yang thought for a while, "Why don''t we take a taxi?"

    Chu Luo strongly opposed: "No, I have the strength. Taking a taxi back will cost 200 yuan! Absolutely not! I''ve spent a lot of money today!"

    Seeing Chu Luo like this, Chu Yang gave up, "Okay, let''s take the bus first."

    The two walked out of the bookstore and were about to walk to the station to take the bus. Then a group of people walked out of the next building. Xing An, who had just walked out, saw Chu Yang at a nce, "Chu Yang?"

    "Where? Chu Yang is here? Isn''t she noting?"

    Xing An pointed to the person in front, and everyone looked over. It was Chu Yang. Today''s Chu Yang was wearing a white jacket and a red scarf wrapped around her neck. Her hair was tied into a braid, which looked quite different from her high school days, and she looked much more beautiful.

    Unlike her naive look in high school, the present Chu Yang looked healthier, and her lips were rtively more rosy.

    Someone suddenly said, "I didn''t know Chu Yang was so beautiful!"

    A boy next to him interjected, "No matter how beautiful she is, she won''t look up to you. She likes..." The boy didn''t say it, but everyone knew who he was talking about, and many people''s eyes were on Gu Xiao next to Li Qinglu.

    Although today was a high school reunion, family members could be brought along. So Li Qinglu brought Gu Xiao along. Not only her, but some boys also brought their girlfriends or other girls brought their boyfriends.

    They were originally going to karaoke, but when they came out they saw Chu Yang, they had to say what a coincidence.

    At this moment, Xing An had already walked up, "Chu Yang!"

    Chu Yang looked over at the sound and saw an unfamiliar boy. When Zhang Xizhi came to find her before, she took out all the original owner''s things and looked through them, including graduation photos. Matching the photos, Chu Yang knew who this person was. Plus the group of people behind him, so she ran into a high school reunion today?

    Chu Yang didn''t want to pay attention to this. She was in a hurry to go home. "Hello."

    Xing An asked her, "Chu Yang, do you want to join our reunion today?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No, I''m in a hurry to go home. Didn''t I say before not to call me for future reunions?" She had already made it clear to Zhang Xizhi to tell him.

    Xing An was speechless for a moment, "I thought you were just joking."

    Chu Yang expressionlessly: "No joking, don''t look for me anymore. I have to go first." Chu Yang gestured to Chu Luo to leave quickly.

    Chu Luo followed behind her, "Hey! Chu Yang why did you leave? Could it be that you don''t dare toe because Qinglu and Senior Gu Xiao are together?"

    Suddenly a girl cut in. The others also came over.

    Chu Yang looked at the girl who spoke, "You are?"

    The girl looked incredulous, "Chu Yang, don''t you remember me?"

    Chu Luo next to him suddenly said, "You don''t look memorable at all, why should I remember you? Sis, let''s go quickly, my hands are tired." He saw clearly that these people didn''t look like they were reminiscing, but rather looking for trouble.

    Chu Yang nced at him, "Don''t talk to a girl like that." Then she looked at the girl, "But you dock any memorable features. " It meant that she was just an ordinary person, nothing special to be remembered.

    The girl pointed at Chu Yang, "Chu Yang...how did you be like this?"

    Chu Yang felt quite strange. What does she mean by her bing like this? Everyone speaks as if they were very familiar with the original Chu Yang, but from her reading, she only knew that the original Chu Yang was a little familiar with Li Qinglu, and didn''t care about the others.

    The original Chu Yang was quite arrogant too. After all, she looked good and her grades were not bad. It was just that she met such a male lead, and then she was vain, following Li Qinglu only because Li Qinglu could bring her closer to others.

    Chu Yang didn''t want to argue with them here either. "Alright alright, I have to go now. Good dog don''t block my way, I have to go home."

    Others: "Who''s blocking you!"

    Chu Yang didn''t care and left straight away. The male and female leads were really haunting, but Li Qinglu didn''t say anything today, probably because Lin Shushu was not here, so there was no one to pave the way.

    After Chu Yang left, someone asked Li Qinglu, "Qinglu, why didn''t you say hi to Chu Yang just now? Weren''t you very close with her? Is it because of Senior Gu Xiao''s matter, and then she..."

    Li Qinglu lowered her head, "I don''t know, Chu Yang cut ties with us."

    "Cut ties?" Everyone was very surprised! They didn''t expect Chu Yang, who used to follow Li Qinglu, to cut ties with her.

    "What happened?"

    Li Qinglu held Gu Xiao''s hand and shook her head, "I don''t know. Maybe Chu Yang made new friends." As for the various things that happened at school, Li Qinglu didn''t mention any of them.

    Everyone thought of the past and unanimously felt that it was Chu Yang''s fault, "It must be her fault. I always felt that she was quite vain before. Maybe she met some new rich people?"

    "Is Senior Gu Xiao''s family rich?"

    "I don''t know, Gu Xiao''s family is quite rich in Jiazhou City. But I don''t know about Beijing."

    "I also feel that, don''t be sad. Anyway, Qinglu, you have so many friends, it doesn''t matter if you miss her."

    "She must be jealous of you."

    "Alright alright, let''s not talk about her. Let''s go karaoke, don''t let irrelevant people affect your mood."

    Everyone chatted and walked towards their destination.

    On Chu Yang''s side, after taking the bus to town, it was already after 5 pm. She called a tricycle and got home around 6 pm.

    When the two of them brought things back home, Chu Dad and Chu Mom hurried out to help carry things. "Why so many things? Your dad and I didn''t see you when we came back and thought you went out to y?"

    Chu Yang handed the things to Chu Mom, "Bought some clothes for Chu Luo. His clothes are all short now. Bought him some books. His Chinese grades are too poor."

    As soon as Chu Mom heard Chu Yang say about grades, she immediately agreed, "Xiao Luo''s Chinese is really not good." Then she said to Chu Luo, "You have to learn from your sister. Your sister was the top of her grade in Chinese. Look at you, ask your sister more at home."

    Chu Luo: "I know." Anyway, he didn''t have much status at home.

    Chu Mom took the clothes out and touched the fabric, "The fabric is really good. How much money? Xiao Luo grows so fast, I don''t really need to buy so many. I can just add some cloth when I''m free. Did you not buy any for yourself? Do you have any money left? Let your dad give you some."

    Chu Dad next to her nodded, "Right."

    Chu Luo: ...What do you mean add some cloth?

    Chu Yang diverted their attention, "Not much money left. I''m hungry."

    Chu Mom: "Let me hurry and make dinner."

    The next day, Chu Yang made a study n for Chu Luo, "From now on, write a short essay every week and send it to me to review. I will assign topics periodically."

    Chu Luo: ...The carefree days were gone forever. What''s more terrifying is that no one at home dared to object!

 Chapter 33: Back to School

    <h4>Chapter 33</h4>

    The days at home are always short. After the Lantern Festival, it was almost time to go back to school.

    Perhaps because she was eating and sleeping well at home, Chu Yang had gained two jin. Her face was ruddy and plump, no longer pale and delicate.

    Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom sent her to the train station. Chu Luo stayed home alone to watch the house. But before leaving, Chu Yang reminded him, "Remember to write a short essay every week."

    Chu Luo: "Yeah, I know."

    When Chu Yang returned to school, Jin Yang and the others hadn''t arrived yet. Chu Yang cleaned up the dormitory first. While she was cleaning, there was a "dong dong" sound at the window. Chu Yang looked and saw a crow!

    Chu Yang quickly let it in and said, "Little guy, how did you know I was back?"

    The crow cawed twice, as if saying it just knew.

    Chu Yang looked in her bag, "No breadcrumbs. Never mind, I''m hungry too. Let''s go, I''ll take you to get some food."

    She put the crow in her pocket, "Don''t move around."

    As Chu Yang walked around campus, the weather was still very cold, but it was clearer today. Chu Yang went to the school cafeteria, bought a meal, then sat in the corner. She took the crow out and put it on the table, then took out a paper towel, spooned some rice with sauce on it, and ced it in front of the crow, "Eat up."

    The girl and crow ate together.

    This scene was inadvertently photographed by someone, titled "Girl and Crow", and posted directly on the school forum. In the photo, the girl''s side profile was delicate, her fairplexion contrasting sharply with the crow''s ck form.

    It immediately attracted much discussion. At the start of school, everyone was quite excited, thinking about what activities there would be.

    "One minute, I want info on this girl!"

    "Why have I never heard of such a pretty girl at our school?"

    "Chu Yang, first year literature major, ranked first in her departmentst semester."

    "I want to know what kind of bird that is?"

    "Didn''t the title say it''s a crow?"

    "A crow? Isn''t that unlucky? Someone is keeping a crow? Heavens!"

    "...What IQ is this? Not from our school right, to actually believe crows are unlucky that much? Crows are just a species of bird! And there are tons of crows on our campus, over by the bamboo grove. Just not seen often in winter."

    "Hey, didn''t the OP vite her right of portrait? Did you ask her?"

    "Right!"

    It had to be said, most A University students were normal. Jin Yang saw the post on the car ride over and immediately called Chu Yang. Chu Yang contacted the forum right away to have it deleted. They apologized to her then immediately deleted it.

    Chu Yang did not make a big deal of it, but from then on, many people knew there was a "crow girl" in the literature department.

    When Chu Yang heard the title "Crow Girl"... What the heck is this?

    "Crow Girl" didn''t really affect Chu Yang''s life.

    A few days after school started, Xu Zhao messaged her: "Yo boss! Help!"

    Chu Yang: ?

    Xu Zhao: I suspect there''s a ghost in the women''s dormitory public restroom!

    Chu Yang: ...I''m not that kind of master.

    Chu Yang was very helpless. Some followers on Weibo thought she was a gossip blogger, some thought she was a fortune teller, some thought she was the kind who could catch ghosts...

    Xu Zhao: Wahhh, the girls in our dorm all say they often hear crying in the bathroom!

    Chu Yang: Did you tell the dorm manager auntie?

    Xu Zhao: I did. But she didn''t find anything wrong. Everyone says there was a senior girl who h h h, one of those often spread rumors, likemitting suicide by jumping off the building in red shoes or something.

    Chu Yang: Believe in science! You can call the police.

    Xu Zhao: The school won''t allow calling the police, they don''t think there''s anything. Boss, please do a reading for me. I''ve pooled 1,000 RMB, is that enough? We haven''t slept well in so long. Everyone is really scared.

    Chu Yang: That''s enough, don''t you live off campus?

    Xu Zhao: Isn''t it unsafe? So I moved back into the dorm this semester.

    Chu Yang: Fine. Send the money first.

    Xu Zhao: Sending 1,000 RMB.

    After Xu Zhao transferred the money to Chu Yang, she immediately told the ssmates crowded around her: "The money''s been sent, just wait a bit."

    Her roommate: "Will it really work? You''re sure she''s not a scammer?"

    Xu Zhao swore: "Absolutely not! Trust me! Remember the creepst semester? If not for the boss, I might have... " Xu Zhao made a throat slitting gesture.

    Roommate: "If we get scammed, we''re reporting her."

    "Right! Xu Zhao you know her, take us to see her."

    Xu Zhao sighed: "You''ll see soon enough."

    On Chu Yang''s end, as she moved the crystal ball, Jin Yang and the others were like discovering a new continent, since this was their first time openly watching Chu Yang use the crystal ball!

    Seeing the crystal ball emit light, everyone was thrilled! The crystal ball suddenly filled with swirling mist, but Jin Yang and the others couldn''t see anything. Chu Yang saw in it a girl hiding and crying in the girls'' dorm bathroom.

    In a sh, the girl was suddenly standing on the top level...

    Chu Yang messaged Xu Zhao: Girl, mole by left eye, crying in bathroom, suicidal thoughts.

    Xu Zhao: ??? Okay boss!

    Xu Zhao hurriedly asked her roommates: "Do we have a girl with a mole by her left eye in our dorm?"

    Roommate 1 thought about it: "Don''t think so? Who do we know like that?"

    Roommate 2: "I know, Wu Juan from the dance department!"

    "It''s her? What happened with her?"

    Xu Zhao frowned, "Do you know anything about Wu Juan?"

    Roommates nodded: "We know her. Seems like her roommates isted her. She''s quite capable right? Teachers seem to favor her a lot. Everyone says she got there through the back door, that she must have slept with the teacher and stuff, spread as fact even though just rumors. "

    Xu Zhao: "Just jealous gossip right. Aren''t people in the dance department quite... like that?"

    Roommates shook their heads: "Don''t know, we don''t know them well."

    Xu Zhao: "The boss said it''s a girl crying in there." She didn''t mention the suicidal thoughts.

    Roommates: "Huh? Real or fake?"

    "No way, Wu Juan usually looks quite arrogant, with a ''don''t care about anyone'' attitude, very proud. No one dares get close to her."

    "Right, extremely aloof."

    "Though lots of guys seem to like her, us girls don''t really like her."

    Xu Zhao suggested: "Let''s go take a look tonight." Their room was closest to the bathroom, most affected.

    Roommates kept shaking their heads: "No!"

    Xu Zhao: "Look at you all, dark eye circles fromck of sleep these days. The boss said it''s just a girl crying in there. We''ll go take a look, get the girls from next door too."

    "Fine. It''s Wu Juan?"

    Xu Zhao shrugged: "Don''t know, just said a girl with a mole."

    In the middle of the night, the sound came again. Xu Zhao looked at everyone.

    Goosebumps rose on everyone, hesitant and scared. The girls from next door were also very frightened, all hiding behind Xu Zhao.

 Chapter 34: The Toilet Incident

    <h4>Chapter 34</h4>

    Xu Zhao was quite scared in her heart, but she still believed in what the Master said. The group slowly walked to the entrance of the girls'' bathroom, and then heard crying sounds of "Woo woo woo"ing from inside.

    Everyone looked at each other in dismay, those behind hugged each other tightly.

    Suddenly a voice came from behind: "What are you guys doing?"

    "Ahhhhh!"

    A bunch of people screamed, everyone looked back, it was a girl from the same ss, "Shui Shui, you scared us to death!"

    Shui Shui, the girl called Shui Shui, shrugged, "What exactly are you guys doing?"

    Xu Zhao pointed to the bathroom, "Didn''t you hear someone crying in there?"

    Shui Shui listened carefully, "No."

    Then everyone realized the crying had stopped, only the sound of water dripping from the faucet could be heard, "Drip~drip~drip~"

    Everyone became even more scared, Shui Shui asked again: "What are you guys doing?"

    Xu Zhao: "We''re trying to find out who that crying girl is, she scared us to death."

    Shui Shui didn''t care: "Then just go in." After saying that, she walked right in, and Xu Zhao and the others followed behind her, each stall was opened, no one was inside.

    Finally it was thest stall, it wouldn''t open, Shui Shui knocked on the door directly: "Is anyone in there?"

    No one answered.

    Xu Zhao and the others were very scared, someone whispered: "Why don''t we just leave, I''m so scared."

    Shui Shui knocked but no one answered, so she went to the stall next door, then stood on the toilet and peered over.

    Everyone looked at her actions: ...Is Shui Shui really that brave?

    Suddenly Shui Shui said: "Hey, open the door!"

    "Ahhhhhhh!" A scream came from the toilet.

    "Ahhhhhhh!" Xu Zhao and the others outside screamed too.

    "Damn!" That was Shui Shui.

    The girl inside finally came out, "What are you guys doing? Peeping at people using the toilet?" It was Wu Juan.

    Shui Shui got down from the toilet and came out, "Were you really using the toilet in there?"

    Xu Zhao took one look, sure enough it was Wu Juan, she was no longer afraid. She put her hands on her hips, then stood on the moral high ground and said: "I knew it was you! What are you doing crying here sote at night? You scared us to death. Look at the dark circles under our eyes! If you want to cry then do it at home, otherwise cry in your dorm."

    After saying this, Xu Zhao suddenly remembered hearing that Wu Juan was isted by her roommates. "No wait, you''re not from our floor." Wu Juan was from the floor above.

    Wu Juan denied it: "I wasn''t crying, I came to use the toilet."

    Shui Shui: "You can take a look in the mirror, your eyes are all swollen!"

    Wu Juan: ......

    Suddenly a voice came: "What are you guys doing not sleeping sote?"

    Everyone turned to look, it was the dorm supervisor!

    Then they told her everything.

    The supervisor also basically understood the situation, but it was sote she couldn''t deal with it now either, "Alright alright, I know, everyone go back to your dorms and sleep, I''ll exin this tomorrow."

    So everyone went back to sleep.

    In the dorm room, Xu Zhao''s roommates remembered what she said, "Damn! Xu Zhao, introduce that master to us too?"

    Xu Zhao: "I have her Weibo, you guys can follow her."

    "Okay okay. Send it to me."

    "Me too, me too."

    "Finally can sleep well, so tired."

    "Go to sleep, go to sleep."

    At this moment the sleeping Chu Yang had no idea she just gained a few more fans.

    The next day Xu Zhao told Chu Yang about the situation. Because Wu Juan was up cryingte at night affecting others, she had to write a self-criticism and apologize to those whose dorms were impacted.

    Xu Zhao and her roommates weren''t unreasonable people, they all forgave her. Xu Zhao suddenly remembered what Chu Yang said about jumping off a building, and as Wu Juan was leaving she said to her: "If there''s anything you can''t figure out you can look for this blogger." Xu Zhao showed Wu Juan Chu Yang''s Weibo handle.

    Wu Juan took a look and left.

    A few dayster, Wu Juan received a message: Come to Yuehua Hotel.

    Wu Juan held her phone tightly, conflicted inside. She suddenly remembered what that ssmate had said, if there''s anything you can''t figure out look for that blogger. Wu Juan opened Weibo and found that blogger called "Prophecy Little Witch", then sent her a message: Someone said if I can''t figure something out to look for you?

    Ten minutester, Prophecy Little Witch: ?

    Prophecy Little Witch: What do you want me to prophesy?

    Wu Juan: I''m going somewhere now, I want to know what the oue will be.

    Prophecy Little Witch: Name or photo, 200 yuan.

    When Wu Juan saw it required money, could it be a scammer? But she looked at the blogger''s Weibo again, thements under each post seemed normal, and the fans were all very reverent of the blogger.

    200 yuan then 200 yuan, Wu Juan directly transferred it over.

    Wu Juan: Just tell me good or bad.

    Five minutester. Prophecy Little Witch: Not good, also suggest calling the police to handle it.

    Wu Juan was shocked: Call the police? Why call the police?

    Prophecy Little Witch: You probably shouldn''t call the police, I''ll call for you.

    Wu Juan: ???

    Wu Juan hesitated for a moment then headed to Yuehua Hotel, but when she arrived outside Yuehua Hotel, she saw the police had already cordoned off the area. Wu Juan heard people on the side say: "I heard they caught drug users, disgusting! Serves them right!"

    Wu Juan looked towards the entrance, and then saw familiar people being taken away by the police into the police cars.

    Wu Juan suddenly remembered what the blogger had said: I''ll call the police for you.

    !!!

    Wu Juan returned to school and found Xu Zhao, "This blogger..."

    Xu Zhao was puzzled, but when she mentioned the Prophecy Little Witch she immediately understood, "Ah, you asked her! The blogger is super urate right? Last time when you were crying in the bathroom I asked her, she prophesied it right away. Cost us 1000 yuan! Speaking of which we never asked you for the money back."

    Wu Juan also remembered this: "Sorry, I''ll give you guys the money in a bit. This blogger can really prophesy?"

    Xu Zhao reverently said: "Of course! Chu Yang is the best!"

    Chu Yang? Wu Juan remembered the name, "Thank you."

    Wu Juan returned to her dorm, her roommates ignored her when they saw her, but Wu Juan didn''t care. She transferred 500 yuan to Prophecy Little Witch, then remembered Xu Zhao saying that 1000 yuan, so transferred another 500.

    "Thank you."

    Wu Juan felt suddenly relieved. She loved dancing, her dream was to be a dancer, but her family fell on hard times, her ex-fianc¨¦''s side not only called off the engagement, he actually started seeing her good friend too. She was isted at school, so that''s why she went to cry in the bathroomte at night.

    Not only that, someone introduced her to a man, saying he could help her family get through the hard times. She didn''t want to go, but as long as her family could be alright, she felt it was a ray of hope, she had been hesitating. She didn''t expect that after asking a blogger everything became like this.

    She suspected someone was trying to harm her!

 Chapter 35: Playing Basketball

    <h4>Chapter 35</h4>

    Chu Yang reported to the police and then ignored it. She just received a customer payment afterwards, which was not bad.

    After school started, Chu Yang continued to work as a tutor. Her student got good gradesst semester, so the employer gave her a raise this semester.

    Near the residential area was an elementary school that Chu Yang often passed by. She usually came here for sses on weekends, and when she was about to go back to school after finishing teaching, she ran into Chi Yan again in the residential area.

    He was wearing sportswear inside, with a coat outside, and holding a basketball. When he saw Chu Yang''s back, he smiled and ran over to pat her on the shoulder, "Happy new year."

    Chu Yang saw it was him, and also greeted him, "Happy new year."

    Chi Yan walked beside her and asked, "Are you going back to school now?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "Yes. Are you going to y basketball?"

    Chi Yan dribbled the ball as he walked, "Yeah. Going back to school to y ball. Do you want to watch?"

    Chu Yang let out an "Ah?" and said, "Go to B University?"

    Chi Yan nodded, "Yeah, you haven''t been to our school yet, although it''s next door. The food in our school cafeteria is pretty good. Do you want toe? I''ll treat you to a meal."

    When Chu Yang heard him say he would treat her, she thought of the snacks he had given her. She had taken a whole month to finish them... Moreover, she had shared some of them with others.

    As Chi Yan walked with her towards the exit of the residential area, they passed the road at the entrance of the elementary school. There were no sses on Saturday, so the elementary school was quite quiet.

    As they walked to the entrance of the elementary school, Chu Yang suddenly stopped and looked inside with a frown. Something was very wrong!

    Chu Yang looked again and again. Chi Yan beside asked, "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang thought she would take another look when she got back to the dormitory, "Nothing, I''ll go first."

    "Oh, okay. Do you want to watch me y basketball?" Chi Yan looked at her expectantly.

    Chu Yang was lost in thought, "No, I have something to do at school."

    "Oh, okay." Chi Yan was a little disappointed inside, thinking he would ask her again at the school basketball game next time.

    The two got on the bus. There were quite a lot of students on the bus, most of whom were on their way back to school.

    As soon as Chi Yan got on the bus, he attracted the attention of many people. It could be said that Chi Yan was quite famous in the entire university town, but Chu Yang did not know about this.

    "Yo, it''s Chi Yan!"

    "Wow! So handsome!"

    "Full of youthful spirit!"

    "He''s going to y basketball today. Do we want to follow along and watch?"

    "Let''s go, let''s go. We must go."

    "Who''s that girl next to him?"

    "Don''t know. Damn, Chi Yan is actually being chatted up by a girl from A University!" The two gossiping girls whispered at the back of the bus. Chu Yang and Chi Yan standing at the front did not hear them.

    After getting on the bus, Chi Yan took a look around and found no seats, so he stood holding onto the handrail. Chu Yang stood next to him with her arms crossed in front of her chest.

    Chi Yan took out his wrist guards from his pocket, then handed the basketball to Chu Yang, "Help me hold this for a bit. I need to put on my guards."

    Chu Yang took it very naturally, even cushioning the basketball a little. If they weren''t on the bus, she would have patted it.

    "How are you at ying basketball?" Chu Yang asked.

    This question caught Chi Yan off guard. No one had asked him this before. People who saw him usually said he must be very good at basketball, and he was indeed very good.

    It was a little embarrassing to boast about himself, so after putting on his guards, Chi Yan hugged the basketball at his waist and said, "People say I''m pretty good."

    Chu Yang nodded, "I''ll go watch next time. I have something to do today."

    Hearing her say this already made Chi Yan very happy. "Okay, next time I y basketball I''ll invite you."

    "Okay."

    Suddenly the bus mmed on the brakes. Afraid that Chu Yang might fall, Chi Yan put a hand on her shoulder to steady her. Chu Yang also wanted to grab the handrail, but she was too short and stretching for it felt ufortable.

    Chi Yan said, "Why don''t you just hold onto my coat?"

    Chu Yang thought that could work, so she held onto the sleeve of his coat with one hand.

    The two gossiping girls behind widened their eyes!

    "Who is that girl!!! "

    "Could she be Chi Yan''s girlfriend?"

    "Definitely not. They''re not holding hands."

    "They seem very familiar with each other."

    "Didn''t they say Chi Yan doesn''t care for girls? That he has average interest in females? That he doesn''t have female friends?"

    When they arrived at the stop, the two gossiping girls followed Chi Yan and Chu Yang off the bus, then trailed behind them as they walked.

    When they finally parted ways at the gate of B University, and Chu Yang entered the neighboring A University, the girls eximed: "Our school hunk from B University got picked up by a girl from A University! Damn!"

    When Chu Yang returned to her dorm room, she immediately went to her bed with the crystal ball, drew the curtains, and started scrying. To avoid anyone suddenlying in, she had decided to do all her fortune-telling with the crystal ball on her dorm bed from now on.

    After a momentary ripple in the crystal ball, Chu Yang opened her eyes, put away the crystal ball, and kept frowning. She had just seen that something big and outrageous would happen at the elementary school thising Monday!

    She saw a deranged man walking in there with a knife...

    But stopping this would be tricky!

    Chu Yang thought about it all night but couldn''t figure out how. The next morning, she was still thinking about it while ying with her raven, and even considered asking the raven for help. Then she thought of Chi Yan. He lived nearby, plus he knew of her abilities. She decided to ask him for help.

    In the afternoon, Chu Yang sent Chi Yan a message: "Are you busy? I have something I want to ask you about."

    Chi Yan was just about to go y basketball with his roommates. They had a basketball tournamenting up, so they were training a lot recently.

    He immediately replied: "No, I''m not. What''s up?"

    His roommate Wei Feng was already rushing him, "Bro Yan, let''s go!"

    With his phone in hand, Chi Yan grabbed a bottle of water and headed out.

    Chu Yang: "I''lle find you in a bit."

    Chi Yan hurried back to the dorm again, then checked himself in the mirror. His roommate Wei Feng said: "...Bro Yan, what are you doing? You''re handsome enough already. A bunch of girlse watch you y basketball every day. What, still not confident enough?"

    Chi Yan ruffled his hair, "Coming!"

    Chi Yan and Wei Feng went to the basketball court on campus. Then he sent Chu Yang his location: "I''m at the east court ying ball. Juste directly over."

    "Got it."

    Chu Yang grabbed a small bag and headed out. She had never been to the neighboring B University before, so she navigated her way there. The east court at B University wasn''t too far. Chu Yang just rode over on a shared bike.

    Half an hourter, Chu Yang arrived at the east court at B University. Before she even got off the bike, she saw a group of girls crowded over there, unable to see what was inside. Chu Yang only nced over briefly.

    After parking her bike, Chu Yang looked around. There were several basketball courts, all with people ying, but she didn''t see Chi Yan anywhere. Finally she decided to just head towards the bigger crowd.

    As she got close, she could hear "Ahhh so handsome!"

    "Oh my god! Did you see that? His abs!!! Ahhhh!"

    "Explosion of masculinity!"

    Chu Yang: ...So crazy! Can''t be here right?

    Chu Yang went to a less crowded spot and peered inside... Indeed, Chi Yan had just scored a 3-pointer! The girls outside shrieked again!

    Chu Yang plugged her ears, feeling like she hade at a bad time... Maybe she should just slip away...

 Chapter 36: Elementary School Incident

    <h4>Chapter 36</h4>

    Chu Yang was thinking it would be better toe a littleter, so she was about to slip away. Chi Yan happened to nce around just then and saw a familiar figure, so he immediately made a pause gesture and ran over. "Chu Yang, you came!"

    Everyone around immediately looked over.

    Chu Yang: ...Toote to slip away now.

    Chu Yang pretended to be calm on the surface and greeted him, "Hi."

    Wei Feng and the others also saw it was her and gathered around. "Big...uh, hello Chu."

    "Did Chue to find Yan?"

    Chu Yang greeted them, "Yeah, I have something to discuss, sorry to interrupt you all."

    Yuan Zhi waved his hand, "No problem, don''t worry about it. Why don''t you sit on the sidelines and watch us y basketball for a bit Chu? We''ll finish up soon and then we can all go eat together. B University has pretty good food. We''ll have Yan treat you."

    "Yeah, yeah, yeah."

    They chatted very amicably. The girls watching around were gossiping amongst themselves. "Who''s that girl?"

    "Yan and Zhi are both talking to her!"

    "She seems really familiar with Yan and the others."

    "Do we have someone like her at our school?"

    "That girl is from A University next door." The girl speaking was the one who had seen Chi Yan and Chu Yang together on the bus before.

    "What? Someone from another school poaching our guys?"

    "She''s not even that pretty." This was from a jealous girl.

    "Although...she''s prettier than you." Another girl rolled her eyes. "I know we''re not thrilled when guys we like have a girl around, but let''s not trash talk her." She was just as pretty as their school belle after all.

    Over with Chu Yang, she ended up sitting in a chair at the edge of the basketball court with Chi Yan''s jacket and water bottle next to her.

    The basketball court soon livened up again. As Chu Yang watched, she had to admit it was quite a feast for the eyes to watch the energetic, testosterone-filled hunks y basketball.

    After about half an hour, practice ended. Chi Yan came over and sat next to Chu Yang. He took a drink of water first, then used a towel to wipe off some sweat. Picking up his jacket, he said to Chu Yang, "Let''s go eat."

    Chu Yang: ...She just wanted to ask Chi Yan about something from elementary school.

    But she didn''t want to ruin everyone''s mood, so she went along to eat with them.

    The school cafeteria had private rooms. Chu Yang followed them into one, then realized...she was the only girl at the table.

    But they were very considerate of her, letting her order first. Chu Yang randomly picked two dishes, then the rest ordered a ton more. The appetite of a group of male college students who had just exercised could be imagined.

    They chatted while eating, all tactfully not talking too much with Chu Yang. After all, it seemed like she hade to find Chi Yan. Only Chi Yan chatted with her asionally, sometimes even using his chopsticks to put food in her bowl.

    After eating their fill, it was already evening. They all tactfully left, except for Chi Yan and Chu Yang. Yuan Zhi and Wei Feng made meaningful eye contact with Chi Yan before leaving, silently saying "tempting beauty" with their eyes.

    Chi Yan who understood: ...

    It was cold in the evening. Chi Yan put on his jacket and was also holding a basketball. He walked alongside Chu Yang.

    "That''s right, did youe find me today for something important?"

    Chu Yang had been wondering how to bring it up to him. With him asking, she quickly said, "Yes, something very important."

    Chu Yang''s expression became serious. "Yesterday when I passed by the kindergarten near your residential area, I felt something was off. So when I got back to my dorm, I ''looked'' and saw that tomorrow, or maybe the day after, a man will rush into the elementary school with a knife."

    They could all imagine what would happen if someone rushed into a school with a knife. Chi Yan also instantly became serious. "What?"

    "But I don''t know how to prevent this. That''s why I was looking for you to ask your opinion. Since it''s a school near your residential area, a lot of the students are probably from yourplex right?" Chu Yang analyzed.

    Chi Yan nodded. "Right, a lot of the kids from theplex go to school there."

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan. "It''s urgent, but I have no way to handle it. I can''t just rush over and say a bad person wille tomorrow, or directly call the police saying someone''s nning to attack XX Elementary School. If I did that, I''d probably be the prime suspect arrested."

    Chi Yan understood. "I know, I''ll think of something. Leave it to me. I''ll resolve it. Don''t worry." In just those two minutes, Chi Yan had already thought of several ns.

    To put Chu Yang at ease, Chi Yan said, "I''ll stand guard at the school entrance tomorrow."

    Chu Yang looked at him. Although she could tell from his muscr outline when he yed basketball that he was pretty fit, still... "Won''t that be dangerous?"

    Chi Yan shook his head. "It''s fine. I''ll find people toe with me. Anyway, leave this to me. I promise I''ll handle it properly."

    Seeing Chi Yan''s sincere gaze, Chu Yang decided to trust him. "Alright. Thank you."

    Chi Yan: "No need for thanks. Maintaining social order is a responsibility for ordinary citizens too."

    When Chu Yang heard him say that, she found it quite funny andughed. "Didn''t expect you to be so civic-minded."

    Seeing herugh put Chi Yan at ease too. During dinner earlier, seeing she wasn''t in high spirits, he had felt somewhat bad thinking maybe he had been too "forceful" making here eat with them.

    Fortunately that wasn''t the case.

    Chu Yang saw it was gettingte. "I''ll head back first then."

    Chi Yan immediately said, "Wait, let me take you back. It''s not safe for a girl out alone thiste. I''ll find a little sheep to take you."

    Chu Yang looked around and didn''t see any shared bikes nearby, so she agreed.

    Then she followed Chi Yan and walked to the bottom of the male dorm building...to the little grove at the base of the building. There were many couples there, and Chi Yan suddenly felt a bit awkward. But Chu Yang didn''t think anything of it, pretty normal in her opinion. Same as when she was in college in her past life.

    Chi Yan quickly rode over on a little sheep. He was wearing a blue helmet and also handed Chu Yang a blue one. Chu Yang sat directly behind him, and Chi Yan rode her through B University''s streets. He introduced some of B University''s sights as they went. "Over there is Qinglong Lake, legend says a blue dragon used to live there...The trees lining the paths here are cherry blossoms. It''s really beautiful during cherry blossom season, I''ll take you to see it next time...

    Chu Yang made asional sounds of acknowledgement.

    Chi Yan chatted on and on, he didn''t even know he could say so much.

    Leaving B University, they entered A University. Following Chu Yang''s directions, they arrived at her destination. Chi Yan had been to A University no less than 10 times, and while he wasn''t super familiar, he did know some of the famous spots. But he still said, "I don''t think I''ve ever properly toured A University before. Could you show me around next time Ie over?"

    Considering Chi Yan was helping her out, Chu Yang of course didn''t mind doing this little thing for him.

 Chapter 37: Elementary School Incident 02

    <h4>Chapter 37</h4>

    After sending Chu Yang back to her dormitory, Chi Yan remembered the route. Chu Yang bid him farewell before going upstairs, and Chi Yan rode the little electric scooter back to University B.

    Back in the dormitory, Wei Feng came over, flung an arm around his shoulder and asked, "How was it? Did the beauty seduce our big bro?"

    Zheng Qing said, "She must have. Didn''t you see him y basketball today like a peacock fanning its tail, extremely fierce! What did you guys do after eating? And you even borrowed my little scooter?"

    Chi Yan returned the key to Zheng Qing, "I sent her back."

    Zheng Qing felt it a pity and suggested, "Ah? Why don''t you buy a little scooter? Get a couple''s helmet or something, girls really like pink helmets."

    Hearing this, Chi Yan felt that buying a little scooter seemed alright.

    Wei Feng on the side didn''t understand: "Why a little scooter? Doesn''t Yan bro have a car? Girls prefer four wheels more, right?"

    Zheng Qing rolled his eyes at him, "What do you know? Girls at this stage are the most innocent. Two wheels or four wheels is not important, of course four wheels is good too, but you see, the little scooter allows front and back hugging, you can cling tightly together, and four wheels go fast, you won''t even get a few words in before reaching the destination."

    Wei Feng: "Then isn''t a bicycle good too?"

    Zheng Qing: "It works too, but going uphill and downhill can get tiring after long rides. You need to maintain your most perfect image, how can you get tired?"

    Wei Feng gave him a thumbs up, "You really are an expert."

    Zheng Qing was smug, "What expert, I''m just someone who''s been in a rtionship before." Unlike them three, forever alone.

    On Chi Yan''s side he was no longer listening to their chat, he made a phone call home: "Uncle, borrow me some men tomorrow."

    The other side readily agreed.

    "Thanks uncle, mm, first thing tomorrow morning. Okay."

    After hanging up, Chi Yan first went to wash up. Before going to bed he still sent Chu Yang a message: "I''ve found people already, definitely nothing will happen tomorrow."

    Chu Yang replied: Mm, thanks.

    Chi Yan: Then treat me to a meal after it''s over.

    Chu Yang: Sure.

    ...

    The next morning at 6am sharp, Chi Yan got up, then had someone notify his absence from ss. He hurried over to the neighborhood.

    The men his uncle had sent were already there.

    When Chi Yan arrived, several men in ck came out of the car, "Young Master Yan."

    Chi Yan nodded, his bearing very different from his usual campus self, an aloof and unapproachable aura, he hmm-ed and said, "Guard the school entrance, stop any suspicious people, especially those with weapons."

    "Yes." Though they felt it odd, the bodyguards still obeyed, listening to the employer was necessary.

    Then Chi Yan went to the small shop at the elementary school entrance and bought a bottle of water, sitting there. The shop owner saw such a handsome guy sitting at his door and felt quite curious, couldn''t help ncing again and again.

    Around 8 o''clock, parents steadily brought their kids over. Some parents were busier, dropping the kids off before riding to work. Some brought the kids to the teachers at the school entrance before leaving. Some students came themselves, bouncing along with schoolbags on their backs.

    The school entrance soon became lively.

    Chi Yan suddenly thought of something, and sent Chu Yang a message: "Did you see roughly what time it was?"

    Chu Yang quickly replied: "In the morning."

    Chi Yan instantly became alert, observing his surroundings, but didn''t find any suspicious figures.

    But he didn''t let his guard down, since he had promised something, he had to see it through.

    The four bodyguards sat in the ck car at the school entrance, keeping eyes and ears open, they were veterans after all, quite adept at surveince.

    Suddenly a bodyguard said, "That man is suspicious."

    In an instant the four pinned the man down, but still kept watch on their surroundings, hands on doors ready to rush out at any moment.

    They saw a man emerge from a small alley across the street. The man looked haggard, like he hadn''t bathed in days. Stubble all over his face, his coat was filthy. His hand was inside his coat, unclear if he held anything.

    The man suddenly stared fixedly at the students entering the school gate, a sh of madness in his eyes. Then suddenly he strode over from across the street, pulling out a cleaver from his coat. People around were already screaming.

    Then amidst everyone''s horror, the man reached the middle of the road when four men in ck suddenly rushed out. One kicked the cleaver from the man''s hand, one knocked the man to the ground, then the other two instantly pinned him down.

    It happened swiftly and neatly. Everyone''s highly strung hearts instantly settled. Many reacted and started apuding.

    The teachers hurried the students in, "Everyonee in quick!"

    The school''s security uncle quickly called the police, then came over with protective gear, also wiping sweat from his brow. "Really thank you!"

    Chi Yan also saw this scene. He walked over, the bodyguards restraining the man saw him and greeted, "Young Master Yan."

    Chi Yan nodded, eyes narrowed, "Call the police."

    He saw it very clearly. If not for calling people, there could have been a bloody scene at this school entrance. Thank goodness.

    The police arrived swiftly and took the man away, also giving Chi Yan thanks, "On behalf of the public, thank you."

    Chi Yan shook his hand, "No need to thank, maintaining societal safety is every citizen''s duty."

    Hearing this, the policeman even saluted him. The policeman also noticed those men in ck, clearly veterans, yet bodyguards to this handsome young man, though he didn''t ponder too much about the young man''s identity. He took the perpetrator away.

    Chi Yan also dismissed his men. He buried his merits and returned to school.

    This scene was recorded and uploaded online.

    #Four Men In ck Subdue Man With Cleaver At Elementary School Entrance#

    "Wow awesome! So cool!"

    "Trained! Definitely trained!"

    "My god, so dangerous!"

    "Really lucky!"

    "The school entrance really needs to strengthen safety measures, so extremely dangerous! If no one came out to stop him what would have happened? The school entrance would have..."

    "Not just elementary schools, but kindergartens, middle schools, even universities etc."

    "The flowers of our mothend! Those four men were so cool!"

    "I heard those four men were bodyguards sent by someone, just don''t know which family."

    "Must be some boss''s! Anyway super cool!"

    "Deservedly earning money!"

    The video didn''t expose Chi Yan''s face, just a silhouette probably. Everyone''s attention was on how the bodyguards took down the viin.

    After the bodyguards left as instructed, they felt quite puzzled. One whispered, "Why do I feel like Young Master Yan seemed to know a viin would appear?"

    The lead bodyguard nced at him, "Watch your words! We just need to do our job well." Anything else was not for them to question.

 Chapter 38: Please Eat

    <h4>Chapter 38</h4>

    Chi Yan returned to school and sent a message to Chu Yang: "It''s done."

    Chu Yang was in ss at the time, but he had been worrying about this matter in his heart the whole time. Seeing Chi Yan''s message, his heart immediately rxed.

    After sending a reply to Chi Yan''s message, Chu Yang started to pay attention in ss seriously.

    At lunch when school ended, Chu Yang and Jin Yang walked out of the ssroom, discussing "Dream of the Red Chamber" which the teacher had talked about today, while heading towards the bus station.

    After getting on the bus, the two got off at the stop for the school cafeteria. They entered the cafeteria to eat.

    While eating, Chu Yang and Jin Yang chatted. Suddenly, a male student sat down next to Chu Yang. Jin Yang and Chu Yang looked over as the male student said to Chu Yang, "Hello ssmate, may I sit here?"

    You''ve already sat down before even asking?

    But since no one was sitting there originally, Chu Yang nodded indifferently and continued eating.

    Then a phone was extended towards them, showing a QR code on the screen. Chu Yang and Jin Yang looked over again.

    The male student smiled and said, "ssmate, can I add your WeChat?"

    Chu Yang shook his head. "Sorry, I don''t have WeChat." Most people would understand he meant he didn''t want to give his WeChat when hearing this excuse.

    But this person seemed unable to understand,ughing and saying, "How could anyone not have WeChat? Why don''t you open an ount now? I''ll help you open one."

    Jin Yang''s eyes widened in shock next to them. She had never seen anyone so shameless.

    Chu Yang was speechless for a moment. "Sorry, I don''t want to add you."

    The male student nodded, not bothered by the refusal. "Alright, so when do you want to add me?"

    Chu Yang: "I never want to."

    The male student asked in surprise: "Am I very ugly?"

    Chu Yang looked him over. "You look normal."

    The male student breathed a sigh of relief. "That''s good. I thought I was very ugly. Since that''s the case, let me introduce myself. I am called Xi Jiajing, from the Business School. When you want to add me someday, ask me again."

    Having said that, the male student left their side.

    Chu Yang and Jin Yang: ......

    Jin Yang said, "He must be trying to pursue you."

    Chu Yang shrugged, calm and collected. "Whatever." She was currently wholeheartedly focused on making money and studying. She studied to make money too - for example,st semester she got several thousand dors in schrships for being first in her major.

    Chu Yang quickly forgot about this interlude. When she returned to the dorm and opened Weibo, she saw a video - the video of the four men in ck restraining the knife-wielding robbers with knives at the entrance of an elementary school.

    This incident did not make it to the hot search trends, only the local hot events.

    Chu Yang easily realized this was what had happened that morning. Those four men should be the ones Chi Yan called, and since it was taken care of now, Chu Yang felt assured.

    After Chi Yan returned to school, he sent Chu Yang a message: "How about eating dinner tonight?"

    Only then did Chu Yang remember what Chi Yan had said yesterday about treating her to a meal after finishing this matter. She just didn''t expect it to be done so soon. But she was free, so she readily agreed.

    The restaurant they picked was the same one they had gone to eat at after thest debate tournament.

    Chi Yan: "I get off school early in the afternoon. I''lle find you."

    Chu Yang¡¯s sses in the afternoon went until around five o''clock. "Literature Building of University A."

    Chi Yan: "Okay."

    After school in the afternoon, Chu Yang told Jin Yang that she wouldn''t be going to the cafeteria for dinner with her tonight because she was treating someone to a meal.

    Jin Yang understood. As the two walked out of the ssroom building, they saw Chi Yan wearing a helmet and sitting on a littlemb scooter, holding a phone and sending messages. Chu Yang¡¯s phone buzzed soon after.

    Jin Yang looked at Chi Yan, then back at Chu Yang. "Are you treating him to dinner?" Jin Yang hadn''t seen Chi Yan''s face.

    Chu Yang nodded. "Yeah, he helped me with something. I''m going over now."

    "Okay..." Jin Yang watched as Chu Yang walked over to greet Chi Yan. Chi Yan then smilingly handed her a pink helmet that matched the ck one he was wearing. Chu Yang put on the helmet and got on the back of the littlemb scooter. The two left together, looking just like an ordinary couple.

    A girl suddenly walked up behind Jin Yang. "Hey, Jin Yang?"

    Jin Yang saw it was Lin ZhaoZhao from their ss, who also lived in the dorm next door.

    Lin ZhaoZhao also looked towards Chu Yang''s departing figure. "Was that Chu Yang just now? She has a boyfriend?" Lin ZhaoZhao hadn''t seen Chi Yan''s face.

    Jin Yang blinked. "Shouldn''t be. Just friends."

    Lin ZhaoZhao was puzzled. "Huh? I thought it was her boyfriend. It looks pretty blissful to have your boyfriend pick you up after school." Still, she continued, "But why didn''t you go with them?"

    Jin Yang: "...What would I go for? To be a light bulb?"

    Lin ZhaoZhao: "Didn''t you say he wasn''t her boyfriend?" Then she seemed to have a sudden realization. "Oh I get it! They must be in the ambiguous pre-dating phase!"

    Jin Yang: ......She didn''t say anything like that at all. And she doesn¡¯t even know Chu Yang¡¯s attitude; it doesn¡¯t seem that way.

    "Forget it, let''s go eat. It just so happens we''re both alone. *sigh* The life of single dogs."

    Jin Yang: That hit me right in the feels.

    The littlemb scooter that Zheng Qing had mentionedst time was quickly bought by Chi Yan. He had even prepared two matching helmets thoughtfully, one ck and one pink.

    Sitting on the vehicle, Chu Yang asked, ¡°Did you change cars?¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°No, this one is mine. The onest time was my roommate¡¯s.¡±

    ¡°Oh.¡± Chu Yang had just asked casually.

    The littlemb scooter wove through the crowds of people leaving school after ss. Once they were out the school gate, they arrived at the restaurant. Chi Yan locked up the scooter first, then he and Chu Yang walked into the restaurant.

    There were no private rooms avable, but the two didn¡¯t mind and just sat in the main hall.

    The two couldn¡¯t eat too much. Chu Yang ordered a vegetable dish, while Chi Yan ordered the rest since she was treating him. After all, he had gotten to know her tastes from their previous meal together, and ordered a pork rib dish, a fish dish, and a soup, making three dishes and one soup, just the right amount.

    While they waited, Chi Yan told Chu Yang about what had happened that morning.

    ¡°I called over some people from my uncle¡¯s side, then went and sat at the small shop outside the elementary school early this morning... I hadn¡¯t even noticed yet when my uncle¡¯s men had already restrained them. It really was fortunate that you gave me the heads up, otherwise the kids would have certainly......¡±

    Chi Yan didn¡¯t finish his sentence, but Chu Yang understood what he meant to say.

    Chu Yang shook her head. ¡°I just happened to see it, that¡¯s all. I¡¯m not omnipotent either. When I see something, I have to put a stop to it. As for things I don¡¯t see, there¡¯s nothing I can do.¡±

    Chi Yan¡¯s voice was very gentle. ¡°It was already great what you did. In my family... *coughs* I have rtives who have seen those so-called grandmasters before. They all look like they¡¯re above worldly affairs, and what they say most is not to interfere too much.¡±

    Chu Yang knew who he was talking about. ¡°I¡¯m not the same as them. I cultivate differently.¡± Witches didn¡¯t have anything like retribution to speak of. Of course, meddling with truly major events was indeed not advisable.

    Chi Yan also understood that. He wanted to ask in more detail, but there were too many people around here with prying eyes so it wasn¡¯t convenient to say more. Therefore, he didn¡¯t inquire further. When the dishes came up, the two started eating.

    Chi Yan brought up the basketball tournament then.

 Chapter 39: Basketball Game

    <h4>Chapter 39</h4>

    ¡°I have a basketball game next week, do you want toe watch? I''ll get you tickets.¡± Chi Yan said.

    ¡°Sure, can I bring my roommate too?¡± Chu Yang thought she could go, she didn''t have much going on anyway.

    ¡°Okay, I''ll get you tickets if I have time.¡±

    ¡°Mm.¡±

    The two were eating when five people came in, Chu Yang identally saw that it was the male and female leads, Lin Shushu and two other girls.

    Chu Yang nced at them then looked away, but unexpectedly they happened to pass by their table whening in. As soon as Lin Shushu saw Chu Yang she rolled her eyes, but she had learned her lesson and didn''te up to Chu Yang to mock her. If it was before, she would havee up to ridicule her already.

    But she still whispered in Li Qinglu''s ear: ¡°How unlucky, ran into Chu Yang again, she''s like a vengeful ghost.¡±

    Li Qinglu shook her hand, signaling her not to speak recklessly, and nced at them before looking away too. If she didn''t see wrongly, the boy eating with Chu Yang was the same one who had spoken up for Chu Yangst time, and was also the campus heartthrob from the neighboring B University.

    Thinking about how people said that Chu Yang had found someone better which was why she distanced herself, Li Qinglu felt this reason seemed quite credible.

    Chi Yan of course saw the people, and said to Chu Yang: ¡°Did they bully you again after that?¡± Because it seemed like every time he ran into them he felt Chu Yang was being bullied by those people. And he had also heard Chu Yang really liked that Gu Xiao before, in his opinion that Gu Xiao was just average.

    Chu Yang shook her head, ¡°No, they didn''t bully me, I¡¯m not someone that can be bullied by just anyone.¡± In her view, verbal sparring did not count as bullying, and she did not feel bullied.

    ¡°That¡¯s good then. That Gu Xiao...just average.¡± Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, then said with lowered eyebrows.

    Chu Yang felt there was nothing wrong with this statement, and agreed: ¡°Mm, just average.¡± He was still quite goodpared to ordinary people, after all he was the male lead. But he was probably just average in Chi Yan¡¯s eyes. As for her, she was indifferent to Gu Xiao, but it was quite annoying how he looked at her like trash every time.

    Hearing her say this, Chi Yan let out a breath of relief.

    After eating their fill, this time Chi Yan did not take the initiative to pay, and let Chu Yang foot the bill. There should be give and take for a good rtionship.

    The two walked out of the restaurant. Chi Yan skillfully handed Chu Yang a helmet, and put one on himself too. They then got on the littlembretta and left. Inside the restaurant, Lin Shushu had been watching them the whole time. Seeing them leave on the littlembretta, she couldn¡¯t help letting out a mockingugh. ¡°Look at Chu Yang and that guy, riding a littlembretta? Hahaha.¡±

    One of the girls, Feng Wenwen, was puzzled and asked: ¡°Ah? What¡¯s wrong with a littlembretta?¡±

    Lin Shushu said arrogantly: ¡°Nothing much, just feels like with Chu Yang finding a guy like that, he doesn¡¯t look like much. Not like Qinglu and Gu Xiao who both have cars, his is just a littlembretta. A poor loser really doesn¡¯t deserve to date.¡±

    Feng Wenwen looked at Lin Shushu but didn¡¯t say anything. She didn¡¯t agree with her viewpoint, but it wasn¡¯t good to start an argument either. One look and you could tell Lin Shushu and that girl were not on good terms.

    The other girl, Zhao Xing Er, directly said: ¡°Huh? But that guy just now was Chi Yan! If Chi Yan took me for a ride on his bike I¡¯d be overjoyed!¡±

    Lin Shushu: ¡°Is Chi Yan that amazing? He¡¯s just a guy from the neighboring B University who looks decent. He doesn¡¯t look rich either, just ordinary.¡± Of course she said this partly out of her own motives: that guy had spoken up for Chu Yangst time and said they were bullying Chu Yang, ganging up on her!

    Zhao Xing Er¡¯s eyes widened. ¡°What? Amazing? You really don¡¯t know? His parents are famous professors, intellectual elites. I heard his family has government officials too, not sure about the rest, but his family background is impressive.¡±

    Lin Shushu was stunned. ¡°That great? But he looks so ordinary in how he dresses, none of it branded.¡±

    Zhao Xing Er rolled her eyes. ¡°Don¡¯t you know the richer people are the more low-key they are? He doesn¡¯t care about stuff like that at all. And how do you know his stuff isn¡¯t all custom-made?¡±

    Lin Shushu: ......

    Zhao Xing Er: ¡°Don''t offend him, okay? If you offend him don''t say you know me in the future.¡±

    Lin Shushuughed in exasperation. ¡°Come on, can one person really have that much power?¡±

    Zhao Xing Er: ¡°No, I just feel people with such narrow perspectives should be avoided.¡±

    Lin Shushu: ¡°You...¡±

    Li Qinglu quickly smoothed things over: ¡°Xing¡¯er, sorry, we were originally friends with Chuang Chuang, just had a falling out, and we don¡¯t really know Chi Yan either, just that he knows Chuang Chuang. We didn¡¯t offend him.¡±

    Zhao Xing Er wiped her mouth: ¡°Then that¡¯s fine. Hurry up and eat, I still have things to do.¡±

    Zhao Xing Er and Feng Wenwen had only be roommates with Li Qinglu this semester. Today, Li Qinglu¡¯s boyfriend Gu Xiao treated their whole dorm to a meal. Li Qinglu and Lin Shushu were closer, while Zhao Xing Er and Feng Wenwen didn¡¯t want to turn down the free meal despite not knowing them well. After the meal, they felt it would be better in the future not to get too close with these soon-to-be roommates.

    After splitting up, Lin Shushu said to Li Qinglu: ¡°Didn¡¯t expect the guy Chu Yang knows to be so powerful. How did she get to know such an influential figure? Do you know, Qinglu?¡±

    Li Qinglu shook her head, she definitely didn¡¯t know.

    Lin Shushu went on: ¡°It¡¯s also because she knows such an influential figure that she wouldn¡¯t tell you, she was afraid you¡¯d steal him away. I think she must have seduced him with her looks. Definitely.¡±

    Li Qinglu was preupied: ¡°Maybe so.¡±

    Lin Shushu asserted: ¡°Definitely. Isn¡¯t that how she wormed her way to your side? Acting pitiful and trying to get those guys¡¯ attention on her. Qinglu, you have to be careful of girls like her, those green tea bitches are all pretenders, they love to steal other girls¡¯ men the most.¡±

    Chi Yan dropped Chu Yang off at her dorm building. Chu Yang returned the helmet to him, ¡°Bye bye.¡±

    Chi Yan also bid farewell and the two parted ways.

    Returning to school, Chi Yan asked Yuan Zhi: ¡°Are there still tickets left for next week¡¯s basketball game?¡±

    Yuan Zhi: ¡°What, you want to give them to someone? How many?¡±

    Chi Yan thought for a bit: ¡°Four, for Chu Yang and her three roommates.¡±

    Hearing this, Wei Feng hurried over and cut in: ¡°Oh~ so what happened? Did the beauty seduce you? Where did you go today? You were absent this morning and disappeared after school, and left on the new littlembretta. And you were carrying two helmets, did you go y with the beauty?¡±

    Chi Yan pushed away his nosy head: ¡°I had something this morning. Are there tickets?¡±

    Yuan Zhi nodded: ¡°There are. But it¡¯ll have to wait until tomorrow, they¡¯re at the student union office.¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡±

    Wei Feng said on the side: ¡°He definitely went on a date with the beauty just now.¡±

    Sitting at his desk, Chi Yan said: ¡°No date, just ate a meal.¡±

    Wei Feng: ¡°That¡¯s still a date!¡±

    Chi Yan ignored him and sent Chu Yang a message: ¡°Are you free tomorrow? I¡¯ll bring the tickets over tonight.¡±

    Chu Yang replied with a thumbs up emoji.

 Chapter 40: Thief Pervert

    <h4>Chapter 40</h4>

    Chu Yang had just returned to the dormitory when her three roommates looked at her eagerly, waiting to gossip. Chu Yang asked, "What''s up?"

    "I just saw a boy dropping you off on a littlemb scooter," said Qian Xin.

    Chu Yang nodded. "Yeah, so?"

    Zhou Caicai''s eyes lit up. "Is he your boyfriend?"

    Jin Yang retorted, "Definitely not. That''s Chi Yan from the nearby school. Chu Yang must have gone to eat with him today since he helped her with something."

    Chu Yang didn''t argue. "That''s right. So what? He did help me out a bit so I treated him to a meal."

    Zhou Caicai asked, "Nothing else happened between you two?"

    Chu Yang thought for a moment. "What else could there be?"

    Zhou Caicai tapped her fingers together suggestively. "Oh, you know..."

    Chu Yang gave her a look. "You''re imagining things." However, she recalled Chi Yan inviting her to a ball game and added, "Oh right, Chi Yan invited us to go watch his school''s ball game next week. Do you guys want to go?"

    The three girls nodded eagerly. "Let''s go, let''s go! Hot guys! Who wouldn''t want to go? It''s a chance to flirt with cute boys!"

    "Yeah! We definitely have to go and chat up those hotties!"

    "Great then, he''ll bring the tickets by tomorrow," said Chu Yang as she gathered her toiletries to shower.

    Zhou Caicai asked, "So...will you be treating Chi Yan to another meal tomorrow then? Since he got you ball game tickets and all."

    Chu Yang hesitated. They really had been eating out too often. "We''ll see," she replied simply before hitting the showers.

    Just then, a girl from next door popped in. "Hey, has anyone in your dorm lost anything?"

    "No, why do you ask?"

    The girl pointed at their clothes hanging on the balcony. "I''m talking about those things. They''re definitely all still there?"

    Jin Yang shook her head in confusion. "Yeah, nothing missing. What''s up?"

    The visitor exined, "Apparently multiple dorms are reporting missing bras and panties that they had hung out to dry. At first people figured they must''ve blown away in the wind and didn''t think much of it. But when we started chatting, a bunch of us realized items were stolen from ourundry! Can you believe it - our school has some perverted panty thief!"

    The three roommates reacted in shock. "No way! There''s really some creep stealing girl''s underwear here? Did you report it to the dorm manager? She should check the surveince footage," suggested Jin Yang.

    "Yeah, it''s already been reported and they''re investigating. No incidents on the higher floors yet, just the lower level dorms."

    Zhou Caicai asked incredulously, "But how? We''re on the third floor. That''s so high up!"

    "The creep probably used a stick or grabber tool or something. I don''t really know the details, just wanted you guys to be aware. It''s not a huge deal to have some underwear stolen, just feels super disgusting and viting," said the visitor with a shudder.

    Qian Xin already looked nauseated. "Ugggh, gross!"

    Chu Yang had just finished her shower and caught the tail end of the conversation. "What''s going on?" she asked.

    Jin Yang quickly filled her in on the dorm''s panty thief. Chu Yang took a nce at their balcony clothesline. "Let''s hang our delicates downstairs from now on instead of on the balcony. We can buy a drying rack tomorrow too."

    The other girls readily agreed that was a good idea.

    "Yeah, our dorm should pick up a drying rack as well and do the same," added the visitor.

    That night as they got ready for bed, the underwear thief was still the hot gossip topic.

    "Who do you think the nasty perv is? There''s no way it could be one of those boys from the dorm across ours right?? This is supposed to be a prestigious institution of higher learning! I can''t believe there are students that disgusting here," said Qian Xin.

    "Morals and education level are separate things. There are messed up people everywhere in this world," Zhou Caicai chimed in. "Get this - back in my hometown, everyone thought this guy was a standup dude, always helping out neighbors in need. Turns out he was actually an escaped fugitive! You honestly never know."

    Jin Yang added, "I hope campus security catches the creep soon. Probably isn''t even a student, could be some rando off the streets. Our school security isn''t that tight."

    "Good point, definitely could be some outsider," Zhou Caicai agreed. "In any case, we''re on the third floor so should be fine. Let''s just get some rest and hopefully they''ll have caught him by tomorrow!"

    "Ugh just the thought of that creep makes me want to hurl. Please catch him quick!"

    The next day, the girls from next door popped in again. "So get this - apparently underwear''s been stolen from another dorm building too!"

    "Are you freaking kidding me?? What aplete psycho!"

    "When will they finally arrest this perv?"

    "They need to call the cops asap!"

    "Seriously!"

    As they headed to ss, the boys had caught wind of the situation too. "Hey, we heard you girls got some sicko panty snatcher over there?"

    The girls unanimously made disgusted faces. "Eww..."

    "It better not be one of you guys!" someone used.

    The boy held up his hands defensively. "Don''t look at me! That''s nasty, man. Any dude who does something that messed up makes the rest of us men look bad!"

    Qian Xin gave him a thumbs up. "Good answer!" They continued dissecting the scandal all the way to ss.

    That afternoon when Chi Yan arrived to pick up Chu Yang, he overheard the girls outside her dorm gossiping. After she came downstairs and handed him the tickets, he asked about the dorm pervert he''d heard about.

    As Chu Yang passed him an apple instead of offering to treat him to dinner, she replied, "Yeah, some creep stealing underwear. Super gross."

    Chi Yan pocketed the apple and hesitated before asking carefully, "Has it...affected your dorm at all?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "We''re fine on the third floor." She didn''t bother using her powers to predict when the thief might show up or get caught either. The dorm manager had assured it would resolved within two days.

    Hearing Chu Yang''s dorm was safe, Chi Yan felt relieved. "Okay, I better head back. See you next week!"

    "See ya!" Chu Yang returned upstairs and distributed the tickets to her eager roommates.

    Jin Yang immediately started rifling through her closet. "I need to pick out an outfit for the game right now!"

    "Oooh good idea, me too!" eximed Zhou Caicai.

    As the girls obsessed over what to wear, Chu Yang understood their excitement over eye candy, even if she found it a bit silly herself. Crushes were par for the course at their age after all.

    Two hourster though, Jin Yang sighed in defeat. "On second thought, I have nothing to wear. Let''s go shopping one of these days to pick up some new clothes!"

    Qian Xin''s hand shot up in agreement. "Yeah, great idea! How about the day after tomorrow? We''re free in the afternoon."

    Everyone concurred on the shopping date. Chu Yang eyed the piles of clothes her roommates had tossed around and thought to herself wryly, So this is what they consider having nothing to wear...

    Still, she didn''t object and had to admit her own wardrobe was pretty sparse, wearing the same few outfits on rotation.

    When Chi Yan got back to his dorm room, his buddies Wei Feng and Yuan Zhi asked curiously, "You''re back so early? No dinner today?"

    Chi Yan pulled out the apple Chu Yang had given him. "Nope, just dropped off the tickets and came right back." She hadn''t mentioned getting food either, probably because of that underwear thief business going down in the girls'' dorms.

    Seeing the lone apple, Wei Feng consoled, "Well the apple''s still a nice gesture at least."

    Chi Yan didn''t actually feel too bothered about it as he put the fruit away. "Yeah, seems they''ve got some dorm pervert stealing girls'' panties over there."

    Wei Feng and Yuan Zhi reacted in surprise. "Whoa, what? Stealing underwear to do what with though? Wear them?? Is the dude that broke he can''t afford his own clothes?" Wei Feng scratched his head in confusion.

    Yuan Zhi stroked his chin thoughtfully. "I assume it was a certain type of intimate clothing?"

    Chi Yan nodded. "Presumably."

 Chapter 41: Thief Affair 02

    <h4>Chapter 41</h4>

    Wei Feng on the side was very puzzled, "No, what clothes are you guys talking about? Isn''t it just clothes?"

    Zheng Qing: "You deserve not having a girlfriend."

    Wei Feng was not having it, "Hey? Why the personal attack? You guys talk as if you have girlfriends." He suddenly caught sight of his own underwear, "No way, stealing girls'' little clothes? F**k! What a pervert! Disgusting, if I run into this kind of person I''m going to beat him to death! It can''t be senior''s clothes, right?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "No."

    On A University''s forum many were talking about perverted things, everyone hoped the school would catch the person soon, some even said they would call the police directly if he wasn''t caught, and some said they wouldn''t sleep at night to see just which disgusting guy it was!

    Chu Yang went to bed on time as usual, not knowing when, in her half-awake state she suddenly heard an "ah" sound, her whole body sat straight up, Jin Yang and the others were also the same, they got out of bed quickly, the sound came from next door.

    Everyone rushed out and went next door to knock, "What''s going on? What''s going on?"

    "There''s a pervert!" As soon as the door opened, everyone rushed to the balcony to look, they saw a silhouette about to escape, many dorms had their lights turned on, the boys dorms not far across also had their lights on.

    Some people took out their phones to record it, some were about to make calls, some scolded angrily, then after about two minutes of the pervert walking into the woods, everyone thought he had escaped, but then they saw the school security staffe out with someone in custody.

    Then everyoneughed!

    "Damn! If not for the dorm door being shut, I would''vee out and spat at him!"

    "Can''t see what he looks like."

    "Must''ve been taken to the police station."

    "Of course, a pervert like this won''te to a good end!"

    Everyone discussed for a long time, then went back to bed at the urging of the dorm aunty. By then it was already 4 o''clock.

    Chu Yang yawned and went back to sleep, lying down shortly she dozed off. The next day while going to ss she heard everyone say the pervert was the school janitor.

    "Luckily he was not a student from our school, or it would damage the school''s reputation."

    "Boys cannot leave their dormste at night right."

    "There can also be those living nearby thate in at night."

    "I heard he is an old guy in his 50s, just thinking about it makes me nauseous."

    "Right, the news said many little clothes were found where he lived."

    "Oh~" Everyone was peeking at their phones elderly style.

    This matter had spread around nearby, Chi Yan was listening to people talking about it while in ss too.

    "I heard the panty thief pervert from next door A University was caught."

    "Yes, it was around 3amst night, there''s even circting videos, the whole girls dorm building lights were on."

    "I heard the pervert was using a stick to ess clothes on the 3rd floor, then was discovered by the bathroom person from that dorm room, she screamed and everyone woke up."

    "Damn! He even got to the 3rd floor?"

    "Since there was a known pervert before, 1st and 2nd floor had already put away their clothes, he could only steal from the 3rd floor."

    Upon hearing 3rd floor, Chi Yan remembered Chu Yang said she lived on the 3rd floor, couldn''t be her dorm right?

    After school in the afternoon, Chi Yan rode little cotton sheep to the next door A University girls dorm building.

    Upon getting there he suddenly thought he hadn''t told her yet, so he opened his phone and messaged Chu Yang: "I''m at your dorm building downstairs."

    Chu Yang: "??? I''m at the literature building right now."

    Chi Yan: "I''lle find you."

    When Chi Yan got there he saw Chu Yang standing with a male student talking on the steps, he didn''t know what they were discussing.

    Chi Yan called out, "Chu Yang."

    Chu Yang looked over, then said bye to the male student and walked over to Chi Yan, Chi Yan habitually handed her his helmet.

    Chu Yang: "Hmm? Er....where are we going? No, why did youe over?"

    Chi Yan paused, "I heard that pervert who stole clothes from the 3rd floorst night got caught right? It wasn''t your dorm right?"

    Chi Yan looked at her face.

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No. It was the dorm next door. I was woken up by the scream. I went over and just caught a glimpse."

    Chi Yan: "As long as it wasn''t you it''s fine."

    Chu Yang found it strange: "You came over just to ask about this? You could''ve asked me over WeChat. No need to make a special trip."

    Chi Yan blinked, "Guess you''re right...."

    "Whatever, since you came over, let me treat you to the cafeteria," Chu Yang took his helmet from him and sat behind.

    "Okay," Chi Yan waited for her to sit properly, "which cafeteria? The one near your dorm?"

    Chu Yang pointed the other way, "I need to grab some material from the library after eating. Let''s go to the one by the library."

    "Sure."

    Little cotton sheep headed towards the library, Chi Yan suddenly recalled the male student from earlier, he hesitated but didn''t ask out loud in the end.

    Little cotton sheep stopped by the cafeteria entrance, the two headed in.

    After buying food, they sat at a table, Chi Yan told her about things happening at his school: "Ever sincest incident, during ss change over times there would be cop cars parked over there, also the school hired two young and strong army veteran security guards. The school also conducted some emergency drills...."

    Chu Yang appraised: "Very good. Every school should be like this."

    "You''re right."

    The two chatted while a person suddenly sat beside Chu Yang and said to her: "What a coincidence."

    Chu Yang was puzzled: ??? who''s this?

    Chi Yan also looked over at the neer, gave him a once over, not as good looking as him that''s for sure, also doesn''t seem as tall, hmm.

    The neer asked again: "Don''t you want to add me anymore?"

    Chu Yang''s mind shed, oh right, "Sorry."

    Xi Jiajing sighed, "Is it because you have a boyfriend?" Xi Jiajing looked at Chi Yan, this guy looks really handsome, great temperament, he''s no match, Xi Jiajing felt depressed, he rarely took interest in a girl, who would''ve thought she''s already taken.

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan, "Er...." no.

    Xi Jiajing shook his head, "Forget it. Excuse me."

    Chu Yang didn''t even get to say "no" before this guy gave up.

    Xi Jiajing walked two steps then suddenly turned and said: "If you guys break up I''lle back."

    Chi Yan: "We won''t break up."

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chi Yan blinked at her.

    After Xi Jiajing left, Chu Yang gave Chi Yan a chicken drumstick, "Thanks for going along, sorry to trouble you."

    Chi Yan: "Huh? No trouble." Then he took a big bite of the drumstick.

    After eating, Chu Yang had to go to the library, Chi Yan followed along, "I haven''t toured your school''s library yet."

    Chu Yang: "Don''t you have ss in the afternoon?"

    Chi Yan checked his watch: "ss at 3pm, only 1pm now, no hurry."

    "Then okay." Chu Yang brought Chi Yan inside, Chu Yang was headed to the 6th floor, she needed to find an ancient tome.

    The library was quite quiet, Chi Yan followed behind Chu Yang without a word, they took the elevator to the 5th floor, then needed to walk through rows of shelves to the stairwell leading up to the 6th floor.

    The two walked one front one back, Chu Yang had great hearing, she suddenly caught some odd sounds.

 Chapter 42: Going to a basketball Game

    <h4>Chapter 42</h4>

    Hmm? Chu Yang felt a little strange.

    At this time, there were few people in the library. The whole fifth floor didn''t see anyone. Most people had either gone to eat or went back to the dormitory to take a nap. Moreover, it was not yet the exam week.

    Passing through several bookshelves, Chu Yang suddenly looked towards the corner... She was blind. She saw the male lead pressing the female lead against the bookshelf and kissing her...

    Li Qinglu felt the sight and looked over to meet Chu Yang''s eyes directly. Li Qinglu widened her eyes and then pushed the man in front of her.

    Gu Xiaocai let her go, panting, "What''s wrong?"

    Li Qinglu covered her mouth, "Someone''s here."

    Gu Xiaocai looked over but didn''t see anyone.

    Li Qinglu looked again, but Chu Yang had disappeared.

    In fact, the moment Li Qinglu saw Chu Yang, Chi Yan, who was behind Chu Yang, also saw the two of them. He quickly covered Chu Yang''s eyes and dragged her away.

    Chu Yang felt her eyes go dark, and then there was Chi Yan''s firm chest behind her.

    Chi Yan dragged Chu Yang to the bottom floor, before letting her go and said, "I was afraid you would be traumatized."

    Chu Yang pointed at herself, "I''m an adult."

    Chi Yan rubbed his head awkwardly,ughed, "Haha, weren''t we going to the sixth floor? Let''s go."

    Chu Yang didn''t say anything more and went upstairs with him.

    When they reached the sixth floor, Chu Yang started looking at the books. Chi Yan asked, "What book are you looking for?"

    Chu Yang told him the name, "Well, it''s an ancient book called Shang Zhou Lun. I''ve been looking for it for a long time. I asked the teacher and he said it should be on the sixth floor. But I didn''t find this book in the library''s electronic system."

    Chi Yan looked at the books and said, "Let me help you find it. Anyway I have nothing to do."

    "Okay, don''t go out of your way to look for it. Take your time. If you can''t find it, then forget it. And thank you." The two wandered between bookshelves. Chu Yang would also flip through and take a look at interesting books. If she wanted to read them, she would hold them under her armpit, intending to borrow them back to read.

    After more than an hour, neither of them found the book. Chu Yang looked at the time and said to Chi Yan, "Don''t you have ss at 3 pm? You should go back first."

    Chi Yan looked at the time and it was almost time indeed. Moreover, it would take him half an hour to get back.

    "Okay, I''ll go first then."

    "Yeah, bye."

    Chi Yan thought that there seemed to be quite a lot of books at his home. Next time he went back, he would check to see if there was the book Chu Yang mentioned and then lend it to her.

    When Chu Yang returned to the dormitory, she passed the fifth floor again. This time, she saw the male and female leads. However, they weren''t doing anything out of line, just Li Qinglu felt a little embarrassed when she saw her.

    Chu Yang nced at them and left.

    Soon it was next Friday, the day the basketball game would start.

    Chu Yang and Jin Yang only had one ss on Friday afternoon and got off school after 3 pm. However, Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin didn''t get off school until after 4 pm. So they decided that Chu Yang and Jin Yang would go first while Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin woulde over right after school.

    Everyone agreed.

    Chu Yang and Jin Yang went to the supermarket to buy water. "Oh, do we need to buy some for them too?" Jin Yang asked.

    Chu Yang was holding four bottles of water, "Hmm? For Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin?"

    Jin Yang tilted his chin up, "For those ying basketball. Didn''t the school prince Chi Yan give us tickets?"

    Chu Yang thought so too. "They probably don''tck drinking water. But let''s get some energy drinks."

    Jin Yang trotted off to get some sports drinks, then they bought some snacks too.

    With so much water, it was quite heavy. Fortunately, Jin Yang rode his littlemb to give Chu Yang a ride.

    After putting water on the bike, they headed over around 4 pm since the basketball game would start at 5 pm.

    The weather had warmed up quite a lot during the day. Chu Yang wore a T-shirt inside today with a jacket on the outside. The two went towards the gymnasium of neighboring A University.

    About half an hourter, they finally arrived at the stadium. Quite a few cars were parked outside the gymnasium, and there were people lining up to enter the venue too.

    After parking the bike, Chu Yang and Jin Yang each carried a bag of water inside. There were quite a lot of spectators, both men and women. Moreover, there were many beautiful women.

    Jin Yang whispered in Chu Yang''s ear, "B University has so many beautiful girls."

    Chu Yang thought about it. "There are quite a few in our A University too."

    Jin Yang shook his head. "The beauty is different. B University''s girls look gentler."

    Chu Yang didn''t see where the difference was. She thought they looked the same.

    The two looked at the tickets in their hands. The seats were quite close to the front row. They walked over and sat down, then put the water on the ground. After walking this stretch, their hands were tired from carrying the heavy load.

    Chu Yang rubbed her hands and looked into the court. Both sides were already warming up. Chu Yang immediately spotted Chi Yan wearing a blue basketball uniform with the number 11 on the back. He wore a headband and wristbands. Holding a basketball, he was warming up with shots. Many girls around had their eyes fixed on him.

    Suddenly he nced over with his eyes and smiled, running over to Chu Yang, "You came."

    Chu Yang handed him a bottle of water, "Go for it."

    Chi Yan took it, "Thanks. Have you eaten?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "No, the timing of your game isn''t great for meals."

    Chi Yan thought about it too. "Then...let''s eat together after it ends."

    Before Chu Yang could refuse, someone called Chi Yan back, "Sorry, I have to go back for now." After saying that, Chi Yan left.

    In the stands, many people''s sights followed Chi Yan, seeing Chi Yan chatting casually with a girl and even epting water from her. Many people were asking, "Who exactly is that girl?"

    "What''s her rtionship with Chi Yan?"

    "Isn''t that the girl fromst time?"

    "I heard she''s from neighboring A University."

    "Could she be his girlfriend?"

    "No way, no way!"

    Jin Yang whispered in Chu Yang''s ear again, "I see many people looking at you. They must be gossiping about you."

    Chu Yang was puzzled. "Why?"

    Jin Yang said matter-of-factly. "Because of the school prince Chi Yan!"

    Hearing this, Chu Yang suddenly realized. She knew Chi Yan was popr. It was evident from when she went looking for himst time.

    She met the gazes looking her way one by one before withdrawing her attention to focus it back on the court. By now, the referee had blown the whistle and the game had started.

    Soon after the start, Chi Yan scored a three-pointer, and screams could be heard from the stands.

    But the opponent was no pushover either, keeping the scores very close.

    Chu Yang watched the game attentively, her head turning as the ball moved. She would p her hands from time to time. But her neighbor Jin Yang was different, yelling loudly with the yers, "Go go! Wow, so handsome! Wow, so many hot guys, all with long legs! Damn, Chu Yang look at number 7, eight abs! Wow number 5 too!"

    Chu Yang felt her arm getting pulled by the excited girl.

    Chu Yang felt her mental age was a little higher. Although she was also very excited in her heart, she couldn''t go wild.

    She looked where Jin Yang pointed. Indeed eight abs. She turned to look at Chi Yan, who happened to lift his shirt to wipe sweat at this moment - his abs were also eight blocks.

    Perhaps noticing Chu Yang''s gaze, Chi Yan even smiled at her.

 Chapter 43: Going to a Basketball Game 02

    <h4>Chapter 43</h4>

    His smile triggered another round of shrieks from the crowd.

    Chu Yang suddenly felt her face grow hot. She told herself internally that it must be because of all those handsome guys sweating it out that''s getting her worked up.

    Just then, Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin finally showed up. "We didn''t arrive toote, did we?"

    Jin Yang patted the empty spots beside her, "No no, have a seat and watch. It''s so intense, and they''re all hotties."

    Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin quickly sat down to watch the match. At first it was just Jin Yang shrieking, but soon there were three "Jin Yangs" screaming. Not only that, Qian Xin had also brought a camera and kept snapping away, ocassionally eximing, "Oh my god! So hot! Ahhhhhh! I''m drooling!"

    Chu Yang: "..."

    The whistle sounded, signifying the end of the first half. Chi Yan''s team was currently leading by 7 points.

    As the yers headed off court to rehydrate, a girl suddenly went up to Chi Yan, her face flushed as she offered him a bottle of water. Chi Yan declined with a shake of his head, "It''s okay, I''ve got water." He then took a huge swig from the bottle Chu Yang had given him earlier.

    He drank too quickly and some water dribbled down from the corner of his mouth to his neck and torso, the sight oozing sensuality. Many of the girls around them instantly whipped out their phones. The girl who had offered water looked slightly crestfallen as she handed it to another yer instead.

    After downing half the bottle, Chi Yan used his towel to wipe off the sweat on his body before taking a seat beside Yuan Zhi and discussing tactics and such ¡ª too far for Chu Yang to make out clearly.

    During halftime, the cheerleading squad took to the court and music started ying. A group of girls in short skirts came out dancing, livening up the atmosphere again.

    "Ahhhhh so many hotties!! Xinxin, keep snapping! So many babes!" squealed Qian Xin ecstatically.

    The other three with her continued fawning as well, asionally letting slip vulgar words like: "Wow, her rack is huge! Easily bigger than mine by a whole cup size! Check out those legs, damn! Sis, you''re killer! Holy crap, her waist is tiny, definitely less than 24 inches. Really wish I were a guy right now."

    The 10 minute break was soon over.

    At the start of the second half, Chi Yan''s team seemed to be struggling more, their initial lead of 45:38 quickly diminishing to 53:50.

    Then some altercation appeared to have taken ce, nearly turning physical before everyone abruptly fell silent, uncertain of what had transpired.

    The referee penalized Chi Yan''s teammate and awarded the opposing team free throws.

    Chu Yang overheard whispers behind her: "WTF ref! I clearly saw the other team antagonizing them."

    "Yeah, it was obviously No. 6 who started it."

    "This is bull, they have no sportsmanship at all?"

    While Chu Yang had been watching the game intently, her eyes tended to follow the ball so she missed what exactly went down. With yers moving quickly across court and asional visual obstructions, she simply didn''t catch what happened.

    In any case, Chi Yan''s team got penalized and the other team scored two consecutive shots, instantly narrowing the gap to 53:52.

    Everyone grew tense.

    Chu Yang then witnessed Chi Yan discussing something with Yuan Zhi and Wei Feng briefly before Yuan Zhi sank a 3-pointer. Meanwhile Wei Feng got knocked out of bounds and the opponent received a foul.

    Fortunately Wei Feng was fine. The team then coordinated seamlessly,fortably clinching the championship in the end. Chi Yan sealed their win with a stunning 3-pointer in thest second ¡ª he leapt into the air near center court andunched the ball straight into the hoop without even touching the rim!

    The crowd erupted in raucous cheers!

    Chi Yan also grinned as he exchanged high-fives with the others.

    Off court, Chu Yang and her friends were pping vigorously as well...

    "So awesome!"

    "Especially thatst shot!"

    "Holy crap, to score from that distance?!"

    "Freaking unbelievable man!"

    "Amazing, just amazing!"

    After the match ended, people started streaming out of the stadium. As Chu Yang got up to leave, Jin Yang said, "Didn''t the campus hottie Chi Yan ask you to join them for a celebratory dinner?"

    Chu Yang responded, "Why would I, a girl, crash their victory party when I''m not even from their school or team? Let''s go."

    Jin Yang nodded and followed her out with the water bottles in hand.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan had towelled himself dry and slipped on a jacket after the game. He nced towards where Chu Yang was seated earlier but found it empty.

    His gaze swept across the entire court before spotting Chu Yang queueing to exit with her dormmates.

    "Chu Yang!" Chi Yan called out while jogging over.

    Chu Yang seemed to have heard someone calling her name but dismissed it as impossible, continuing to shuffle along with the crowd.

    Suddenly, she felt her wrist seized by someone. She turned her head to see a panting Chi Yan who repeated, "Chu Yang."

    Chu Yang peered down at her captive wrist. As if scalded, Chi Yan swiftly released his hold. "Sorry about that. I meant to ask, didn''t we agree to have dinner together?"

    Chu Yang stared nkly back. "We didn''t though." She had been about to turn him down earlier.

    "Huh?" Chi Yan blinked in confusion as he scratched his head. "We didn''t?"

    Just then, Wei Feng draped an arm over Chi Yan''s shoulder, havinge over as well. "Hellodies! Let''s grab dinner together, our treat!"

    Yuan Zhi and Zheng Qing tagged along too. "Come on, the more the merrier!"

    Jin Yang and her two friends also gestured eagerly at Chu Yang.

    Chi Yan gazed expectantly at Chu Yang too.

    Faced with so many hopeful stares, Chu Yang conceded with a nod, not wanting to seem unappreciative. Wei Feng and Zheng Qing high-fived, whooping in delight.

    The other guys had met Chu Yang previously so they greeted her as well.

    Chi Yan requested for them to wait as the boys needed time to freshen up after the game.

    "Sure."

    Later, the boys emerged with backpacks over their jackets. "Let''s go. We booked a private room at the hotel restaurant near school."

    As the group walked out of the library, a st of cold air hit them. Chu Yang shivered slightly and hugged herself tighter, only now remembering the unopened water bottles in her grasp. She passed them around so her hands would be freed up.

    It was quite a distance from the stadium to the hotel on foot. Chu Yang noticed the guys heading towards their cars and Chi Yan holding the door open for her.

    Chu Yang pointed at her moped, "We''ll take that over." There was space for 10 people across both cars but 12 of them altogether.

    The same problem dawned on Chi Yan as well.

    Wei Feng gave Chi Yan a little shove in Chu Yang''s direction, snatching the car keys from Jin Yang as he dered, "Boss Chi, why don''t you ride that moped with the esteemed miss Chu over there? We''ll drive ahead first. Jin Yang, toss me the keys, thanks bro!"

    It took a beat for Jin Yang to react before he fumbled the keys out for Wei Feng. At the same time, he shot Chu Yang a significant look.

    The rest mored into the two cars instantly, leaving Chi Yan and Chu Yang behind.

    Chu Yang: "......"

    Chi Yan: "....."

    Only after the cars departed did Chi Yan clear his throat. He epted Chu Yang''s keys, simply stating "Let''s go" as they headed towards the moped.

 Chapter 44: On Fire

    <h4>Chapter 44</h4>

    The four-wheeled car quickly left the two-wheeled vehicle behind. It probably took the four-wheeled car about ten minutes to arrive, while it would take Chu Yang and the others about twenty minutes.

    "I always feel like every time we meet, we end up going out to eat in the end," Chu Yang said.

    Chi Yanughed. "That''s true."

    And every time when Chi Yan treated them to a meal, he would take them to a fancy restaurant. Chu Yang was thinking that she should give them another prophecy.

    "Let me give you a free prophecy?" Chu Yang suddenly said. "Although I don''t have my crystal ball with me here, let me just take a quick look."

    Chi Yan: "Sure."

    Chu Yang then put her hand on Chi Yan''s shoulder. Chi Yan suddenly stiffened and the car swerved slightly. Chu Yang got a fright and put both hands on his shoulders. "What''s wrong?"

    Chi Yan: "Nothing. I just suddenly saw a mouse..."

    Chu Yang didn''t think much of it. She closed her eyes and started releasing her psychic powers.

    Just two secondster, Chu Yang saw mes... She instantly opened her eyes and her grip on Chi Yan''s shoulders tightened. Chi Yan could feel it and asked: "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang asked: "What''s the name of the restaurant we''re going to eat atter?"

    Chi Yan: "Jingyuan Hotel."

    Chu Yang''s face darkened: "Let''s hurry over there. I saw fire!"

    Chi Yan instantly stepped on the gas. "Fire? A fire?"

    Chu Yang was very certain: "Yes. So let''s hurry. I''m afraid Jin Yang and the others are already there."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang took out her phone and called Jin Yang on WeChat. Jin Yang and the others had just arrived at the hotel and were getting out of the car to go into the hotel.

    "Hello?" Jin Yang wondered why Chu Yang was calling her. Did something happen to their car?

    "Don''t go in," Chu Yang said seriously.

    Jin Yang saw that Wei Feng and Yuan Zhi had already gone inside. She hurried to catch up to them. "What''s going on? Don''t go in? You mean don''t go into the hotel?" Jin Yang hurriedly pulled Wei Feng''s hand. "Chu Yang said we shouldn''t go in."

    Chu Yang: "Don''t go in. There will be a fire. Just wait outside the entrance for now..."

    "Ah!" Jin Yang quickly ryed Chu Yang''s words to Wei Feng.

    Wei Feng immediately called for everyone to stop. "Let''s go back out for now. We''ll wait outside for Brother Yan."

    A few who didn''t know about Chu Yang''s abilities were puzzled. "Why? Can''t we go in and order first? I''m starving..." They were all rubbing their stomachs.

    "Yeah, my stomach is growling already. Brother Yan will be here very soon."

    "Go back outside first," Yuan Zhi said firmly.

    With Yuan Zhi speaking, no one objected anymore. They curiously filed back out of the hotel entrance.

    Yuan Zhi asked Jin Yang, "Boss Chu... did Miss Chu say anything else?"

    Jin Yang shook her head. "Just to wait outside the entrance for them."

    "Alright, let''s wait here. They should arrive in about five minutes," Yuan Zhi checked his watch and then sat inside the car to wait.

    The others also sat in the cars or squatted on the ground ying on their phones.

    Five minutester, they saw the littlemb (Chi Yan''s car) arrive. As soon as the car stopped, everyone crowded around excitedly. "You''ve arrived!"

    Chu Yang took off her helmet, and Chi Yan helped to hold it. Chu Yang tidied her hair and looked at everyone: "You didn''t go in right?"

    Yuan Zhi walked over from the car. "No, we didn''t."

    Chu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. "Good." She then looked at the hotel in front of them - a six-story building, with dining areas on the first two floors and guest rooms above.

    "You''ll probably have to find another ce to eat tonight. Should we go now or wait a bit?" Chu Yang asked Chi Yan.

    The puzzled Wu Huarong asked: "Wha...What''s going on? Why do we need to change locations?"

    Wei Feng put an arm around him. "Don''t ask for now. Listen to Miss Chu first, I''ll exin to youter." He then looked to Chi Yan, "Brother Yan, what do you think?"

    Chi Yan nced at Chu Yang. "Let''s wait for a bit."

    Chu Yang didn''t object: "Okay, I''ll go sit in the car first then."

    Wei Feng hurriedly opened the car door. "Miss Chu, have a seat. I''ll turn on the AC for you."

    Chu Yang got into the passenger seat, while Chi Yan went to the driver''s seat. The rest either sat in the cars or squatted on the ground.

    Ten minutes went by quickly. Chu Yang said to Jin Yang: "Call 119."

    "Got it." Jin Yang dialed 119 directly. "Hello? Mr. Firefighter? I''m outside Jingyuan Hotel near the east gate of B University. I see Jingyuan Hotel is on fire. Yes, that''s right. Okay, thanks!"

    Right after Jin Yang finished speaking, they saw smoke rising from the second floor of the hotel. Chu Yang added: "Yell for people toe out, see if there''s a fire rm at the entrance."

    Everyone sprang into action. Wei Feng went inside and told the front desk: "There''s a fire upstairs!" Then he shouted loudly: "Fire! Get out quick!"

    The front desk staff panicked, seemingly hesitant at first. Then someone from the second floor came running down shouting "Fire!"

    The front desk immediately sounded the fire rm. A loud rm instantly rang through the entire hotel. Chu Yang and the others couldn''t see inside from where they were, but the fire on the second floor suddenly grew bigger, with thick smoke billowing out.

    Many people came rushing out, but this was a six-story hotel, and the fire started on the second floor.

    People from surrounding shops also came out. Some were making calls, others came out with fire extinguishers, and some turned on water pipes to prepare to fight the ze. Chi Yan and Wei Feng also went to help.

    Five minutester, the fire brigade arrived. After that, it was no longer any of Chu Yang and their business.

    "It''s got nothing to do with us now. Let''s go to Ping''an Hotel. I''ve had them prepare everything," Chi Yan said.

    No one disagreed.

    Afraid that Chu Yang would catch a cold, this time she remained sitting in the car on the way to Ping''an Hotel. As for the littlemb, Wei Feng and Yuan Zhi took it. While leaving, Chu Yang suddenly spotted a familiar couple in the rearview mirror - the male and female leads were stumbling out looking haggard, wearing only bathrobes which had been ckened.

    Ping''an Hotel was five kilometers away. They soon arrived. Back at Jingyuan Hotel, after the fire was extinguished, the boss still wanted to thank the young men who helped initially, only to realize they had vanished without a trace.

    During dinner, Wu Huarong sidled up to Wei Feng and whispered: "How did you guys know there was going to be a fire?"

    Wei Feng shushed him and showed a Weibo ount, giving him a thumbs up sign.

    Wu Huarong saw that the ount name was "Prophet Girl Wizard". He instantly covered his mouth in silent excitement - Really?

    Wei Feng gave double thumbs up. Wu Huarong looked at Chu Yang with newfound admiration in his gaze.

    He quickly took out his phone to follow her ount, giving an OK sign. Then he turned around in a circle excitedly - Chu Yang suddenly gained a few more fans.

 Chapter 45: Reward

    <h4>Chapter 45</h4>

    Because they had eaten dinnerte, around 10 o''clock when everyone had just finished eating, [Wei Feng] looked forward to [Chi Yan]: "Brother [Yan], we don''t want to go back tonight. I want to enjoy myself."

    [Chi Yan] threw him a VVVIP card of the hotel.

    [Wei Feng] shouted loudly: "[Yan] brother bless you! Who wants to go together?"

    "I do!"

    "I do!"

    "Me too!" Everyone followed [Wei Feng].

    [Chi Yan] looked at [Chu Yang]: "I''ll take you back."

    [Chu Yang] and the others were tired. "Okay."

    When they returned to the dormitory, it was almost 11 o''clock. After [Chu Yang] took a shower, she went to sleep. Before falling asleep, she saw the essay her brother [Chu Luo] sent her. She decided to read it tomorrow.

    The next morning when [Chu Yang] got up, while eating breakfast, she read [Chu Luo]''s little essay: Under the sunshine, the wheat ears shone with golden light, Uncle Farmer walked over with a hoe...

    After a period of training, [Chu Luo]''s essays had improved a lot. At least he would describe things more carefully now. But [Chu Yang] felt it was not good enough.

    [Chu Yang] quickly wrote down severalments and assigned new tasks.

    At noon, [Chi Yan] sent her a message. It turned out that the owner of the hotel that caught firest night had found them and gave [Chi Yan] and the others a g for brave righteousness. Not only that, but each of them was also given a VIP card and told that they would get a 50% discount at the hotel restaurant in the future.

    But everyone knew that the biggest credit was actually [Chu Yang]. They were going to bring the VIP cards to her and the brave righteousness g too.

    [Chu Yang] didn''t want such a big fuss. "Just give me two cards, that''s enough. I don''t need the g." Two cards would be enough for the four people in their dormitory.

    "Okay, I''lle find you this afternoon."

    "Good."

    In the afternoon after school, [Chi Yan] rode his littlemb to the literature building again and handed [Chu Yang] two cards. Then he asked her, "You''re off from school right? Do you want to go out for dinner?"

    [Chu Yang]: "Where to eat?" Why is it eating every time?

    [Chi Yan] thought for a while. "There''s a pretty good one. I''ll take you there." Then he handed [Chu Yang] a helmet. He had be quite skilled at this.

    [Chu Yang]: "Okay." [Chu Yang] took the helmet and sat behind him.

    At this moment, the ss teacher [Li Deyong] happened toe out from the teaching building. Seeing [Chu Yang], he called out, "Student [Chu Yang]?"

    [Chu Yang] was still fiddling with the helmet. She looked over, "Teacher [Li]."

    [Li Deyong] nced at [Chi Yan] and was surprised. This male student looked really good. Then he asked, "Your boyfriend?"

    [Chu Yang]: "Just a friend."

    [Li Deyong] didn''t care too much either. "Think about thepetition I talked to you about today, okay?"

    [Chu Yang] nodded. "Okay. I will definitely consider it."

    [Li Deyong] waved his hand. "Hmm. You go ahead first."

    [Chu Yang] bid him goodbye, then sized him up and said, "Teacher [Li], take a different route home today. Bye bye."

    [Chu Yang] patted [Chi Yan]''s shoulder, signaling him to drive.

    [Chi Yan] understood, then the littlemb quickly drove away, leaving [Li Deyong]pletely puzzled. He hadn''t forgotten what student [Chu Yang] had told him a long time ago. He was originally going to go to Mingde Building and then go home from there. Now [Chu Yang] was telling him to take a different route?

    He shook his head. As a teacher of the people, how could he believe in superstition! Materialism, materialism, materialism, he chanted it three times to himself. Teacher [Li Deyong] turned and walked in another direction. He just wanted to buy something, hmm.

    On [Chu Yang]''s side, [Chi Yan] asked, "Are you going to participate in apetition? That was Professor [Li] just now, right? I''ve read the prose he wrote before."

    "Yeah. That''s Professor [Li Deyong]. He rmended me to participate in a Chinese knowledgepetition. He also introduced me to my part-time job. He''s a great teacher." [Chu Yang] exined.

    "So are you going?"

    "I''m considering it."

    [Chi Yan] didn''t ask too much either. He suddenly remembered the book [Chu Yang] had wanted to findst time. "By the way,st time you wanted to find that book Commercial Zhou Dialogues. I found that book at my house. Can I bring it to you tomorrow afternoon?"

    [Chu Yang] thought for a moment. "I have my part-time job tomorrow afternoon, so I won''t have time."

    That''s right. [Chu Yang] seemed to be tutoring at hisplex. "You''re going to tutor, right? In myplex?"

    [Chu Yang] nodded. "Yeah."

    [Chi Yan] smiled. "That works out great then. I''ll go find you to give you the book after you finish tutoring tomorrow. I''ll be around theplex anyway since I''m going back there tonight and will stay there tomorrow."

    [Chu Yang] thought it was feasible. "Okay."

    "It''s settled then."

    [Chi Yan] took [Chu Yang] to a small shop in a small alley. If you didn''t know about it, you wouldn''t know there was a shop here. After parking, [Chi Yan] said, "This shop is run by an aunt I know. Her home cooking is pretty good."

    Then he took [Chu Yang] inside.

    "Oh, little [Yan] is here?" The shop owner saw [Chi Yan] and came up to greet them. "What would you like to eat today?"

    [Chi Yan] shook her hand with a smile. "Aunt [Wen], nice to see you. I brought a ssmate today to see what she wants to eat."

    Only then did the boss notice [Chu Yang]. She smiled and said, "Your ssmate ah. Okay, little ssmate, take a look at the menu and see what you want to eat?" She handed [Chu Yang] a menu.

    [Chu Yang] was also very generous. "I''ll have the steamed bass, sweet and sour pork ribs. [Chi Yan], you can order the rest."

    [Chi Yan] ordered two more dishes.

    The dishes came up quickly. After eating two bites, [Chi Yan] looked at her. "How is it?"

    [Chu Yang] nodded while eating. "Very good." It really was very good, with a home-cooked taste.

    "Then let''se back another time." [Chi Yan] said.

    [Chu Yang] nced at him but didn''t speak. After eating their fill, [Chi Yan] sent her back to the dormitory, then left.

    The next day, while [Chu Yang] was at her tutoring job, Professor [Li Deyong], who had some business at the school, heard the security guard say, "Professor [Li], don''t take the Mingde Building route today. They''re doing work over there."

    Professor [Li] remembered what [Chu Yang] had told him yesterday and asked, "What''s going on over there?"

    Security guard: "Yesterday a tree branch over there suddenly fell down and hit two students. Fortunately, they only had minor injuries. So today the school required all the branches of the trees over there to be trimmed. Afterwards, they might check the other trees to see if they all need trimming."

    Professor [Li] asked again: "When did this happen?"

    Security guard: "Yesterday afternoon around dinner time when school had just ended, I think."

    Professor [Li Deyong]: ...No wonder student [Chu Yang] told him to take another route. But how did student [Chu Yang] know?

    If this was just a coincidence before, but this time it was verified. As a professor who had seen a lot, student [Chu Yang] not only had good grades, but was also good-natured. She really lives up to being his student!

    On the other side, [Chi Yan] got up early in the morning. First he cleaned the whole house, then the fridge was empty so he went to buy a whole bunch of groceries. Then he took out the book Commercial Zhou Dialogues and left it out, waiting for [Chu Yang] to finish work.

 Chapter 46: Missing Events 01

    <h4>Chapter 46</h4>

    ¡°You need to connect the context here, for example this paragraph...¡± Chu Yang was exining test papers to students in a room...

    About two hourster, Chu Yang finished teaching, bid farewell to the employer and students, then walked to another building, intending to take the elevator up.

    Just then the elevator came down. As soon as the door opened, Chi Yan was inside. Chi Yan was also stunned for a moment, then smiled, ¡°I guessed you must be finishing, so I wanted toe down to pick you up. The book is upstairs.¡±

    Chu Yang walked into the elevator, and Chi Yan pressed the upstairs floor number again.

    ¡°I still remember when you first came to the wrong unit and just happened to find my home.¡± Chi Yan thought of this incident.

    Chu Yang also remembered, ¡°Ah, it was because the employer wrote it down wrong. I felt it was off as soon as I saw it.¡±

    Chi Yanughed "Ha ha," ¡°We¡¯re pretty fated.¡±

    The elevator quickly arrived. Chi Yan opened the door to wee Chu Yang into the house, took out a pair of slippers, ¡°Have a seat first, would you like something to drink?¡±

    Chu Yang changed into the shoes and sat down on the sofa. ¡°Anything is fine.¡± Chi Yan went into the kitchen and poured a ss of orange juice. Chu Yang saw The Spring and Autumn Annals book on the desk. She picked it up and flipped through it, it was the right one.

    Chi Yan came out with the orange juice, ¡°How about it? Is this the book?¡±

    Chu Yang nodded, ¡°Yes, thanks.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re wee.¡± Chi Yan looked at the time, after 4 pm, ¡°Why not stay for dinnerter? I bought groceries.¡±

    Chu Yang felt quite embarrassed to take his book and then get treated to dinner. ¡°No need. Now that I have the book I should head back first.¡± Chu Yang drank down the orange juice in one gulp. ¡°Thanks for the orange juice.¡±

    Chi Yan was stunned for a moment. ¡°That fast?¡±

    Chu Yang nodded, ¡°Yes, I still have things to do at school.¡±

    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll go back with you then, I need to go to school anyway. Wait a moment, I¡¯ll go change clothes.¡±

    Chu Yang didn¡¯t mind waiting. After a while, the two went back to school and parted ways at the school gate.

    In fact, Chu Yang didn¡¯t have anything to do. She just felt awkward eating alone at Chi Yan¡¯s house. It was different than normal meals out. Eating at his home felt strange.

    ...

    Chu Yang decided to take Professor Li¡¯s advice and sign up for the Chinese Knowledge Competition. She first needed to register online and pay a few dozen dors.

    Registration would be open for a month. Thepetition wouldn¡¯t start until next month, so there was no hurry.

    As the weather grew warmer, Chu Yang bought clothes online for Chu Luo and her parents back home and mailed them over.

    At Shangyuan Middle School, Chu Luo came to ss wearing his new clothes. His ssmates found it a bit strange. ¡°Chu Luo, why do you have so many new clothes? Weren¡¯t the new clothes you wore at the start of school enough?¡±

    On the surface Chu Luo was calm, but the upturned corners of his mouth couldn''t hide how happy he truly felt inside. ¡°My sister bought them for me.¡±

    ¡°You have a sister? How old is she? Does she work?¡± They didn¡¯t know Chu Luo actually had an older sister.

    ¡°My sister goes to university.¡±

    ¡°Where does your sister go to university? Undergrad?¡±

    Chu Luo held his head high proudly. ¡°A University.¡±

    ¡°Whoa! Your sister goes to A University?¡±

    Next, everyone in the ss knew Chu Luo¡¯s sister was a student at A University.

    ¡°Your sister is really amazing!¡±

    ¡°No wonder your grades are so good. Does your sister tutor you?¡±

    ¡°Your Chinese seems a lot better recently. Did your sister teach you? Do you have any tips you can share?¡±

    ¡°Does your sister have any notes? Can you share them?¡±

    Chu Luo: ¡°No notes or tutoring. She just has me read more books and write an essay every week. Why, do you all want to write an extra essay every week too?¡±

    His ssmates hurriedly shook their heads. Nevermind.

    ...

    ¡°Dear Prophet, I¡¯m going on a trip soon. Please predict if my travels will be safe and smooth.¡±

    Young Witch Prophet: ¡°It will be safe and smooth.¡±

    ¡°Great, thank you prophet.¡± [Transfer $30]

    ¡°Witch goddess, I¡¯m working on a big project recently, but thepetition is intense. Can you predict if I¡¯ll beat them?¡±

    Young Witch Prophet: ¡°You can.¡±

    ¡°Really, thanks Witch Goddess!¡± [Transfer $30]

    Chu Yang was handling some customer inquiries. They were small issues, but making money still made her feel extremely happy.

    ¡°Witch Goddess, howe you haven¡¯t been predicting celebrity scandals recently? I want to see a scandal prediction.¡±

    Young Witch Prophet: ¡°$75 fee.¡±

    ¡°...Nevermind.¡±

    ¡°Witch Goddess, I recently went to a fortune teller. He said the baby I¡¯m currently pregnant with is a boy. Is that true? If it¡¯s a girl I won¡¯t keep it.¡±

    Chu Yang ignored this one. She wanted no part in son preference!

    ¡°Witch Goddess, there¡¯s been a severe drought around my citytely. When will it rain? I don¡¯t have much money, is $10 okay?¡±

    Young Witch Prophet: There will be cloud seeding rain next week.

    ¡°Thanks Witch Goddess.¡± [Transfer $10]

    Chu Yang was still engrossed in her book while the satisfied crow napped next to her, a small towel draped over its body made by Jin Yang and the others.

    ¡°Witch Goddess, are you there? Emergency!¡±

    ¡°Witch Goddess!¡±

    ¡°Wahhh, Witch Goddess, do you remember me? I asked you to help find my lost dog before.¡±

    ¡°My ssmate went missing. Can you help predict what happened?¡±

    ¡°Here¡¯s a photo of my ssmate.¡± [Photo]

    ¡°[Transfer $750]¡±

    ¡°Witch Goddess, please help! My ssmate has been missing for two weeks already. The police still can¡¯t find her.¡±

    Chu Yang was still absorbed in her book and hadn¡¯t seen the messages. Her fans had been steadily growing, most referred by previous customers. Some followed to see gossip predictions. The Young Witch Prophet ount now had over 15,000 followers.

    Sure enough, her asional gossip predictions besides the weather forecasts were the right choice. At least she was steadily earning money now. Some had even contacted her about promoting lucky charms and bracelets to attract romance. Chu Yang rejected them all.

    Such things were often scams. Even if they worked, it was still questionable. If ineffective or unsafe, then they harmed people.

    On the other side, Wei Qianduo was still waiting for the blogger toe online, but she hadn¡¯t appeared even though it was half an hour since she wasst active.

    Next to her, Qin Hai said: ¡°Will it really help?¡±

    Wei Qianduo: ¡°Have you forgotten about Dian Dian?¡± She teared up remembering Dian Dian.

    Qin Hai quicklyforted her, ¡°I haven''t forgotten. But it¡¯s been two weeks already, I fear that...¡±

    Wei Qianduo hurriedly covered his mouth. ¡°Don¡¯t jinx it! Even if something happened we still need to find her. Haven''t you seen Aunt Sun''s hair turning white from grief?¡±

    Her ssmate Sun Yue said she was going home but never returned. Teachers realized something was wrong when she didn''te back and contacted her parents, but no one could find her. With no other option, they called the police. Not only did the police mobilize, but all of Sun Yue¡¯s friends, ssmates, and acquaintances searched for her to no avail.

    Sun Yue¡¯s parents came to school after their daughter went missing. Seeing the old couple''s apprehension, Wei Qianduo took pity on them and remembered the witch goddess. So she urgently went to ask what happened.

 Chapter 47: Missing Events 02

    <h4>Chapter 47</h4>

    At the police station:

    "Captain Li, here are the missing person reports from the past two months. There are five in total, all young female university students. We investigated all of them - they werew-abiding students without boyfriends who were nice to others and did not have conflicts with anyone. Just very average students with mediocre grades and looks. Each had two or three friends."

    "These five students were not from the same schools. One was a freshman, two were sophomores, and two were juniors. Their majors were all different too, no discernible pattern."

    Captain Li listened intently and observed, "What about their parents? Did the parents have any enemies?"

    "No, all very average farmers or workers, all migrants. Two sets of parents had ordinary quarrels with others, but nothing serious enough to kill someone over. Another guess is human trafficking."

    Everyone listened feeling perplexed, without a clue where to start. But they all felt there must be a connection between the five missing girls.

    "Captain Li!" Someone suddenly rushed in from outside. "A corpse has been discovered in ake in West City!"

    "Let''s head over right away!"

    ...

    When it was time to rest for the evening, Chu Yang had just seen the message Wei Qianduo sent her. The customer was quite generous so despite it being bedtime, Chu Yang still brought out her crystal ball onto her bed.

    Soon, Chu Yang''s bed lit up. Jin Yang and the others were all used to it by now - they had learned to ignore it and just kept ying on their phones or doing their own thing.

    About ten minutester, Chu Yang''s face turned "ugh" and she got up to open the curtains and went into the bathroom to throw up several times.

    When she came out her face was pale white.

    Jin Yang and the other two roommates looked at each other. "Yang Yang, what''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang sat down, poured herself a cup of hot water and took a sip before she felt a bit better.

    "It''s fine, just a scare."

    Jin Yang carefully asked, "Is it because of a bad prophecy?"

    Chu Yang was silent. It was worse than just bad, it was horrifying! She saw someone wrapped uppletely butchering a corpse into pieces and...ting it.

    "Ugh!" No, just the thought made her want to hurl again!

    Chu Yang opened Weibo, unsure of how to respond to her customer. She had not even finished the prophecy yet, as soon as she saw that scene she immediately closed it!

    Unbeknownst to her, in another city earlier that afternoon a corpse had been dredged up from ake. But parts of that corpse were missing and the body was bloated from being in water so long that the features were unrecognizable. Many of the police officers who saw it threw up!

    It was too disgusting!

    On the other end, Wei Qianduo saw that Chu Yang was online and started messaging again: "Witch, how is it going?"

    "Witch, if not enough money I can add more."

    "Witch, whatever the result we can ept it."

    Seeing the reply, Wei Qianduo''s face turned pale. She screenshotted it and sent it to Qin Hai: "What do you think the witch means?"

    It was a long time before Qin Hai replied so Wei Qianduo called him directly. "Hey, Qin Hai. Take a look at what I sent you."

    On the other end, Qin Hai sounded like he had been woken up, "Miss, it''s the middle of the night!"

    But Wei Qianduo did not care. "It''s only midnight, why are you sleeping so early? Hurry and take a look at the message!"

    "Alright alright."

    After reading it, Qin Hai replied: "I heard something this afternoon."

    Wei Qianduo: "What is it? What''s the rtion? I''m asking what the witch meant!"

    Qin Hai went on: "The police found a corpse in ake in West City this afternoon. As for the Lingxi Reservoir the witch mentioned...you know."

    Wei Qianduo''s face went even paler and her eyes reddened. "Then...what should we do?"

    Qin Hai: "Report it to the police! The witch said tomorrow at Lingxi Reservoir right?"

    Wei Qianduo: "Okay okay, I''ll call the police right away."

    "Hello, officer? I''m a ssmate of Sun Yue who went missing. I have a clue - Lingxi Reservoir."

    The officer registered it and asked: "May I ask where you got this clue from?"

    Wei Qianduo stumbled over her words, "Uh...I...I found fortune teller blogs online that said it."

    Officer: "Miss, please refrain from interfering with police investigations."

    Wei Qianduo: "The blog is really urate! What they say must be true! Please go check it out."

    Officer: "Alright, if there are more clues we will look into it. Thank you for the information. Anything else?"

    "No...please send someone to keep watch over Lingxi Reservoir!"

    "Got it."

    *click*

    After hanging up, the officerined to his colleague: "With those missing person casestely, someone actually went online looking for fortune tellers and prophets for clues? And mentioned Lingxi Reservoir?"

    "Lingxi Reservoir? That remote ce? Who would go there?"

    "Right. Other than the perpetrator, who would be at such a deste location."

    Captain Li had just returned to the station and overheard. "What are you guys talking about? What''s this Lingxi Reservoir?"

    The officer who took the call quickly stood at attention when he saw him. "Captain Li, you''re back! How''s that corpse from theke today?"

    Captain Li: "The coroner is examining it."

    "I just took a call..."

    After thinking for a bit, Captain Li ordered: "Lingxi Reservoir? Send someone there to stake it out right away!"

    Officer: "Huh?"

    "What do you mean huh? Hurry up!"

    "Yes sir!"

    Because ofst night''s prophecy work, Chu Yang had no energy at all the next morning. While going to breakfast with Jin Yang, Jin Yang asked her: "Yang Yang, do you want century egg congee and lean meat porridge?"

    Chu Yang: "Ugh!"

    Jin Yang: ...?

    Chu Yang waved her hand, "I''ll just have rice porridge."

    Jin Yang: "Sure sure." He was dying of curiosity about what exactly happenedst night, but seeing Chu Yang''s pale little face, Jin Yang did not dare ask.

    In the morning Chu Yang had a bowl of in rice porridge and a vegetable bun.

    During ss, the teacher was lecturing: "In the Shang Dynasty, one type of ritual sacrifice involved human sacrifices. As you can see in the PPT, they would hack off the limbs and then..."

    "Ugh!" Chu Yang blurted out and everyone looked over.

    Chu Yang: "Sorry, I''m not feeling well today."

    Chen Xixi: "Chu Yang, you''re not pregnant are you?"

    Everyone: !!!

 Chapter 48: Do You Like Me

    <h4>Chapter 48</h4>

    ¡°What nonsense are you talking about? Chu Yang just has a weak stomach, can''t you see how thin she is?¡± Jin Yang stood up and said, ¡°What are you trying to do, spreading rumors in public like this?¡±

    Chen Xixi: ¡°I was just asking a question, if there''s nothing then there''s nothing, why are you overreacting so much? Could it be true?¡±

    Jin Yang was furious, ¡°You eternal second ce, are you trying to get my Chu Yang sick so you can overtake her? My Chu Yang doesn''t even have a boyfriend.¡±

    Chen Xixi: ¡°You! Humph! I won''t argue with you.¡± Then she muttered, ¡°Who said you have to have a boyfriend to get pregnant?¡±

    Teacher: ¡°Alright alright, Jin Yang, if Chu Yang isn''t feeling well, you go with her to the infirmary. As for Chen Xixi, troublees from the mouth, don''t you know what you should and shouldn''t say? Careless words can turn into rumors and even hurt people''s feelings. Everyone, think before you speak from now on. Studying well is the right path.¡±

    Jin Yang apanied Chu Yang out of the ssroom, and the teacher continued the lesson.

    Chen Xixi rolled her eyes and whispered to the person next to her: ¡°The teacher is obviously biased.¡±

    Her friend: ¡°Come on, what you said wasn''t nice either. And Chu Yang''s face today is as pale as a ghost, anyone can see she''s not feeling well.¡±

    Chen Xixi, embarrassed: ¡°I...I just blurted it out without thinking, okay? Besides, aren''t there rumors that she''s dating Chi Yan from the nearby B University?¡±

    ¡°Chi Yan?! Who said that?¡±

    ¡°My sister goes to B University, she said she saw them, Chi Yan is very close with a girl. My sister even took pictures, I''ve seen them, isn''t that Chu Yang?¡±

    ¡°Maybe they''re just friends.¡±

    ¡°Chi Yan has female friends?¡±

    ¡°Shh, stop talking, the teacher is looking over here.¡±

    ...

    ¡°That Chen Xixi is really something, she must be unhappy that you always score higher than her on exams.¡± Jin Yang grumbled angrily.

    Chu Yang didn''t want to talk, ¡°Let¡¯s go back to the dorm, I won''t go to the infirmary.¡± What made her nauseous earlier was because the teacher¡¯s photo reminded her of what she sawst night.

    ¡°Are you really okay?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m fine. I saw something disgustingst night.¡±

    ¡°Alright, what do you want to eat for lunch? I¡¯ll bring it for you.¡±

    Chu Yang thought for a moment, ¡°Vegetable noodles, no meat at all. Oh right, it¡¯ll rain at noon, remember to bring an umbre.¡±

    ¡°Got it.¡±

    After sending Chu Yang back to her dorm, Jin Yang went to ss. There were still sses left, and she¡¯d ask for leave on Chu Yang¡¯s behalf.

    In Chu Yang¡¯s fan group:

    Wei Feng: @Golden Sun Jin Yang, Chu Yang didn''t post today¡¯s weather forecast!

    Jin Yang: It¡¯ll rain at noon, remember your umbre.

    Wei Feng: Got it!

    Wei Feng: Does the psychic have any other predictions? *hopeful emoji*

    Jin Yang: No, Chu Yang isn¡¯t feeling well today, don¡¯t disturb her.

    Wei Feng: *worried emoji* What happened to the psychic?

    Jin Yang: Just not feeling well physically. Don''t ask anymore.

    Wei Feng: Oh.

    This fan group was created by Wei Feng. Last time they had a meal together, he added Jin Yang and the other two''s contacts, then created this group to keep in friendly touch.

    Aside from Jin Yang''s trio, there were also the nice brothers from the basketball game - Yuan Zhi, Chen Xihuan, Zhao Qingyun, Wu Huarong and around a dozen others.

    But Chu Yang and Chi Yan weren''t in this group.

    On the other side, after Wei Feng found out Chu Yang wasn''t feeling well, he poked Chi Yan who was sitting in front listening to ss attentively: ¡°Bro Chi Yan, Chu Yang isn''t well today, want to go show your concern?¡±

    Chi Yan immediately turned around, ¡°How do you know?¡±

    Wei Feng''s eyes shifted around, ¡°Didn¡¯t I add her roommate on WeChat? She told me. It¡¯s little Jin Yang.¡±

    Chi Yan frowned. ¡°Do you know what¡¯s wrong with her?¡±

    Wei Feng: ¡°No idea, Jin Yang wouldn¡¯t let me ask either. Maybe it¡¯s a girl thing, aren¡¯t they ufortable for a few days every month?¡±

    Chi Yan turned back around without replying, but was thinking he¡¯d go buy some things to visit herter. Then he suddenly remembered something and turned back again, ¡°Give me Jin Yang¡¯s WeChat ID.¡±

    Wei Feng gave him an OK gesture.

    On this end, after Chi Yan received the message from Wei Feng, he added Jin Yang on WeChat. Jin Yang was shocked when the message came in during ss and her phone nearly fell to the ground. WTF! The campus heartthrob wants to add her on WeChat?

    Jin Yang taps ept, then cautiously asks: ¡°Hello campus heartthrob Chi Yan, may I ask if something¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°I heard Chu Yang isn¡¯t feeling well today? How is she doing?¡±

    Jin Yang immediately guessed it must¡¯ve been that big mouth Wei Feng and gave a proper reply: ¡°Last night while Chu Yang was working, she saw something and threw up badly in the bathroom several times. This morning she also had poor appetite and looked a bit pale. But Chu Yang said it¡¯s nothing serious and took the day off to rest.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°I see, thanks.¡±

    Now that he knew the reason, as soon as school ended, Chi Yan went to the supermarket to buy some fruit and milk, then headed to the ce he took Chu Yang to eatst time. ¡°Aunt Wen, can I get a red bean and peanut porridge to go please.¡±

    ¡°Sure!¡±

    Later, carrying a bunch of things, Chi Yan rode his little sheep to the female dorms of A University after 1pm.

    He WeChatted Chu Yang. Chu Yang wondered why he was calling her.

    ¡°Hello?¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°I¡¯m downstairs at your dorm.¡±

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chu Yang went downstairs and saw Chi Yan sitting on his little sheep, wearing a helmet, with things on his bike. Girls walking by would nce at him but he remained aloof.

    Seeing here out, he waved her over and handed her the packaged red bean porridge when she approached: ¡°This is the red bean porridge I got Aunt Wen to pack. It nourishes the blood. It¡¯s still hot. I heard you weren¡¯t feeling well so I came to see you. I also bought fruit and milk.¡±

    Chu Yang took the porridge, gave him a look. He seemed to havee in a hurry, slightly sweaty but it didn''t diminish his looks.

    Chu Yang suddenly asked: ¡°Do you like me?¡±

    Chi Yan was caughtpletely off guard by her abrupt and direct question. He froze up instantly.

    Chu Yang could actually sense it. She¡¯d never seen Chi Yan get close with any girl, other than her. Even with Jin Yang and the others he would keep a certain distance in normal interactions.

    Chi Yan was stunned for a few seconds, his entire body stiff and rigid. Then starting from his neck, his whole face gradually turned red. Although he had a helmet on, Chu Yang could see clearly. She raised a brow, ¡°Well? Having trouble answering?¡±

    ¡°No... no. Um.¡± Chi Yan handed her the fruit.

    Chu Yang tilted her head. ¡°Hm?¡±

    Chi Yan felt himself start sweating as he blinked his long eyshes like two little brushes. ¡°Um... I, I like you.¡±

    Chu Yang took the fruit and milk from him. ¡°I¡¯ll think about it. You go back first.¡±

    With a wave of her hand, Chu Yang turned and walked into the dorm building.

    Leaving Chi Yan standing there alone, utterly at a loss as he watched her back...

 Chapter 49: Serial Killer 01

    <h4>Chapter 49</h4>

    Chi Yan was stunned for several minutes, then rode away on his littlemb, absent-mindedly back to the dorm. Wei Feng, who had juste out of the bathroom, suddenly shouted, "Damn! Bro Yan, what''s up with you?"

    Zheng Qing, who was still ying with his figurines, and Yuan Zhi, who was about to go out, also looked at Chi Yan in shock. "What''s up with you, Chi Yan? Why is your face so red? Your ears are red too. And you''re sweating on your forehead! Are you sick?"

    Chi Yan looked in the mirror next to him. His hair was slightly damp.

    He picked up a towel and clothes, "I''m fine." Then he went into the bathroom to take a shower.

    The other three looked at each other in dismay. Wei Feng suddenly thought, "Bro Yan went to see Senior Chu Yang. Did Senior Chu Yang do this and that to torment him?"

    Yuan Zhi knocked him on the head, "You''re thinking too much. Maybe he was just in a hurry. Didn''t you say Chu Yang wasn''t feeling well?"

    Wei Feng stroked his head, "Oh right, maybe Bro Yan was just too anxious."

    Without further discussion, everyone went about their business. Yuan Zhi had to go to the library to study, Zheng Qing was still working on his figurines, and Wei Feng also had something to do outside, so he packed up first.

    When Chi Yan came out of the bathroom, only Zheng Qing was left in the dorm. Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, then realized he seemed to have forgotten to ask her why she was unwell.

    At the Lingxi Reservoir at the other end of the city, the police fished a bag out of the reservoir. When they opened the bag, everyone around went "eww eww eww".

    The identity of the corpse still needed to be verified by the coroner.

    Captain Li asked Bao Zhen who had been on watchst night, "Bao Zhen, did you notice anything unusualst night?"

    Bao Zhen: "I kept watch all night, and indeed didn''t see anyone. It''s a reservoir here, so there''s a lot of water noise. Then around dawn, I heard something fall in. I went over to take a look but didn''t find anything. I waited another two hours, then went over to the other side to poke around with a stick. That''s when I poked the bag. It was hard to get it out here, so I called you guys. You know the rest."

    A young cop on the side murmured: "So the tip was real."

    On the way back, the young cop said to an older cop, "The one who provided the tip said they got it from some online master. Master, do such people really exist?"

    The cop next to him lit a cigarette, "You''re still young. When you''ve been in the job long enough, you''ll find all kinds of people exist."

    The young cop was very excited, "Really? Then can we get her to help with cases? Ouch!"

    The young cop was flicked on the forehead by the older cop, "What''s up, Master?"

    Old cop: "Do you think you can afford her price? Got to be realistic. How can you rely on others? As a cop, you''ve got to use your own eyes to observe and take action to solve cases, not rely on some master or fortune-teller. You know about believing in science, right? Otherwise what use would we cops be? You think "to serve the people" is just lip service?"

    Young cop: "But..."

    The old cop gave him a sideways nce. The young cop immediately shut up, "I get it, Master."

    In the end, the body was confirmed to be Sun Yue''s. Her family copsed in sobs. Wei Qianduo couldn''t bear to watch either. She didn''t expect the oue to be like this.

    "Do you think I did wrong? If Sun Yue had remained missing, her parents might have kept believing she was alive. I...I shouldn''t have looked for Witch Big Big."

    Qin Haiforted her, "You did nothing wrong. If we couldn''t find Sun Yue, how could we find the murderer and get justice for her?"

    Wei Qianduo regained her spirit, "You''re right."

    Finally, the police determined this was a serial murder case. When it was made public, some citizens became very concerned. Higher-ups also demanded the case be cracked and the murderer captured quickly.

    Some people let it go in one ear and out the other. At first some ordinary folks would be afraid, but by the next day it was business as usual. Everyone figured this probably wouldn''t happen to them since they didn''t seem to have offended anyone, plus they didn''t go to unsafe ces.

    Chu Yang vomited for two days before finally recovering. She tried not to think about it, but when she saw the notice about the serial murder case, Chu Yang narrowed her eyes. She hadn''t "seen" what the murderer looked like, only that he had a scar on the tiger''s mouth area of his hand.

    Walking into the ssroom, Chen Xixi looked at her, "Chu Yang, you''re better now? You''re really not pregnant?"

    Chu Yang nced at her, "You''ve been unluckytely, watch out." She said unlucky because she saw Chen Xixi had some ck energy, nothing serious.

    Chen Xixi stood up, "...Chu Yang, you cursed me!"

    Chu Yang ignored her. Seeing the teachere in, she said, "Teacher''s here."

    Chen Xixi didn''t dare say any more. She humphed and sat down, then still unsatisfied, turned and said, "I know about that someone from B University you''re with."

    Chu Yang knew who she was talking about, but it seemed they weren''t together yet. Oh right, she said she''d consider it...hmm still considering.

    And the person she was considering hadn''t slept well for two days, tossing and turning every night, picking up his phone to ask then putting it down again, looking at her profile pic, flipping through her moments. Oh it seemed she had never posted anything.

    "Bro Yan, what''s up with you? Look at your eye bags. You''re still that perfect, wless campus heartthrob?" Wei Feng poked at Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan: ......

    Wei Feng continued: "If Senior saw you like this she wouldn''t be able to bear looking at you."

    Zheng Qing on the side rolled his eyes. "Wei, even with eye bags Chi Yan would still have girls flocking all over wanting him. Don''t believe me? Look around you at all the stolen nces."

    Wei Feng: "Senior is no ordinary person. Bro Yan, want me to give you an eye bag face mask?"

    Yuan Zhi: "Wei, you use face masks too?"

    Wei Feng: "Hehe, I just started recently. A blogger I follow says men should learn to take care of themselves too so we havemon topics with girls."

    Yuan Zhi: ......

    Zheng Qing: "Haven''t seen any girls looking for you."

    Wei Feng: ......That hit home.

    Chi Yan touched under his eyes, "Put some on for me when we get back."

    Wei Feng beamed, "You got it!"

    Zheng Qing: "I want some too!"

    Wei Feng: "Weren''t you just scorning it earlier?"

    Zheng Qing: "I believe in Bro Yan."

    Wei Feng: ......

    Recently Chen Xixi felt she really was unlucky. First she tripped and fell at school with everyone watching. Then at lunch thest sweet and sour pork ribs were bought by the person in front of her. She took the wrong bus and missed her stop. The clothes she ordered online turned out to be trash!

    That''s it, Chu Yang''s curse was working!

    No way was she going to believe it. That weekend, Chen Xixi went to a temple outside the city and got herself a protective charm. Hmph, this time she definitely wouldn''t have bad luck!

    After two days, Chen Xixi felt life was going very smoothly! The charm must be working! Hmph, Chu Yang''s curse was defeated!

 Chapter 50: Serial 02

    <h4>Chapter 50</h4>

    On Monday, when Chu Yang walked into the ssroom, she noticed that the ck mist around Chen Xixi had grown darker. Chu Yang frowned slightly, but soon resumed her normal expression. This bit of darkness isn''t enough to kill anyone.

    On the other side, at the police station, "It can be deduced that the perpetrator is an adult male. His methods are decisive and efficient - likely a butcher or possibly a doctor, but not certain. He is around 176cm tall and his appearance is probably average - the kind of person you wouldn''t normally notice in a crowd..."

    Chi Yan was somewhat distracted here because he hadn''t been in contact with Chu Yang for a while. Suddenly, Wei Feng next to him said, "Haven''t you heard about that recent serial murder case in this city? I heard they found five female university students either in ake or a reservoir - it''s really frightening!"

    "Why are you scared, you''re a guy?"

    "I''m worried on behalf of all thedies. And since he targets women, how do you know he won''t change his mind and go after men too?"

    Chi Yan took out his phone and sent Chu Yang a message: "Have you heard about the recent serial killings? Be careful and stay safe."

    Chu Yang replied with a "1".

    Chi Yan looked at the single "1" reply over and over, wondering what it meant.

    He asked Wei Feng next to him, "What does 1 stand for?"

    Wei Feng was puzzled, "What 1? One tree? One flower?"

    Chi Yan: "Just the number 1."

    Wei Feng: "Let me see."

    Chi Yan didn''t show him.

    Wei Feng: "Well, 1 is a number word, but nowadays many people use it casually to mean ''I know'', ''okay'', ''agree'', and so on."

    Chi Yan nodded in understanding: "1."

    Wei Feng: "...Bro Chi Yan is being weirdtely."

    The main reason Chu Yang gave such a simple reply to Chi Yan was because she was doing listening exercises on her phone when his message suddenly popped up. She quickly replied with a 1.

    Of course she knew about the serial killings, but that wasn''t any of her business. She believed in minding her own matters.

    The next day, when Chu Yang entered the ssroom, she noticed the ck mist around Chen Xixi had grown even thicker,parable to Xu Zhao previously!

    Chu Yang''s expression was solemn. Although Chen Xixi was sometimes sarcastic towards her, she was definitely not a bad person. She was just jealous of Chu Yang for always cing second after her.

    Apparently Chen Xixi studied very hard for every exam, always vowing to beat Chu Yang''s scores, but she never managed to. Chen Xixi was quite popr in ss - she often did work for the ss and cared a lot about collective honors. Whenever their ss won Best ss awards, it was partly due to Chen Xixi''s contributions.

    It''s just that there were many excellent students, but only one could be the most excellent. Academically, Chu Yang was still the best, so of course Chen Xixi felt imbnced inside. But there was no solution to her imbnce, she could only asionally make snide remarks out of impulse.

    Every ss had quotas for students from poor families, but actually many students in their ss came from well-off families. Byparison, Chu Yang''s family was considered poor, but she didn''t apply for the quota since she could earn money herself. To the wealthy students or middle-ss families, she was seen as impoverished.

    Chu Yang didn''t apply for the quota, but some wanted it - who doesn''t like extra money?

    Back then, Chen Xixi said: "An Hui, your family drives a BMW. Why are you applying as an impoverished student? Is your family poorer than Chu Yang''s? Look at your shoes and look at hers."

    At the time, Chu Yang thought: ...What''s wrong with 50 yuan shoes?

    An Hui: "But there''s a quota, and Chu Yang''s not applying anyway."

    Chen Xixi: "I''ll make her apply right now, but you can''t. Your family is so rich yet you still covet this few thousand yuan - aren''t you shameless?"

    An Hui: "...Fine, fine. Who doesn''t want more money? I won''t apply then, give it to Chu Yang."

    In the end, Chu Yang was "forced" to apply and now had a monthly subsidy in her meal card.

    So although Chen Xixi was sometimes sarcastic to her, Chu Yang didn''t take it to heart. Compared to Lin Shu Shu, Chen Xixi was still better.

    Chu Yang observed Chen Xixi for a while before deciding to talk to her after school.

    During break time, Chu Yang overheard Chen Xixi saying she was going shopping tomorrow, then karaoke with friends at night, and mighte back to schoolte.

    Chu Yang suddenly interjected: "I suggest you don''t go."

    Chen Xixi was startled and turned around to see Chu Yang. "You''re cursing me again? Hmph, I''ll have you know I have a protective charm, I''m not afraid."

    Chen Xixi took out a charm from her pocket and waved it at Chu Yang.

    Jin Yang knew when Chu Yang said such things, it usually meant something serious would happen. She quickly added: "I suggest you don''t go either. Listen to my Chu Yang."

    Chen Xixi rolled her eyes. "Jin Yang, you''re just Chu Yang''spdog! You agree with everything she says!"

    Jin Yang didn''t feel unhappy at all. "That''s because everything my Chu Yang says is true, so of course I listen!"

    Chen Xixi: "I''m going no matter what. It''s none of your business where I go. I''m going, I''m going!"

    Chu Yang was very serious. "Even if it costs you your life?"

    Chen Xixi looked into Chu Yang''s pitch-ck pupils and felt somewhat uneasy inside. "What lose my life? I''m just going out with friends to y. Chu Yang, why are you being so mystical? Are you a fortune teller?"

    Seeing she was determined to go, Chu Yang said: "Forget it, just be careful. Don''t go into any alleys."

    There was no point advising someone who wouldn''t listen.

    Jin Yang: "Be extra careful, don''t stay out toote. Avoid alleys."

    Chen Xixi felt strange. "Why are you two suddenly concerned about me? Weirdos."

    Although she found it odd, it didn''t stop Chen Xixi from wanting to go out and y. What danger could there be in broad daylight? They must be teasing her.

    That night, Chu Yang called Chi Yan on WeChat. Upon seeing the iing call, Chi Yan almost dropped his phone. It slipped from his hand which he barely blocked, and it bounced twice before he grabbed it again.

    Wei Feng beside him was stunned by the sequence of events. "Bro Chi, nice reflexes!"

    Chi Yan ignored him and tapped ept. "Hello? It''s me."

    Chu Yang: "Can you help me with something?"

    Chi Yan: "Tell me."

    Chu Yang exined the situation, "...I suspect tomorrow night, that person will be the serial killer."

    Chi Yan was very serious. "I see. I''ll handle it, leave it to me. You don''t need to worry."

    Chu Yang: "Thanks, I''m counting on you."

    Chi Yan: "Mm." Then silence.

    Chu Yang was about to hang up when Chi Yan suddenly spoke again. "Have you...considered it yet?"

    Ah...this... Chu Yang felt a bit guilty. She actually hadn''t thought much about it recently, being busy with studies and preparing for apetition that Professor Li told her about.

    Chu Yang: "I''ll give you my answer after resolving this incident."

    "Okay." Chi Yan''s heart thumped rapidly. Since she didn''t reject him outright, there was still hope!

    After hanging up, Chu Yang sighed. She definitely wasn''t leading him on, but when she first transmigrated, her mindset was that chasing men couldn''tpare to chasing money...

 Chapter 51: Serial 03

    <h4>Chapter 51</h4>

    That night at the KTV in the city center, Chen Xixi was singing with her friends, bellowing for two hours. Seeing that it was almost time, she bid her friends goodbye, ¡°I have to head back first, the dorm closes at 11.¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s sing a bit more, we¡¯re pulling an all-nighter!¡±

    Chen Xixi declined: ¡°No way! We have sses tomorrow.¡±

    Another friend said: ¡°Forget it, let her go back. She¡¯s a study overlord. Hasn¡¯t someone in ss been scoring higher than her recently, making her drop to second ce? Let¡¯s not disturb this test queen.¡±

    Chen Xixi packed up her things and waved them goodbye, ¡°I¡¯m off.¡±

    Stepping out of the KTV, Chen Xixi looked at the nearby bus stop, which was still over 300 meters away.

    Following her navigation app, Chen Xixi walked along when a ¡°meow¡± sound caught her attention. Over in the small alley was a little kitten. She loved these furry creatures. Just as she wanted to approach it, she suddenly recalled Chu Yang¡¯s words, ¡°Don¡¯t go into small alleys.¡±

    Chen Xixi paused in her tracks, then shook her head. Why should she listen to Chu Yang? She had a protective amulet anyway.

    Entering the small alley, Chen Xixi turned on her phone¡¯s shlight, soon spotting a kitten curled up to one side, looking extremely pitiful. Chen Xixi took out a sausage from her bag, ¡°Kitty kitty,e eat.¡±

    The kitten let out two ¡°meows¡±, then started eating the sausage Chen Xixi held out.

    Suddenly, the kitten stood up, its fur puffing out as it let out a sharp ¡°Meow!¡±

    Chen Xixi: ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Did you choke?¡±

    Chen Xixi wanted to take out some water from her bag, when she suddenly noticed a tall shadow next to her, its hand reaching out towards her!

    Chen Xixi was so frightened she wanted to scream but her mouth was covered. She was also drugged and soon lost consciousness. As she fainted, Chu Yang¡¯s words echoed in her mind: Even if it costs your life, you¡¯d still go?

    Soon, only the sounds of meowing echoed in the alley.

    The man was about to stuff the woman into a bag when several people rushed out from both sides, ¡°Don¡¯t move! Police!¡±

    ¡°Put your hands up!¡±

    The man raised his hands. Taking advantage when the police were distracted, he charged out, only to hear a ¡°Bang!¡± as the man crashed to the ground!

    Nearby residents who heard the gunshot were shocked. Soon, a crowd gathered, unsure of what had transpired, only knowing that there had been a gunshot before the police arrived.

    Chen Xixi¡¯s dormmates realized she had been gone for too long even though the dorm had already closed for the night.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on? Wasn''t Xixi supposed to be back tonight? Why isn''t she back yet?¡±

    ¡°Right, let¡¯s give her a call.¡±

    ¡°Dudududu¡± ¡ª

    ¡°She didn¡¯t pick up. You don¡¯t think something happened right?¡±

    ¡°Shouldn¡¯t be ba.¡± The three girls looked at one another uneasily.

    Feeling anxious, the three of them rested. However, in the early morning, the dorm advisor made a sudden call, ¡°Something happened to Chen Xixi. I¡¯lle get you guys to keep herpany. Her parents will only arrive tomorrow.¡±

    The three girls:!!!

    On Li¡¯s side, he received ate-night call, ¡°The perpetrator has been caught!¡±

    Li:!!!?

    Chen Xixi felt like she had been running endlessly, with someone behind her chasing her while holding a knife. She ran for a very long time until her pursuer almost caught her. Chen Xixi woke up with a fright.

    Opening her eyes, she saw her three dormmates looking at her. Chen Xixi instantly sat up, ¡°I¡¯ve been saved!¡±

    Zhang Xing quickly patted her back, ¡°Yes, yes, yes, you were saved. Though they don¡¯t actually know what happened either.¡±

    Chen Xixi: ¡°Who saved me?¡±

    Zhang Xing: ¡°The police uncle. That¡¯s who we saw when we came.¡±

    Chen Xixi rxed, ¡°Police uncle. It must have been Chu Yang.¡±

    Zhang Xing didn¡¯t understand: ¡°Chu Yang? Who¡¯s that?¡±

    Chen Xixi shook her head. ¡°Never mind, it¡¯s nothing. Let me rest a bit more.¡±

    ¡°Sure.¡±

    Early next morning, Chi Yan texted Chu Yang, ¡°The perpetrator has been caught.¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°That¡¯s good then. Thanks.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°You¡¯re wee. Just serving the people.¡±

    But someone else was looking for Chi Yan too. ¡°Little Yan, how did you know where the perpetrator was?¡±

    ¡°Uncle Chen, I have a friend... who divines things.¡± Fortune-telling was still more believable than saying he predicts the future. He was afraid iming prophecy would draw too much attention.

    ¡°Since when did you get to know someone like this? Oh well, thank you and your friend! Uncle Chen will treat you to a meal next time.¡± An esteemed family like the Chi''s would know all sorts of people so it wasn¡¯t surprising.

    Chi Yan: ¡°No need. Just serving the people.¡±

    ¡°Hahaha, good kid. I¡¯ll be off first to handle some things. I¡¯ll bring you gifts next time I visit.¡±

    ¡°Sure Uncle Chen. You go ahead first.¡±

    After hanging up, Chi Yan heaved a sigh of relief.

    After staying in the hospital overnight for observation, Chen Xixi was discharged to return to school. She immediately went looking for Chu Yang at his dorm after she got back. ¡°Where¡¯s Chu Yang?¡±

    The only one in the dorm, Zhou Caicai, replied with a simple sentence. ¡°He went out.¡±

    Without lingering, Chen Xixi promptly left.

    When Chu Yang returned to the dorm, Zhou Caicai informed him, ¡°A student was here looking for you just now but she left after I said you weren¡¯t in.¡±

    Chu Yang nodded to indicate he understood. ¡°I see.¡± No need to think further, it must have been Chen Xixi.

    That night, Chen Xixi came by again, awkwardly cing down a bag of food. ¡°Thanks.¡±

    Chu Yang epted it as a matter of course. ¡°It¡¯s good that you¡¯re fine. Listen to people more next time.¡±

    In the past, Chen Xixi would have argued back but at this moment, she nodded earnestly. ¡°Got it.¡±

    ¡°Anything else you need?¡±

    Chen Xixi shook her head.

    Chu Yang: ¡°Then take care going back.¡±

    Chen Xixi paused before swiftly turning to leave inrge strides, but not before saying once more, ¡°Thanks.¡± However, she tripped and fell t on her way out.

    Chen Xixi recalled Chu Yang telling her to ¡°take care¡±.

    ...She had been wrong. She thought that was merely a polite phrase.

    But in truth, Chu Yang really was just being polite. This fall was merely coincidental but Chen Xixi pondered each of Chu Yang¡¯s words carefully thereafter.

    She used to call Jin Yang Chu Yang¡¯s bootlicker... It looked like she herself was bing a ¡°bootlicker¡± too.

    In a private room of a restaurant near campus, Chu Yang awaitedpany as she had arranged to meet Chi Yan for dinner.

    Without his littlemborghini today, Chi Yan arrived in a mercedes benz, dressed in a t-shirt and jeans, looking very youthful and vibrant.

    He had even styled his hair with gel and sprayed on cologne. Not only that, he had also deliberately bathed beforeing and ced a bouquet in the passenger seat. Since everything was alreadyid bare, he might as well be bold.

    When Chi Yan entered the private room holding the bouquet, Chu Yang¡¯s expression twitched slightly. As he drew near, she waved her fan and said ¡°Achoo!¡±

    ¡°You sprayed on perfume?¡±

    Chi Yan stood awkwardly frozen on the spot. ¡°Yeah. Sorry.¡±

    Seeing how he had dressed up, Chu Yang suddenlyughed. ¡°Why are you so cute? Are the flowers for me? Bring them over.¡±

    Chi Yan immediately stepped forward. ¡°For you.¡±

    ¡°Thank you.¡±

 Chapter 52: The Boyfriend

    <h4>Chapter 52</h4>

    ¡°What do you want to eat?¡± Chu Yang passed the menu to Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan ordered two dishes, then ordered two more dishes for Chu Yang, not afraid they wouldn¡¯t be able to finish since Chi Yan always ate a lot.

    After the two finished eating, as Chu Yang followed Chi Yan out of the restaurant, she saw him walk over to a Mercedes and open the door for her.

    Chu Yang asked: ¡°Why isn¡¯t Little Lamb being driven today?¡± Then she suddenly remembered Chi Yan''s outfit today andughed. She understood¡ªthe peacock was spreading its tail.

    Chi Yan: ¡°Ahem, I¡¯m letting Little Lamb rest for a bit.¡±

    Chu Yang got into the passenger seat, buckled her seatbelt. Chi Yan also got into the driver''s seat. ¡°Where do you want to go y?¡±

    Chu Yang hadn''t actually gone out much in Jing City. But today she wasn''t prepared to go out and y, so she directly asked Chi Yan to take her back to her dorm.

    Chi Yan was a little disappointed, but still drove towards the A University women¡¯s dorm.

    In about fifteen minutes they arrived. Chu Yang unbuckled her seatbelt, flowers in one hand, said bye to Chi Yan and then walked into the women¡¯s dorm.

    After Chi Yan could no longer see Chu Yang¡¯s back, he let out a sigh of relief, leaning back into the driver''s seat. He was about to drive back to his apartmentplex when his phone showed Chu Yang had sent him a message.

    Chi Yan opened WeChat on his phone and saw: Thanks my boyfriend for the flowers today.

    Chi Yan: !!!

    Ahhhhhhhh!

    Chi Yan excitedly clenched his fists to his chest and whispered: ¡°Yes!¡± Then his fingers quickly replied: [Shy smile] [Spinning]

    Chi Yan: I¡¯lle over tomorrow night to eat with you, is that ok?

    Chu Yang: Ok.

    The smile never left Chi Yan¡¯s face. When he came back to school the next day he still had a grinning expression. Wei Feng and Zheng Qing who were next to him felt goosebumps rise up.

    Wei Feng used his elbow to nudge Zheng Qing, whispering to him: ¡°What good thing happened to Brother Yan? That smile... it¡¯s creepy.¡± Mainly because they had never seen Chi Yan smile like this.

    Zheng Qing: ¡°How would I know? Maybe he got a girlfriend?¡±

    Wei Feng: ¡°But if he got a girlfriend shouldn¡¯t he look cooler? Could it be...¡± Wei Feng suddenly widened his eyes, then grabbed Zheng Qing¡¯s shoulders and started shaking. ¡°Ahhhh, could it be he sessfully used his status to get a wife!¡±

    Zheng Qing pushed his hand away, ¡°Why are you so excited? You shook my head dizzy. If it¡¯s true, that would be great, sessfully relying on connections!¡± Zheng Qing gave a thumbs up!

    Wei Feng poked Yuan Zhi next to him, leaning in to ask: ¡°Do you think Brother Yan really seeded?¡±

    Yuan Zhi didn¡¯t want to bother with this idiot. He flicked his forehead, ¡°Ask Yan yourself, don¡¯t disturb my studies.¡±

    Wei Feng swallowed, ¡°I¡¯m a little scared of Brother Yan like this.¡± But in the end curiosity defeated fear. Wei Feng sat next to Chi Yan, ¡°Brother Yan, did you win the lottery? If you did, don¡¯t forget about me, your little brother.¡±

    Chi Yan nced at him. He was happy today, so he took a piece of candy out of his pocket, ¡°Here, eat it.¡±

    Wei Feng took the candy and immediately unwrapped it. ¡°Fuck! Brother did you really win the lottery?¡±

    Chi Yan took out a few more pieces, giving one to each person, then proudly announced: ¡°This is candy celebrating me no longer being single.¡±

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing: !!!

    Yuan Zhi had already guessed. Yesterday he had seen Chi Yan driving the Mercedes with a bouquet of flowers, it was obvious who he had gone to see.

    Wei Feng was so shocked he immediately swallowed the candy. ¡°Fuck! Brother, you¡¯re my brother, I can¡¯t believe you seeded in using your status for a wife.¡±

    Zheng Qing grabbed Chi Yan¡¯s hand, ¡°You¡¯re also my brother, remember to cover for me in the future.¡±

    Wei Feng pushed him away, ¡°Get lost, I¡¯m second brother.¡±

    Zheng Qing: ¡°You second senior brother!¡±

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing started noisily shoving at each other. Yuan Zhi took out an apple and put it in front of Chi Yan, ¡°And me.¡±

    Chi Yan: ......

    Thepetition was quickly approaching. Chu Yang was desperately studying. She didn¡¯t even reply to Chi Yan¡¯s messages when he came over, only answering his call to remember they were supposed to eat together today.

    Chu Yang: ¡°Give me ten minutes.¡±

    Chi Yan was very gentle: ¡°Ok, no rush, take your time.¡± He knew it took girls a while to get ready.

    It really was ten minutes. Chu Yang quickly came downstairs dressed in a T-shirt, hair casually tied in a ponytail, just some lipstick on. With her innate beauty and youth she still looked great.

    Chi Yan had ridden over on Little Lamb today. Chu Yang quickly put on a helmet and sat behind him, ¡°Let¡¯s go eat at cafeteria #5 today.¡±

    ¡°Ok.¡±

    After eating, Chi Yan suggested going to the supermarket. Chu Yang thought he wanted to buy something, so she agreed.

    In the end Chi Yan came out carrying a bag of snacks, for her.

    Chu Yang: ¡°......I haven¡¯t finished what you gave mest time.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°It¡¯s fine, you can give it to your roommates to eat.¡±

    They put the snacks on the bike. Chi Yan asked again: ¡°Do you want to go for a walk?¡±

    Chu Yang was still thinking about studying. ¡°I¡¯m preparing for apetition recently, let¡¯s just go back.¡±

    When Chi Yan heard she didn¡¯t want to disrupt his girlfriend''s studies. ¡°Ok, I¡¯ll take you back.¡±

    ¡°Mm. We¡¯ll go out and y after mypetition ends.¡±

    ¡°OK.¡±

    Soon, thenguage and literaturepetition was about to start. First was the preliminary written exam, with 1,000 total questions including multiple choice, fill-in-the-nk, short answer, and a short essay.

    Two hours definitely wouldn¡¯t be enough toplete 1,000 questions. You could only answer as many as possible, with most people doing the higher point value questions first.

    They would rank the scores from highest to lowest, taking the top 100 to advance to the semifinals. Then the top 10 would advance to the finals.

    Not only Chinesenguage and literature majors could sign up for thispetition, other majors could too. But the teacher said: ¡°I don¡¯t rmend everyone sign up. Don¡¯t waste your time and money if you don¡¯t have confidence. If you¡¯re interested you can take a look at previous years¡¯petition questions to get an idea.¡±

    Those who originally wanted to sign up immediately went to take a look, then...

    ¡°Forget it, I give up.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t even know the first question [smile]¡±

    ¡°I thought that after high school I was knowledgeable about everything under the heavens, but now after seeing this... I was wrong.¡±

    ¡°How many wives did Emperor Wu of Han have? What kind of question is this? Is it meaningful? Is thisnguage or history?¡±

    ¡°Language includes history, history includesnguage. And how does it not have meaning? Researching ancient harems is also an area of study, isn¡¯t it?¡±

 Chapter 53: The Game

    <h4>Chapter 53</h4>

    People were discussing everywhere. There was even a top student live streaming as he wrote down questions from previous entrance exams. In the end, he only got 30 points...

    The glory of the genius instantly copsed!

    More and more people gave up...

    "Forget it, I''m afraid I''ll lose all face because of this! I heard the scores will be publicly humiliated nationwide! Every ranking will be on record."

    "I''m afraid that I, a provincial champion on the gaokao (college entrance exam), won''t even dare to say I was a gaokao champion because of thispetition..."

    "Even Zhou Jinyuan failed! I definitely can''t do this." Zhou Jinyuan was the genius live streaming his exam question writing.

    The top prize for thispetition was 50,000 RMB, second ce was 30,000, and third ce was 10,000. Some people thought maybe they''d get lucky, so they signed up.

    At first, Chu Yang didn''t n on participating. She didn''t want to bother with somepetition, but Professor Li rmended she go, telling her of the many benefits of winning, like course credits, prize money, and even direct admission to a master''s program.

    Chu Yang thought it didn''t sound bad. She probably wouldn''t win prizes, but it seemed feasible.

    The preliminary exam was on Saturday. Chu Yang realized the male and female leads had also signed up...what was going on? She didn''t remember this part in the book. But maybe it was just a different plot not included in the novel.

    Oh well, whatever, as long as they didn''t bother her.

    The preliminaries were held right at their university. They were given a booklet of test questions about as thick as a notebook, and the answer sheet was simrly notebook-sized.

    Chu Yang briefly looked over the types of questions then started answering. Time waits for no one!

    While Chu Yang was taking the test, Chi Yan sat under a big tree outside the exam hall waiting for her. He had texted her that morning that he would wait outside for her after she finished, but he didn''t know if she had seen it.

    From time to time people walked by, looking his way. Some boldly came up to ask for his WeChat, but were rejected.

    Whenever someone asked for his WeChat, Chi Yan would say, "I have a girlfriend."

    Some were undeterred and said, "We can just be friends."

    Chi Yan directly rejected them, "I don''t want any friends, especially not you."

    "..." They fled in embarrassment.

    Soon, everyone knew the handsome guy under the tree outside Mingqing Building was taken. "Don''t bother asking him for his WeChat, he has a girlfriend already."

    "I knew the good-looking ones are always taken."

    "Isn''t that Chi Yan from the nearby B University? He has a girlfriend now?"

    "My god! Which girl managed to snag him? And she''s from our A University too, hahahaha!"

    "The girls at B University must be crying. Their school hunk was captured by a girl from A University."

    "So who exactly got him in the end?"

    No one could find the answer, and those who knew didn''t speak up.

    Qian Xin frequented the school forums and immediately knew who they were talking about when she saw the post. She shared it with Jin Yang and Cai Cai and said, "...It''s gotta be Yangyang, right?"

    Jin Yang and Cai Cai looked it over. "Definitely!"

    Qian Xin raised her hand to ask, "So...when did this happen?"

    Cai Cai looked to Jin Yang, "Yeah, when did this happen?"

    Jin Yang was also confused, "I don''t know! I just know Chi Yan hase to take Yangyang out to eat several times."

    Qian Xin was puzzled, "You don''t go with them?"

    Jin Yang gave her an exasperated look, "I don''t dare be a third wheel. Hasn''t Yangyang been busy preparing for thatpetitiontely? I see her studying until 11 PM, so I haven''t disturbed her. I haven''t eaten with her in a long time."

    The three girls sighed together, "Let''s just ask Yangyang when she gets back."

    "Okay!"

    "Actually...it''s pretty good too. Chi Yan seems decent, and he often brings Yangyang food even without any reason to, just dropping by frequently. It''s so obvious!"

    "And a lot of Yangyang''s snacks seem to have entered our mouths, hahaha."

    "I thought it would at least take a long chase." Jin Yang sighed.

    "Yangyang has always been decisive in her actions."

    "That''s true."

    ...

    Two hours passed quickly. As people kept writing, many gave up. They didn''t know how to answer the fill-in-the-nk questions, so they just did multiple choice. At least there was a 25% chance.

    Chu Yang stayed calm, answering what she could and simply skipping questions she didn''t know.

    After handing in her test paper, a ssmate next to Chu Yang suddenly asked, "Hey, you seemed to breeze through that. What''s your major?"

    Chu Yang: "Chinese Language and Literature."

    The student gave her a thumbs up, "No wonder! I think you''ve definitely got this."

    Chu Yang: "I hope so." Then she left with her stationery.

    Another student walked up to the one who had spoken to Chu Yang and said, "You don''t recognize her?"

    The student shook his head. The other student said, "She''s the top student of the Chinese Literature department."

    "Oh~ no wonder. I saw her flipping pages so fast, scribbling down each page of the answer sheet in an instant. It made me nervous."

    "Haha, to each their own expertise. We''re just here to y around anyway, let''s go."

    Chu Yang followed the crowds out of the ssroom building, immediately seeing Chi Yan sitting under a tree, holding a milk tea in hand. Seeing her, he smiled and waved her over, attracting the eyes of girls around them.

    When Chu Yang reached him she asked, "Why did youe?"

    Chi Yan said, "Huh? I texted you this morning."

    Only then did Chu Yang open her phone and see Chi Yan''s message that he woulde wait outside the exam hall for her.

    "Sorry, I didn''t check my phone this morning."

    "No problem." Chi Yan handed her the milk tea, "Here, are you hungry? Let''s go eat."

    "Okay." Chu Yang took the milk tea and drank a sip, then put her phone in her bag and directly grabbed Chi Yan''s hand with her other hand.

    Chi Yan hadn''t expected this extra benefit and almost tripped in surprise. Slowly he held her hand in return, enveloping her small hand in his big one.

    Behind them, Li Qinglu kept staring at the couple ahead. She hadn''t expected... Noticing her gaze, Gu Xiao asked, "What''s wrong?"

    Li Qinglu shook her head, "Nothing, I just saw Chu Yang up ahead."

    Gu Xiao nced ahead and clearly saw Chu Yang next to Chi Yan. He hadn''t thought Chi Yan would be interested in a girl like that. Compared to his Qinglu, Gu Xiao felt he had won.

    They went to the cafeteria nearby and ate first. Chi Yan felt like he had been frequentlying to A University to eat and said, "Why don''t I get a meal card from your school? Can I?"

    Chu Yang didn''t know if he could apply for one and handed him her card, "You don''t need to get one, just use mine."

    Chi Yan thought for a bit, "Then let me add money to it."

    Chu Yang didn''t care. The school supplemented her card with money every month anyway.

    The second round would be sometime the following week. Since they were free tomorrow, Chu Yang suggested, "Let''s go out and y tomorrow since we''re both free."

    Chi Yan was very happy to hear that. "Sure, I''ll check where we can go, or do you have somewhere in mind?"

    Chu Yang thought for a moment, "The Forbidden City? The Summer Pce?"

    Chi Yan: "Okay, let''s go to the Forbidden City in the morning and the Summer Pce in the afternoon."

    "Sounds good."

 Chapter 54: Play

    <h4>Chapter 54</h4>

    After eating, Chu Yang was going to teach as a tutor in the afternoon, and Chi Yan sent her there, which happened to be on the way back home. He would wait until Chu Yang finished tutoring and then they would eat dinner together again in the evening. Chi Yan felt this arrangement was great.

    In the evening, Chu Yang came back to the dorm with a bunch of food. As soon as she entered, she saw the burning gazes of her three roommates, "What''s up?"

    Chu Yang put the food down and split it up between the four of them.

    Jin Yang asked, "This was sent by Chi Yan, the school''s heartthrob, right?"

    Chu Yang: "Yeah. He''s my boyfriend now."

    The three roommates: !!!

    "So it''s true! When did you get together? How could we not notice?" Although they had guessed, hearing Chu Yang say it outright was still shocking.

    "A few days ago," Chu Yang said, feeling a bit embarrassed for going back on her previous denials. "Oh right, next time we''re all free I''ll treat you to a meal." Treating friends was pretty standard after starting a new rtionship.

    Her roommates didn''t care too much, since Chu Yang had treated them many times before, and they''d gotten more than enough snacks too. There''s a saying, "A fed man has a soft heart."

    "Oh right, how were the exam papers from today''spetition? Were they really super difficult?" Jin Yang asked. She had intended to participate too but gave up as soon as she saw the problems. It wasn''t worth wasting that time and money.

    Chu Yang thought for a moment. "They were pretty hard. But I wrote down everything I could. We''ll just have to see what happens."

    Her roommates were confident in her abilities though. "You''ll definitely do great! Or can you give a prediction for yourself?"

    Chu Yang: "I can, but I don''t need to." She generally avoided predicting things rted to herself. She would just go with the flow of fate. As long as she tried her best.

    The next morning, Chu Yang got up early while her roommates were stillzily lying in bed. It was the weekend after all, so most people would sleep in if they had no other ns.

    Chu Yang carefully washed up and got ready. Next to her, a sleepy-eyed Jin Yang murmured, "Chu Chu, are you getting up so early to go line up at the library?"

    Chu Yang: "No, I have a date."

    That woke Jin Yang right up.

    After Chu Yang finished dressing up nicely she headed out. Downstairs, Chi Yan was already waiting by his car. Today he had driven his four-wheeled vehicle.

    Once she got in the car, Chi Yan first passed her breakfast. "Have you eaten yet?" Chu Yang asked.

    Chi Yan: "Yup."

    "We''re going to the Forbidden City now?"

    "Yup."

    About 40 minutester, they arrived near the Forbidden City. Chi Yan first parked the car, having already bought their tickets yesterday.

    Even though it was Sunday, there were still quite a lot of tourists and tour groups visiting the Forbidden City. Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand as they followed the crowds inside. Today, Chi Yan had also brought a camera. At the entrance, he took a photo of Chu Yang, then asked someone to help them take a couple selfie together.

    In the photo, Chi Yan stood next to Chu Yang with his hand on her shoulder. Chu Yang leaned her head slightly as they both smiled at the camera.

    After that, they slowly wandered around, looking at some of the famous sights. Chu Yang even went online to search up some history and stories behind things that were mentioned in her exam questions yesterday that she hadn''t known how to answer...

    The pair would walk for a while, then stop to rest every now and then. There were also shops inside the Forbidden City, and Chu Yang wandered in to browse, while Chi Yan wanted to buy her things - but Chu Yang directly refused. The stuff being sold was too expensive and really not worth it.

    Other than a few restricted areas, they covered most of the pce grounds and halls before deciding to go get lunch nearby earlier since it would likely be very crowded at noon.

    After they finished eating, Chu Yang went to the bathroom while Chi Yan settled the bill and waited at the table for her. But when Chu Yang came back from the bathroom she immediately spotted another girl with her back turned to Chu Yang, saying something to Chi Yan while holding out her phone to him.

    Chu Yang saw Chi Yan shake his head to refuse before the girl reluctantly pulled her phone back. As Chu Yang approached, she overheard the girl say: "If youe with me, sister can easily give you 100k a month!"

    Chu Yang suddenlyughed.

    The other two probably heard her because Chi Yan instantly got up and came over to wrap his arm around Chu Yang. "I''m not short on money, thanks."

    The girl gave Chu Yang a look before seeming to realize how awkward this was and left.

    Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief and told Chu Yang, "I didn''t give her my contact details."

    Chu Yang squeezed his arm. "I know. Let''s get going."

    "Okay."

    In the afternoon they went to the Summer Pce, doing more or less the same thing as the morning - walking around and stopping to rest periodically. However, they went to dinnerter at around 7 PM, eating Peking duck.

    At 9 PM Chi Yan sent Chu Yang back to her school dorm, and their full day date came to an end.

    The exhausted Chu Yang didn''t even want to talk after getting back. They had done way too much walking today.

    Her gossipy roommates eagerly asked, "Where''d you go today?"

    Chu Yang: "The Forbidden City and Summer Pce. We were walking all day so I''m beat."

    Jin Yang and the others had gonest semester too. "It really is tiring, but still fun."

    Chu Yang agreed: "Pretty nice overall. I''ll go check out some other ces next time when I''m free. It definitely gives you an appreciation for historical stuff described in books." While books contained descriptions, seeing the magnificent sights in person was on another level.

    After resting for a bit Chu Yang dealt with some customer inquiries on Weibo before noticing Chi Yan had sent her a ton of messages - all photos from their date today.

    Meanwhile, the excited Chi Yan had returned to his own dorm room where his roommates were eyeing him gossipingly. Ignoring them, he first transferred the photos from his camera to hisputer, then sent them to Chu Yang before picking out a few shots to post on Moments!

    The photos he chose to highlight were mostly their couple selfies - like at the Forbidden City entrance, on the city wall, in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, on a bridge in the Summer Pce...

    Seeing the updates, Wei Feng almost fell out of his bed and quickly double-tapped to like andment: "Bro is just too handsome, the babe is too gorgeous! Perfect match!"

    Soon, Chi Yan''s Moments post had dozens of likes.

    Many were shocked reactions.

    "Whoa, Chi Yan is actually off the market now?!"

    "Damn, I thought you''d stay single forever bro!"

    "Which girlnded you?"

    "Where''d you find this one, Chi Yan?"

    "Congrats on leaving the single dog ranks!"

    "Treat us to a meal to celebrate!"

    In Chi Yan''s high school group chat, the news spread instantly once someone shared that Chi Yan had a girlfriend.

    Everyone discussed animatedly, "Wow, I thought Chi Yan would end up working for a bigpany after graduation then have an arranged political marriage or something like that."

    "We''ve only just started sophomore year of college..."

    "He always seemed like the type who wouldn''t catch feelings for anyone, yet now..."

    "I guess I should''ve tried chasing him. Didn''t think I was that bad-looking!"

    "So who''s the girl anyway?"

    Unlike her roommates, Chu Yang rarely checked Moments. She was unaware of Chi Yan''s post and simply saved the photos he sent before going to bed, exhausted.

    On the other hand, Jin Yang and Wei Feng were both still scrolling through Moments when they saw Chi Yan''s update and almost fell off their beds. "Whoa!"

    Zhou Caicai: "What what?"

    Seeing that Chu Yang was already asleep, Jin Yang shushed them and screenshotted the post to send to their dorm group chat instead. With her phone now on silent, the sleepy Chu Yang didn''t notice the flurry of messages flying as Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin both had to muffle surprised shouts. The three of them animatedly gestured at each other, taking advantage of Chu Yang being passed out to continue gossiping.

 Chapter 55: Gao Miao

    <h4>Chapter 55</h4>

    It wasn''t long before people who knew Chi Yan dug up Chu Yang''s information: a student in the literature department at A University, first in her ss, receiving financial aid due to poverty, from the countryside of Jiazhou.

    When this information came out, many people felt that Chu Yang was undeserving.

    "This...it''s not discrimination against rural people, but shouldn''t you at least find someone from a better family? What would they have inmon to talk about? Don''t tell me she has a little brother named Voldemort at home?"

    "Other than good grades, she doesn''t seem to have any other special traits."

    "But she''s pretty."

    "She''s just alright. There are plenty of beauties."

    "Maybe he''s just ying around with her? Sleep with her, give her some money, smooth everything over."

    "How dirty! Not to mention Chi Yan isn''t that kind of person, but as for the girl, how do you know she doesn''t have other good qualities? At least she''s a top student at A University. Don''t think just anyone can get into A University! And she''s first in her ss! Getting first ce at A University, do you think that''s something an average person can do? Who she dates is none of your business! Sour grapes?"

    "What a joke, who would I be jealous of?"

    "Jealous of the girl of course. She can date the campus heartthrob Chi Yan. Hehehe. While you, campus heartthrob Chi Yan doesn''t even know who you are."

    At this time, Chu Yang sneezed several times. Who was speaking ill of her?

    The discussion about Chu Yang was eventually leaked to Lin Shushu at B University. Looking at her phone, sheughed continuously. As soon as Li Qinglu came back, she went up to her and said, ¡°Qinglu, I think Chu Yang¡¯s boyfriend is just ying around with her. It makes sense, who would take interest in someone like Chu Yang? Many people are saying she doesn¡¯t deserve him. Not like you and Senior Gu, you two really match well, destined to be together forever.¡±

    Li Qinglu took a look at thements, and for some reason suddenly felt a hint of happiness inside. She always felt like Chu Yang was out of her control. Chu Yang shouldn¡¯t stand out so much. How could she find a boyfriend like that? If Chu Yang got dumped, she¡¯d gofort her.

    Chu Yang didn¡¯t see any of this because it came from a forum at B University and got deleted shortly after.

    Chu Yang waspletely unaffected, eating, drinking and studying as usual. Because she and Chi Yan attended different schools, they actually didn¡¯t meet up much when sses were in session, also being far away from each other. Chu Yang was too embarrassed to always ask Chi Yan toe see her either.

    In reality though, Chi Yan didn¡¯t mind at all. What made him happiest was riding his littlemb motorcycle to go eat with her every time. But since his girlfriend put it that way, he had no choice but to agree.

    On Wednesday the initial round scores came out. As expected, Chu Yang advanced to the re-test, cing first from A University.

    The full national rankings of all participants¡¯ test scores could be viewed on the official website. Chu Yang¡¯s score ranked 7th nationally, earning 578 points. First ce had 597.

    Over 20,000 people nationwide participated in thepetition, with only the top 100 entering the re-test final round.

    Seeing her score, Chu Yang let out a breath of relief. Not bad.

    Jin Yang and the others were overjoyed though. ¡°Wow, Chu Yang you¡¯re so amazing!¡±

    ¡°We must celebrate!¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s go out to eat tonight!¡±

    ¡°Barbecue!¡±

    The three were especially excited, as if they had been the ones to pass the test.

    Chi Yan also went online to check the scores. Seeing Chu Yang ranked 7th, he happily called her. ¡°You did exceptionally well. Want to go out to eat tonight?¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°Ah, I¡¯m going with my roommates.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°...Can I join?¡±

    Chu Yang looked to Jin Yang and the others. They didn¡¯t mind, so after thinking for a bit, Chu Yang said, ¡°In that case, why don¡¯t you bring your roommates too. Weren¡¯t we going to treat everyone to a celebratory dinner anyway?¡±

    Chi Yan had no objections. He asked his roommates Wei Feng and they were naturally very willing and eager to go.

    That afternoon after ss, the group went to an off-campus restaurant. They were all familiar with each other already and weren¡¯t reserved at all. First Chu Yang ordered two dishes, then they took turns ordering.

    Since they still had ss tomorrow, they didn¡¯t drink alcohol, only juice and soda to toast with.

    Wei Feng was a chatterbox and started bbing as soon as he sat down. ¡°I heard the test was super difficult. Boss, you were actually able to score so high. That¡¯s really amazing! One of my buddies also took it. Guess how many points he got? He scored 148 on the college entrancenguage exam, currently studying mechanical engineering.¡±

    Zhou Caicai guessed: ¡°Over 500 points?¡±

    Wei Feng shook his head. Jin Yang said: ¡°Couldn¡¯t be below 100 right. I remember someone named Zhou Jinyuan livestreamed attempting the questions before and only got 30 points...¡±

    Wei Feng shook his head again: ¡°148 points, ranked around 13,000th ce. So you see, thepetition really isn¡¯t about yournguage scores. It covers all sorts of knowledge, bizarre stuff even. That¡¯s why Boss you¡¯re seriously awesome.¡±

    Chu Yangughed and said thanks.

    She had actually looked at past initial and final round questions before. The initial round was truly rtively simple already. The uing final round re-test would be even more difficult.

    The group was eating, drinking and chatting lively enough when a voice suddenly cut in. ¡°Oh, having fun?¡±

    Everyone looked up to see several unfamiliar guys, but Chi Yan recognized them.

    The buzz cut guy in the middle nced at Chi Yan then at Chu Yang next to Chi Yan, saying: ¡°Chi Yan, I heard you got yourself a girlfriend? This is her? Doesn¡¯t look like much.¡±

    Chi Yan stood up, wiped his mouth, and casually remarked: ¡°Gou Dan, it¡¯s you huh.¡±

    Wei Feng burst outughing immediately. ¡°Hahahaha, is this guy really named Gou Dan (Egg Dog)?¡±

    The buzz cut guy¡¯s face instantly darkened. ¡°Chi Yan, I told you my name isn¡¯t Gou Dan, it¡¯s Gao Miao.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°Sure, Gou Dan.¡±

    Chu Yangughed from the side too.

    ¡°You!¡± The buzz cut clenched his fist, on the verge of charging over. Wei Feng and the others also stood up. ¡°What, you wanna fight?¡±

    The buzz cut seemed to think better of it and unclenched his fist, leaving them with a threat. ¡°Chi Yan, just you wait.¡± Then he left, hisckeys following behind.

    Everyone sat back down after they were gone, but the mood wasn¡¯t as cheerful anymore. That buzz cut really ruined things.

    Chi Yan held Chu Yang¡¯s hand. ¡°Sorry about that.¡±

    Chu Yang shook her head, indicating she didn¡¯t mind.

    Wei Feng still curiously asked though, ¡°Bro Chi Yan, who was that guy? You actually have enemies?¡±

    Chi Yan refilled Chu Yang¡¯s empty cup as he exined, ¡°We used to live in the same housing block. He probably resents me for being adopted.¡±

    Wei Feng coughed, nearly choking. ¡°If you wanna boast about yourself, just say so straight out.¡±

    Chi Yan shrugged. Nothing he could do if the other didn¡¯t believe him.

 Chapter 56: Man and Woman Fighting

    <h4>Chapter 56</h4>

    After eating, everyone tactfully left, walking on the small paths of the school, Chi Yan exined to Chu Yang: "What I said before was not wrong either, in addition, Gao Miao often led a group of people to bully others when he was at the Grand Academy. Once he just happened to bully my rtives, so I beat him up and we became enemies. But I''ve never lost to him in a fight."

    Chi Yan was still very confident in his fighting skills.

    "Are you still proud?" Chu Yang shook his hand.

    Chi Yan smiled awkwardly, "No, I''m a guy." After all, he had not only learned boxing since he was a child, but also boxing. It seemed that he had not gone boxing recently. Maybe he should pick it up again.

    Chu Yang didn''t dwell on this either. That person was not worth letting others spend too much time and energy on him. Because after passing the preliminary exam, they had to prepare for the review exam questions next. The types of questions in the review exam were the same as some in the preliminary exam, but would be more difficult.

    There were people who started live streaming trying review exam questions again, and got 19 points... which were just points from randomly guessing multiple choice questions.

    The bullet screens were all hahaha,ughing hard, but everyone took it as a kind of entertainment, and didn''t take it seriously to say the blogger was too stupid, because these questions were really difficult, and all the academic gods and top students nationwide felt they were difficult.

    Even some failing students said: I can recognize the words, but I really can''t understand them when they are put together.

    Some people went online to look for answers, but the scores obtained were not much better either.

    That day, Chu Yang and Chi Yan were studying in the library, because Chi Yan had alwayse to A University, and then Chu Yang thought that he should also go to B University a few times, so they were in the B University library. The B University library was also good, and she didn''t want to meet the male and female leads being intimate in the library again.

    She had been to the library many times before, and had encountered it two or three times... She didn''t know what evil fate tied them.

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan sat in a corner near the window. Chu Yang was writing an essay with textbooks next to her, while Chi Yan was holding aptop next to him, also with some books for his own courses, giving a feeling of peaceful times.

    "What are you doing?" A noise came, scaring Chu Yang, who was immersed in her studies. It was usually very quiet in the library. Suddenly someone yelling loudly had that kind of echo.

    Chu Yang felt her heart skip a beat. Chi Yan beside her instantly grabbed her hand, "It''s okay."

    Chu Yang looked over to the quarrel, it was a girl and a boy.

    "I already told you we broke up, what are you doing?" the girl said.

    "Baby, let''s not break up okay? Tell me what''s wrong with me and I''ll change, okay? Don''t break up." The boy suddenly knelt down and begged the girl.

    The girl frowned, "Can you act like a man? Can''t you be more decisive? I already told you I don''t like you anymore. Let''s leave each other in peace, okay? Look at yourself!"

    Then the library teacher came over, "What are you doing? This is the library, what''s with the mor? If you have any issues, take it outside, you''re disturbing everyone''s studies! Which department are you from?"

    The girl quickly apologized, "I''m so sorry, I''ll go out right away. Sorry for the disturbance, everyone." The girl bowed to everyone a few times, then took her bag and left.

    The boy also stood up, walked out in despair, and everyone went back to studying calmly.

    Chu Yang also lowered her head to continue writing her essay. Her eyes were a little tired so she looked out the window, and happened to see the quarreling boy and girl from earlier. The boy kept kneeling to the girl, and even started pping himself, saying something. But the girl ignored him and left directly.

    The boy knelt on the ground.

    Chu Yang instantly saw dense ck fog around the girl, but the girl quickly disappeared from sight.

    Chu Yang immediately grabbed Chi Yan''s hand next to her and said, "That girl is in danger."

    Chi Yan: "Huh? Which one?"

    Chu Yang looked out the window. The man was still kneeling there motionless, "The girl who was just quarreling in the library. That man... is very dangerous!"

    Chi Yan also didn''t know what to do: "I didn''t remember her face. And I don''t know her."

    Chu Yang described the girl''s appearance again, then described the man again, "It would be best to have someone ask around. If not, then forget it." There were over 30,000 students at B University. It wasn''t easy to find someone. She also couldn''t prevent all the idents that could happen in this world.

    "Okay, Wei Feng knows a lot of people, I''ll ask him."

    "Okay."

    The two continued their studies. Around dinner time, Chi Yan took Chu Yang to the cafeteria to eat. While they were sitting down to eat, Chu Yang noticed people looking over from time to time. Some because of the previous post, some were just curious about the school hunk''s girlfriend.

    Chu Yang still wondered, "...Why do people keep looking over?"

    Chi Yan, "...It''s all my fault." He admitted guilt first anyway.

    Chu Yang thought of Chi Yan''s fame at B University. "Okay, it is indeed your fault."

    The two quickly finished eating, then went back to the library to continue studying. Halfway, when the two were tired of studying, they watched a short drama together.

    Chi Yan suddenly realized that he hadn''t taken Chu Yang to watch a movie yet. "Want to watch a movie this weekend? Let me see if there are any good movies ying recently."

    "Sure." Chu Yang was fine with it.

    Chi Yan opened the app. "How about this sci-fi movie? It''s from 7pm to 9:30pm. Just in time to go back to school before curfew. And it has good reviews. But we''ll go eat dinner early."

    "Okay."

    Chi Yan quickly booked two tickets, then dropped Chu Yang off downstairs of her dorm building at 9:30pm before heading back to school.

    Riding his little sheep, Chi Yan thought it took a bit more time now. If he drove a car instead, he could drop Chu Yang off after 10pm, then still make it back, and even if he couldn''t make it back he could return to his home. He decided that next time he would take the car with four wheels.

    When Chi Yan returned to the dormitory, he didn''t forget what Chu Yang had said that afternoon. He asked Wei Feng directly and described the girl''s appearance again ording to Chu Yang''s description.

    Wei Feng asked him doubtfully, "Bro Yan, don''t tell me you have... moved on?" Ouch!" Wei Feng was punched.

    Chi Yan: "Don''t talk nonsense! Chu Yang said she might be in danger. Forget it if we can''t find her." At least they tried.

    When Wei Feng heard it was from Chu Yang, he immediately became serious, "Bro Yan, I don''t know the girl you described. How would I be able to recognize girls, man?"

    Chi Yan: "...There was also a man." Chi Yan described the man again. But purely describing appearances made it very difficult to find people. Chi Yan then talked about the couple arguing and breaking up in the library. Asking if Wei Feng''s friends happened to have been in the library that afternoon too, or if anyone took photos at the scene.

    "Got it." Chi Yan handed him an apple, "Here, eat this."

 Chapter 57: Fighting Man and Woman 02

    <h4>Chapter 57</h4>

    In the evening, Wei Feng said to Chi Yan: "Brother Yan, my friend said he knows that guy, an An Wei from the biochemistry department. His girlfriend, oh no, ex-girlfriend is Zhang Qiangyu from the French department."

    Chi Yan thought for a moment, "Find a chance to subtly warn that girl, or have someone keep an eye on that guy."

    "Okay."

    Wei Feng went through a lot of trouble and finally got the girl''s contact information. Then he reminded her, "Sister, your life is in danger, pay attention to safety!"

    The other side quickly replied: "Psycho!"

    Then she blocked Wei Feng.

    Wei Feng: ???

    Wei Feng showed the messages to everyone, and they were all speechless...

    Zheng Qing: "No wonder you don''t have any girls chasing you... No, no wonder you don''t have any female friends. How could you say that right off the bat? She probably thought you cursed her."

    Wei Feng rolled his eyes: "How else should I say it? Should I ease into it even for such an urgent matter?"

    Zheng Qing: "Give me her contact, I''ll do it."

    Wei Feng: "Okay."

    Zheng Qing quickly added her, and first introduced himself: "Hi, I''m Zheng from the Computer Science department. I added you because I want to remind you of something."

    "What is it?" she replied.

    "I happened to see you arguing with your ex-boyfriend before, and your ex-boyfriend seemed very wrong. I hope you pay attention to your ex-boyfriend."

    Zhang Qiangyu didn''t expect someone to send her this. An Wei''s personality had indeed be more aggressive after she broke up with him. She half believed this ssmate''s reminder. But she thought that she was always at school and not seeing An Wei anymore since they broke up, so it should be fine. This person was just giving her a reminder after all. "Thank you for the heads up, I will."

    Zheng Qing: "I hope you really listen, or you''ll regret it."

    Zhang Qiangyu: "Okay, okay, thanks."

    Zheng Qing showed Wei Feng and said, "See, done!"

    Wei Feng gave a thumbs up, "You''re awesome. Should we say it''s a reminder from the boss, otherwise she''s just saying she''ll be careful, but may not really think that way, right?"

    Zheng Qing: "She doesn''t know who the boss is either, nor does she know him. Telling her that would make her think we want her money instead."

    "Good point."

    Chi Yan sent Chu Yang a message about finding the girl and reminding her. Chu Yang replied with an "OK" to indicate he knew.

    The next day, nothing major happened. Chu Yang was in ss all day or else studying. It was about the same for Chi Yan, and the two only chatted a few sentences on WeChat.

    On the third day, Chu Yang came to B University again to study with Chi Yan at the library. She rode over on her Electric Bike and also brought food for Chi Yan. Usually it was Chi Yan who went to A University to bring her food, so she wanted to bring him food whening to B University from now on.

    "Hello? I''m downstairs at your dorm building," Chu Yang called when she arrived.

    "Okay, I''lle right down," Chi Yan quickly looked in the mirror, ruffled his hair a couple of times, grabbed some cologne and was about to spray it, but remembered Chu Yang sneezingst time and put it back down. He put on his backpack and rushed out, nearly running into Yuan Zhi and Wei Feng who were about toe in the door.

    Chi Yan took a step back and went around them, then started jogging.

    Wei Feng: "Why is Brother Yan in such a hurry?"

    Yuan Zhi shrugged: "Maybe his girlfriend is here."

    Wei Feng immediately got excited and said, "Really? The boss is here? Let me see." He ran to the balcony to look down, and saw Chu Yang handing Chi Yan a cup of milk tea and some food. Chi Yan smiled as he took them, putting the food in his backpack. Then he put on a helmet, got on the back of the Electric Bike, put one hand on her shoulder, and held the milk tea in the other hand drinking it.

    Chu Yang quickly started up the Electric Bike, and the two headed towards the library.

    Wei Feng enviously shook his head, "Having a girlfriend is so nice! I want a girlfriend too. I also want a girlfriend to pick me up in a car."

    Yuan Zhi poured cold water on him, "Get realistic, just don''t think about it. Focus on your studies."

    Wei Feng: ...

    Chu Yang rode the Electric Bike taking Chi Yan to the library. Along the way, some people saw Chi Yan for the first time letting a girl ride him around, and he even had a cup of milk tea? What''s with this little wife style?

    The busybodies immediately took a photo and posted it in the group: [Photo] Look who this is?

    "It''s Chi Yan! That''s his girlfriend right?"

    "The point isn''t that, where''s Chi Yan''s boss aura?"

    "That''s how it is when you have a girlfriend."

    "His girlfriend treats him so well."

    "After all he''s handsome, many girls fawn over him."

    "What temperament, they look quite loving. What fawning? A girlfriend bringing her boyfriend milk tea and a boyfriend bringing his girlfriend milk tea, what''s the difference?"

    "For a moment I don''t know whether to envy the girl or envy Chi Yan..."

    "They''re just dating, why are you guys talking about them all the time? Have you finished your homework? What''s your exam score? You''re drunk!"

    ...

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan quickly arrived at the library. After parking, they walked towards the library entrance. Suddenly screams could be heard from afar: "Ah!!! Murder!"

    Chi Yan immediately grabbed Chu Yang''s hand, ready to run with her if there was danger. They both looked over there. About 100 meters away, a guy was holding a knife with blood already staining the de. He had a dazed smile on his face, mumbling something. A girl was on the ground clutching her stomach, with quite a bit of blood pooling on the ground.

    Chu Yang very clearly saw that it was the arguing couple from before.

    Trouble had arisen after all!

    Chi Yan said to Chu Yang: "Call the police! Go farther away." Then he conveniently picked up a stick from under a nearby tree and rushed over. "I''m going to help."

    Chu Yang was very worried: "It''s dangerous! And he has a knife."

    But Chi Yan had already run over.

    Chu Yang immediately took out her phone and called 120 and 110. She then worriedly looked over.

    Chi Yan had trained before and was quite skilled. Plus the guy didn''t notice Chi Yan behind him. Chi Yan swung the stick and hit his wrist, making the guy drop the knife. Chi Yan immediately pushed him to the ground. Some other guys nearby also rushed over after seeing this. They kicked the knife away and helped Chi Yan hold the guy down.

    Some girls came over, took off their jackets and pressed them to Zhang Qiangyu''s wound to stop the bleeding. Everyone came to help. Seeing the situation under control, Chu Yang also hurried over to assist.

    The school security guards and library staff rushed over, calling for ambnces and the police.

    Ten minutester, the ambnces and police arrived. The police took the guy away, while the girl was taken away in an ambnce.

    In half an hour, the news had spread throughout the school. In two hours the whole university town knew about it.

    The most viewed post on every school''s forum was: B University male student tries to kill girl after failed courtship!

    And a video was also attached.

 Chapter 58: Teach Basketball

    <h4>Chapter 58</h4>

    "My goodness! How scary!"

    "I was at the scene, I was almost scared to tears! There was so much blood! I don''t know if everyone is safe!"

    "So why did he have to go to such extremes?"

    "Didn''t they say it was because she rejected his love? I don''t know what he was thinking, love really isn''t that important, and they''re so young."

    "There must have been something wrong with the guy''s personality to begin with. I heard that the girl broke up with him, Chi Yan didn''t want to break up, he tried everything like kneeling to get her to stay, but the girl was firm about the breakup, and in the end..."

    "The wise stay away from love and devote themselves to the country!"

    "Am I the only one who noticed how good-looking the other guy waster on? Ah ah ah ah! He was so decisive and efficient! Wah wah, he saved the beauty! If it were me I''d marry him!"

    "...?? Marry him? One look and you can tell he''s the campus heartthrob, and he has a girlfriend already. Even if you offered yourself to him he wouldn''t want you."

    "Oh... *disappointed*"

    "He really is so handsome! At first no one dared to go over, it was Chi Yan who went over to knock the knife out of that guy''s hand before everyone else jumped on him. And the girls who went to stop the bleeding, they were all so brave."

    "I suggest the school gives them a medal for bravery! *apuse*"

    "That guy looked like he was about to stab her again, if not for Chi Yan I''m afraid she wouldn''t have made it until the ambnce arrived."

    "I heard Chi Yan was just about to go to the library with his girlfriend when this happened."

    ...

    Because of this incident, Chu Yang and Chi Yan were both too shaken to study at the library. Chu Yang got blood on her hands that took a long time to wash off in the bathroom.

    Chi Yan had only drank half his milk tea before he threw the rest away. He kept muttering what a waste.

    Chu Yang: "...I''ll buy you another one tomorrow."

    Chi Yan smiled atst, "But don''t you have sses all day tomorrow?"

    Chu Yang: "I''ll get you one next time Ie over then."

    "Okay."

    Since they weren''t going to the library anymore, Chi Yan asked Chu Yang, "How about we go work out for a bit? To liven ourselves up." His girlfriend looked rather frail, more exercise would be good for her health. "I''ll teach you to y basketball, okay? Don''t you have a basketball shooting test in PE?"

    She did have that testing up, so Chu Yang agreed.

    "Then I''ll go back to my dorm to grab a ball."

    "Okay."

    Chi Yan took Chu Yang to wait below the male dorm building, then he went upstairs. As soon as he stepped into the dorm room, Zheng Qing and Wei Feng came up to him with their phones, "So you really ran into a stabbing? It''s all over the news."

    Chi Yan nodded. "Yeah. So I came back." He put his bag down and went to change into workout clothes first.

    Wei Feng chattered on, "Crazy stuff. We warned her already didn''t we? You see, kind words are lost on the foolish."

    Zheng Qing was rather upset too. "Let it go. It was her fate!"

    Chi Yan came out fully changed and picked up a basketball, ready to head out. Wei Feng saw him and said, "Yo Chi Yan, ying ball? I''ll join!"

    Chi Yan rejected him outright. "No." Then he walked out of the dorm. He was going to teach his girlfriend, why would he want a light bulb around.

    Wei Feng followed him out. "Come on, I''ve got nothing to do this afternoon."

    Chi Yan threw him a look. "I''m going with my girlfriend."

    Wei Feng stopped in his tracks. "Oh...nevermind then." He turned around and went back into the dorm. Once inside, heined to Zheng Qing that Chi Yan was neglecting his buddies ever since he started dating.

    Zheng Qing retorted, "If I had a girlfriend I wouldn''t be bringing you around either. You light bulb!"

    It wasn''t long before Chi Yan met up with Chu Yang downstairs again. She held the ball while he gave her a ride to the basketball court.

    They took up half a court. Chu Yang stood behind the three point line while Chi Yan taught her form.

    "Spread your legs a bit, crouch down, then jump, hold the ball with both hands like this..." He demonstrated a fluid shot that went cleanly in. Then he passed Chu Yang the ball to give it a try.

    Chu Yang felt like she understood it visually but her body didn''t seem to get it. Out of five attempts, none went in...

    Chi Yan patiently guided her again and Chu Yang finally started getting the hang of it. At least she could make two or three out of five now.

    "Don''t rush yourself. We''ll take it slow." Here, let me teach you ball handling... As Chi Yan coached Chu Yang on one side of the court, a group of male university students on break happened to spot them from the other side. One called his buddies over at once. "Check them out."

    "Good move! Yet another trick to get a girl''s attention."

    "Man I wish I had a girlfriend to y ball with too."

    One of them joked, "You losers can only look on enviously while others enjoy themselves."

    "Hey he looks kind of familiar doesn''t he?"

    "Of course he''s familiar, that''s Chi Yan! Your Chi Yan bro, power forward of the basketball team, killer yer."

    "Oh right, let''s ask Yan bro to y with us!"

    "You go ask then, don''t you see he''s with his girl?"

    "Yeah just leave them be. Alright break''s over guys, let''s get back to it!"

    ...After an hour of ying ball together and some breaks in between, Chu Yang said she wanted to head back early. So after eating, Chi Yan sent her back to campus.

    Since they had agreed to go out to a movie on Saturday night and Chu Yang had to tutor in the afternoon, Chi Yan returned to the small district near his family house to wait. Once Chu Yang finished with tutoring, they would meet in the city center directly.

    Chi Yan drove while Chu Yang went to buy tickets on one side when they arrived at the theater. Chi Yan queued on the other side for drinks and popcorn.

    Somewhere in the middle, another girl asked Chi Yan for his WeChat. He turned her down, but Chu Yang got asked by someone else at the same time over on her side. Before she could decline, Chi Yan appeared and said, "Sorry, my girlfriend''s taken." He came over to Chu Yang''s side and handed her a soda.

    Seeing Chi Yan, the hopeful guy immediately left tomiserate with his own friends instead. They witnessed the whole exchange and could only pat his shoulder in constion.

    After about ten minutes the movie was starting, so they lined up to enter the theater. Chu Yang vaguely heard the couple behind themmenting, "What a matching pair in front, the girl and guy are both so good-looking."

    The screening wasn''t sold out but it also wasn''t empty. No one sat next to Chu Yang though. They grabbed seats in the back row.

    The movie soon began ying. While Chu Yang watched attentively, Chi Yan was not as focused. Next to them was another couple. At first nothing was happening, but soon they started kissing and murmuring sweet nothings audibly.

    Awkward... Chi Yan nced at Chu Yang. She seemed oblivious, sitting there nonchntly.

    Chi Yan reached over to take her hand. Chu Yang turned to look at him questioningly. "Wha..." Then she noticed the amorous couple next to them. Wow, no shame...

    Chu Yang''s first reaction was to cover Chi Yan''s eyes with her other hand...

    Chi Yan: ???

    After a beat Chu Yang said "Sorry..." She scooted over so Chi Yan could take her seat. She straightened his head to face the screen. "Watch the movie properly."

    Chi Yan: "Oh."

 Chapter 59: Very Happy

    <h4>Chapter 59</h4>

    About an hourter, the movie finally ended, and Chi Yan didn''t even dare to nce around.

    After the movie ended, the two walked out of the theater, and there was a game arcade right next to the movie theater. Chi Yan looked at the time and it was still early, so he pulled Chu Yang to the game arcade next door and said, "Let''s y some games, they have basketball shooting here, good for practice."

    Chi Yan went to exchange some game coins, then brought Chu Yang to a basketball shooting game, put in coins, and it started. Chu Yang was still a little nervous, she picked up a basketball and started shooting, sometimes making it, sometimes missing. She lost quickly.

    Chi Yanforted her, "Let''s y another round, I''ll help you." Then he put in another coin, and with several quick "swishes", Chi Yan scored several in a row without missing a single shot... People around were all looking over.

    Chu Yang was also very excited, "Come on,e on, you''re so good! Go go go!" They kept ying for almost ten minutes before stopping, having gotten bored of it...

    Then Chi Yan took Chu Yang to y racing games, shooting games, whack-a-mole, and more. Finally they yed the w machine again. Chi Yan stood behind Chu Yang, holding her small hand in his big one, "Which one do you want?"

    Chu Yang pointed at a little dinosaur doll on the side, "That one."

    "Ok."

    Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand and slowly operated the machine. Chu Yang slowed her breathing, staring intently. This was harder than fortune telling. She had never seeded in catching anything before after trying many times.

    The little dinosaur was grabbed, slowly moved, released, dropped into the chute, got stuck for a moment, then dropped down!

    "Ahhh got it!"

    Chu Yang bent down and took out the little dinosaur, then turned around and gave Chi Yan a hug. "Haha you''re so good at this!"

    Chi Yan just smiled, one arm around her waist, the other hand on her shoulder. Lowering his head, he could smell the scent of her hair.

    By now, Chu Yang was holding a big stuffed toy bear in one hand, and two little stuffed animals in the other - all spoils of their gaming victory!

    Chi Yan helped carry one of the big stuffed toy bears as the two walked hand in hand towards the parking lot. Though reluctant, it was gettingte.

    As they walked, suddenly someone behind them yelled, "Robbery!"

    Chu Yang stopped and looked back to see a man in a duckbill cap and face mask charging towards them. He mmed into Chu Yang''s shoulder. "Ow!" Chu Yang cried out as one of the little stuffed animals in her hand dropped to the ground. Her body spun around and she almost fell over, but Chi Yan quickly put his arms around her to hold her steady.

    By the time she regained her bnce, the robber had already run far away. Chu Yang could only me her bad luck. Her shoulder hurt a bit. Chi Yan asked worriedly as he helped pick up her stuffed animal, "Are you okay? Does your shoulder hurt a lot?"

    Chu Yang rubbed it, "It''s fine. Let''s just go." The robber would be punished by the police uncle anyway.

    Nothing else happened and Chi Yan soon dropped Chu Yang off at her dorm. As Chu Yang undid her seatbelt to get out of the car, Chi Yan suddenly grabbed her hand. Chu Yang: ?

    Chi Yan''s head moved forward suddenly, and all Chu Yang felt was a soft touch on her forehead before he let go of her hands. "Good night."

    Chu Yang dazedly replied, "Good night." Then she got out holding the big stuffed bear toy and one small stuffed animal, leaving the other with Chi Yan. After walking a few steps, she turned around - Chi Yan was still watching her. She called out, "I had a great time today, thank you!" Then she finally entered the girls'' dorm building.

    After Chu Yang''s figure disappeared from sight, Chi Yan drove away smiling. Meanwhile, Lin Shushu who lived upstairs happened to see Chu Yang getting out of the Mercedes and immediately took a photo, posting it on her own Weibo ount with the caption: "It''s because our school has people like this who love vanity and ruin the atmosphere of the entire school."

    Lin Shushu crafted her Weibo persona as a talented female student of the prestigious A University. She liked to post about school life - photos of the A University student council office, videos of studying in the A University library, eating in the cafeteria, and so on.

    Thements were full of:

    "Wow, what a cool girl, she''s actually a student at A University!"

    "Is the girl a member of the A University student council? So awesome, I heard only elites get in."

    "The A University cafeteria looks so yummy and cheap!"

    "The girl is so hardworking despite getting into such a good university, she''s still so diligent!"

    Every time, Lin Shushu would humbly reply:

    "Oh stop it, just alright."

    "Haha, nothing special."

    "No no, just love learning a bit more."

    But when Lin Shushu posted this photo, someone soonmented: "The girl in the photo is so pretty!"

    Lin Shushu immediately replied: "But her conduct is questionable."

    Other fansmented:

    "She''s getting out of a Mercedes, could it be she''s being supported as a mistress?"

    "Clearly!"

    "Some university students will do this for money. The car probably had some beer-bellied disgusting old man inside."

    "Just thinking about it makes me want to puke."

    "Every school has people like this, but the girl is right, people like this really ruin A University''s reputation."

    "Just a vain girl, I wonder how much she charges per night? One of my brothers said he wants to sleep with her."

    Seeing thesements, Lin Shushu was very happy.

    When Li Qinglu returned to their dorm room, she immediately told her, "I just saw Chu Yang getting out of a Mercedes, could she be..."

    Li Qinglu looked disbelief: "No way."

    Lin Shushu said firmly: "Why not? Wasn''t she like this before?"

    Li Qinglu hesitated: "Maybe it was her boyfriend? I mean, Chi Yan."

    Lin Shushu waved her hand in dismissal. "Impossible! Her boyfriend is always riding that little sheep scooter, how could he possibly drive a Mercedes worth over a million yuan?"

    Li Qinglu sighed, "If that''s the case, I think we should still let Chi Yan know."

    Thinking of Chi Yan''s looks, Lin Shushu blushed a little. "I''ll...I''ll go tell him."

    Li Qinglu thought that was good.

    The next morning, Chu Yang rode her little sheep scooter to the library at B University again with Chi Yan to study. In the afternoon Chi Yan sent her to the residential district to tutor. Then they returned to school that evening.

    That night as Chi Yan walked Chu Yang back to her dorm holding her hand, his phone suddenly popped up a WeChat request to add a new friend. The person said they hadpromising materials on his girlfriend.

    Chi Yan could immediately tell it was a scammer, so he ignored it without responding.

    Soon, the person sent another request saying: "I saw your girlfriend together with a manst night. I have photos."

    Chi Yan thought,st night his girlfriend was with him the whole time! Clearly just trying to scam him. He wanted to see what photos the person had. After epting the request, Chi Yan directly asked: "What photos?"

    The person immediately sent the photo of Chu Yang getting out of a Mercedes. Chi Yan: ...... He quickly screenshot the messages and the scammer''s WeChat ID and other information. Then he immediately blocked them!

    What the hell!

 Chapter 60: Take care of Lin Shushu

    <h4>Chapter 60</h4>

    After blocking the person, Chi Yan immediately showed Chu Yang a screenshot and proudly said, "I''ve blocked the person already."

    Chu Yang looked at him approvingly, then carefully looked at Chi Yan''s screenshot. She knew who it was from the pinyin WeChat ID. "Send me the screenshot."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang saved all the evidence. "I already know who it is. But how did she get your contact information?" One look at this message and you know it''s trying to sow discord. What is Lin Shushu trying to do?

    Chi Yan scratched his head: "Who is it? I haven''t given my contact info to anyone recently, but...my info is probably known by quite a few people, so someone else probably gave it to her. Don''t worry, I don''t add strangers."

    There were even people online originally selling his information. Later he almost sued them before they stopped being so brazen, but privately, quite a few people knew his information.

    Chu Yang grabbed his hand and shook her head. "Alright, let''s not talk about this anymore."

    "Okay."

    After saying goodbye to Chi Yan downstairs at the dorm building, Chu Yang immediately went back to her dorm. She didn''t immediately go settle scores with anyone. Instead, she took out her crystal ball to do some fortune-telling first.

    With one look into the future, she saw Lin Shushu lying in bed scrolling Weibo and replying to fans. Then on the screen was exactly the Weibo post with the photo taken of her. No need to think further to know what she was doing.

    Chu Yang remembered her Weibo handle. Opening her eyes, she immediately went online to Weibo and found Lin Shushu''s ount. The most recent post on that ount was exactly the photo of her getting out of the Benz, and it made snide insinuations that she was a kept woman.

    Most of thements below were simply outrageous. Chu Yang''s expression was severe. She felt she was quite gentle by nature, of course, as long as she didn''t run into an idiot!

    After washing up and going to bed, tomorrow! She was going to go take care of that idiot!

    The next morning, Chu Yang woke up very early. After washing up and getting dressed, she told Jin Yang she had something to do and left.

    Early in the morning, many students in the dorms were still dragging their feet. Some dorms were evenpletely silent with everyone still asleep. On campus, birds were chirping noisily. The sun had risen and the whole school was in the process of waking up.

    Chu Yang soon arrived at Lin Shushu''s dorm and knocked on the door. "Knock knock knock."

    No one answered, so Chu Yang knocked twice more. A girl with sleepy eyes came to open the door. "Who is it?" When she opened the door and saw the stern-looking Chu Yang, she said, "Hello?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Is Lin Shushu here?"

    "She''s here." The girl nodded then opened the door wider for Chu Yang toe in, calling inside, "Lin Shushu, someone''s here for you."

    "Okay." Lin Shushu''s voice came from the bathroom area.

    The girl said to Chu Yang, "Pleasee in and sit first. She''s in the bathroom."

    Chu Yang thanked her then went inside. Li Qinglu, who was sitting on her bed ying on her phone, suddenly looked over in surprise. "Chu Yang? Why are you here?"

    Chu Yang nced at her. "I''vee to find Lin Shushu."

    Although confused, Li Qinglu still replied, "Shushu''s in the bathroom. Do you have something to discuss?"

    Chu Yang didn''t speak. An awkward expression flitted across Li Qinglu''s face, and she tried to make small talk, but Lin Shushu finally emerged from the bathroom. "Who''s looking for me?"

    Lin Shushu washed her hands then looked over and yelled in surprise, "Howe it''s you, Chu Yang?"

    Chu Yang stood straight and looked at her silently.

    Lin Shushu rolled her eyes. "You came to find me? What''s the matter? I thought we''d broken off ties."

    Right after Lin Shushu finished speaking, Chu Yang stepped forward and immediately grabbed her twintail hairdo and started pulling. "Ah! Chu Yang what are you doing?" Lin Shushu''s face twisted in pain as she grabbed Chu Yang''s hands with her own.

    Zhao Xing Er, who had still been sleeping in the dorm, was frightened awake by Lin Shushu''s shriek. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw this scene. Good gracious! Who''s being so fierce?

    Lin Shushu''s nails were a bit long. Her hands scratching Chu Yang''s were a bit painful, so Chu Yang swiftly twisted hers free then pushed Lin Shushu and kicked her.

    "Ah!" Lin Shushu cried out again. Li Qinglu, Zhao Xing Er, and Feng Wenwen were instantly shocked back to their senses. Mainly because Chu Yang was just too fierce, catching thempletely unprepared!

    "Stop fighting! Stop! Chu Yang what are you doing?" Li Qinglu hurriedly rolled out of bed to block Chu Yang who was about to step forward again.

    Lin Shushu''s eyes were red from the pain as she pointed at Chu Yang, "Just what are you doing, Chu Yang? I''m reporting you to the school!"

    Thismotion attracted the people from several nearby dorms over too. Some still had face masks on, some had messy hair and were wearing pajamas. They crowded around the dorm room entrance to watch the breaking news.

    Chu Yang had her arms crossed as she smiled coldly. "Go ahead. Go quickly and let the school authorities all know what kind of person you, Lin Shushu, are. What, you took my photo and uploaded it online to spread rumors that I was corrupting the school''s moral standards. You also guided others to say I was someone''s mistress? Oh right, you specifically added my boyfriend on WeChat to tell her I was with another man?"

    Lin Shushu''s eyes flickered slightly and she looked a bit guilty but still denied firmly, "I don''t know what you''re talking about. I don''t know anything about what you said. It wasn''t me."

    Chu Yang: "Anything done will leave behind evidence. Should I tell everyone your Weibo handle? Shushushushu, with two shushu''s from your name Shushu, and thest two shu''s being from the word book. Am I right?" Chu Yang''s gaze was icy. "It doesn''t matter if you don''t admit it. I''ll sue you for infringement of my right of portrait and right of reputation. Maybe then you''ll confess! Oh, and yourtest Weibo post was exactly the photo of me getting out of my boyfriend''s car, right?"

    Among the onlookers, some busybody immediately went onto Weibo to search for the handle Chu Yang mentioned, then took a look. "You guys see, it''s really there!"

    "Oh my god, just from one photo she actually spread rumors about someone."

    "Let me see. How nasty!"

    "I think people like her are the ones corrupting our school''s moral standards."

    "Jeez, I''ve gotten out of the family Benz before too, but no one took my picture to spread rumors."

    Hearing these whispered discussions, Lin Shushu''s face turned pale. Li Qinglu also understood what had happened upon hearing everything. She hurriedly closed the dorm room door. "Sorry everyone, this is an issue within our dorm. Sorry to disturb you all." Then she shut the door, blocking their view.

    Although the door was closed, everyone already knew what they needed to. They dispersed, but some who wanted to see more drama stered themselves to the door, trying to overhear what would happen next. Some were even livestreaming to their small group chats.

    After closing the door, Li Qinglu apologized, "I''m sorry, I didn''t know Shushu did something like this. I apologize to you on her behalf."

    Chu Yang nced at her. "If you want to y nice, then helppensate me for emotional damages. Otherwise I''ll post the photo I have of you kissing someone in the library and snidely say you sell yourself."

    Li Qinglu instantly turned red from anger. "Chu Yang...how could you be like this?"

    Chu Yang raised her brows. "Oh? Be like what?"

 Chapter 61: Apologize to Me

    <h4>Chapter 61</h4>

    On one side, Feng Wenwen and Zhao Xing Er didn''t dare to speak. Zhao Xing Er even nced aside with widened eyes. She had felt all along that Lin Shushu was no good, and indeed she was no good! No good. She really didn''t want to live together with them. She would ask next time if she could apply for a change of dormitory.

    With such a person, who knows if she would post mocking photos of her changing clothes in the dormitory online?

    Chu Yang''s arrogant manner made Lin Shushu and Li Qinglu feel aggrieved. Lin Shushu asked, "What do you want?"

    Chu Yang: "Apologize to me, and post on Weibo admitting that you were spreading rumors. If I don''t see the Weibo post tonight, I''ll let everyone know everything rotten you did. Oh right, you also secretly added my boyfriend, wanting to spread rumors about me. What, were you trying to take my ce?" Chu Yang tilted her head and stared at Lin Shushu.

    Lin Shushu felt her heart had beenpletely exposed. Her face grew even paler. "Okay. I''m sorry."

    Chu Yang lifted her chin. "Louder. I can''t hear you."

    Lin Shushu felt humiliated. She closed her eyes and said loudly again: "I''m sorry."

    Chu Yang nodded, then turned around. "Take care of it yourself. I won''t always be so nice." After speaking, Chu Yang opened the dormitory door and left.

    The dormitory suddenly became quiet. Lin Shushuy crying over the desk while Li Qingluforted her.

    This matter spread only to a small circle, but Jin Yang and the others found out about it.

    When Chu Yang returned to the dormitory at noon, the other three immediately looked at her eagerly, dying for gossip. "Yangyang, you should have taken us with you. We could have gone to help you fix up that rotten person!"

    "She''s really disgusting! I always felt she had bad character before, but didn''t expect her to be so rotten."

    "I heard you made her cry? Haha, awesome! Too bad we weren''t there to see it. If we were there, we definitely would have apuded you. I could also have gone to give her a kick."

    "Hahaha, people like her are just asking to be taught a lesson!"

    "She deserved a beating!"

    "That''s right, that''s right!"

    Chu Yang tossed her hair. "Okay, okay, girls shouldn''t be violent. We''re gentle girls."

    When she said this, the three on one side nodded in agreement. "Yes, yes, gentle, gentle, hahaha." The few of them chatted andughed happily. Then Chi Yan called, "Are you still going tutoring this afternoon? I''lle pick you up."

    Chu Yang: "I''m not going today. The student has an activity. I n to go to the library."

    Chi Yan: "Then I''lle find you and we can go together."

    "Okay."

    After about half an hour, Chi Yan arrived. Chu Yang told the dorm mates she was leaving and then left with him.

    Jin Yang looked down from the balcony and sighed, "Ah, ever since Yangyang got a boyfriend, we haven''t been able to y together for a long time."

    Zhou Caicai: "That''s easy to fix. You just need to find one too."

    Jin Yang thought about it. "You make a good point."

    There were quite a lot of people in the library today. Maybe because the weather was getting hotter, everyone came to the library to enjoy the air conditioning. Chu Yang and Chi Yan walked from the first floor to the fifth before finding two seats.

    Chu Yang was reading while Chi Yan wrote math beside her. Both were studying diligently. They didn''t know when the person opposite them was reced. When they looked up, they found themselves facing a beauty. The male student instantly felt love was in the air. Then he quickly wrote a note: Hello, can I add your WeChat?

    He slid it in front of Chu Yang. Chi Yan, who was keeping an eye on his girlfriend, immediately noticed. Before Chu Yang could even move, Chi Yan reached out and picked up the note. He nced at it and replied: No.

    Only then did the male student across notice the handsome guy beside the beauty... Awkward.

    The male student whispered, "Sorry, brother." Then he packed up his things and left. Ah, trying to hook up with someone''s girlfriend right in front of her boyfriend, too awkward. s, pretty girls all belong to someone else.

    Chu Yang was confused the whole time. "Huh?"

    Chi Yan patted her head. "It''s nothing. Keep studying."

    "Okay." She went back to studying hard.

    At night after finishing studying, Chu Yang finally remembered what happened that morning. She opened Weibo, found Lin Shushu''s page, and clicked in. Thetest Weibo was an apology post. But she had deleted her previous posts, and also set it so no one couldment.

    But it was fine. Chu Yang had already screenshotted and saved the evidence. After screenshotting this Weibo post and saving it, she told Chi Yan, "I taught that person a good lesson this morning. She not only sent it to you, but also spread rumors about me online. Look, this is evidence of her apology."

    Chu Yang showed Chi Yan the screenshots.

    Chi Yan looked at them, frowning as he put his arm around her shoulders. "Next time we can''t let a person like this off so easily." Online violence could sometimes ruin a person. Spreading rumors is easy as opening your mouth, but dispelling them takes endless effort.

    Chu Yang''s eyes darted around. "I didn''t let her off easily... Um... I beat her up, pulled her hair, and kicked her."

    Chi Yan paused, thenughed, his whole chest shaking. He put a fist by his mouth. "Cough, does your hand hurt?"

    "It doesn''t hurt. She probably won''t dare do it again. Anyway I have the evidence saved."

    "Good."

    ...

    The literaturepetition semi-finals were held this Saturday. The number ofpetitors in this round had fallen sharply. The entire semi-final venue only had a few people. The semi-finals were truly much more difficult. Even though Chu Yang was well-read, there were some questions she truly could not understand.

    But she wrote down everything she could. Now she could only leave it up to fate. Sheforted herself that it was difficult for everyone.

    Because her mind had been tense and focused the whole morning, when it ended, Chu Yang felt thoroughly drained, as if her whole being had been emptied out. She shuffled out of the exam venue numbly and listlessly, like a zombie. The others who took the semi-final all looked much the same, walking out of the venue dazed and numb after it ended.

    Chi Yan was still waiting for her under the tree. Seeing his girlfriend''s pale face, he quickly handed her food and drink, not asking how the exam went. No matter what, his girlfriend was the best.

    Chu Yang didn''t even want to talk. Chi Yan took her to get a meal. After the meal, Chu Yang was drowsy. "I want to sleep."

    Chi Yan said, "Do you want to sleep at my ce? Uh... I don''t mean anything else. It''s just quieter at my ce, and there''s air conditioning,fortable."

    Chu Yang thought about it. The dormitory really wasn''t quiet enough during the day. People would walk through the hallway from time to time, and sometimes others would horse around noisily too. So she nodded, "Okay. Let me go pack some things first." She believed Chi Yan definitely wouldn''t try anything improper.

    Chi Yan drove her back to the residentialpound. The security guards there recognized the two of them, after all such a good looking couple was rare in theirpound.

    Once again entering Chi Yan''s home, Chi Yan took out new pink slippers. "I bought them recently."

    Chu Yang didn''t pay attention to that. She changed shoes and followed Chi Yan inside. Chi Yan led her into the bedroom, turned on the AC, made the bed, set up a humidifier, then closed the curtains. His curtains were very effective at blocking light. Once the curtains were closed, it was about the same as nighttime if the lights weren''t turned on.

 Chapter 62: To the Late Banquet to Nap

    <h4>Chapter 62</h4>

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan fidgeting around and felt that this guy had quite the potential to be a good husband.

    After Chi Yan was done tidying up, he saw Chu Yang leaning against the doorframe watching him. She looked extremely well-behaved that he wanted to go over and pinch her cheeks, but didn''t dare to.

    "Done." Chi Yan said.

    "Mm." After Chi Yan left, Chu Yang lied on the big bed to sleep. Big beds are indeed morefortable. Chu Yang fell asleep very quickly.

    Chu Yang was sleeping in the room while Chi Yan had nothing to do outside, so he took out his unassembled model kit to continue assembling it.

    About two hourster, Chu Yang finally woke up. As she opened the door, she saw Chi Yan sitting carefully on the carpet assembling his aircraft carrier model kit.

    Hearing the noise, Chi Yan looked up to see Chu Yang standing at the door in a daze, with some strands of hair sticking out. Perhaps in a lover''s eyes there are beauties everywhere, Chi Yan clenched his fists. His girlfriend was just too adorable!

    Chi Yan quickly went to find a fresh, clean towel and toothbrush and such to give to her. "The bathroom is this way."

    "Okay."

    After Chu Yang washed her face she finally became much more spirited. Chi Yan took out some cherry tomatoes again and poured her a cup of warm water before turning on the TV.

    Indeed having a boyfriend was different - being served felt really delightful andfortable.

    Chi Yan sat down next to Chu Yang, "Do you want to go back to school?"

    Chu Yang shook her head and nced outside at the zing sun, "Nah, let''s wait until the sun isn''t so harsh first."

    "Alright." Of course Chi Yan didn''t want to go back to school so quickly. Once they were back at school, his girlfriend wouldn''t be by his side anymore.

    After eating her fill, Chu Yang opened Weibo to check if there were any customers today, then also routinely posted the daily weather forecast.

    When Chu Yang took out her crystal ball, this was Chi Yan''s first time seeing the tool Chu Yang used to "earn meals". "Can I touch it?"

    "Sure." Chu Yang ced the crystal ball in Chi Yan''s hand. "Go ahead and feel it."

    Chi Yan held it very carefully, somewhat afraid that he might identally break it. He ced it on the soft couch, "I''ll just touch it a bit."

    In fact the texture was simr to ordinary crystal balls, it was just that mentally he felt this was no ordinary crystal ball so the psychological experience was different.

    Chu Yang picked up the crystal ball again and took out a stand to ce it on, she should forecast tomorrow''s weather first. Seeing that Chu Yang was about to "work", Chi Yan hurriedly turned off the TV to keep the environment quiet.

    Chu Yang ced her hands on the crystal ball, closed her eyes, and the crystal ball lit up for a moment before she quickly opened her eyes again. As she posted the microblog update of the weather forecast, she also told Chi Yan, "Tomorrow there will be heavy rains, huge massive ones that might trigger mudslides in the suburbs, and there will be more typhoon weather ahead. So remember to always bring an umbre when going out, okay?"

    Seeing the crystal ball light up in that moment, Chi Yan felt his worldview had been shocked. Although he knew about his girlfriend''s abilities, seeing it happen still made him feel astonished mentally.

    Not hearing a response from Chi Yan, Chu Yang looked over at him and saw him staring nkly at her crystal ball. Chu Yang waved her hand in front of his eyes, "What''s wrong?"

    Chi Yan regained awareness, "Nothing. I''m just too shocked." Chi Yan scratched his head, embarrassed.

    Chu Yang smiled. "You''ll get used to itter. Just get ustomed to it."

    "Mm mm." But... isn''t it unsafe to do this in school?" Chi Yan thought about Chu Yang doing this in public at school, wouldn''t it allow others to find out about her abilities? Then wouldn''t that lead to police reports, getting sent to research institutes to be dissected for study and whatnot... Within two seconds Chi Yan had thought of a bunch of fearful possibilities.

    Seeing his expression, Chu Yang already knew what he was thinking. "No, I just do it behind closed curtains in the dorms. Only my dormmates know about it. Also, our country actually has quite a number of gifted talents, most people like me get recruited by the state, and even if recruitment fails we won''t get dissected for research."

    Anyway in her past life she didn''t experience that fate, and the book''s setting was simr to modern society, so Chu Yang wasn''t worried.

    Chi Yan thought about some of the gifted talents his family had interacted with before, right, his girlfriend didn''t have any extra arms or legs or anything like that. "Mm mm."

    Chu Yang continued looking at her Weibo private messages - today there were two customers. One customer was going overseas for a week soon but kept feeling restless, so he wanted to ask if the trip would go smoothly. After all the world wasn''t that peaceful, and instability or regime changes could happen anytime in foreign countries, just so happened the country he was visiting tended to have frequent government overthrows.

    Chu Yang quickly operated with the crystal ball again. This time it took slightly longer. Chi Yan watched for awhile before continuing to observe his girlfriend''splexion, still remembering how pale she had looked after the bus incident when they first met.

    After about five minutes Chi Yan didn''t even dare to make any sound or move, only watching fixedly. Finally Chu Yang opened her eyes, with an extremely solemn expression as she messaged the client with her phone, "I advise you not to go, I saw war." She saw war.

    The customer quickly sent the payment over with a "Thank you."

    Seeing that Chu Yang''s face didn''t look good, Chi Yan asked softly, "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang drank some water before exining, "Just now a customer asked if his uing trip to Country N would go smoothly. I saw war, very cruel war."

    "Country N?" Chi Yan''s expression changed.

    Chu Yang noticed, "What is it?"

    Chi Yan exined, "I think my cousin is about to go to Country N for business. His family just acquired a mine there."

    Chu Yang was very serious, "Don''t go recently, absolutely don''t go."

    Chi Yan, "Then I''ll go call him."

    "Mm."

    Chi Yan went to the balcony area to make the call while Chu Yang continued looking at the other customer''s request - that one was simpler, the customer wanted to ask if meeting his online friend would go smoothly.

    Chu Yang quickly replied: Smoothly.

    Then the payment came in, her business for the day was settled.

    Chu Yang stretchedzily before noticing the fitness equipment ced to the side. She should exercise a bit.

    On Chi Yan''s end, "Bro, didn''t you say you were going to Country N recently?"

    "Mm. What''s up? Since when do you care so much about my schedule? Short on moneytely? Bro will transfer you someter. Heard you got yourself a girlfriend? Can''tck money, remember to buy your girlfriend lots of food. Bring her to meet bro when you''re free, bro will size up your taste in girls..." Before Chi Yan could say anything, Xiao Yang had already rattled off a bunch.

    Chi Yan interrupted him, "Bro, don''t go to Country N recently."

    Xiao Yang: "What''s up? Did something happen with Country N? I haven''t heard any news about it. Did your uncle''s inws leak you some inside news?" Chi Jin''s maternal grandparents were in the diplomatic field.

 Chapter 63: Skateboard

    <h4>Chapter 63</h4>

    Chi Yan: "No, it''s not that. A friend of mine said that N Country might have civil unrest recently, so don''t go there for now, just listen to me."

    "Which friend of yours has such well-informed news? I didn''t see anything but peace on the news. Also, mypany has employees there and I already booked my ne ticket."

    Chi Yan: "First, ask them toe back immediately; second, be prepared if they don''te back. Anyway, just trust me."

    "Okay. But which friend of yours? Introduce me sometime when you have the chance."

    Chi Yan: "When the timees. That''s all for now."

    "Alright."

    After hanging up the phone, Chi Yan turned around and saw his girlfriend "huffing and puffing" on his treadmill.

    Chi Yan walked over and saw her flushed red face. "How is it going? Did it go well?" he asked.

    "Hmm? I didn''t do any warm-up exercises," she replied. She just wanted to try it out but then couldn''t stop running.

    "Remember to warm up properly next time, otherwise you could easily get injured."

    "Okay."

    Chi Yan''s phone buzzed, notifying him that 100,000 yuan had been transferred to his ount by his cousin. Chi Yan promptly transferred 20,000 yuan to Chu Yang.

    When Chu Yang got off the treadmill and saw it, she said, "Hmm? Why''d you give me so much money? Let me transfer it back." She tried to transfer it back.

    Chi Yan grabbed her hand to stop her. "No, consider it a gift from my cousin. He''s dumb but rich, just take it."

    Chu Yang: ...This is the first time I''ve seen someone call their own cousin dumb yet rich.

    "Fine, but don''t give me money again in the future."

    "Mhmm." Although Chi Yan agreed, he kept secretly giving her more and more money over time.

    On the other side, after Xiao Yang hung up the phone, he immediately had his ne ticket canceled. Then he called the person in charge in N Country, Wang Yin.

    "Wang Yin, have you noticed anything offtely in N Country?"

    "What aspect do you mean, boss? Work has been normal for everyone."

    "No, I mean the country itself. Check the news to see if there''s anything wrong, or if there could be civil unrest recently? How''s the public security been?"

    Hearing this from his boss overseas, Wang Yin immediately became alert. Nothing was more frightening than chaos when living abroad. He promptly turned on the TV, where they happened to be reporting on a shooting incident in a certain region of N Country.

    Wang Yin suddenly recalled some recent happenings. "Boss, public security does seem to be getting worsetely, and I have noticed more armed officers on the streets."

    Xiao Yang sternlymanded: "Quickly settle all matters, then arrange charter flights for all Hua Country people to return. You focus only on that first. You have 2 days max to arrange it¡ªthe sooner the better."

    "Yes boss!"

    After hanging up, Wang Yin immediately called a meeting and contacted the embassy to ask if they knew of any news.

    However, the embassy didn''t seem to have any definite information either, only saying that things had seemed chaotictely and to pay attention to safety measures. They said to call the embassy if anything happened or go there directly for help.

    Wang Yin decisively made arrangements for charter nes, and although some employees found it odd, thepany''s arrangements had to be followed.

    News spread quickly within the local Chinesemunity, and when some people asked Wang Yin about it, he leaked some details: "It''s what my boss demanded. I''m just following orders, but I suggest you also prepare quickly just in case."

    Back in Hua Country, Chu Yang was with Chi Yan working on his aircraft carrier model. She realized he had quite broad interests¡ªall kinds of sports equipment in the corner like rollerdes and a skateboard, plus basketball and ser balls, and a whole wall of anime figurines along with some military models like tanks and weapons.

    The study also had piles of books, wall hangings of oil paintings he painted himself, musical instruments like a guitar and french horn. Chi Yan said there was a piano at his other home that didn''t fit this slightly smaller house.

    Chu Yang felt his understanding of "slightly smaller" was skewed if he considered this 1,500+ sq ft 3 bed, 1 living room apartment small. She thought for the first time that he must be a rich young master.

    "Your family...is super rich huh?" Chu Yang casually asked.

    Chi Yan immediately shook his head. "No no, absolutely not. Just a bit better off than normal people. My parents are teachers, just an ordinary family. But my grandfather...was a businessman." He pondered how best to phrase it.

    Chu Yang waved her hand dismissively. "Rich is rich. One look and I can tell you''re a fu''erdai. Don''t worry, I don''t discriminate against the wealthy."

    Chi Yan: "That money isn''t even mine anyway. I''ve never earned money before; I''m just as poor as you."

    Chu Yang chuckled: "No no...we''re not the same. I can support myself with my ie now."

    Chi Yan smiled and felt relieved. "Mm, you''re much more capable than me. I''ll have to rely on you in the future." He leaned his head on her shoulder as he said it.

    Chu Yang stroked his head. "Don''t worry, as long as I have food I won''t let you starve." They bothughed.

    Then Chu Yang pointed at the skateboard and said, "I don''t think I''ve ever seen you skateboard before. Want to try it out tonight?"

    Chi Yan got up to grab the skateboard. "I yed before 12th grade but not much after. But if you want to watch, I''ll perform for you tonight."

    "Yup yup!"

    Around dinnertime, Chi Yan took the skateboard back to campus with Chu Yang and they ate outside the school gates first. After the meal they went to the campus square, where people often yed sports at night like skating, diabolos, etc.

    Chi Yan did some warm-up stretches before starting to practice. "Let me show you some tricks," he said to Chu Yang. "Go sit over there and watch me."

    "Okay!" Chu Yang sat atop a high nearby wall to spectate as Chi Yan went up a staircase railing and slid down from it, even flying up and doing a spin at one point beforending cleanly. Bystanders cheered at the slick move.

    He slid right up to Chu Yang, shifted his back foot to brake the board which he then picked up in his hand¡ªthe full sequence looked incredibly cool and handsome.

    Truly outstanding people shine brightly, Chu Yang thought.

    Chi Yan stood beaming before her, board in hand, eagerly awaiting praise. "What''d you think?"

    Chu Yang gave him a big thumbs up. "Awesome!"

    His smile grew even wider. Setting the board down, he asked "Want me to teach you?" and reached out to help her down from the wall. Chu Yang leapt straight into his arms, inhaling the youthful scent unique to boys his age.

    "Please do!"

 Chapter 64: N Country

    <h4>Chapter 64</h4>

    In the square, Chu Yang was seen standing on a skateboard, her hands grasping Chi Yan''s shoulders, saying "Slow down, slow down."

    Chi Yan slowly moved forward, carrying Chu Yang with his arms circled around her waist, afraid that she might fall off.

    After practicing for a good while, Chu Yang felt that she was slowly getting the hang of it. "Go stand to the side and watch me, I want to try it myself."

    Chi Yan stood to the side, watching her, but his heart was still racing as he stood ready to dash forward and catch her at any moment. As Chu Yang slid forward on the skateboard, he followed along beside her.

    After ying for a long time, Chu Yang got tired and went to sit at the side. Chi Yan went to "show off" some more tricks, and Chu Yang saw some skateboarder guyse up to ask Chi Yan for tips. She then saw Chi Yan patiently talking and teaching the people who came to ask him questions.

    Later, she saw Chi Yan performing tricks together with several of the skateboarder guys, while the onlooking crowd cheered and apuded. Chu Yang also pped her hands - he was truly impressive. She truly witnessed Chi Yan''s charm.

    Then another girl came over holding a skateboard, said something to Chi Yan, and he pointed in Chu Yang''s direction. The girl walked away looking disappointed while Chi Yan went back to ying with the guys.

    After ying until exhaustion, Chi Yan came and sat next to Chu Yang. "What do you think? Was I cool just now?"

    Chu Yang handed him a bottle of water. "Super cool!"

    Chi Yan saw some people roller skating to the side. "I can roller skate too. I''ll teach you next time."

    "Sure."

    The two of them stayed until past 9 PM, then Chu Yang went back to her dorm and Chi Yan went back to B University after sending her back.

    Two dayster, the country''s embassy released a travel advisory, stating that recently it was not advisable to travel to Country N for tourism. The embassy stationed in Country N also released a danger signal: In recent days, some areas of Country N have seen outbreaks of violent protests... Please closely monitor local conditions and pay attention to announcements from the police regarding... If you encounter an emergency, you can call the following numbers...

    Country N was a small nation with little presence in the world. Other than some special individuals or people who did business in Country N, not many people paid attention to it.

    Ruan Xin was an ethnic Hua businessman who did business in Country N. Yesterday, he noticed an acquaintance, also an ethnic Hua who worked in Country N, say that all ethnic Hua staff in theirpany would be leaving Country N to return to their homnd today, with no notice of when they mighte back.

    Today, after the embassy released this new announcement, Ruan Xin figured he should also go back. He hadn''t returned home for almost a year now, so it would be good to visit family. He quickly decided to buy a flight ticket home for tomorrow.

    The situation in Country N deteriorated rapidly. Within a single morning, the whole of Country N fell into chaos. Smashing, robbing, looting, and arson weremonce, while some even marched down streets spraying bullets, instantly taking the lives of many innocent civilians.

    The turmoil in Country N instantly shot up to trending topic on the inte. In a household in Hua Country, thedy of the house came out from her room. "Dear, Country N is in turmoil! Thankfully you didn''t go."

    The man immediately stood up. "Where?"

    Thedy quickly showed him the trending news on her phone. "Take a look."

    The man swiftly read through it, even seeing videos sent back from abroad showing chaotic streets and people copsed on the ground.

    The man wiped his brow. "Thankfully I felt uneasy before I considered traveling to Country N, so I went to ask an influencer!"

    Thedy said: "??? What influencer?"

    The man immediately recounted the story. Thedy felt it was unbelievable. "Dear, you really encountered a benefactor. How much did you give at the time?"

    The man: "Uh... 500 RMB."

    Thedy put her palms together and immediately said: "Just 500, quick quick quick, give me 10,000 more. This is truly our ancestors blessing us."

    Then Chu Yang received a transfer of 10,000 RMB from the client, as well as piles of words of thanks and gained another fan - the client''s wife.

    The wife even made a blog post editing and recounting the event, originally only wanting to write it down as a record. She didn''t expect that within a day, her post became a top trending topic, with many peoplementing below that her husband was blessed by his ancestors and had great luck, while others asked which influencer was so urate, and wondered if the story was fabricated for inte fame.

    The wife immediately replied: If there is one false detail in what I said, may I be struck by lightning. The influencer is @ProphetGirlWitch. It''s this influencer. Whether you believe it or not, I will always be her hardcore fan from now on.

    Within the trending topic about Country N''s turmoil, some also discussed: "I was working in Country N just days ago. Later thepany urgently said all ethnic Hua staff must return home within two days, with no clear reasons given. But we all still obeyed the local Country N executive''s orders and quickly prepared to return home. Just days after getting back, early morning today I see the news about Country N''s turmoil. I''m truly so grateful to thepany!"

    Manymented below:

    "Bro, I guess we are from the samepany."

    "I''m from thatpany too. Thank the boss!"

    "Thank thepany, thank the boss! Today my whole family said we''re going to bring fruits from our home to give the boss. Hahaha."

    "Yourpany really had great foresight."

    "As long as you''re safe, that''s good."

    "Our ancestors really protected you guys, meeting such a goodpany and executive."

    Although one batch had returned, there was still another batch who had note back. Wang Yin who previously had contact with them had made preparations after getting the heads up, so they were not caught unprepared.

    Chi Yan was still in ss. Xiao Yang kept calling him, so Chi Yan quickly declined the call and messaged: "Bro, I''m in ss right now."

    Xiao Yang: "Oh oh my bad, I forgot. Contact me again when you''re free at noon."

    After school at noon, Xiao Yang called again. As soon as Chi Yan picked up, Xiao Yang rambled on:

    "I truly have to thank your friend! Now everyone is calling me wise and brilliant. Some employees even brought gifts to my office. What does your friendck? Should I treat him to a meal? Ah, I''m truly so thankful! This wasn''t just saving me, but saving so many employees too!"

    Chi Yan: "He doesn''tck anything. If you had to say something, thencking money I guess." As for anything else he would buy for her himself.

    Xiao Yang: "Alright, I''ll transfer the money to you, help me pass it on to your friend." Very quickly, Xiao Yang directly transferred 100,000 over and then asked again, "You short on cash too bro? Big bro will sponsor you some more, a man your age should always have money on hand, especially right now."

    After saying this, he transferred another 50,000 to Chi Yan for personal expenses.

    On the other side, Chu Yang who was eating received Chi Yan''s transfer of 100,000 RMB.

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chi Yan: My cousin said this is to thank you for saving him and hispany''s employees.

    Chu Yang: Wasn''t I given moneyst time already?

    Chi Yan: That was the deposit.

    Then Chi Yan sent screenshots of his conversation with his cousin, to prove this was definitely for her.

    Chi Yan: See, it''s truly for you. I can''t embezzle it for sure.

    After some hesitation, Chu Yang still epted it: We''ll have dinner tonight, it''s my treat.

    She wanted to buy him a gift.

    Chi Yan: Yes Sir!

 Chapter 65: Hot Search

    <h4>Chapter 65</h4>

    After hanging up the phone, Chu Yang immediately packed up her things, then went to the shops on the street. She walked into a men''s clothing store and picked out two sets of clothes for Chi Yan, one set of casual clothes and one set of pajamas. Then she thought that there were two other men at home, so she also bought one set for her dad and one for her brother.

    Since her dad and brother had gifts, her mom should have one too. She went to the jewelry store and bought a gold bracelet to have it shipped directly back home. The clothes were also shipped.

    When Chi Yan came over to see Chu Yang that night, Chu Yang handed him a bag, "Here, a gift."

    Chi Yan took it puzzlingly, "Why are you giving me a gift?"

    Chu Yang said matter-of-factly: "It''s normal for a girlfriend to buy gifts for her boyfriend when she makes money, right?"

    Chi Yan was very happy. "Can I open it now?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "You can, but I think it would be better if you waited until you get back. They''re clothes I got you. Let''s go eat first."

    "Okay." Chi Yan put the clothes in the back seat of his car since he drove over today.

    The two went to a rtively upscale hotel restaurant nearby. Chu Yang waved her hand grandly, "Order whatever you want. Big sister is making money now, and you contributed."

    Chi Yan suddenly moved closer to her ear, "Big sister is so nice~" then he leaned on her shoulder, hugging her arm like a big bird relying on a person.

    His breath was blowing right into Chu Yang''s ear, making her ear feel a little hot. "Hurry up," Chu Yang said, stroking her ear, her face flushing slightly.

    Chi Yan ordered two dishes, and Chu Yang also ordered two. It was a big hotel after all, so the food was pretty good, just more expensive.

    When Chi Yan got back to his dorm at night, he immediately opened the bag and took out the clothes¡ªa set of pajamas and a casual set. The tags were still on. Chi Yan went straight into the bathroom to try them on, then stood in front of the mirror looking himself over.

    Seeing him like this, Wei Feng said, "Yo, Brother Yan, new clothes? Not bad. But you seem to have been standing in front of the mirror for a long time. I know you''re handsome, but don''t be so narcissistic."

    Chi Yan took out his phone to take pictures of himself in the mirror, capturing his whole body, then proudly said, "My girlfriend bought them for me."

    Wei Feng pped his own mouth. Why''d you have to open your big mouth? See, you''ve subjected yourself to their lovey dovey nonsense again!

    Chi Yan changed into the other set, then tried on the pajamas again, standing in front of the mirror for a long time again. Then he sent the full body shots to Chu Yang, "Fits perfectly."

    Chu Yang replied, "As long as it fits well. If not, we can exchange it."

    That night, Chi Yan washed the clothes. The weather was hot and he figured they might be dry by next morning. If they were dry, he could wear the casual set tomorrow morning.

    Chu Yang opened Weibo right after getting back to her dorm and discovered that her number of followers had increased by 99+. What was going on? She immediately looked into it and found that it was because the family member of that client in Country N had mentioned her on Weibo because of what happened there.

    She also gained a lot more private messages¡ªpeople asking if she really could predict things, some asking her to demonstrate by predicting something.

    Chu Yang didn''t reply to any of them. After taking care of one client''s issue, she simply washed up and went to bed.

    But unknown to her, in a corner of a certain city, someone was studying her Weibo intently. He studied it all night, cross-checking various times and events, and finally discovered that everything this ount owner posted actually came true.

    Not to mention the weather forecasts which could be seen on the meteorological website, but everything this blogger said about certain celebrities sumbing to scandals came true without exception. Not only that, he even found the Weibo ounts of her fans who praised her uracy. Some of them had screenshots of the blogger''s predictionsing true.

    Sometimes she would reply to fans or passersby in thements, and soon after there would be exmations of "Holy crap! What the blogger predicted really happened!"

    After a whole night, this person immediately realized that this "prophesying little witch" blogger really could predict things. He published all his analysis online, also tagging it with the Country N turmoil, then finally rxed and went to sleep.

    In the morning, Chu Yang was still fast asleep while Jin Yang across from her was already awake in bed scrolling through Weibo. Suddenly at the tail end of trending topics he saw "Prophesying Little Witch." Hmm? Jin Yang clicked in to read, then immediately bounced up from his bed. "Chu Yang you''re trending!"

    Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin also sat up, but neither of them heard clearly. "Jin Yang, what are you yelling about so early?"

    Jin Yang repeated, "Chu Yang''s trending! The Prophesying Little Witch ount!"

    The two instantly became alert, grabbing their phones and clicking into Weibo''s trending topics. Chu Yang also woke up, her voice still groggy from sleep. "What''s going on?"

    The three repeated, "Chu Yang, you''re trending!"

    Chu Yang opened her eyes and checked her phone¡ªshe really was trending. It turned out someone had thoroughly analyzed her ount, concluding that the "Prophesying Little Witch" blogger''s predictions were highly urate. Paired with the Country N Turmoil hashtag, a lot of people took notice, driving up engagement and making her trend.

    Some people felt it was manufactured for the sake of attracting followers, but still many people thought the analysis was amazing and that the blogger behind "Prophesying Little Witch" was incredible. There were all kinds of fortune telling masters and tarot readers online already, and people figured this Prophesying Little Witch was probably simr. In any case, she attracted a lot of attention.

    There were alsoments from Chu Yang''s existing fans:

    "I started following this blogger because I thought she was a gossip blogger...¡¾crying fromughter¡¿"

    "Haha, I thought she was a weather forecast ount."

    "¡¾Proud¡¿ I believed from the start that my treasured blogger had this ability, didn''t expect my hidden gem to finally be discovered by others."

    "Hope she doesn''t get too famous or I''m afraid that with more business, my blogger will stop paying attention to small fries like us."

    "I don''t think she will. Seems like whether people have money or not, my blogger treats everyone equally."

    "This blogger is truly so nice, she''s a good person. Good things happen to good people. Hope my blogger makes big money!"

    Chu Yang gained a lot more fans, of course some antis too saying she was scheming and deceitful. Chu Yang didn''t bother with them at all.

    Chi Yan quickly called about the matter, also asking if she wanted help getting off the trending topics.

    Chu Yang declined, "No need, bigger news wille along soon to knock me off." She had just checked¡ªsome other huge headline would draw attention soon and she''d stop trending very quickly. Gaining more fans wasn''t necessarily a bad thing either. But then... A thought suddenly urred to Chu Yang. "How much does it cost to get taken off trending?"

    "For you I think probably tens of thousands," Chi Yan said. He didn''t have experience but knew the prices were high.

    "Never mind then, tens of thousands can buy a lot of meals. And it''s not some damaging rumor anyway, just gave me more fans."

    "Okay, then can Ie see you after school in the afternoon?"

    "I''lle to you at the library."

    "Sure."

 Chapter 66: A Little Accident

    <h4>Chapter 66</h4>

    The results of the re-examination came out. Chu Yang was ranked 5th nationwide, which was better than she had expected. Chu Yang felt quite lucky.

    That evening, Chi Yan came to see her and gave her a gift to celebrate her entering the finals: a bracelet.

    "Help me put it on," Chu Yang held out her hand.

    Chi Yan took out the bracelet and put it on her. After putting it on, he even kissed her hand, "I hope my girlfriend wins an award in the finals too."

    Chu Yang smiled very happily, "I''ll try my best."

    Chi Yan said, "Of course no matter what the result is, you''re the best." He didn''t want to pressure her, and his girlfriend was indeed excellent enough.

    The finals would be broadcasted live nationwide, and there would also be on-site quick response questions etc. The top three winners would be selected from the ten finalists, who were the most outstanding talents nationwide.

    Professor Li Deyong had not expected Chu Yang to enter the finals. Although he had high expectations of her, thepetition was extremely difficult, and the finals selected the top ten nationwide. He had not imagined Chu Yang would be even more outstanding than he had anticipated. She was really worthy of being his student.

    Recently, Li Deyong felt very proud to have such an excellent student.

    "Chu Yang, do you want me to give you some targeted guidance?"

    Chu Yang was silent for a moment, "Teacher, would guidance be useful?" She felt thepetition questions had no direction.

    Li Deyong also fell silent for a moment, "It seems useless, hahaha." Li Deyong patted her shoulder, "Do your best, you''re already very outstanding so don''t stress yourself too much."

    "OK."

    Li Deyong was about to leave but paused and asked, "There''s no problem with me taking this road today right?" He pointed to the Science Road beside them.

    Chu Yang said, "...No problem."

    Li Deyong felt relieved, "That''s good then. Contact me if anythinges up, I''m leaving first."

    "Alright, thanks teacher."

    The finals would take ce in a month, around the time of final exams and start of the holidays. Ever since she had that afternoon nap at Chi Yan''s ce, she would often go over, sometimes on Saturdays and Sundays the two of them would study together at Chi Yan''s ce. For this, Chi Yan had specially prepared desks like those in the library in his study room.

    Moreover, it was quite near to the ce Chu Yang tutored students, which was convenient. That wasn¡¯t all, when she was tired from studying, she could go straight to the guest room next door to rest.

    One day, Chu Yang met a customer: Since you¡¯re a witch, surely you can do more than just fortune telling?

    Fortune Teller Witch: What services does the customer require?

    Yun: The host is female right? Since you¡¯re female, you must really hate mistresses*. Does the host have any ways to deal with mistresses? Like some vicious voodoo dolls, curses or nightmares? *mistress as in extramarital affair

    Fortune Teller Witch: ...Sorry, I only provide fortune telling services.

    Yun: I have money, is 100k enough?

    Fortune Teller Witch: Sorry, I only provide fortune telling services.

    Yun: 200k!

    Fortune Teller Witch: Sorry. Being strong yourself is the best way to deal with enemies, don''t be superstitious, believe in science. Thank you.

    Yun: ...??? You''re a fortune teller witch asking people to believe in science?

    Chu Yang ignored her and turned away, but unexpectedly that person screenshotted what she said and posted it online.

    Original Post: A fortune teller host actually told me not to be superstitious and to believe in science? This is the acimed urate fortune teller, Fortune Teller Witch? [Screenshot]

    When this post came out, it instantly attracted a huge viewership on a certain forum. Everyone found it hrious.

    "Hahaha, this host must be aedian right."

    "Although...I feel she¡¯s not wrong eh. [Crying Laughing emoji]"

    "Host: Although I can tell fortunes, I still believe in science [doge]"

    "Isn¡¯t this that super trending host from before?"

    "No more supernatural events since the founding of the nation, nothing wrong with believing in science! [doge]"

    "The end point of science is theology, no problem."

    The person who made this post had originally expected people to question the credibility of Fortune Teller Witch, but unexpectedly everyone felt there was no issue and even discussed it as a joke post.

    This post was also reposted, with everyone treating it as aughing stock. There were fans who screenshotted it to show Chu Yang, and even expressed stronger faith in the host.

    Chu Yang knew at one look who it was. To her, real ability was the effective method to retain fans, hence she did not mind such things. Her customer flow remained steady.

    On Saturday morning, as usual Chi Yan drove Chu Yang back to her apartment. Just as they entered the estate, the security guard said, "Yesterday at Block D, a delivery man entered a resident''s home and saw the woman home alone, he almost assaulted her. Thankfully the woman had an rm installed at home and we also rushed over in time, which is why nothing happened to that household. The man has also been taken away by the police, I heard it wasn¡¯t his first offense.

    I just wanted to remind all of you, especially girls, to never let strangers into your home. As for deliverymen, we can¡¯t exactly stop them outside or the residents wouldin about us too. We do make the deliverymen confirm with the residents before letting them in, brother, you have to protect your girlfriend well too. Especially since your girlfriend is so pretty, sometimes there are weird stalkers around."

    Chi Yan nodded and held Chu Yang¡¯s hand. "Thank you."

    Back home, Chi Yan said, "If I''m not around and someone knocks on the door, never open it, then call me or the police. Also for deliveries, tell them to hang it outside. Some will wait outside so be wary if that person has left."

    Chu Yang listened attentively, "I see. They taught this in school too."

    "Mm."

    Unexpectedly, soon after this conversation, something happened that very afternoon.

    At 2pm as usual, Chu Yang went to a student''s home for tutoring. While waiting for the lift, she encountered a deliveryman.

    Recalling the security guard''s words that morning about the deliveryman incident, Chu Yang specifically took a look. She entered the lift and pressed her floor number, the deliveryman also pressed a floor above hers.

    "Hey beauty, you live here?" That man suddenly spoke to her.

    Chu Yang ignored him.

    "Beauty, don''t be so cold."

    The security guard who witnessed the earlier incident was watching the CCTV monitor and saw in the lift feed that the handsome guy''s girlfriend from that morning was being spoken to by a deliveryman.

    The guard immediately called Chi Yan, "Bro, I''m the guard. I saw your girlfriend in the lift at Block C on the monitor, someone''s hitting on her, f**k he''s trying to touch her! 7th floor 7th floor, hurry to Block C, something''s happening!" The guard called for another patrolling guard on the walkie-talkie.

    "Received."

    Chi Yan had already rushed out.

    "Beauty, you''re so gorgeous, do you have a boyfriend? Let''s exchange contacts." That man suddenly tried to grab Chu Yang''s hand. Chu Yang dodged to the corner, "Don''t move, there''s a camera up there."

    Chu Yang pointed at the CCTV camera above. The man froze for a bit but did not give up, "I didn''t do anything, just wanna make friends."

 Chapter 67: Watch the Night Scene

    <h4>Chapter 67</h4>

    The elevator arrived very quickly. Chu Yang shed out, wanting to walk out, but the man reached out and stopped her, "Let''s add each other on social media, okay? I didn''t do anything wrong, right? You said there were security cameras yourself, would you dare expose anything if something happened?"

    Chu Yang looked at him coldly, watching as the elevator door was about to close. Suddenly Chu Yang shouted, "Chi Yan!"

    The man turned his head around. Chu Yang immediately gave him a kick to the groin. The man instantly kneeled down in pain. Chu Yang immediately ran out.

    After running out, while the man was still in too much pain to react, the elevator door closed.

    At this moment, the student opened the door, "Teacher, I knew you would definitely arrive soon. I didn''t expect that as soon as I opened the door, you''d be here already."

    Afraid that the man woulde back, Chu Yang immediately pulled her inside and locked the door, "Don''t go out."

    The student looked at the teacher in confusion for a moment, "What happened?"

    The female employer who was bringing over some fruit also came over, "What happened?"

    Chu Yang recounted what the security guard had said this morning as well as what just happened, "Your husband isn''t home, so you have to be extra careful about safety. If a stranger knocks on the door, don''t open it, okay?"

    "Teacher Chu, are you alright? Let me call security right away," the female employer said as she went to grab her phone. "This is truly frightening."

    "Knock knock knock," the door suddenly sounded at this moment, startling all three women who instantly huddled together.

    "Yang Yang, are you there?" It was Chi Yan''s voice outside.

    Chu Yang breathed a sigh of relief, "It''s fine, that''s my boyfriend."

    Chu Yang opened the door, and saw a sweaty, worried Chi Yan outside. The security guard was behind him too. Seeing her, Chi Yan immediately pulled her into his arms, "I''m d you''re okay." His voice still trembled a little.

    Chu Yang patted his back, "I''m fine."

    The security guard also apologized, "I''m sorry, it was our oversight. We thought it was fine after checking his ID, didn''t expect the person to be so bold. We''ll be stricter about checking strangers from now on and won''t let them in."

    Chu Yang asked, "Where is that man?"

    "We''ve caught him, but we can probably just give him a warning." Because there were no substantial actions, the man had just said he wanted to add her on social media. And he was the one who got kicked yet still wanted to sue. But after some threats from security, the man admitted wrongdoing.

    Chu Yang understood that was all they could do. "Alright, thank you."

    The security guard exhorted the female employer some more, then left because he was busy.

    Because of what happened, the female employer said, "Teacher Chu, go back and rest first. You were frightened too. My child won''t have ss today." They were rather rmed too.

    "Okay. Then I''ll head back first."

    "Thanks for the trouble, Teacher Chu."

    Then Chu Yang left with Chi Yan, vaguely hearing the student say, "Teacher Chu''s boyfriend is so handsome."

    Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand tightly on the way back. His hands were sweaty, and Chu Yang could feel it. As soon as they got back, Chu Yang was pulled tightly into his embrace, "I was so scared." He liked her more than he had imagined.

    Chu Yang was actually scared too,forting him, "I''m fine. Don''t be scared. And I''m a witch, I can protect myself, so don''t worry."

    "Mm." After holding her for a long time, Chi Yan finally let her go. His hands held her shoulders, his forehead against hers. The two were very close. Chi Yan suddenly said, "I want to kiss you."

    Chu Yang closed her eyes, her tremblingshes hinting at the nervousness in her heart.

    Then she felt her lips grow soft for a moment before it was gone.

    A light kiss.

    He kissed her and then held her again, "Next time I''ll take you directly to the student''s home, and pick you up when you''re done."

    "Okay." Chu Yang felt that was fine. The two buildings weren''t that far apart anyway.

    Chu Yang patted his back, and suddenly thought of something. "Your back is soaked. Go take a shower first, don''t catch a cold."

    "Mm." Chi Yan let her go. He had run too hurriedly earlier.

    By the time Chi Yan came out of the shower, refreshed and dry, Chu Yang was already asleep on the couch. Chi Yan quickly picked her up and carried her back to the bedroom, tucking her in properly under a thin nket.

    Chu Yang hazily woke up for a bit, patted the space beside her, "Let''s take a nap together." Then she fell back asleep.

    Chi Yan: !!!

    In the end, he hesitantlyy down carefully beside his girlfriend after much deliberation, lying on his side watching her for a long time before finally closing his eyes and falling asleep as well.

    After 3pm, nearing 4pm, Chu Yang woke up. She was currently lying with her back facing Chi Yan, nestled in his embrace, one of Chi Yan''s arms around her waist.

    Chu Yang removed his hand and sat up, feeling a little dizzy after sleeping too much. She looked at the time and saw it was still alright. She picked up her phone andy back down again, started scrolling through social media to check for business inquiries, asking if Chu Luo had returned home since it was Saturday, and asking about things at home.

    Chu Luo: The fruit at home just ripened. Dad said he''s going to ship some over to you. It should arrive tomorrow.

    Chu Yang: Okay. How are things at home?

    Chu Luo: Still fine. Lately dad and mom go out every day to sell fruit.

    Chu Yang: You haven''t sent me your essay for this week yet.

    Chu Luo: ...We have examsing up.

    Chu Yang: That''s even more reason not to ck off.

    Chu Luo: Alright, I''ll send it to you tonight.

    Chu Yang: You received the things I mailed back right?

    Chu Luo: Ages ago. Mom and dad even said you''re wasting money, but they seemed quite happy.

    They chatted a little more, then Chu Yang told him to go write his essay.

    Chi Yan beside her had also woken up. He immediately snuggled over, hugging her in his arms, his head buried in the crook of her neck. "Any ns tonight? Going to the library to study or something?"

    Chu Yang: "No ns."

    Chi Yan suggested: "Want to go see the night view then?"

    Chu Yang: "Sure, where to?" It was Saturday after all.

    Chi Yan: "North Looking Mountain there. I''ll make arrangements."

    "Okay."

    Since they had decided to go out and have fun, Chi Yan got up quickly. "There''s a hotel at the peak of North Looking Mountain. We can stay there if wee backte."

    "Alright. Oh right, my family mailed me some fruit recently. I''ll grab some for you when it arrives."

    "Great."

    Since they were hiking, Chu Yang also got ready quickly. Not knowing if they''d return to campus tonight, she also brought a set of clothes. Luckily she had oftene to Chi Yan''s ce before so she had clothes here, no need to go back to campus for them.

    She brought some necessities and other items, and put on light makeup. Then the two headed out.

    Today, Chu Yang had tied up her hair, looking fresh and pretty. Chi Yan saw she had pierced ears and thought he''d buy her some earrings or ear hooks next time.

    At 5pm sharp the two set off, arriving at North Looking Mountain after a little over 40 minutes. But they still had to hike up. They could also take the cable car up, but that wasn''t as fun. The two decided to walk up. It would probably take about an hour.

 Chapter 68: Night View 02

    <h4>Chapter 68</h4>

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang walked up hand in hand. There weren''t many people around. At that moment, the setting sun cast a golden glow over thend, and their side profiles were bathed in the intery of light and shadow. Chi Yan snapped a picture of Chu Yang''s beautiful side profile with the sunset in the background and immediately set it as his phone wallpaper.

    They continued walking forward. As the sky grew darker, they could hear frogs croaking and birds chirping as they returned to their nests.

    When they were nearing the top of the mountain, Chu Yang was out of breath. Chi Yan gave her a piggyback ride the rest of the way up.

    When they reached the summit, there were more people¡ªmany came here on weekends to enjoy the night view. Chi Yan brought Chu Yang to the hotel restaurant where he had made reservations for dinner.

    Their table offered an excellent view of the nightscape of the entire city. They ordered western food: steak and pasta. Since Chu Yang didn''t drink, they didn''t order any wine.

    There was someone ying the piano in the middle of the restaurant. As Chu Yang listened to the music quietly, she felt her heart be tranquil.

    Chi Yan suddenly asked, "Would you like to hear me y the piano?"

    Chu Yang looked at him expectantly, "Can I make a request?"

    "Sure."

    After thinking for a bit, Chu Yang said, "''Koibito Tachi no Basho''¡ªcan you y that?" ("Koibito Tachi no Basho" is the Japanese title for the song "Love Without End, Amen")

    "No problem." Chi Yan got up and went over to the piano yer. After a brief exchange, the pianist vacated the seat for Chi Yan.

    Sitting down at the piano, Chi Yan looked over at Chu Yang, who had her chin propped up in her hands as she watched him softly. His heart melted a little at the sight. Chi Yan straightened up on the piano bench and ced his hands over the keys. Soon, the restaurant was filled with the melody of "Love Without End, Amen".

    Some of the other patrons nced over at the handsome young man at the piano.

    As he yed, Chi Yan would asionally lift his eyes to look at Chu Yang. It was obvious they were a couple.

    On the second floor, a man suddenly said to hispanion in a suit, ¡°Hey, isn¡¯t that your cousin, Chi Jin?"

    Chi Jin looked down and indeed saw his cousin. "Oh? Who''s he looking at? Is that girl his girlfriend? Your cousin''s got a girlfriend now?"

    After observing for a bit, Chi Jin realized it seemed to be true¡ªit looked like Chi Yan was ying the piano to charm that girl.

    When Chi Yan finished ying and went over to the table where the girl was sitting, it seemed like he asked her, "How was it?"

    The girl gave him two thumbs up and even leaned over to peck him on the chin. Chi Yan looked extremely happy. Then he sat down across from her. The two of them enjoyed the night view outside for a bit before Chi Yan took out his phone to take pictures of her.

    That was his cousin? Chi Jin could hardly believe it. He got up, intending to head downstairs, and hispanion followed along.

    Chi Yan was just sitting next to Chu Yang, wanting to take a selfie of them both, when several people suddenly appeared beside their table. Chi Yan and Chu Yang looked up. Chi Yan immediately stood up and called out, "Bro, you''re here too?"

    Chu Yang: ???

    Chu Yang also stood up. "Nice to meet you, brother."

    Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand. "Bro, this is my girlfriend Chu Yang."

    Chi Jin looked Chu Yang over. She was rather decent looking, and her gaze was honest. "I see. Nice to meet you," he said before asking Chi Yan, "How have your studies beentely?"

    In his mind, Chi Yan thought: Since when does my brother care about my grades? But he replied, "They''re fine, steady."

    Chi Jin nodded. "Good." At least his studies weren''t suffering. He beckoned a waiter over. "Put their meal on my tab tonight."

    "Yes, Master Chi."

    Tian Yuan, the man apanying Chi Jin, also greeted Chi Yan, "Little brother Chi Yan is a college freshman, right?"

    "Yes, hello Brother Tian Yuan."

    Chi Jin asked Chi Yan a few more questions about his recent life, then left with the others.

    Soon after, Chi Yan received a bank transfer from Chi Jin¡ªit was his way of saying one needed money when dating and shouldn''t be too miserly.

    Chi Yan thought: They all think I''m poor?

    "Your brother looks a bit like you. He seems rather stately," Chu Yang remarked after the others had gone.

    Chi Yan nodded. "He''s my cousin. We both take after our grandfather. He works in the government." Originally, their grandfather had wanted to groom Chi Jin to inherit the family business, but unexpectedly, Chi Jin had inherited talents from his mother''s side of the family and now held an office in the government.

    Hearing this, Chu Yang felt Chi Yan''s background seemed even more impressive.

    Without lingering on the subject, Chi Yan took Chu Yang outside the hotel to the lookout deck, which had telescopes and even a ce for stargazing. He showed her how to use them to take in the sights.

    "That one''s Ceres, thergest asteroid discovered so far." Chi Yan pointed things out for Chu Yang.

    "Look, you can see Andromeda over there."

    Chu Yang found it. "It''s so beautiful. Seeing all theses and constetions, it really makes you feel how tiny humans are," she remarked.

    "That''s right¡ªwe''re just a speck in the ocean. So when you run into difficulties or worries, thinking about stuff like this helps put things in perspective," Chi Yan agreed.

    Chu Yang turned to face him. "Oh? And what worries could you have? Worried about being too handsome?" Sheughed merrily.

    Chi Yanughed too as he put his arm around her. "That''s right. I look in the mirror every morning andment how handsome I am, and think about how lucky I am to have such a wonderful girlfriend."

    Chu Yangughed so hard her eyes were reduced to slits.

    Chi Yan went on, "People inevitably have worries. For example, I sometimes fret over whether the girl called Chu Yang really likes me that much, if we''ll stay together forever, or if one day she''ll find me tiresome."

    Chu Yang instantly stoppedughing. She ced a hand on his cheek. "That girl called Chu Yang says she really likes you. As for being together forever, we can''t know for sure¡ªthat will take time to prove. What she can say for certain is that right now, she truly has feelings for you."

    Chi Yan lowered his head. "Mm," he murmured, then kissed her forehead and took her into his embrace.

    After that tender moment, they realized howte it had gotten¡ªnearly 10 PM. Clearly they wouldn''t make it back to campus tonight. Chi Yan led Chu Yang down from the observatory, intending to get a room at the hotel.

    On the path back, they passed through a grove of tall trees. Bathed in moonlight, the trees took on an air of mystery that was strangely alluring.

    But then a peculiar sound reached their ears. Chu Yang nced at Chi Yan. "What''s tha¡ª"

    She was cut off as Chi Yan hastily covered her mouth. Chu Yang gave him a questioning look.

    Chi Yan pulled her along at a quicker pace, whispering four words in her ear: "Mandarin ducks frolicking."

    Chu Yang instantly understood, her face flushing red. Though Chi Yan had omitted one character¡ªit should have been "wild mandarin ducks", ahem.

    The two returned to the hotel red-faced, though they weren''t sure why the front desk staff were giving them such odd looks when handing over their room key.

 Chapter 69: Zhang Qiangyu

    <h4>Chapter 69</h4>

    Chu Yang: ¡°Hmm? We wanted two rooms.¡±

    The front desk was stunned for a moment, ¡°Oh, sorry.¡± Then she looked it up on theputer, ¡°Sorry, we only have one standard room left. If you want two rooms, then only the suite is avable.¡±

    Chi Yan nodded, ¡°Then the suite.¡±

    ¡°Alright, please wait a moment.¡± After a while, the front desk apologetically said, ¡°Sorry, there is only the presidential suite left.¡±

    Chi Yan didn¡¯t mind, ¡°Then the presidential suite.¡±

    The front desk was very polite, ¡°Okay...here is the room card, the elevator is over there, have a nice stay.¡±

    ¡°Thank you.¡±

    After Chu Yang and Chi Yan had entered the elevator and were out of sight, the front desk staff sat down and quietly discussed with her colleague: ¡°I thought the two wereing back to the hotel with red faces after doing that outside...you know, that happens frequently. Didn''t expect I was thinking too much, they are just an ordinary couple, even booking separate rooms.¡± She sighed, ¡°I stillck pure thoughts.¡±

    Soon after, another couple with blushed faces walked in to book thest standard room.

    Her colleague said: ¡°Now look, their clothes are a bit messy, but the previous couple¡¯s clothes were neat. And look, the woman¡¯s buttons are missing.¡±

    ¡°You have sharp observations indeed.¡±

    ¡°I sure do.¡±

    In the room, as it was not toote yet, the two were standing on the balcony of the suite overlooking the night view of the other side of Jing City. From here one could see the tallest building in downtown, and the moat.

    The strong wind blew Chu Yang¡¯s hair dancing. Chi Yan stood beside her. The atmosphere was just right, but suddenly Chu Yang pointed somewhere else to show Chi Yan: ¡°Look, isn¡¯t that a fire over there?¡±

    Chi Yan looked over, and indeed there was. He immediately took out his phone and called 119, ¡°Hello, I discovered a fire at XX ce. Yes, it looks like it¡¯s getting bigger. Okay, thanks.¡±

    They didn''t expect to spot a fire when enjoying the night view. What an ident.

    It was already veryte, so Chu Yang went back to the room to wash up and sleep.

    Chi Yan also turned in soon after. Both were quite satisfied with today¡¯s sightseeing.

    The next morning at a bit past 5am, Chi Yan woke Chu Yang up to watch the sunrise together. Chu Yang closed her eyes and snuggled in Chi Yan¡¯s arms, ¡°Wake me up when the sunes out. I¡¯ll just take a nap.¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡±

    About ten minutester, the east side lit up. Chi Yan hurriedly nudged Chu Yang, ¡°Yangyang, the sun ising out.¡±

    Chu Yang opened her eyes. Soon they witnessed the gorgeous glow at sunrise, with the big red sun rising slowly. Jing City below also woke up from its slumber.

    After watching the sunrise, Chu Yang soon dozed off in Chi Yan¡¯s arms again.

    When she woke up she was already in bed. It was past 10am already.

    They hurriedly got up, washed up, ate breakfast and checked out to go back down the mountain.

    The two took the cable car down the mountain. When they returned to the dorm, three pairs of eyes looked over.

    Everyone crowded over inquisitively.

    ¡°Your first overnight trip outside!¡±

    ¡°Did you...ahem...how was your first experience?¡± Zhou Caicai gestured with her fingers and blinked, ¡°I''m not talking about that first time, you know which first time I''m talking about.¡±

    Qian Xin: ¡°Although you said you went out for fun yesterday, where did you go?¡±

    Chu Yang flicked them one by one, ¡°What nasty thoughts! We went hiking on North Looking Mountain, saw the night view and sunrise, had delicious food, nothing happened. I know you¡¯re talking about the first time staying outside overnight.¡± Thest sentence was replying Zhou Caicai.

    Everyone made a disappointed "oh" sound.

    Jin Yang suddenly recalled: ¡°North Looking Mountain?¡±

    Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin by the side asked, ¡°What about North Looking Mountain?¡±

    Jin Yang leered and chuckled twice, ¡°Apart from the nice spots for night views and sunrise, I heard many little couples would go there to...ahem...do it outdoors.¡±

    Jin Yang signaled them with her eyes, ¡°You know what I mean.¡±

    The two suddenly realized, and their smiles gradually turned wicked.

    Chu Yang: ¡°...¡± Three yellow-minded women!

    The three crowded around Chu Yang, ¡°Did you...¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°No!¡±

    Jin Yang: ¡°No wait, let me finish my question. I was asking whether you came across that.¡±

    Of course they did encounter it, but Chu Yang still waved her hand, lest these three pry for yellow details from her, ¡°No no. And that''s not good behavior.¡±

    ¡°Oh alright.¡± The three were disappointed.

    Monday, B University. The female student who was stabbed earlier finally recovered and returned to school. Since Chi Yan and the others were good Samaritans, the school gave them awards for justice and courage. Apart from the certificate, there were also course credits.

    Chi Yan: ¡°My girlfriend was also a good Samaritan.¡±

    School leader: ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll give one to your girlfriend as well. Which school is she from? Ours?¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°The neighboring A University.¡±

    ¡°Alright, please help to pass it to her.¡±

    ¡°Sure.¡±

    That night, Chu Yang received the certificate and bank transfer brought over by Chi Yan.

    She didn''t expect there would be such gains too. It made her quite happy.

    However, when Chi Yan returned to his dorm at night, Wei Feng said: ¡°Boss Yan, that girl came looking for you again today.¡±

    ¡°Which girl?¡±

    Wei Feng: ¡°The one who still got stabbed after we warned her.¡±

    Chi Yan understood who, ¡°What did she want from me?¡±

    ¡°She said she wanted to thank you, and even brought fruit over. I said I¡¯ll take them, but she insisted on seeing you and took the fruit back.¡±

    ¡°I see.¡±

    The next morning when Chi Yan went downstairs, he was stopped by someone.

    ¡°Hello, I¡¯m Zhang Qiangyu. Thank you for saving me.¡± The girl handed some snacks and a gift box to Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan did not take them, ¡°No need to thank me. Sorry but I¡¯m in a rush.¡±

    ¡°Oh, thank you so much. If not for you, I would have...Anyway, thank you so much. I wonder if I could add your WeChat.¡± If you don''t ept my gifts, then please take my money.¡±

    ¡°Sorry, no need.¡± Chi Yan then walked away.

    However, this was only the first time. Unexpectedly, the girl came again the next morning.

    Chi Yan still did not ept her gifts. Wei Feng at the side said: ¡°Boss Yan has a girlfriend and doesn¡¯t dare ept gifts from other girls. Please stoping. Saving someone is enough gratitude already, plus the school also rewarded us. If you really want to thank my boss, please stoping. Don''t get caught by the big boss, Boss Yan''s girlfriend.¡±

    But Zhang Qiangyu did not seem to listen at all. She came everyday, saying she must properly express her gratitude to her life-saving benefactor.

    Chi Yan felt a bit annoyed, so he went straight back to his apartmentplex instead of the dorm.

    He thought since the girl couldn''t find him, she would stoping. Unexpectedly, when Chu Yang went with Chi Yan to B University¡¯s library today, that girl actually caught up to them. No one knew how she found out Chi Yan was there.

    When Zhang Qiangyu saw Chi Yan and Chu Yang, her gaze fell on their tightly held hands. She flipped her hair once and said: ¡°Chi Yan, so this is your girlfriend. You are so lucky to have such a good boyfriend.¡±

    Chu Yang: ...This feels unpleasant for the first time. Such familiar green tea dialogues are quite annoying.

    Chi Yan expressionlessly: ¡°I''m indeed very fortunate, so you can leave now.¡±

    Zhang Qiangyu was silenced for a moment, then ignored Chi Yan¡¯s hint for her to leave. She looked at Chu Yang: ¡°Sorry junior sister, I just wanted to properly thank your boyfriend for saving my life earlier. He didn¡¯t ept my previous gifts, surely not because of you right? I only wanted to express my thanks. You don¡¯t mind do you?¡±

 Chapter 70: Lessons Together

    <h4>Chapter 70</h4>

    Chu Yang: ...She had previously thought that girl was not bad when she bowed and apologized to everyone in the library. She was quite polite. I didn''t expect...

    It was the first time she had seen someone brazenly try to snatch another girl''s boyfriend right in front of her. And it happened to her too. Chu Yang felt it was quite fresh. She was even wondering if her original self had acted this way in front of the main couple too. Just the thought made her shiver.

    "No, I actually quite mind. I''m the possessive type. I don''t like my boyfriend looking at other girls. A good girl like you would surely understand me." Chu Yang sized her up and said, "Didn''t you injure your stomach earlier? Is your body okay now? Did it leave any scars? Ah! I''m sorry, that''s not what I meant to say. I just wanted to ask about you out of concern. You don''t mind, do you?"

    "You!" Zhang Qiangyu was so angry she couldn''t get the words out.

    "Oh right. Someone reminded you earlier to beware of your ex-boyfriend, yet you still got stabbed. Sister, your IQ iscking." Chu Yang twisted the knife.

    Zhang Qiangyu remembered that someone did indeed warn her earlier and she had taken precautions, yet she had never expected her ex-boyfriend to dare stab her in broad daylight.

    "Sister, we need to study now so please leave us be. You wouldn''t want to be a light bulb now would you? How unexpected, I didn''t take you as that kind of person." Chu Yang acted shocked.

    People around had started looking over.

    Zhang Qiangyu: ...

    In the end, Zhang Qiangyu still left.

    Chi Yan happily looked at Chu Yang. "I definitely won''t so much as nce at other girls in the future."

    Chu Yang waved her hand dismissively. "I only said all that to get her to leave."

    Chi Yan grasped her hand. "It''s fine, I took it seriously. I liked what you just said."

    Chu Yang: "I didn''t expect you were into the domineering girlfriend type."

    Chi Yan: "No, I like your type."

    Why does it sound so cheesy? Chu Yang realized goosebumps were popping up over her skin. She straightened his head to face forward. "Alright alright, I get it. Let''s study now."

    Perhaps after getting a taste of Chu Yang''sbat abilities, Zhang Qiangyu did note over again afterwards. Chi Yan heaved a sigh of relief.

    One day, Chi Yan didn''t have ss that afternoon because his teacher was absent. He didn''t want to study alone at the library or go y ball with a bunch of guys. He thought he had never apanied his girlfriend to her sses before, which seemed to be what people in rtionships did. So that afternoon, he decided he''d apany his Chu Yang to her sses.

    No sooner said than done. He had saved Chu Yang''s schedule in his phone. She had two ancient Chinesenguage sses that afternoon.

    He texted Chu Yang after eating. After riding over to University A on his littlemb bicycle, Wei Feng happened to catch sight of his departing back from the balcony. He sighed, "Why does Brother Yan stick to his girlfriend so much? Running over whenever he has time."

    Zheng Qing nced at him. "Serves you right for being single."

    Wei Feng: ...Stabbed in the heart again.

    Chu Yang was packing up when there was a knock on the window. "Look who it is, Little Crow came to visit. Haven''t seen you in awhile." Zhou Caicai hurried to open the window.

    The moment the window opened, the crow flew onto Chu Yang''s desk, cawing twice.

    "I know, I know." Chu Yang took out a small bun and crumbled it into crumbs to feed it. Zhou Caicai came over and poured it a cup of water, stroking it twice.

    Zhou Caicai only stroked it twice before reluctantly pulling herself away. "Oh, I have ss to go to now so I can''t keep youpany. Eat well and drink well! Big sister is going now."

    Zhou Caicai had an elective ss that was far from the dorm so she had to leave early. Jin Yang and Qian Xin hadn''t returned at noon.

    After bidding Chu Yang farewell, Zhou Caicai left the dorm room.

    Currently, only Chu Yang was left in the room when Chi Yan texted that he''de visit her. He said that he''d even apany her to ss.

    About half an hourter, Chi Yan arrived. Chu Yang picked up her schoolbag, preparing to head out, when the crow suddenly followed behind with a "Caw caw!". It meant that it wanted to tag along.

    Chu Yang tidied away the food and water she had left out for the crow. Then she directly picked it up and put it in her bag without fully zipping it up. "No making any noise, got it?"

    The crow tilted its head and cawed twice, agreeing.

    When Chu Yang went downstairs, Chi Yan wanted to take her bag but she refused. "I''ll carry it. The crow''s inside."

    Chi Yan: ???

    Chu Yang showed him. "It insisted on following me so I have no choice but to bring it along to ss."

    Chi Yan''s eyes widened. "It won''t start squawking, will it?"

    Chu Yang made a vicious threat. "If it dares to make a racket during ss, I''ll pluck all its feathers and toss it in hot oil to fry for a few minutes. The neighbor''s kid will drool from hunger."

    The crow''s feathers stood on end as it cawed twice. I won''t make a peep!

    Chu Yang: "Alright, let''s go to ss."

    Then Chi Yan gave Chu Yang a ride to the Chinesenguage and literature department.

    The two arrived rather early. When they entered the ssroom there weren''t many people yet. Considering Chi Yan''s overly striking looks that would draw too much attention and also because the crow was with them, Chu Yang sat with Chi Yan in the back corner row by the window.

    She took out the crow and put it on the desk shelf, softly warning, "Be good and stay put." Then she ced her textbook on the desk.

    Chi Yan sitting beside also took out his textbook.

    Soon after, Jin Yang arrived. She immediately spotted Chi Yan next to Chu Yang. She would usually sit together with Chu Yang but she looked for another random spot today before sending Chu Yang a message. "The campus hottie Chi Yan actually came to apany you to ss today! I won''t intrude."

    Chu Yang saw it but didn''t know how to reply either. She also hadn''t expected Chi Yan to show up.

    The other ssmates entered one after another and sat down. It wasn''t long before the teacher came in. "Alright everyone, let''s start on Lesson 10 today. Open your books..."

    "Let me pick someone to trante this passage." The teacher adjusted his sses before pointing at Chi Yan. "Young man over there, please stand up and answer."

    Chi Yan: ?

    Chu Yang: ???

    Chu Yang immediately ced her textbook in front of Chi Yan, softly prompting: "This part."

    Chi Yan: ?

    The teacher looked over. "Don''t coach him, girl sitting next to him."

    Many people instantly whipped their heads around. There were already few boys among the Chinese majors, let alone such a handsome one. Whispers broke out amongst them.

    "He''s so hot! Who''s he? In our ss?"

    "Doesn''t seem like it."

    Chu Yang promptly raised her hand. "Excuse me teacher, he came to apany me to ss. He''s not in our major."

    Only then did everyone understand this hottie was Chu Yang''s boyfriend.

    The teacher nodded. "Since he''s Chu Yang''s friend, his studies should be decent too. Go on and answer it."

    Chu Yang looked encouragingly at Chi Yan: You can do it!

    Chi Yan picked up the book to take a look. "Taishu built walls and towers, ordering people to gather weapons like bows and arrows... Later, Duke Duan escaped..." I''m done with my trantion.

    The teacher nodded. "Very good. Let''s continue, ss."

    Chu Yang silently mouthed to him: You were awesome!

    Chi Yan smiled and wrote on his notebook: Looks like I''ll have to read up with youter so I don''t get picked on again.

 Chapter 71: Buy Something

    <h4>Chapter 71</h4>

    Finally, Chi Yan and her attended two sses of Ancient Chinese together, and paid full attention during the sses. During the ss, a small ident almost happened when Little Crow was about to doze off and stirred a little, identally losing footing and almost falling to the ground. Chu Yang caught it with one hand and lifted it up.

    However, Little Crow might have been too frightened and crowed twice. Instantly all the people looked towards Chu Yang''s corner. Chu Yang immediately put it down on the ground, pretending not knowing it, and pointed at the ground saying "A crow flew in."

    Then many people lowered their heads to take a look. "Really?" "There is a crow in the ssroom." "My god, let me take a photo and share with friends."

    Little Crow then flew up and flew towards the window. The teacher told everyone to quiet down, "Alright, just a crow. Don''t make a fuss. Let''s continue the ss."

    Chu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Chi Yan next to her also breathed a sigh of relief. Their actions were synchronized.

    Then there were no more idents.

    After ss, Jin Yang ran over and asked "Was that Little Crow earlier?"

    Chu Yang nodded "Yeah, it insisted on following me. Almost caused trouble. Luckily it was smart and flew away by itself."

    Jin Yang patted his chest "I was wondering if it could be Little Crow. Next time when ites over, don''t give it... hmm... just give it half of the treats, need to teach it a lesson."

    "Right." The two chatted for a couple more sentences before Jin Yang left.

    Chu Yang packed up her things and left the ssroom with Chi Yan. "It''s just past 4. Where should we go? Feels a bit early for dinner." Chu Yang checked the time.

    "Shall we go downtown shopping? I want to buy some things. My mother''s birthday ising up soon. Can you help me pick a gift?" Chi Yan came up with the idea all of a sudden.

    "Sure." Chu Yang had no objections.

    "Let''s take the bus there. We''ll leave Little Lamb here first."

    "OK."

    The two rode the electric bike back to the female dormitory first. Chu Yang then went back to her own dorm to put down her things before leaving with Chi Yan.

    On the bus, the two sat at the back. Most people on the bus were students going out to have fun.

    Chi Yan suddenly put an earbud into Chu Yang''s ear. "Listen to some music? You pick something to listen to." Chi Yan handed her the phone.

    Chu Yang took it and looked at Chi Yan''s ylist. Half were English songs and half Chinese. Chu Yang randomly picked one.

    As night fell, the streetlights by the roadside lit up too. The bus sped quickly around a corner and many people gasped out loud. Chi Yan hugged Chu Yang, afraid she might knock her head identally.

    Chu Yang looked up and could see Chi Yan''s Adam''s apple. She reached out and touched it. The Adam''s apple moved a little.

    It was quite fun. Chu Yang wanted to reach out again but Chi Yan grasped her hand. "Don''t move." His voice was hoarse.

    Chi Yan lowered his head near Chu Yang''s ear and softly said "Chu Yang, I''m afraid I might react." Young and vigorous, couldn''t withstand any teasing.

    Chu Yang understood instantly and her face turned red. Coupled with Chi Yan''s breathing on her earlobe, Chu Yang didn''t dare move anymore.

    After a while, the bus stop was announced. They had arrived.

    Only then did Chi Yan let her go, and pulled her off the bus. As they alighted, the night breeze blew, and Chu Yang felt the heat on her face finally subside a little.

    Chi Yan pulled her along into the shopping mall. The moment they stepped in, the cold air conditioning wind blew onto their faces, instantly dissipating all the heat and vigor.

    Chu Yang looked at the map and navigation. "The jewelry and essories are on the 4th floor. Shall we go take a look?"

    "Sure."

    The two took the elevator up to the 4th floor and walked into a luxury brand shop. The shop assistant immediately came over with a bright, weing smile. "Wee! Are you looking to buy some jewelry? Miss you look very pretty, and your skin is fair too. We justunched a new collection recently. Would you like to take a look?"

    Chu Yang waved her hand "No need, we''re looking to buy for an elder."

    The shop assistant''s smile didn''t change "I see. We do have collections designed specially for elders here too. May I ask if it''s for a female or male elder?"

    "Female."

    "Alright. Are you looking for a ne or bracelet? Any preferences?" The shop assistant asked patiently.

    Chu Yang looked to Chi Yan. Chi Yan thought for a bit "I think anything works. What do you think is good?"

    Chu Yang looked at a jade bracelet in the disy cab. "Maybe something like jade. A bracelet, or a whole jewelry set works too."

    The shop assistant''s grin grew even wider. "What a coincidence. Our shop currently has a jade jewelry set designed by Master Airo. Let me take it out for you to see."

    Chi Yan didn''t object.

    The shop assistant quickly went to retrieve it. The moment they walked in, her sharp eyes had noticed that while the girl was dressed ordinarily, the guy was exceptionally well-dressed, with a watch that could almost buy their shop''s star attraction.

    The shop assistant swiftly returned with a box, ced it gently on the table and opened it. It was a set of emerald green jade jewelry, consisting of a ne, bracelet and earrings.

    Just as the shop assistant was about to introduce the set, Chi Yan took one look and directly said "We''ll take this set."

    The shop assistant''s grin was almost reaching her ears now. "Excellent!"

    Chi Yan continued "You mentioned just now you have a new collection suitable for my girlfriend?"

    Chu Yang was still surprised that he agreed to purchase without even asking the price, and now he even wanted to buy jewelry for her?

    "No, you didn''t even ask the price! Miss, may I check how much is that jewelry set?" Chu Yang asked the assistant.

    "We currently have a promotion, it''s $8,888,000."

    Chu Yang looked to Chi Yan. Chi Yan sped her hand tightly, took out a card. "No worries. I have money."

    Chu Yang: ....Alright, since the one paying isn''tining.

    The shop assistant swiftly took out the new ne collection and Chi Yan immediately tried it on Chu Yang. Noticing her bare earlobes, he then asked "Do you have matching earrings for this too?"

    "Yes we do." The shop assistant nodded and rmended a pair of earrings. "This pair suits your girlfriend the most, dainty and subtle without being too shy."

    Chi Yan nodded and passed his card to the shop assistant. "Please help me package them together."

    "Of course. Would you like the earrings and ne to be worn now?" The shop assistant asked.

    Chi Yan nodded and helped Chu Yang put on the earrings.

    In the end, the total came up to more than $10 million.... the new ne and earrings alone cost more than $1 million.

    As they left the jewelry shop, Chu Yang touched the ne on her neck and looked at Chi Yan. "Why did you suddenly want to buy me such an expensive gift?"

    Chi Yan hugged her as they walked on. "Because I wanted to buy it for you, so I did. Alright, let''s go for dinner first. Shall we have fish with pickled cabbage tonight?"

    As Chi Yan guided her along, Chu Yang counted off with her fingers. "You''ve bought me meals many times, treated me to eat a lot, bought me a wrist chain, now a ne and earrings too. And I earned a lot because of you too. Seems like I haven''t done anything much for you yet."

    Chi Yan suddenly stopped and looked at her gently. "What do you mean nothing? You saved my life, don''t you remember? Besides, isn''t it natural to buy things for your girlfriend?"

    Chu Yang felt he made sense, but still wanted to treat Chi Yan better in future. Rtionships should be mutual after all.

 Chapter 72: Photo Theft

    <h4>Chapter 72</h4>

    In the evening when returning to school, Chi Yan took Chu Yang to walk along a small path. There were fewer people on the small path, and it was a detour, so Chi Yan just wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend.

    The two held hands and walked slowly. Suddenly...

    "Gu Xiao, what''s the deal with that girl?"

    "She''s just a sister I knew since I was little. We don''t have much of a rtionship."

    "If you don''t have a rtionship, why did she hug you as soon as she saw you? Doesn''t she know you have a girlfriend?"

    The voice was very familiar, and so was the name. Chu Yang immediately stopped and Chi Yan also stopped with her, looking at her puzzled.

    Chu Yang put her finger to her lips, "Shh."

    Upon hearing this conversation, Chu Yang instantly knew which part of the story it was. The Chu Yang in the book was a terrible female supporting character, but she wasn''t the only female supporting character in this book. The sister Gu Xiao mentioned was another female supporting character.

    How could the main couple''s rtionship not have several female supporting characters interfering to make it even better?

    Even without Chu Yang as a catalyst, there would be other catalysts, right?

    Chu Yang pulled Chi Yan¡¯s hand, preparing to quietly walk past... Then Gu Xiao said, "Can you not make a scene?"

    Instantly, Li Qinglu started crying, then lightly punched Gu Xiao, turned around, and walked towards Chu Yang and the others.

    Chu Yang looked left and right. Chi Yan immediately knew what she was going to do. He pulled her to a small grove nearby and pressed her against a tree, using the tree to block the two of them.

    Li Qinglu walked past the path wiping her tears while Gu Xiao immediately went after her. After a round of "listen to me," "I won''t listen," "Then I''m going to run away," the two finally left.

    Chu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn''t afraid of the main couple, even if she encountered other bickering couples, she would still avoid them. Sometimes avoiding things could prevent a lot of trouble.

    Besides, secretly watching the main couple fight was quite fun, like watching a dog-blood drama, except there were more mosquitoes in the grove.

    Just as she was about to say she got bitten by mosquitoes and they should hurry up and leave, Chu Yang suddenly heard coquettish voices.

    "Oh my, I got bitten by mosquitoes! Those two finally left. Brother An, let''s continue..."

    Chu Yang shivered at the sound of this voice.

    She looked up and saw Chi Yan was also looking at her. He signaled with his eyes, and Chi Yan immediately pulled her away. As they left, they could still hear the voices.

    Every time they took this path, they would encounter awkward things. It was just drunk.

    After sending Chu Yang back to her dorm, Chi Yan rode his little alpaca back to A University next door.

    As soon as he returned to his dorm, he saw Wei Feng, Zheng Qing and Yuan Zhi huddled together, whispering about something.

    Seeing Chi Yane back, the three unanimously looked at him.

    "What''s up?" Seeing their strange looks, Chi Yan asked.

    "Bro Yan, do you have photos of yourself from high school?" Wei Feng asked.

    Of course Chi Yan had them. "Just tell me what''s going on."

    Zheng Qing held up his phone, "Take a look, is this you?"

    Chi Yan took Zheng Qing¡¯s phone and looked at the picture. It was indeed him, his high school self, wearing Mingxi High School¡¯s blue and white uniform. The top button was unbuttoned, revealing his corbones. His hands were in his pockets and he waszily leaning against a tree, not looking at the camera.

    At that time, his hair was slightly longer than it was now, his bangs covering his eyebrows. But now his smooth forehead was revealed, making him look more spirited.

    This photo was secretly taken by someone at the time and it spread within the school for a while, butter Chi Yan stopped its cirction.

    "Yes it''s me, what''s going on?"

    Hearing that it was him, the three had something to say.

    Wei Feng: ¡°I knew at first nce that it was Bro Yan. These two also said that people look simr, not necessarily the same person. Only Bro Yan has such beauty, okay?¡±

    Zheng Qing: ¡°Hey, weren''t you hesitating too?¡±

    Yuan Zhi: ¡°What exactly happened?¡±

    Chi Yan made a timeout gesture and looked at Yuan Zhi, "What''s going on?"

    Yuan Zhi spread his hands, "The three of us were ying a game together and got matched with a random male and female yer. They were strangers to each other too. Suddenly the girl turned on her mic, and when the guy heard it was a girl, he started sucking up to her. We didn''t really care at first, but then the guy threw this picture into the team chat, iming it was him... it was that picture."

    When the three saw it, they were stunned, they stopped ying just to study the picture closely. They got killed and cursed out by the others, but still kept studying the picture.

    "This is Bro Yan right?"

    "One look and you know."

    "Not necessarily, people can look simr."

    "Check which school that uniform is from and we''ll know right away, no?"

    "Isn''t Bro Yan out on a date with his goddess? How could he be ying games?"

    "Right."

    "And that guy is a suck up. Does my Bro Yan need to suck up to anyone?"

    ...The three were still talking when Chi Yan returned.

    "Bro Yan, someone stole your photos!" Wei Feng said.

    Chi Yan: "Did you guys add that guy?"

    "Yes, we added him." The three nodded.

    Chi Yan: "Warn him."

    Wei Feng immediately raised his hand: "I''ll do it!"

    Wei Feng''s fingers flew as he typed, "Bro, you used my brother''s photo to catfish people? We have evidence, getting ready to call the cops!"

    World¡¯s Number One Hottie: "Just because you say he''s your brother means he''s your brother? Come video chat if you have the guts!"

    Wei Feng wasn''t afraid of him: "Video chat? Who''s afraid, if you don''t dare you''re a dog! May you be forever cuckolded by women with lifelong scabby skin!"

    World¡¯s Number One Hottie: "..."

    Wei Feng: "Not daring anymore? World number one hottie my a*s, more like world number one ugliest! Has no one told you using other people''s photos is illegal?"

    World¡¯s Number One Hottie: "Sorry, sorry, I''ll delete it right away."

    Wei Feng: "Not only delete it, you need to rify with all those people you catfished too. If anything else happens and my brother finds out, you bear the consequences."

    World¡¯s Number One Hottie: "Yes, yes, I''ll rify right away. Sorry, sorry. Don''t call the cops."

    Wei Feng: "Go on then."

    Wei Feng showed Chi Yan the chat record. "Handled."

    Chi Yan gave him an apple. "Thanks man."

    Then he went to one side to make a call. "Bro, someone used my photo to catfish, I want to get all the photos of me circting online deleted."

    Chi Jin narrowed his eyes. "Who dares use your photo? I''ll get someone to handle it."

    Chi Yan: "I''ve already solved it. I just want to get those photos of me circting online deleted."

    Chi Jin: "I''ll get someone to help."

    Chi Yan: "Thanks bro."

    After hanging up, Chi Yan called Chu Yang again. When you get wronged, you need your girlfriend tofort you. On the other end, Chu Yang was still puzzled, they had only just parted moments ago.

    "Hello, what''s up?" Chu Yang had just finished showering and was sitting on a chair about to drink water.

    There was grievance in Chi Yan''s voice. "Just now Wei Feng and the others discovered someone using my photo to catfish..."

    "Pfft- cough cough!" Chu Yang spat out her water. "What happened?"

    Chi Yan told her everything.

    Chu Yang had also seen some people online pretend to be someone else by using random images found online when dating. "Which photo of yours got stolen? How did it get stolen?"

    Chi Yan sent her the photo and told her about what happened in the past.

    Chu Yang said: "Give me that person''s information, let me check it out for you."

    Chi Yan didn''t want her to waste her power. "No need, I''ve already handled it. I got my brother to get someone to help delete the photos of me circting online."

    "Oh okay then. I''lle find you tomorrow and bring you milk tea. Don''t be upset over people like him!"

    "Okay~" Chi Yan looked at his phone with a smiling expression

 Chapter 73: Official Announcement of Chuyang Circle of Friends

    <h4>Chapter 73</h4>

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang were on the phone when Wei Feng saw him like this. He immediately sat next to Zheng Qing and leaned on Zheng Qing''s shoulder. He started acting, "Boss, I''m wronged."

    Zheng Qing: "Let me take care of him for you! Abracadabra! Hehe, ha! Yo! Okay, I''ve taken care of him for you now!"

    Wei Feng pretended and said, "Good~"

    Chi Yan hung up the phone and threw a pen at the two!

    "Ow!" Wei Feng touched his head.

    Chi Yan ignored the two, humming a song as he tidied up his clothes to take a shower. He was going to wear the pajamas his girlfriend bought today.

    The next afternoon, Chu Yang brought milk tea over, and not only that, but also fruits and some food. "Take the food back to the dorm first, I''ll wait for you."

    "Okay~" Chi Yan held the milk tea in one hand and the food and drinks in the other, going back to the dorm happily under the envious eyes of the three roommates, before happily going out again.

    Today, the two didn''t go to the library but the study room instead.

    Chi Yan shared an earphone with Chu Yang. The two listened to music while studying at the same time. Chu Yang wore a purple floral strappy top today with a see-through cardigan over it. Her hair draped behind her back, clipped with a pearl hair clip.

    Chi Yan, who was studying diligently over there, suddenly rested his chin on his hand and looked at his girlfriend. His girlfriend was too focused, and he didn''t want to disturb her, so he secretly took a photo first~

    Chi Yan picked up his phone and took a side profile shot, before getting into the shot himself for a second photo.

    Chu Yang didn''t even lift her head, her hands kept moving, "What are you doing?"

    Chi Yan showed her the photos, "I want to post on Moments, can I use this photo?" He wanted to show off their rtionship.

    Chu Yang suddenly felt a little guilty...she seemed to have never posted anything about Chi Yan on Moments before. Chu Yang put down her pen and picked up her phone, "Let me take one of you too, okay? I''ll post too."

    Chi Yan smiled so wide his eyes were narrowed. He made a "yes!" pose, wearing a white T-shirt today, full of youthful spirit.

    Chu Yang wasn''t very good at taking photos, but Chi Yan''s face looked good from every angle, so no matter how she took them, they still looked nice.

    After taking the photo, Chu Yang directly edited it: Boyfriend¡¾Photo¡¿.

    Chi Yan was the first to like andment: ¡¾Heart¡¿

    Then Chi Yan also posted Chu Yang''s photo: Girlfriend¡¾Photo¡¿

    Chu Yang also liked it andmented: ¡¾Heart¡¿

    Chu Yang browsed through the previous Moments posts Chi Yan made, and realized the most recent ones were all about her. Their trip to go shopping together, their trip to Beiwang Mountain, everything was documented.

    But Chu Yang hadn''t seen his Moments before, so she hadn''t seen any of them. Feeling guilty, Chu Yang liked all of Chi Yan''s posts she had missed, thinking that she must check Moments more often in the future. She couldn''t miss her boyfriend''s posts, that wouldn''t be good at all, she was being irresponsible.

    However, Chu Yang forgot to block her family when she posted on Moments.

    At that moment, at home, her parents looked at Chu Yang''s Moment in silence.

    After a long while...

    Chu Yang''s mom said, "Kids these days are all like this. Let''s just not get involved and pretend we don''t know."

    Chu Yang''s dad rubbed his chest, "Although it''s like this, I still feel ufortable inside. Chu Yang...I''m afraid she''ll get hurt, after all she''s a girl."

    "You can''t call her about this," Chu Yang''s mom warned.

    "I know, I know."

    Chu Yang didn''t add many people on WeChat, so it was just people she knew who liked it after she posted.

    It was different for Chi Yan. With so many ssmates and friends, the likes instantly started shooting up after he posted. But Chi Yan had posted so many times that everyone was used to it already.

    Alright, that''s enough fun for now, back to studying.

    Chu Yang went back to studying diligently, while Chi Yan next to herid down watching his girlfriend after finishing his homework.

    Her eyshes were curved, her wrists slender, Chi Yanpared his arm to his girlfriend''s arm. Hm, his girlfriend''s arm was half the size of his, so fair you could see the blue blood vessels underneath, her fingernails neatly trimmed without nail polish, her fingertips pink.

    Her lips were crimson, pursed tightly. Chi Yan swallowed, suddenly feeling a little thirsty. He took a drink of water beforeying back down to continue looking...

    When Chu Yang finally finished her homework, she turned to look and saw Chi Yan already sleeping with his eyes closed next to her.

    Chu Yang leaned in, wanting to tease him a little. She brought her head closer, extending a finger to poke his face. Before she could poke him, Chi Yan suddenly opened his eyes.

    "Ah!" Chu Yang was startled, her hand instantly grabbed by Chi Yan. Then Chi Yan put his arm around the back of Chu Yang''s head, and kissed her on the lips.

    Chu Yang''s eyes widened in shock, she almost fell off her chair. Chi Yan quickly put his arm around her and lifted her onto hisp.

    Chu Yang wrapped her arms around his neck, "Almost..."

    "Sorry!" Chi Yan hugged her tightly.

    Chu Yang''s face was red as she shook her head, "It''s okay, are you tired? Want to head back?"

    Chi Yan rested his chin on her shoulder, "Don''t want to go back, I want to stay with you."

    Chu Yang stroked his head, looking out the window. The sunlight was still very strong, and it was exceptionally hot this year. Going out to y during the day would be scorching.

    "You haven''t yed basketball in a long time, right?" Chu Yang asked. It seemed liketely whenever he had free time he woulde see her, she hadn''t seen him y basketball at all.

    "Mhm." Who would want to y basketball with a bunch of guys when you have a girlfriend? He had a girlfriend after all.

    "Nopetitions this year?"

    "None. Oh right, next weekend I''m going back home for two days to celebrate my mom''s birthday with her, so I won''t be able to apany you." Chi Yan suddenly remembered.

    Chu Yang didn''t mind, "No problem, go home." She had a part-time job too, if not she''d be studying.

    "Okay~ I''ll bring you back a gift when Ie back."

    Gifts again!

    "No need, I don''t need gifts. And why would your family give me gifts for their birthday celebration? Gifts aren''t important, people are. " She was too embarrassed from his constant gift-giving already.

    As Chu Yang yed with his hair, she tied it up into a little sprout with a hair tie. She gave the sprout a little tug, satisfied!

    Chi Yan obediently let her fuss with his hair, "Okay~"

    "Did you finish your homework? Still studying?" Chu Yang looked at his textbook.

    Chi Yan: "All done, finished it already."

    "Then let''s go." Chu Yang got up from hisp.

    "Mhm mhm."

    After packing up their things, the two left the study room.

    Exiting the ssroom building, Chu Yang opened up her sun umbre. Chi Yan took the umbre in one hand and held her hand in the other, "Do you want to go swimming on Saturday? It''s too hot."

    Chu Yang: "Where? Your school''s pool or mine?"

    "Let''s go to a different pool, I''ll take you."

    "Okay."

    Since they decided to go swimming, they''d need swimsuits first.

    "I don''t have a swimsuit yet."

    "Then let''s go buy one now?" Chi Yan''s face suddenly went a little red.

    Chu Yang didn''t think much of it, "Sure, let''s go now. Let''s check the street behind the school, don''t need to go downtown."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang rode her little sheep scooter with Chi Yan and headed to the street behind the school, making a beeline for the lingerie store.

 Chapter 74: Swimming and Miao

    <h4>Chapter 74</h4>

    Chu Yang walked in and saw Chi Yan still standing outside basking in the sun. "Chi Yan, what are you doing? Come over here!"

    Chi Yan scratched the back of his head. "Oh,ing!"

    Chi Yan followed her in, not daring to look around. He was like a little daughter-inw, sticking close behind Chu Yang, listening to her talk with the shop assistant.

    "Wee! How may I help you, miss?"

    Chu Yang was very direct: "I want to buy a swimsuit. Not too revealing."

    The shop assistant immediately brought her over to the swimsuit section, picking up a pink one. "This style is quite popr. It''s a two-piece with leaf edges, a little sexy but not too exposing."

    Chu Yang didn''t feel it was suitable. "Do you have any one-pieces?"

    The shop assistant nodded. "What about this one? Miss, your fair skin would look great with this ck one." The shop assistant held up a ck one-piece halter neck swimsuit, with a skirt and open back.

    Chu Yang thought it was okay. "Then let me try it on."

    "Of course, this way."

    Chu Yang gave her bag to Chi Yan. "Wait for me outside."

    "Okay~"

    Chu Yang took the swimsuit into the changing room. Chi Yan sat outside holding her bag, sitting perfectly still, eyes fixed on the changing room door without daring to look elsewhere.

    Seeing him like this, the shop assistant asked, "Would you like to take a look at some lingerie for your girlfriend? We have all kinds of styles out here~"

    Chi Yan waved his hand. "No need, no need, thanks."

    The shop assistant persisted, "With skin as fair as your girlfriend''s and her figure, lingerie like this would definitely suit her well." She showed Chi Yan a very revealing set.

    Chi Yan nced at it, the two small pieces of fabric instantly turning his face red as he desperately shook his head. "No...no need."

    Shop assistant: "If you''re not satisfied we have other colors and styles too. You can have whatever you like~"

    Chi Yan: "I''ll listen to my girlfriend." And desperately chanted a mind-cleansing mantra to himself.

    Just then Chu Yang came out, handing the swimsuit to the shop assistant. "I think it''s a bit big, could I get a size smaller?"

    "Of course. Will that be all? We have all kinds of lingerie too~"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "Just this, thanks."

    "Alright."

    After checking out, Chu Yang saw Chi Yan sitting there stiff as a boiled shrimp, motionless. "Hm? Are you hot?" Chu Yang felt his forehead, "Heat stroke? Should we get some menthol oil?"

    Chi Yan quickly stood up, "No no, I''m fine."

    "Then let''s go."

    "Mm mm."

    After leaving the lingerie store, Chi Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

    Chi Yan didn''t actually have heat stroke, but with the weather being so hot Chu Yang thought they should stock up onmonly used medicine. So she bought some menthol oil and other cold medicine.

    She got two sets, giving one to Chi Yan. "Here, just in case."

    "Thanks."

    The two wandered here and there, eventually returning with their haul.

    Early Saturday morning after breakfast, Chi Yan took Chu Yang to a swimming center owned by Brother Tianyuan. There weren''t many people around.

    "This belongs to my brother who lives next to North Looking Mountain."

    Chu Yang had some impression. "Oh."

    The two first went to change. Chi Yan''s was simple, just a pair of shorts with a towel around his shoulders before he came out. Chu Yang put on the ck swimsuit she bought previously, tying her hair in a bun and draping a towel around herself as she walked out.

    Seeing Chu Yange out, Chi Yan''s ears instantly turned red.

    Chi Yan had already swum ap before Chu Yang came out. As soon as she appeared he quickly went over, "Let''s warm up first."

    Chu Yang put her towel on a nearby chair. "Okay."

    After some stretches they did a few warm-up exercises, then Chi Yan went into the pool first, holding out his hand to help her down. "Come on in, slowly."

    Chu Yang slowly entered the water and they began swimming, like a beautiful mermaid. Chi Yan swam alongside her as they leisurelypped the pool.

    When tired they clung to the pool edge. Chu Yang suddenly sshed water at Chi Yan, beginning a yful water fight.

    With just the two of them there, they could be unrestrained.

    "My, don''t you look happy!"

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang immediately stopped to see who it was. Gao Miao, followed by twockeys. They didn''t expect to run into Gao Miao here too.

    Chu Yang instantly hid behind Chi Yan''s back. Chi Yan wiped the water off his face, unwilling to acknowledge him since that would just egg him on.

    "Let''s get out first." Chi Yan said to Chu Yang.

    "Mm mm." Chu Yang followed Chi Yan towards the poolside.

    However Gao Miao blocked their way out, and every time they tried a different direction he moved to block them.

    "Go past first." Chi Yan told Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang moved back a meter. She then saw Chi Yan grab Gao Miao''s leg and pull him into the water with a ssh.

    "Chi Yan, you''re asking for it!" Gao Miao yelled loudly.

    Chi Yan thought it was Gao Miao asking for it. He finally had some alone time ying in the water with Chu Yang, yet this guy dared intrude on them!

    Chi Yan dragged Gao Miao into the water and directly held his head under.

    "Glug glug~ Glug glug~"

    Gao Miao: "Ahh, Chi Yan! What are you two doing? Help me hit him!" Gao Miao immediately ordered his twockeys to attack.

    The twockeys looked at each other hesitantly. That was Chi Yan! They didn''t dare be as unscrupulous as Gao Miao.

    But they still got into the water to help in the end. The four scuffled in the water.

    Though called scuffling, it was really just Chi Yan beating up Gao Miao. The twockeys could only act to shield Gao Miao, not daring to touch Chi Yan.

    Water sshed everywhere. Unable to see clearly, Chu Yang only knew three were ganging up to attack her Chi Yan. That wouldn''t do. Chu Yang immediately climbed ashore, throwing both towels down urately over their heads before grabbing a life preserver and whacking each of them like ying whack-a-mole!

    "Ow!"

    "Ow!"

    "Ow!"

    The other patrons came over to watch. Even the pool manager came, "Okay okay, stop fighting, not safe!" Though saying this he didn''t actually dare intervene. Both sides weren''t easy to provoke.

    Just as the manager was fretting anxiously, he saw the boss arrive. "Boss, boss,e quickly!"

    Zheng Tianyuan, followed by a bunch of friends, asked "What''s going on?"

    "Young Master Chi and Young Master Gao are fighting!"

    Zheng Tianyuan immediately perked up, "Oh my! Let me go see."

    When he got there, this wasn''t just fighting but a one-sided beatdown, with Chi Yan and his girlfriend beating up Gao Miao. What to do? Kind of wanted tough.

    But as an adult he had to maintain appearances. Zheng Tianyuan coughed twice before ordering, "Get them separated!" Then to Chi Yan he called out, "Stop fighting! If there''s any issue, tell your brother here and I''ll inform your families. Don''t make me do that!"

    Seeing Zheng Tianyuan, Chi Yan gave Gao Miao onest kick before swiftly swimming to the edge and climbing out. Chu Yang threw down the life preserver and dashed over. "Are you okay?"

    Chi Yan shook his head. "I''m fine."

 Chapter 75: Jeong Cheon-won

    <h4>Chapter 75</h4>

    Someone quickly came forward to hand over a towel, and Chi Yan took the towel and wrapped Chu Yang''s upper body first before drying his own hair.

    On the other side, Gao Miao also reached the shore, but his eyes were swollen, and he kept coughing.

    Zheng Tianyuan couldn''t help but burst intoughter and immediately covered his mouth. Oops, he couldn''t hold it in.

    "Cough, alright, alright, let''s go and have fun. Stop staring. What are you two doing fighting in my swimming pool?"

    Chi Yan pulled Chu Yang over to greet him, "Brother Tianyuan."

    "Mhm," Zheng Tianyuan nodded, "Why did youe swimming today? Why didn''t you tell me?"

    Chi Yan replied, "Just came to y."

    Zheng Tianyuan nced at Chu Yang behind him and understood in his heart. They were here for a swimming pool date.

    "Why did you end up fighting?"

    Chi Yan nced at the coughing Gao Miao and said, "Gao Miao came looking for trouble. I couldn''t hold back."

    Gao Miao immediately retorted upon hearing this, "You''re talking nonsense! You were the one who pulled me into the water."

    Chi Yan said, "Yeah, who told you to block me and not let me get ashore?"

    Gao Miao said, "Brother Tianyuan, not only did he pull me into the water, but he alsounched a sneak attack on me in the water. Look at how he beat me up." Gao Miao pointed at his own eye. "He didn''t just hit me; he did it right in the face. What was he doing?"

    Zheng Tianyuan said, "Alright, alright, you should go apply some iceter. And you, why did you provoke Chi Yan? Have you forgotten the times when he beat you up as a child? Don''t you know Chi Yan''sbat strength?"

    Gao Miao knew very well. He simply disliked Chi Yan, and now Zheng Tianyuan was speaking up for him. It seemed that Chi Yan and him were destined to be at odds. Every time they fought, everyone thought it was his fault.

    If Chi Yan knew what he was thinking, he would definitely sneer. Of course, it was his fault. He always came over with that provocative look. It wouldn''t be right if he didn''t give him a good beating after all his hard work in learning judo, taekwondo, boxing, and other sports.

    Zheng Tianyuan turned back to Chi Yan and the others. "Are you still going to continue ying? I''ll have the manager open a VIP room pool for you."

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, who nodded, and Chi Yan said to Zheng Tianyuan, "Okay."

    Zheng Tianyuan immediately asked the manager to take them there. Chu Yang leaned close to Chi Yan and whispered, "I noticed something off about your friend Tianyuan."

    Chi Yan paused and asked, "Is he in danger?"

    Chu Yang shook his head, "It doesn''t seem that serious, but something bad might happen. I didn''t see anything, but I sensed an unusual aura from him. Do you want me to take a look for him? I brought my crystal ball today."

    That dark energy was too conspicuous. As for why she brought a crystal ball, it was because they were originally nning to study at Chi Yan''s ce this afternoon, but she usually worked a bit before studying.

    "I''ll go find himter."

    "Okay."

    The manager quickly led them to the new pool. After the manager left, there were only the two of them here.

    Chu Yang asked, "Should I get the crystal ball?"

    Chi Yan replied, "Yes. I''ll call Tianyuan toe over alone."

    Chu Yang quickly went to the changing room and brought her belongings. Meanwhile, Chi Yan made a phone call, "Hello? Tianyuan, can youe over alone for a moment?"

    "What''s wrong? Is there something wrong with Chi Yan?"

    Chi Yan: "No, I have something else I want to talk to you about."

    "Okay, I''lle over in a while."

    When Zheng Tianyuan arrived, he saw Chi Yan helping Chu Yang with her hair. Oh boy, is he being fed dog food?

    "Cough cough." Zheng Tianyuan interrupted the two.

    Chi Yan immediately stopped what he was doing. "Tianyuan Ge, you''re here?"

    "Yeah, what''s up?"

    Chu Yang took out a crystal ball and gestured towards Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan understood and said, "Tianyuan Ge, please ce your hand on this crystal ball."

    Zheng Tianyuan: "Huh? Are you two ying cosy?" Zheng Tianyuan put his hand on the crystal ball. "What are you two doing? It''s so strange."

    Then what he saw in front of him left him shocked and speechless.

    He saw Chi Yan''s girlfriend cing both hands on one side of the crystal ball, then closing her eyes. In an instant, the entire crystal ball emitted a glow!

    !!!

    Zheng Tianyuan''s mouth hung open, and his hand almost retracted, but Chi Yan immediately held it down, signaling him not to move or speak. "Shh."

    Zheng Tianyuan pointed at Chu Yang, then at Chi Yan, unable to find the words to say.

    After about a minute, Chu Yang opened her eyes and looked at Zheng Tianyuan seriously. "Hurry and go to the hospital to get checked."

    Zheng Tianyuan: !!!

    Chi Yan instantly became serious too. "Ge, you should go to the hospital right away."

    Zheng Tianyuan''s mind went nk. "What''s wrong with me... Your girlfriend..."

    Chi Yan said, "It''s not the time to talk about that now. You should go to the hospital immediately."

    Chu Yang put away the crystal ball. "It''s better to go early so it doesn''t affect certain functions of a man!"

    Zheng Tianyuan felt a chill down below and suddenly remembered something. He immediately turned around. "I''ll go now." As for Chi Yan and his girlfriend, they could discuss itter.

    After Zheng Tianyuan left, Chi Yan touched her face and asked, "Are you okay?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "I''m fine."

    Chi Yan said, "It seems like you''ve never had anyone put their hand on the crystal ball before?"

    Chu Yang replied, "The clients are all online clients, so of course they wouldn''t put their hands on it. But since it''s a real person and the crystal ball is here, it''s best to put it on for better uracy and to save magical power."

    Chi Yan nodded, seeming to understand but not quite.

    Finally, with no more incidents and no more interruptions, Chi Yan jumped into the water and called out to Chu Yang, "Yang Yang,e down."

    Chu Yang slid down, and it seemed a bit deeper here than outside. Chu Yang couldn''t touch the bottom for a moment, and in her nervousness, she grabbed onto Chi Yan, holding onto him with her legs and hands.

    Chi Yan supported her buttocks with one hand and embraced her with the other. Her soft chest pressed against his face. Although she appeared thin, she still had the right curves. The ck swimsuit clung tightly to her body after being soaked in water, entuating her fair and tender skin. He could even catch a hint of a subtle fragrance, and the heat rushed to his head, causing a nosebleed!

    In a flurry of panic, Chi Yan finally managed to stop the nosebleed, but they couldn''t continue swimming in the pool...

    Chi Yan felt embarrassed, his face turning red.

    Chu Yang''sughter formed crescents in his eyes as he reached out to pat his head. "Why are you so innocent?" Then, she nted a kiss on his cheek and said, "Alright, it''s not suitable for swimming today. It''s gettingte, and I''m hungry. Let''s go back."

    "Okay~"

    The two changed their clothes and walked out of the swimming pool. They had a simple meal nearby before heading home.

    Meanwhile, in the hospital, Zheng Tianyuan asked the doctor, "How is it?"

    The doctor frowned and replied, "What have you been eating recently? There are signs of poisoning, and it seems to be affecting your male functions. However, it''s not severe at the moment. You need to take good care of yourself."

    Zheng Tianyuan squinted his eyes. Damn it! Someone was trying to harm him! He had a pretty good idea of who could be behind this, but he never expected that even with all his precautions, he couldn''t prevent it!

    Fortunately, he met Chi Yan and his girlfriend today... As for Chi Yan''s girlfriend, he would find out moreter. For now, the most important thing was to take care of his health and eliminate those who were harming him!

    "Doctor, please arrange for me to be hospitalized for recovery."

    "Alright."

 Chapter 76: Donation

    <h4>Chapter 76</h4>

    When Chu Yang and Chi Yan returned to their apartmentplex, the security guard greeted them again. Now theplex doesn''t allow outsiders to enter, and delivery drivers can''te in either. Those who order delivery have to pick it up at the security office. Although it has be very strict, most residents are cooperating, even if somein.

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan entered theplex and walked towards a coupleing their way: an unfamiliar girl and a familiar boy, Gu Xiao.

    Wow~ Is that girl beside the male lead another female supporting character?

    The two pairs noticed each other. Gu Xiao disgustingly nced away while the girl looked at Chu Yang and Chi Yan with great interest, then said to Gu Xiao beside her: "Xiao Xiao, there are so many good-looking guys and girls in yourplex. Thatst couple just now were really attractive."

    Gu Xiao had been in a bad mood recently because he fought with Li Qinglu. Hearing her say this, he immediately frowned, "They''re just so-so."

    The girl instantly realized Gu Xiao was unhappy. She was puzzled for a moment but quickly smiled and said: "Oh I''m just casuallymenting. That guy isn''t as handsome as you, and you and your girlfriend are the best looking couple. Speaking of which, I haven''t seen your girlfriend aroundtely? Did you two fight? I think girls shouldn''t be spoiled too much..."

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang had arrived at Chi Yan''s home. After taking off their shoes and entering, Chu Yang rxed on the sofa, "I''m tired, gonna rest a bit."

    Chi Yan responded with an "mm-hmm," but started busying himself - first going to the kitchen to pour a ss of warm water, then washing some fruit, turning on the TV, and taking out a broom to start cleaning the room.

    By the time Chi Yan swept from the living room into the bedroom and cleaned the bathroom, Chu Yang had fallen asleep on the sofa.

    Chi Yan turned off the TV, carried Chu Yang to bed and covered her with a nket, kissing her forehead. He then went to his study and turned on hisputer to start working.

    He was currently designing a game that he could sell and earn money to buy presents for his girlfriend, so he could make his own money and Chu Yang wouldn''tin about him anymore.

    An hourter, Chu Yang woke up. Not seeing Chi Yan, she looked through the slightly open study door and saw him facing hisputer, diligently working or possibly studying hard.

    Chu Yang didn''t want to disturb him. After washing up and feeling refreshed, she took out her phone and logged into Weibo to start today''s work.

    Hmm, tomorrow will be windy with heavy rain. Let''s make a post first.

    Then check private messages - a client said her ring was missing and wanted to know where it was. This is easy; Chu Yang quickly replied: it''s in the drawer by the door.

    Then someone was looking for her lost dog. Also simple, it wille back itself tomorrow.

    Someone asked if their trip tomorrow would go smoothly.

    The fortune-telling witch replied: No, absolutely do not go out. Do not leave home no matter what.

    On the other side, after the girl saw this, she hesitantly said to her boyfriend: "The fortune-telling witch said I shouldn''t go, so I''m not going."

    Her boyfriend said: "Who''s this fortune-telling witch? Don''t believe in superstitions."

    "But everyone online says she''s super urate!"

    "That''s impossible, they''re all scammers."

    "No, I''m still not going."

    The boyfriend thought for a moment. Weren''t we going to hike? How about this - she probably meant hiking would be unpleasant. Let''s go to the beach instead! We''ll change locations, so it won''t be unpleasant anymore.

    The girl considered: "That makes sense. Okay then."

    "I''ll go make arrangements," he said.

    After handling her client issues, Chu Yang went to the kitchen and made two kumquat lemonades. She gently knocked on the study door and brought them in, cing them on Chi Yan''s desk.

    Seeing her, Chi Yan asked, "You''re awake?"

    "Mm-hmm. Kumquat lemonade, I made it. Wanna try?"

    Chi Yan took a sip. "Very delicious." The icy coldness filled his mouth and the lemon aroma lingered on his lips and teeth, invigorating him.

    "I''ll leave you be then. I''ll go sit on the balcony."

    "Alright."

    Chu Yang left the study, thoughtfully closing the door behind her. Taking her lemonade, she went to the balcony which had a tatami mat and small table. She sat there reading a book and asionally sipping her drink, extremely content.

    That night, Zheng Tianyuan called Chi Jin: "Chi Jin, do you remember your cousin''s girlfriend?"

    Chi Jin of course remembered. "What about her?"

    Zheng Tianyuan sounded mysterious. "You know what? This morning when I went to the swimmingplex with Lin Da and the others, I ran into your cousin and Gao Miao fighting in the pool."

    Chi Jin was expressionless. "Hmm. Did he win?"

    Zheng Tianyuan said: "Of course he won. Gao Miao''s eyes were swollen. Why doesn''t he learn? He keeps provoking your cousin only to get beaten badly every time."

    "Hmm. So what''s the rtion to my cousin''s girlfriend?"

    Zheng Tianyuan exined: "That''s not what I wanted to say. After I stopped their fight, I gave your cousin a VIP pool. Later when I went over at his request, do you know what happened?"

    Chi Jin: "What happened?"

    Zheng Tianyuan dramatically said: "Your cousin Chi Yan asked me to put my hand on a crystal ball, then his girlfriend started doing some kind of spell! The crystal ball instantly lit up - scared me half to death, I thought I was gonna time travel! But a minuteter, his girlfriend told me to go to the hospital and your cousin also said I should. Bewildered, I went..."

    Chi Jin: "So did you be disabled or impotent?!"

    Zheng Tianyuan thought, if she could cure it then she wouldn''t have sent me to the hospital. "Uh...impotent."

    Chi Jin asked again: "So did you pay her?"

    Zheng Tianyuan pped his thigh. "No...I will now! Gotta go!"

    Thente at night Chi Yan received a bank transfer from Zheng Tianyuan: [50,000] for your girlfriend.

    Chi Yan replied: Received.

    Just after washing up in her dorm room, Chu Yang checked her phone and saw Chi Yan''s message about the money Tian Yuan gave.

    Chu Yang didn''t reject it. Looking at her ount, she realized she had earned a lot this semester. She transferred 10,000 to Chu Luo, 20,000 each to Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom, and the 50,000 was gone.

    She then divided her remaining money into three parts - one for living expenses, one was a rtionship fund since Chi Yan was always buying her things so she should give back, and thest part she directly donated to a reputable charity for their education support programs in rural mountain schools. Education is the foundation for escaping poverty.

 Chapter 77: Zhu Ruxin

    <h4>Chapter 77</h4>

    When Chu Yang''s family received her money, they were all shocked.

    Chu Yang soon received a call from her family. "Yang Yang, why did you transfer money to us? And so much money?" Chu mother''s heart thumped loudly.

    Chu Yang: "Well, I earned money. You just use it, I can earn money now, and don''t send me living expenses anymore in the future. I have money. It''s so hot recently. It seems like there''s no air conditioner at home. Install an air conditioner and you can also buy a bigger refrigerator. When it''s hot, don''t be stingy with that little electricity bill."

    Chu mother: "How...so much money?"

    Chu Yang came up with an excuse, "It''s money I earned from a part-time job. I''m a top student at the prestigious A University after all, this is nothing. I ranked first in my major for the midterm exam and the school has schrships. Don''t worry, it''s money I earned properly." The money from part-time work and schrships could only be a small portion. The bulk was still money earned from fortune telling. But she didn''t tell them that.

    "Oh dear. We don''t need so much money. Do you still have money on hand? Things are expensive in big cities."

    "It''s fine. I have money. Anyway, don''t give me money anymore in the future."

    "Oh, okay. Take good care of yourself then."

    "Okay. I''m going to hang up now."

    "Okay. Bye."

    "Bye."

    On Chi Yan''s side, he also received a call from Chi Jin. "Little Yan, your little girlfriend is a bit sneaky. Don''t be too ostentatious."

    Chi Yan knew what he was talking about. "Bro, don''t worry. I just believe in Brother Tianyuan."

    Chi Jin: "Yeah. Your Brother Tianyuan is still trustworthy, but you should still keep it low-key in the future."

    Chi Yan: "But my Yang Yang is a blogger..."

    Chi Jin: "Huh? What blogger?"

    Chi Yan told him the ount name. Afterwards, Chi Jin took a look and concluded that Chi Yan''s little girlfriend really wasn''t hiding anything. But she wasn''t too ostentatious either.

    "It''s fine online since things can be done covertly, but still keep it low-key in real life. Also, I heard that Miss Zhu wille back next week for Auntie''s birthday. If she finds out you have a girlfriend, she''ll definitely make things difficult for your girl. And one of Zhu''s distant uncles is that kind of person, you know that right?"

    As soon as Chi Yan heard about Miss Zhu, his face instantly darkened. "Bro, can''t we not invite the Zhu family?"

    Chi Jin: "Probably not. We still need to maintain good rtions on the surface."

    Chi Yan had a stern look on his face: "Anyway, if I''m unhappy, I won''t be polite. If she finds out about my Yang Yang''s existence and targets her, I won''t let her off."

    Chi Jin: "Do whatever you want then. I already warned you, so be careful."

    "Okay."

    After hanging up the phone, Chi Yan stroked the wrist guard Chu Yang bought him. If Zhu Ruxin dared to make a move on Yang Yang, don''t me him for being merciless.

    When she was little, Zhu Ruxin had spent time at the Chi family manor and liked to follow Chi Yan around. But Chi Yan didn''t like her because the Zhu and Chi families were not on good terms then. The adults didn''t care if the children yed together even though the families were not on good terms.

    Later, something happened to the Zhu family, then rtions with the Chi family eased by a lot. At least the Zhu family was invited during banquets now. Zhu Ruxin became more brazen and would run to the Chi house to find Chi Yan all the time, even if Chi Yan ignored her.

    She even beat up girls who got close to Chi Yan in elementary school, and threatened them constantly, proiming that Chi Yan belonged to her. Even though Chi Yan was never nice to her, she had thick skin like a stalker and stalked Chi Yan.

    The Zhu family doted on her and gave her everything she wanted. They even wanted to arrange a marriage with the Chi family at one point. Of course Chi Yan rejected it. It wasughable. Chi Yan knew exactly what kind of person Zhu Ruxin was. An arranged marriage would be truly disgusting.

    Later, something happened in the Zhu family again, and Zhu Ruxin was sent abroad in high school. Only then did Chi Yan feel the air had cleared up by a lot. He didn''t expect that she would being back now?!

    In any case, he would definitely not let Zhu Ruxine and disturb Chu Yang.

    Things were peaceful recently. But two dayster, Chu Yang suddenly received a call from the police. "Hello, is this the fortune teller Little Witch? This is the XX Bureau XX. There are some things we''d like to ask you."

    Chu Yang found it strange. "Yes, speaking."

    Chu Yang immediately thought it might be a scam, but the number really was 110!

    "Yes."

    "Don''t panic. We just want to ask if you know someone named Chunyu Ruishui?"

    Chu Yang: "I do. She was a client. Haven''t met her face to face."

    "We found that you were thest person she had contact with. She''s missing now, so we wanted to ask if you knew anything would happen to her since you told her not to go out?"

    Chu Yang thought about it. "I think you can investigate her boyfriend."

    "How did you know she had a boyfriend?"

    Chu Yang: "I''m a fortune telling blogger."

    Police: "I see..."

    Police: "Okay. You haven''t met her before right? Did she say anything else to you afterwards?"

    Chu Yang: "No. I''m just a blogger. She asked me questions and I answered her questions, that''s all. We don''t know each other."

    Police: "Alright, thanks for your help."

    After hanging up the phone, the two policemen looked at each other. "The blogger told her not to go out already..."

    "That''s how it is. Sometimes when the King of Hell wants you dead at three in the morning, he won''t keep you until five in the morning. It''s all fate!"

    "The blogger told us to investigate her boyfriend, but the boyfriend was the one who reported her missing."

    "No matter who reports it, they can all be suspects. Let''s find the person first."

    "Okay."

    After hanging up the phone, Chu Yang sighed. Sometimes encountering clients like this still made people feel quite sad.

    At the airport, Zhu Ruxin walked to her family''s car that came to pick her up and took off her sunsses. She had a very lucky-looking face. "How are things at home?"

    "Not bad." Zhu Ruying helped carry his sister''s luggage.

    "How about Brother Yan? Is he doing well?"

    But Zhu Ruying hesitated, not daring to say that Chi Yan had a girlfriend now. He didn''t add Chi Yan on WeChat, but there were no secrets within their social circle. As long as he paid attention, he would catch a whiff of news.

    Zhu Ruying knew his sister''s obsession with Chi Yan, so he also paid attention. He didn''t expect that one day he would find out Chi Yan had a girlfriend from an unfavored family background. If his sister found out, she would definitely kick up a big fuss. But Zhu Ruying knew clearly that Chi Yan did not like his sister. In fact, Chi Yan disliked her.

    However, it couldn''t be helped that the family doted on her. And that person also liked his sister very much.

    Zhu Ruying pondered over how to tell his sister.

    But Zhu Ruxin was unconcerned as she called one of her friends back home. "Hi, it''s me. I''m back. Um, do you have any news about Brother Yan?"

    "What? Who is it? Send me that person''s information!"

    With a snap, Zhu Ruxin angrily hung up the phone and smashed it on the ground. "Brother Yan is dating and no one told me?!"

    Zhu Ruying picked up the phone. "It was to avoid you getting angry!"

    But Zhu Ruxin didn''t care. "I don''t care. I want that bitch dead!" Zhu Ruxin''s face was hideously twisted as her chest heaved up and down. Her brows were filled with fierceness and her eyes shone with vicious light.

    Bitch! Bitch! Bitch! How dare she take advantage of her absence to seduce Brother Yan!

    Meanwhile, Zhu Ruying felt his sister''s temper and viciousness had worsened severelypared to when she was an obedient little dumpling as a child.

 Chapter 78: The Birthday Party

    <h4>Chapter 78</h4>

    It was soon Saturday, and Chi Yan returned home early in the morning. His parents hade back homest night. As soon as Chi Yan entered, he saw his parents and quickly handed a box to his mother, ¡°Mom, happy birthday.¡±

    Zhao Yun smiled as she epted it, stood up and hugged him, ¡°Thank you, son. How are your studies recently?¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°Still okay.¡±

    Zhao Yun just asked casually. She certainly knew what level her son was at.

    Soon after, Chi Yan¡¯s uncle Chi Lei and cousin Chi Jin also arrived, and gave Zhao Yun gifts. As for Chi Lei¡¯s wife, she was still abroad, so she didn¡¯t have time toe back but let Chi Jin pass on her blessing. After a while, Chi Yan¡¯s young uncle Chi Xin also returned, and the current head of the Chi family, Chi Yan¡¯s grandfather Chi Bai, also came downstairs.

    ¡°Everyone has returned.¡±

    ¡°Dad!¡±

    ¡°Grandpa!¡±

    Chi Bai sat in the main seat. He hadn¡¯t retired yet and was still in charge of argepany with tens of thousands of employees, with great prestige. However, none of his three sons were like him or wanted to inherit the family business. The eldest became a painter and married a civil servant. The child they gave birth to also became a civil servant.

    The second son wanted to be a teacher but didn¡¯t settle down to properly teach. Instead he went to unknown ces to do research every day. The wife he married was the same.

    As for the third son, he still wasn¡¯t married despite being so old. When he was young he joined the army. After being demobilized he wanted to start some kind of bodyguardpany!

    The 30-something year old Chi Xin: ...He wasn¡¯t that old at all.

    Every single one of them didn¡¯t want to inherit his career. Chi Bai finally ced his hopes on his little grandson Chi Yan.

    ¡°Little Yan,e sit here.¡± Chi Bai patted the seat next to him.

    Chi Yan sat there, ¡°Grandfather.¡±

    Chi Bai patted his hand, ¡°How have your studies been recently?¡±

    Chi Xin cut in from the side, ¡°You guys only ever ask about studying. Kids these days don¡¯t like being asked about studying all the time. You should ask Little Yan if he has a girlfriend, if he¡¯s short on money. After all, Little Yan is an adult now.¡±

    ¡°Ow!¡± Chi Xin was whacked on the head with a stick by Chi Bai.

    Chi Bai: ¡°You and your big mouth. Do you have a girlfriend? How old are you? Maybe Little Yan will already have kids by the time you¡¯re still single!¡±

    Chi Xin: ...

    Chi Yan held his grandfather''s hand, "My studies are fine, no problem."

    Chi Bai: "That''s good then." Then he looked at Chi Yan¡¯s mother Zhao Yun, "Little Yun, today is your birthday. Here, this is dad''s gift to you." Chi Bai handed over a box.

    Zhao Yun took it over, "Thank you, dad."

    Chi Bai nodded, "I¡¯m borrowing your birthday tonight to host a banquet. The political situation has been changing rapidlytely. All of you should be more vignt when going out, don¡¯t get caught up in other people''s business."

    Chi Xin: ¡°Dad, who dares make trouble for our family? I¡¯ll get people to beat them back.¡±

    Chi Bai whacked him with the stick again, ¡°Watch that temper of yours. Anyway, keep a low profile.¡±

    ¡°Yes, dad.¡±

    ¡°Yes, grandpa.¡±

    "Alright alright, you guys go get ready first."

    "Yes."

    That night at the Chi house banquet hall, the lights were dazzling and wine cups criss-crossed.

    As soon as Zhu Ruxin entered, she saw Chi Yan leaningzily against a pir in a white suit, holding a ss of champagne in his hand. He wore an aloof expression, surrounded by quite a few boys and girls.

    "Brother Chi Yan!" Zhu Ruxin immediately went over.

    As soon as they saw her, many girls instantly came up with excuses to leave.

    Chi Yan''s expression also turned cold. Everyone present knew he didn''t like Zhu Ruxin. In fact, most peers in their social circle didn''t like Zhu Ruxin. She was simply too overbearing, and previously wanted to ruin the looks of a girl in the circle because she found her unpleasant.

    Yet the Zhu family allowed Zhu Ruxin to do as she pleased. No one knew how it was eventually resolved, but in any case the girl''s family didn''te seeking trouble from the Zhu family afterwards.

    "Brother Chi Yan, I''m back." Zhu Ruxin didn''t care what others thought. In her heart there was only Brother Chi Yan.

    "I don''t have a sister. Miss Zhu, please don''t call me brother. Excuse me, I have matters to attend to." Chi Yan came up with an excuse to leave.

    Zhu Ruxin reached out to grab his arm but Chi Yan dodged aside, then strode away until he disappeared around a corner.

    Zhu Ruxin stamped her foot. That cheap woman must have bewitched her Brother Chi Yan!

    Chi Yan slipped away and took out his phone to message Chu Yang, "What are you up to today?"

    Chu Yang: "Studying in the library in the morning. Went to my part-time job in the afternoon. I¡¯m in the dorm now."

    Chi Yan: "I met someone unpleasant today. Not happy."

    Chu Yang: "If it''s someone unpleasant then just ignore them. [pats head]

    Chi Yan: "I''ll be back tomorrow night."

    Chu Yang: "Great~"

    After chatting with Chu Yang for a while, Chi Yan''s mood improved considerably. The banquet was also about to officially start. Chi Yan returned to the banquet hall. Soon after, the butler brought out the cake and everyone sang happy birthday together. Then people scrambled to hand over gifts to Zhao Yun.

    "Happy birthday, Teacher Zhao."

    "Thank you."

    "Your son is so handsome. Is he still studying?"

    Zhao Yun maintained her polite smile, "Yes, he''s studying at B University."

    "B University? That''s really impressive. Not like my useless one who I could only send abroad in the end."

    "Does he have a girlfriend yet? I know some nice girls here."

    "He''s still young. Besides, I can''t interfere in matters of the heart."

    "Yes, kids these days only think about free love. They get together and break up so easily."

    "Times have changed after all."

    ...

    The banquetsted until 10pm before ending. Throughout it all, Zhu Ruxin kept trying to get close to Chi Yan, but every time Chi Yan came up with some excuse to leave so Zhu Ruxin couldn''t find him.

    This made Zhu Ruxin even more angry. For some reason, she felt like there was a ball of fire in her heart wanting release. Her uncle said that Chi Yan''s robust Yang energy couldplement hers, and insisted she must be with him. He said being with Brother Chi Yan could alleviate her physical difort.

    Of course she would be with Brother Chi Yan. She just had to get rid of those cheap women outside and Brother Chi Yan would be hers.

    The next day, the Chi family ate a meal together. Afterwards everyone went about their own business.

    Chi Yan''s uncle''s family lived outside, and so did Chi Jin. Chi Yan''s parents also lived elsewhere. Usually only Chi Yan''s grandfather and Chi Yan''s youngest uncle lived in the big house, but Chi Yan''s uncle sometimes stayed at thepany and didn''te back every day.

    In the past Chi Yan would oftene back, but hadn¡¯t done so much this semester since he still had school.

    Watching the departing figures, Chi Bai sighed. He returned to his room and looked at a photo of histe wife, "The children have all grown up and don''t like staying by my side. My health is still alright. Looks like you¡¯ll have to wait a little longer for me... The children are all doing well. I will definitely protect them well..."

    On the other side, at 9pm Chi Yan arrived downstairs at Chu Yang''s dorm building. Chu Yang hurried downstairs, "Why did youe over? It''s sote. I thought you''d go straight back to school."

    Chi Yan hugged her, "Wanted to see you."

 Chapter 79: Zhu Jia

    <h4>Chapter 79</h4>

    "If there are any strange girlsing to find you, don''t go to meet them no matter what," Chi Yan suddenly reminded.

    Chu Yang was puzzled: "What''s the matter?"

    Chi Yan told the story of Zhu Ruxin, "She is just a madwoman. I always feel that there is something wrong with her. She does not have any sense of shame at all."

    Chu Yang: "Okay, I know."

    "Mm." Chi Yan hugged her again, then went back to B University.

    Unexpectedly, people came so quickly. The next day, someone came to find Chu Yang: "Chu Yang, there is someone looking for you downstairs."

    Chu Yang was feeding the crow at that time, "Oh, okay. Thank you."

    She thought it was Chi Yan who came, but when she went downstairs, she found it was a girl.

    Chu Yang suddenly remembered what Chi Yan had saidst night. Her footsteps paused for a moment, but Zhu Ruxin had already seen her and her eyes shot towards Chu Yang, looking up and down Chu Yang once, her eyes made people very ufortable. The way Zhu Ruxin looked at Chu Yang was as if looking at garbage, "You are Chu Yang?"

    When the soldierse, block; when the wateres, build dams. Chu Yang walked two steps forward and nodded, "I am Chu Yang. You are..."

    When Chu Yang said she was Chu Yang, Zhu Ruxin immediately stepped forward and waved to hit Chu Yang, "Slut! It''s you who seduced my brother Chi Yan!"

    Of course Chu Yang would not stand still and let her hit. She directly grabbed Zhu Ruxin''s hand with cold eyes, "Who is the slut? Yourself?"

    Zhu Ruxin didn''t expect Chu Yang to dare resist her. She wanted to hit with the other hand. Chu Yang directly kicked her knee, and then released her hand.

    "Ow!" Zhu Ruxin knelt down instantly, "You slut!"

    Zhu Ruxin''s face was hideous. She rushed over again regardless of the pain in her knees, "Slut, slut!"

    People in the dormitory came in and out, and many came to watch.

    Chu Yang didn''t really like being surrounded, so when Zhu Ruxin pounced at her, she instantly shed into the dormitory and shouted, "Auntie Dorm Manager,e quickly, someone wants to beat me!"

    "Who, who, who! What happened?" The dorm manager was cooking. Hearing this, she immediately walked out with a kitchen knife.

    Chu Yang pointed at Zhu Ruxin and said, "I don''t know her. She hit me as soon as she came up. And she is not a student from our school."

    As soon as the dorm manager heard it was not a student from the school, she immediately shouted at Zhu Ruxin: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

    The people around were also whispering.

    Chu Yang added: "I suspect she has mental problems. Look at her expression, everyone."

    When everyone looked over, they all felt that what Chu Yang said was right. After all, which normal person would show such a hideous and disgusting expression with vicious and cold eyes that made people creepy.

    The dorm manager was also scared when she saw it and immediately called security.

    At Chi Yan''s end, as soon as he knew Zhu Ruxin had gone to A University, he knew things were not good. He immediately called Chi Jin, "Brother, Zhu Ruxin went to find my Chu Yang. Please call her eldest brother and ask him to bring Zhu Ruxin back quickly, otherwise I don''t dare guarantee what would happen if Zhu Ruxin has any ident."

    Chi Jin quickly called Zhu Ruying.

    Zhu Ruying already knew things were not good when he saw Zhu Ruxin leaving home. When Chi Jin called him, he rushed over immediately. When he drove to the female dormitory of A University, he just happened to see his sister being surrounded by people whispering, and the school security guard walking over to evict her.

    Zhu Ruying went forward immediately, "Sorry, sorry, let me through. Sister, why are you here?"

    Seeing Zhu Ruying, Zhu Ruxin immediately pointed at Chu Yang and said, "Brother, beat her to death for me."

    Of course Zhu Ruying wouldn''t beat Chu Yang to death. Hearing this, the security guard and dorm manager next to him immediately became angry and said, "Who are you two? Get out of here right away, or we''ll call the police."

    Zhu Ruying apologized again immediately: "Sorry, sorry. My sister is mentally not well."

    Then pulled the struggling Zhu Ruxin away forcibly.

    After they left, everyone dispersed.

    Chu Yang also received a call from Chi Yan, "Chu Yang, has Zhu Ruxin been taken away by Zhu Ruying?"

    Hearing this, Chu Yang knew it was Chi Yan who called them over, "Yes, taken away."

    Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "I''ming over to find you." He didn''te over immediately just in case Zhu Ruxin became more agitated when she saw him.

    "Okay."

    The scene of Chu Yang kicking Zhu Ruxin was caught on video by Lin Shushu. Lin Shushu showed the video to Li Qinglu, "Qinglu, look, Chu Yang hit someone again. That person even called her a slut. There must be something Chu Yang did. She deserves it! She must have stolen someone else''s boyfriend! Such disgusting people."

    Recently there were cracks appearing in Li Qinglu''s rtionship with Gu Xiao. She didn''t want to hear any news about Chu Yang, "Alright, whatever."

    Seeing Li Qinglu feeling down, knowing that she seemed to have quarreled with Gu Xiaotely, Lin Shushu immediatelyforted her, "Qinglu, rest assured, Gu Xiao cares about you in his heart. You can talk it out if there is any misunderstanding. You must not be cold war, in case there are people like Chu Yang taking advantage of emptiness."

    Hearing her words, Li Qinglu was stunned for a moment. Although Lin Shushu often spoke without thinking twice, her words this time still made a lot of sense.

    "I know, I will consider it carefully."

    "I am your CP fan. You must never break up with Gu Xiao, or many people would definitelyugh at you, and many others who want to move up..."

    "I know."

    Chi Yan soon arrived at A University. When Chu Yang came downstairs, she looked him up and down, "Anything wrong?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "Nothing. On the contrary, I kicked her. Her knees should turn blue and swollen."

    But Chi Yan didn''t care. "It doesn''t matter. You hit her. With me here."

    Chu Yang smiled. "Well, I would never let anyone bully me anyway." To be reasonable is just to talk nicely. If ites to fighting, she is not easy to provoke.

    Chi Yan stroked her head. "Shall we go somewhere?"

    "Sure."

    Chu Yang took Chi Yan to a pavilion in the school''s forest. It was secluded here and few people woulde.

    Chi Yan apologized to Chu Yang first, "I''m sorry, it''s all because of me."

    Chu Yang didn''t think it was Chi Yan''s fault. Even if it was indeed because Chi Yan aroused "fatal allure", Chu Yang pinched Chi Yan''s face, "It''s not your fault."

    Seeing that Chu Yang didn''t me the matter on him, Chi Yan felt relieved. Then he talked about the Zhu family.

    "When I was young, my family and the Zhu family shared arge courtyard, but the rtionship between our two families was not very good... Later the rtionship between the two families was mildly better... The Zhu family was not so strong at the beginning, butter an uncle came to their family. When I saw that uncle when I was young, he looked middle-aged, but as I grew up when seeing that uncle again, I found his appearance hadn''t changed at all.

    The Zhu family has felt strange ever since that uncle came. And Zhu Ruxin has be more and more disgusting, her actions and behaviors have be more and more alien from normal people. Later that uncle went abroad, then Zhu Ruxin followed and went abroad too. She just came back recently.

    At my mother''s birthday partyst time, our family held a banquet at home. Zhu Ruxin also came. But I ignored her all along. I see her eyes have be more and more paranoid since she came back this time."

    Chu Yang analyzed: "So that means all the changes are because of that Zhu family uncle. Who is that uncle?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "Not very clear, can''t check. Just..." Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang: "Just what?"

    Chi Yan: "It''s just he seems to be of high status."

 Chapter 80: Vomiting Blood

    <h4>Chapter 80</h4>

    Chu Yang pondered for a moment, "You mean those fortelling masters?"

    Chi Yan nodded: "Something like that."

    Chu Yang tapped her fingers on the table lightly, looking serious, "If it''s a forteller, they would emphasize cause and effect. Although I don''t know much, I know that those who can perceive Heaven''s will have five evils and three deficiencies. Given what you said about that Zhu Family uncle having his heyday when you were little and now you are having your heyday, I''m very skeptical that he must have done evil things to end up like this."

    Chi Yan also recalled, "I heard that the Zhu Family uncle really likes Zhu Ruxin."

    Chu Yang: "Then there must be something on Zhu Ruxin that he needs. I''ll take a look when I get back."

    "Wait, you said those who know Heaven''s will have five evils and three deficiencies, so you..." Chi Yan suddenly looked at Chu Yang worriedly.

    Chu Yang knew what he was worried about. She held his hand, "It''s different, I''m a witch. Witches don''t have that."

    Chi Yan was relieved. He held her hands in both of his, "That''s good. I''ll have someone investigate Zhu Ruyu when I get back."

    Chu Yang: "You can investigate things like her birth date and birth chart."

    "OK."

    Chu Yang nced at the sky, "Oh right, it''s going to rain soon. You should head back first, don''t get caught in the downpour." The sky over there was already gloomy, giving a sense that the storm was imminent.

    Chi Yan looked over, the ck clouds did seem to be drifting closer. "Alright, I''ll head back first then."

    "Mm."

    After returning, Chi Yan called his uncle Chi Xin, "Uncle, can you help me investigate Zhu Ruxin?"

    "Zhu Ruxin? Isn''t that the little princess of the Zhu Family? Why do you want to investigate her?"

    Chi Yan: "Something came up. Look into everything like her birth chart and so on. And if possible I''d also like to know more about that Zhu Family uncle."

    Chi Xin pondered, "That Zhu Family member is no simple man, but I''ll try my best."

    Chi Yan: "Thanks Uncle."

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang immediately took out her crystal ball after getting back to her dorm. She also searched online for some information about Zhu Family members, but other than Zhu Youjin the head of the Zhu Family Company and his wife, there were no photos circting online of other members.

    But that was fine, since Zhu Ruxin hade to find her today, she now knew what the girl looked like.

    Chu Yang ced her hand on the crystal ball... The crystal ball remained brightly lit, and it had been over ten minutes with no sign of dimming.

    Jin Yang and the others felt something was off, "Why is it taking so long today?"

    Zhou Caicai: "It does seem longer than usual."

    "Should we go take a look? I''m worried something might''ve happened to Chu Yang."

    "But what if we disturb her during the prediction?"

    "Let''s keep an eye on things for now."

    "Mm."

    Over here, Chu Yang was drenched in sweat. In her vision, she saw a dark corridor stretching forward. As she walked further in, the path twisted and turned, seeming to lead to a square crypt underground. Then she suddenly spotted someone. That person abruptly looked up, his eyes staring straight at Chu Yang!

    "Pff!" Chu Yang spat out a mouthful of blood. As she opened her eyes, her whole body went limp on the bed, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. Her head throbbed with pain, and her entire body was devoid of any strength. Even her witch power had beenpletely drained.

    Hearing the noise, Jin Yang immediately asked: "Chu Yang, what''s wrong? Are you alright?"

    Chu Yang no longer had the strength to speak. She tapped on the bed frame with her hand, "knock knock."

    Jin Yang quickly climbed up to pull open the bed curtains. "Chu Yang! You''re spitting blood!"

    Zhou Caicai cried in rm: "Should we call an ambnce?"

    Jin Yang pondered for two seconds, "No, I''ll call the campus heartthrob Chi Yan right away with Chu Yang''s phone. He should know what to do." Calling an ambnce would attract too much attention. What would they tell the school leaders and teachers if they asked? That Chu Yang suddenly spat blood while perfectly fine in her dorm?

    Chi Yan had just gotten off the phone with his uncle when his girlfriend''s phone call came in. Chi Yan immediately picked up, but it was Chu Yang''s roommate on the other end. "Hello? Campus heartthrob Chi Yan, Chu Yang was scrying and then suddenly spat blood. Can youe over?"

    Chi Yan was shocked. "I''ll be right there. Yuan Zhi, lend me your car keys."

    Yuan Zhi swiftly handed his keys over, and Chi Yan immediately rushed out.

    Wei Feng called after him from behind: "Bro Yan, it''s raining outside. Aren''t you bringing an umbre?"

    But Chi Yan could no longer hear him.

    The thunder rumbled loudly. The rain grew heavier and heavier while Chi Yan frowned the entire way. But he kept hisposure. He knew he had to stay calm - Chu Yang would surely be alright.

    Soon he arrived at the female dorms of University A. Jin Yang and Zhou Caicai supported Chu Yang down. The rain was torrential, drenching over half their bodies just getting to the car. But no one cared.

    Chi Yan passed a towel to Jin Yang, "Help wipe Chu Yang down a bit."

    "Oh, okay."

    At this point, Chu Yang was practically semiatose.

    Chi Yan drove swiftly towards the hospital, calling ahead to a private hospital.

    They arrived after about fifteen minutes. Staff hurriedly came to take over Chu Yang who was now unconscious.

    "What exactly happened?" Chi Yan asked.

    Since the three of them couldn''t enter, they could only wait outside. Chi Yan wanted to understand the circumstances.

    Jin Yang shook her head. "Don''t know. When Chu Yang returned today, she immediately got into bed with the crystal ball. It lit up very quickly, but today it seemed to glow for an exceptionally long period of time. We were a little worried but didn''t dare disturb her. Then not long after, the crystal ball went dark and we heard the sound of her spitting blood..."

    Chi Yan instantly grasped the situation. "I see." When they parted earlier, Chu Yang had said she was going back to take a look - it must be rted to that Zhu Family uncle.

    Chi Yan suddenly med himself. He had let Chu Yang take the risk without even getting clear intel on the enemy. It was his mistake.

    Chi Yan grabbed at his hair in anxiety, worry and irritation all at once.

    Not longter, the doctor emerged. "It''s nothing serious. Just physically weakened and a bit anemic. Some recuperation will fix it right up."

    "Thank you, doctor."

    The three heaved a sigh of relief. As long as she was fine.

    Chi Yan''s entire body rxed as he sat down on the floor. He had been tense this whole time, and all the strain left his body at once, leaving him a little weak.

    Qian Xin wasn''t in when she returned to the dorm, so she called to ask: "Howe none of you are in the room?"

    Jin Yang exined briefly what happened. "Help bring some things over for Chu Yang. We''re at XX Hospital."

    "Oh okay, I''ll be right there."

    When Chu Yang awoke, she opened her eyes to see four pairs staring intently back at her. She was so startled she immediately closed her eyes again, making the four anxious enough to hit the call button.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes once more. "What''re you all doing?"

    Jin Yang ced a hand on her chest. "Chu Yang, you finally woke up. You scared us to death!"

    The others nodded.

    Chu Yang tried to sit up. Chi Yan quickly helped prop pillows behind her back.

    At this point, Chu Yang''splexion was still extremely pale. Even her speech was weak and breathy as she was on a glucose drip.

 Chapter 81: Final 01

    <h4>Chapter 81</h4>

    "Don''t worry, I''m fine, I just felt weak," Chu Yang reassured them. "Oh right, did you ask for leave?" Chu Yang suddenly thought of.

    Jin Yang, the three of them, pped their foreheads: "Crap, we all forgot!" Then they hurriedly took out their phones to send a message to the teacher asking for leave.

    Chi Yan held her other hand in his, and with one hand helped tidy up her slightly messy hair. Jin Yang''s three people looked like they couldn''t cut in, looked at each other, and then said, "Yang Yang, we brought some of your daily necessities over. See if you need anything else?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "It''s okay. Why don''t you go back first, I have Chi Yan here. I don''t need that many people here either. When I get better, I''ll treat you to a meal."

    Jin Yang and the others waved their hands. "It''s okay, the most important thing is that you''re fine. It doesn''t matter whether we eat or not, but we''ll leave first. If the school prince Chi Yan has something to do, we''lle back to take care of you."

    "Okay."

    After exhorting for a while, the three Jin Yang left, leaving Chi Yan to take care of her.

    After they left, Chi Yan held her hand tightly and asked, "Is it the uncle from the Zhu family?"

    Chu Yang could still feel the kind of oppressive feeling now. "Well, he... he''s dangerous."

    Chi Yan felt very guilty. "I''m sorry, it''s all my fault." Chi Yan wrapped his arms around her and buried his head in her neck.

    Chu Yang stroked his head. "It''s not your fault. I wanted to see it myself. Besides, I think Miss Zhu Ruxin really wanted to kill me. I hit her too. Anyway, I''ve offended people, but it''s okay. This is a society ruled byw. I believe they wouldn''t dare make trouble."

    Chi Yan gave a muffled "hmm" and said, "I''ll protect you well."

    In a faraway ce, under a castle, there was a basement. Sitting inside was a man who looked to be in his thirties. The man had eagle eyes, and tapped his fingers casually a few times. Suddenly he smiled, originally it was a "hehe" kind ofugh, then it turned into a "hahahaha" loudugh. Theughter echoed in the basement, giving a kind of creepy feeling.

    "Interesting~" the man stood up, "It looks like it''s time to go back."

    Chu Yang was discharged from the hospital very quickly. Her condition was not serious at all, she just had all her witch power drained. In her daily life recently, she may just feel physically weak and cannot do strenuous exercise.

    She couldn''t update Weibo recently, so Chu Yang quickly posted a notice that she would stop updating for the near future. Everyone was asking why she stopped updating.

    Chu Yang replied to one loyal fan: physical reasons. After her health recovered, she would resume updating very soon.

    The fans gave her all kinds of well wishes, hoping that she would recover soon. Some people spected that maybe the blogger knew too much so was punished, and some people believed those reasons too.

    "A great master in our vige also said that revealing too much of heaven''s secrets would lead to retribution."

    "Sigh, I hope the blogger recovers soon."

    "I hope this stop to updating is not permanent."

    ...

    Whether she had witch power or not did not greatly affect her daily life. The literarypetition was about to start too.

    The venue for the literarypetition was at the cultural center near the capital city. It would also be live broadcasted. Chu Yang from University A was the only one who entered the finals. Teacher Li Deyong personally brought her there, apanied by another teacher. Aside from some judges, there were also a whole bunch of literary masters, of course and some audience members.

    Chu Yang had an internal ticket, given by Chi Yan. Her three dorm mates each had one ticket too.

    Early in the morning today, the teacher brought Chu Yang to the finals venue. Recently Chu Yang always looked to be in poor health. When Teacher Li Deyong saw her, he even thought she was sick. "Chu Yang, you don''t look well. Is there some health issue?"

    Chu Yang smiled and waved her hand. "Nothing, I just look unwell. Putting on some make-up will fix it."

    The female teacher next to her nodded and said, "Sometimes girls can look pale without makeup. If you feel unwell, tell the teacher."

    "Okay, thank you teacher."

    As for Chi Yan and the others, they had to make their own way there.

    Because it was being broadcast live, only those paying attention to this finalspetition would watch online. Some schools even organized students to watch it together.

    Today, Chu Yang specially wore her university uniform, a white t-shirt printed with University A''s badge and name. Below were jeans and a pair of regr sneakers. Her hair was tied back neatly in a ponytail, looking brisk and efficient. She also applied light make-up. Today she represented University A''s image. Even if she didn''t ce in the top three in the end, she still could not lose face for University A.

    At 9 o''clock in the morning, the finals officially began. By now, Chu Yang was already seated in her spot, wearing a mic. In front of her was an electronic answer board.

    There were 10 people total, 6 females and 4 males. They were all from other famous universities in the country. The girl sitting next to Chu Yang was from University B, and even smiled at her. Chu Yang smiled back.

    The finals had a total of 3 parts: written test questions, buzz-in questions, followed by timed mutual Q&A. The first two parts were like normal tests, but thest one was new. No one knew what to expect. Mutual Q&A meant starting to think now about what questions you wanted to ask your opponents, questions that you knew the answers to but they may not.

    First the host came up on stage for the opening remarks. Then they started the first part, the written test questions.

    The written test questions were chosen by lottery. In other words, the questions each person had to answer were different in both difficulty and content. It depended on luck.

    "Alright, we now invite the contestants on stage to draw lots." Who wants to go first?"

    Everyone looked hesitantly at one another, all politely declining. To save time, the host said "How about from left to right then? Does everyone agree?"

    Everyone voiced their agreement.

    Chu Yang drew test volume 12. The screen also disyed the questions she drew for everyone to see, though no one knew how difficult her questions were.

    There were a total of 20 test questions to be answered in 15 minutes, which meant that some questions may not get answered due tock of time.

    Soon everyone had drawn their questions. The host checked the time. "Alright, is everyone ready? You have 15 minutes, starting now!"

    Chu Yang scanned through all the questions first at lightning speed, taking 2 minutes to sort them from easiest to hardest. Then she started working on them. The girl from University B next to her had already started answering as soon as the host gave the go signal, writing at top speed. But after a while her pace slowed down.

    The audience below could clearly see all 10 screens disying what question each person was on and how they answered. Some judges and literary masters were also quietly discussing among themselves. Some audience members'' jaws had already dropped in shock as they took out their phones to search for answers, only to find the search results either iplete or seemingly wrong.

    "Are these really questions a person can answer?"

    "As a high school student, I used to think I knew everything. After seeing this, I realized how shallow my knowledge is."

    "My god, that University A girl''s hand speed is so fast. Ah ah, I haven''t even finished reading the question and she''s already answered it."

    "That University X boy is also amazing. Good looks and strong ability wow."

    "Has everyone noticed how nice-looking and hardworking all these top 10 students from the country''s best universities are? Really envy them."

 Chapter 82: Final 02

    <h4>Chapter 82</h4>

    At this moment, the live stream bullet screen was filled with people saying, "Worship the studying god, don''t fail the finals!"

    "Worship the studying god, don''t fail the finals!"

    "May the studying god bless me to not fail the finals!"

    There were also some cheering for their own schools.

    "Go X University!"

    "Go B University!"

    "Go Li Wutong!"

    "Go Chen Yixin!"

    "Go H University!"

    ...

    The countdown was getting closer and closer, and the audience was getting more and more nervous. They were even more nervous than the ten peoplepeting on stage.

    Jin Yang whispered to Zhou Caicai, "My heart is pounding, I''m so nervous. But Chu Yang looks very calm."

    "This is nothing to Chu Yang."

    Jin Yang thought about it, "You''re right, just a small scene." Chu Yang herself was a witch, this should be just a small scene for her, after all it was just an exam, only this exam had a bit more attention.

    "Alright, time''s up, ten, nine, eight... three, two, one! Please put down your pens."

    The moment Chu Yang said "1", she immediately put down her pen, then rubbed her wrist. She had written too fast, her wrist was sore from using too much force.

    Not just her, several others around her did the same.

    Host: "Alright, now that the exam is over, I see many students massaging their wrists. Seeing you all writing furiously, I thought you were all very rxed. But now I see your hands are tired. Let me interview someone, excuse me, how do you think you did on the exam? Are you confident?"

    "Confident!" The male student being interviewed was very confident.

    "Good, this student is very confident. Excuse me, are you confident?" The host suddenly came to Chu Yang and asked.

    Chu Yang was startled for a moment, then immediately answered: "Doesn''t matter, go with the flow."

    The host''s eyebrows raised, "Oh? Why do you say that?"

    Chu Yang: "Well, it''s over anyway, the final result can''t be changed. Anyway, just let nature take its course. Whether it goes well or not, it''s in the past now."

    Host: "It seems this student is very rxed, well said!"

    After that, the host interviewed two more students.

    "Alright, let''s take a break now for the teachers to grade the exams."

    Next was break time, people could go to the bathroom, get water, etc. Chu Yang just sat in her seat, sipping water slowly. She had been concentrating hard just now, and was tired now that it was over. Chu Yang sat with her eyes closed resting.

    But unbeknownst to her, it was still livestream time. The camera suddenly zoomed in on her face, luckily only lingering for a dozen seconds or so.

    But the bullet screen exploded.

    "My god, what an exquisite face!"

    "Sleeping beauty!"

    "She does look tired."

    "Three minutes, I want this beauty''s information."

    "It''s up there, A University Literature Department Chu Yang."

    "Literature department, no wonder she made it to the finals."

    "Both studying well and beautiful, Nuwa must have carefully molded her, while I was probably casually squeezed together."

    "I was probably made with one hand."

    "Don''t even think about it, I heard she has a boyfriend already? Boyfriend is also a top student."

    "Is there a Weibo ount? I want to follow her."

    "Seems like there isn''t one, can''t find it."

    ...

    The break ended quickly, and it was time to prepare for the second part. Chu Yang opened her eyes, rubbed them to focus herself, drank another sip of water, and got ready for the next round ofpetition.

    The second part was a buzzer round, testing not only your knowledge but your reaction speed.

    Host: "Alright, let''s continue thepetition. Is everyone ready? The second part is a buzzer round. The rules are, if it''s a multiple choice question, a correct answer gets 1 point. If it''s a short answer, a fully correct answer gets 2 points. A partially correct answer gets 1 point. If someone answers partially correctly, the next person can buzz in to try for the full 2 points..."

    So there was a chance to pick up points from others. Seemed like luck was also important.

    "Alright, everyone get ready! Please look at the big screen!"

    "Ding dong!" The audience hadn''t even finished reading the question when someone buzzed in forcefully. "Good heavens, I only read the first sentence, and didn''t even know what the first sentence meant!"

    "The whole question was in ssical Chinese, what kind of people are these, are they all ancient people time traveled to the present?"

    "As expected of a studying god! Worship the studying god, don''t fail my finals!"

    Chu Yang didn''t buzz in. She had zoned out for a second just now, frowning slightly. Her magic was restoring too slowly, leaving her low on energy.

    "Alright, please answer Li Wutong from H University."

    "This question is talking about the Han dynasty era... it mentions the Han Music Bureau''s poetry collection ''On the Mulberry Road''... "

    Many people below listened in confusion, some understood, and the judges were all nodding in approval. Finally Li Wutong got 2 points.

    Below, Chi Yan kept watching Chu Yang worriedly, and frowned when he saw her frown. She must be unwell.

    But after that Chu Yang perked up. At the start of the second question she buzzed in after just one second. "The answer is A."

    "Correct! Chu Yang gets 1 point."

    There were 30 total buzzer questions. Chu Yang buzzed in on 6 questions, getting 2 points from 2 multiple choice questions, and 8 points from answering 4 short answer questions fully, 10 points total. One was from picking up a leftover point.

    But she wasn''t the one with the most points. The student from X University got 12 points total, also from 6 questions, all short answer questions.

    Thepetition was intense. The audience, both onsite and online, felt like they were the onespeting. They were very anxious for the contestants on stage.

    After the second part ended, there was another 10 minute break. Chu Yang went to the bathroom, and Chi Yan also slipped over to give her a piece of candy when she came out. "How are you holding up?"

    Chu Yang unwrapped the candy and put it in her mouth, the sweet taste. She then leaned on Chi Yan and closed her eyes to rest for a bit.

    "Alright."

    Chi Yan hugged her. "Just do your best, no matter what."

    "Mm." Very soon Chu Yang stepped away from him. "I should head back first."

    "Okay."

    Back at the stage, there was still time before it resumed. Chu Yang continued sitting with her eyes closed to rest. The camera at this time was panning over the audience, when it suddenly pivoted andnded on Chi Yan who had just returned to his seat. And it lingered for a full half minute.

    During that half minute, Chi Yan sat down, kept staring in one direction, then took out his phone seemingly to take a picture of something.

    Then the corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he looked at the photo.

    The bullet screen went crazy.

    "Ahhhhhhh, good heavens, so handsome!"

    "Who''s this? Who is this?"

    "A celebrity? Is this a celebrity?"

    "Doesn''t look like it!"

    "Who was he looking at? Such gentle eyes, ahhhhhh!"

    Then someone exined: B University''s heartthrob, Chi Yan. Has a girlfriend.

    "My god! His girlfriend seems to be Chu Yang currentlypeting on stage!"

 Chapter 83: Final 03

    <h4>Chapter 83</h4>

    ¡°Absolute winners in life, handsome guys and beauties, really awesome!¡±

    ¡°I went to find out, I heard that you can often see this pair of good-looking couple going to the library at B University. I really admire them.¡±

    ¡°Their life: genius student, handsome boyfriend from the school, studying at a prestigious university. My life: watching the genius student studying at the prestigious university and her handsome boyfriend''s wonderful life. ¡°

    ¡°Stopparing, stopparing, can''tpare.¡± Thest round is about to start.¡±

    Thest round, Q&A with each other.

    Drawing lots in pairs, Chu Yang drew the contest against the girl from H University.

    That girl looked at Chu Yang. From the previous matches, she could see Chu Yang''s strength. This was a formidable opponent.

    They were the third group. Before it was their turn, they were already sitting in their seats.

    Q&A was limited to 5 minutes.

    The first group was the boy from X University and the girl from B University. The two were evenly matched, back and forth, very intense.

    Suddenly, the boy from X University recited a poem, "Please tell me what form this poem is? Who is the resentful woman mentioned in it? Which dynasty?"

    The girl from B University was stunned instantly. She had recited this poem before, but she didn''t know who the resentful woman in it was. "Um...pass."

    Time''s up, the girl from B University lost by a small margin.

    The second round was simr, then it was Chu Yang and Li Wutong from H University¡¯s turn.

    "Start!" The host shouted start, Li Wutong went first, "Please name five lines of poems that end with the character hua (flower)."

    Chu Yang: "This flower has fully bloomed, no more flowers, the chrysanthemumes again..."

    Chu Yang: "Please tell me what official positions were the Left and Right Xiaowei, Left and Right Wuhui, Left and Right Weiwei in ancient times? Which dynasty did they belong to?"

    Li Wutong: "Um...pass."

    At this moment, the bullet screenments:

    "What is this?"

    "I know this one, ah ah ah ah, finally there''s one I know. It''s from the game, hahaha."

    "Those who have yed that game know it."

    The 5 minutes ended quickly. Chu Yang answered most of the questions Li Wutong asked, maybe there was one answer that wasn''t quiteplete, but Li Wutong couldn''t answer two of Chu Yang''s questions and her mentality copsed a bit towards the end.

    It was obvious that Chu Yang did quite well this time.

    There were two more groups after that. At this moment, Chu Yang breathed a sigh of relief, it was finally over.

    Thepetition ended quickly, next was the tallying of scores.

    How many points were awarded for each item, and the answers could all sh by on the screen page by page.

    "Alright, we have finished tallying the scores. Everyone please look at the big screen!"

    First ce: Luo Sui from X University 92 points.

    Second ce: Chu Yang from A University 91 points.

    Third ce: Li Wutong from H University 89.8 points.

    Fourth ce...

    "Hahaha, Luo Sui is awesome!"

    "Too awesome!"

    Chu Yang knew the scores in her heart, but still felt it was eptable when she saw it. She didn''t expect to get second ce, not bad at all. Off stage, Chi Yan, Jin Yang, two teachers, and her gave her a thumbs up.

    Chu Yang smiled and made a heart sign back at them.

    Li Qinglu was also watching the livestream in the dorm. She didn''t expect Chu Yang to be so amazing. She had also taken the preliminary test for thispetition, but didn''t make it through, she didn''t expect Chu Yang to make it through the preliminaries and then the semifinals, and then entered the finals.

    Not only that, she actually got second ce nationally! She felt quite unhappy inside, she didn''t expect Chu Yang who had fallen out with them to be so amazing and dazzling after leaving, and also gained a boyfriend...

    It wasn''t just Li Qinglu, Chu Yang''s former ssmates who saw it also didn''t expect the Chu Yang in their memories to be so amazing in college! It was like someone you usually look down on suddenly bes someone beyond your reach, anyway many people didn''t feel good inside.

    Next was the awards ceremony. In addition to the trophy, there was also prize money. Chu Yang got second ce and received 30,000 RMB. Not only that, she also got rmended for guaranteed admission to a Master''s program!

    After the award ceremony was the group photo.

    Finally, Chu Yang took a photo with Chi Yan and the others, as well as the two teachers.

    When she returned to A University, the Literature Department had hung up a banner: Congrattions to student Chu Yang from the Literature Department for getting second ce in the National Language and Literature Competition!

    The school website published an article with Chu Yang''s photo.

    When she returned to school, the school also rewarded her with 10,000 RMB. So participating in thispetition, she received 40,000 RMB total.

    Chu Yang directly transferred 20,000 back to her parents and said it was money she got from participating in apetition. Chu Yang''s parents were extremely happy and bought ribs that day for the couple to celebrate at home.

    The rib seller Li Ge also asked, "Howe you''re eating meat today, is there some asion?" He knew this couple well, they were so frugal for their two children, reluctant to eat or drink much. They would buy meat about once a week, and buy more when their son came home from school, but today wasn''t yet the school break.

    Chu''s father couldn''t hide his delight, "My daughter got second ce in apetition, there was prize money, Yangyang also gave it to me and her mother." Chu''s father said thest part softly.

    "Amazing, the children you two have raised are really great." It wasn''t his ce to say, but in the whole vige, no one was as good looking as the Chu siblings, and their academics were excellent too.

    When Chu''s father returned home, Chu''s mother said, "I heard thispetition could also be watched online, dear could you search for it? Let''s watch it tonight."

    "Okay."

    Late at night while eating, after much effort they finally managed to pull up the yback of the livestream.

    "Yangyang, that''s Yangyang."

    "As expected of our Yangyang, she''s amazing."

    "Yangyang looks tired, studying must be tiring."

    The couple watched it over and over for a long time, and kept talking about it when going to bed, "Let''s watch it again when Xiaoluoes home."

    "Okay."

    Since there was prize money, plus previous matters, Chu Yang treated Jin Yang and the others to a meal, and also had Chi Yan bring his roommate.

    There were eight people total, and they went to the hotel that had caught fire before, which had been renovated and looked much newer now, plus they had VIP cards for a discount there.

    It had been a long time since they all ate together, and they chatted nonstop.

    "First of all, congrattions to the expert for getting second ce!"

    "Thank you."

    Second ce was really quite good, the first ce student, his parents were masters of literature, a family of schrs, he had been an avid reader since childhood, in short someone outstanding from childhood to adulthood.

    On the contrary, Chu Yang who seemed to have nothing before was like a dark horse.

    Everyone ate, drank, and chatted very happily.

    Afterwards, everyone tactfully left, leaving only Chu Yang and Chi Yan to return by themselves.

    Final exams wereing up soon after this.

    Chi Yan suddenly thought that summer vacation was almost here, and he might be apart from Chu Yang for two whole months!

    Two months!!!

    Just thinking about it made him sad! Chi Yan''s mood instantly dropped, "You''ll go back home after the final exams end?"

    Chu Yang thought about how it should be fruit harvest season at home during summer vacation, so she should go back to help out, "Yeah, probably go back right after the exams."

    Chi Yan immediately felt aggrieved, "Then what about me?"

 Chapter 84: Late Dinner: What About Me

    <h4>Chapter 84</h4>

    ¡°What should I do? We''ll be apart for so long!¡±

    Chu Yang thought about it and realized it was true, ¡°Then...we can call each other every day?¡± Chu Yang was also in her first rtionship, and didn''t know what other couples did over summer vacation. She guessed they probably called or video chatted.

    Chi Yan had an idea, ¡°Why don''t you not go back so early, and we can go travel, how about that?¡±

    Chu Yang certainly didn''t agree, ¡°No, I have things to do at home. I need to go back and help out.¡±

    Chi Yan lowered his head in disappointment, ¡°So what do I do if I miss you?¡±

    Chu Yangforted him, ¡°Okay okay, we''ll video call and chat every day, it''s decided.¡±

    ¡°Alright then.¡± With no other choice, Chi Yan had to ept.

    Zhu House

    Zhu Ruxin leapt into Zhu Ying''s arms, ¡°Uncle, you''re back!¡± The rest of Zhu¡¯s family were all in the living room. When they saw Zhu Ying, they stood up one by one, ¡°Mr. Zhu, you''ve returned.¡±

    ¡°Mr. Zhu, please sit.¡±

    Zhu Ying patted Zhu Ruxin''s shoulder and went to sit on the sofa, ¡°Yes, so how have things been recently?¡±

    Zhu Ruxin puckered her lips into a pout, her eyes instantly red. ¡°Uncle, Chi Yan has a girlfriend now. And he''s been avoiding me this whole time. Not only that, that wretch actually hit me!¡± Zhu Ruxin lifted her skirt, revealing her knee which was still bruised. ¡°Uncle you have to punish her for me!¡±

    Zhu Ying patted her hand, ¡°Don''t worry, I''ll definitely help you.¡± It just so happened he also wanted to meet this person.

    ¡°You''re the best, Uncle.¡±

    The rest of the Zhu family didn''t interrupt, already used to things like this. Zhu Ying nced at everyone, ¡°Alright, I''m back now, and won''t leave again. If there''s anything, you can all find me at Huatian Fuding.¡±

    ¡°Yes, Mr. Zhu.¡±

    Zhu Ying had lunch at the Zhu house, then left. But before leaving he said to Zhu Ruxin, ¡°Ruxin remember toe to uncle¡¯s ce tonight.¡±

    Zhu Ruxin obediently replied, ¡°Okay~¡±

    But Zhu Ruying was a bit worried about his sister. After Zhu Ying left, he asked Zhu Ruxin, ¡°Sis, you''re going to Mr. Zhu''s ce tonight but will youe back?¡±

    Zhu Ruxin thought it obvious, ¡°Of course I won''te back. I''ll return after a couple days.¡±

    Zhu Ruying worried, ¡°Ruxin, although Mr. Zhu ims to the outside he is our uncle, in truth there is no blood rtion between us. You...¡±

    Before he could finish, Zhu Ruxin felt annoyed already, ¡°Ugh brother you''re so annoying. I''m just going to uncle''s ce, it''s not a big deal. I''ll go get ready first.¡± She left after speaking.

    Zhu Ruying sighed.

    On Chi Yan¡¯s side, as summer vacation approached, he became increasingly irritable. He spentter andter nights apanying Chu Yang.

    Under a tree next to the female dorm building of A University, Chi Yan had already held Chu Yang for a long time. Chu Yang pushed him away, ¡°Okay enough, it¡¯s almost time. If you don¡¯t go back soon they¡¯ll lock the dorm.¡±

    Chi Yan didn¡¯t budge. ¡°Let me hold you a bit longer. If I can¡¯t get back into the dorm I¡¯ll just go home.¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°But it¡¯s already sote out.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°Don¡¯t care.¡±

    Why is this guy so clingy?

    Chu Yang kissed his cheek, then kissed again. ¡°Okay okay, see you tomorrow. Or we can video chat when you get back.¡±

    Chi Yan finally let her go. ¡°Alright then, video call tonight.¡±

    ¡°Mhmm.¡±

    After the person finally left, Chu Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

    Returning to her dorm room, Chu Yang immediately washed up. Around 10:30pm Chi Yan¡¯s video call came through. Seeing that Jin Yang and the others also had their phone lights on, not yet asleep, Chu Yang felt at ease speaking. But she still intentionally kept her voice down a bit.

    ¡°Hello?¡± In the video Chu Yang saw Chi Yan¡¯s hair was still wet, he must have just gotten out of the shower. His upper body was actually bare chested, and Chu Yang could see his pecs.

    Her face grew hot. Chu Yang didn¡¯t dare let her eyes wander, keeping them fixed at the top of his head. ¡°Go dry your hair first, sleeping with wet hair often leads to headaches.¡±

    ¡°Okay~¡± Chi Yan picked up his phone in one hand while drying his hair, talking at the same time. ¡°It¡¯s Friday tomorrow. Want to go out and y at night?¡±

    ¡°Where to y?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s an event going on at the amusement park. Let¡¯s go there, good?¡±

    ¡°Good.¡±

    The two chatted a sentence from time to time. Time passed quickly and it was already 11pm. Chu Yang¡¯s dorm was going to turn off the lights. ¡°We have to turn off the lights now, goodnight.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°Then keep the call going.¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°??? We¡¯re going to sleep why keep the call on?¡±

    Chi Yan¡¯s face turned red, scratching his ear awkwardly, eyes shifting around. ¡°Uh...I heard couples keep each other on call when they sleep.¡±

    Chu Yang¡¯s eyes widened. ¡°What if we talk in our sleep?¡±

    Chi Yanughed. ¡°Does Chu Yang talk in her sleep?¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°How would I know? Jin Yang and the others said I don¡¯t.¡±

    Jin Yang chimed in at this point, ¡°Chu Yang you sleep very quietly, no snoring or sleep talking. At least I¡¯ve never heard anything.¡±

    Chu Yang ryed this to Chi Yan, ¡°Hear that?¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°Okay okay, maybe I¡¯m the sleep talker. But it¡¯s no problem for me.¡±

    Chu Yang let out a ¡°huh¡±, ¡°Hearing you talk in your sleep sote at night, won¡¯t that scare me?¡±

    Chi Yan scratched his head again. ¡°I guess you¡¯re right.¡±

    Wei Feng said from the side: ¡°Boss Chi Yan, you don¡¯t talk in your sleep!¡±

    Chi Yan quickly exined to Chu Yang, ¡°Wei Feng says I don¡¯t sleep talk either. Let¡¯s try it, good?¡±

    Chu Yang thought for a bit. ¡°Okay then, we¡¯ll try. Just test it out.¡±

    ¡°Great~¡± Chi Yan felt happy.

    ¡°Lights out now, I won¡¯t talk anymore, just text.¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡±

    Chu Yang went to turn off the lights, and the dorm instantly became quiet. But actually no one had fallen asleep yet. Everyone still had their phone lights on as Chu Yang texted Chi Yan. Although their call remained connected, only the sounds of tossing and turning or breathing could be heard faintly from each other.

    Soon Chu Yang felt sleepy and her phone slipped out of her hand as she drifted off. On Chi Yan''s side he was still typing messages, but 10 minutes passed with no reply from Chu Yang. Through the earphones came the soft sounds of breathing, and he knew she must have fallen asleep.

    Listening to her breathe, Chi Yan soon fell asleep as well.

    In the middle of the night, Chu Yang suddenly woke up. Wearing earbuds while sleeping made her ears too ufortable. She took them off! Throwing the earbuds aside, Chu Yang went back to sleep.

    On Chi Yan''s side, he remained deep in slumber, unaware of anything.

    The next morning at 6am Chi Yan woke up with his phone still connected to the call. But he didn''t hear Chu Yang''s breathing sounds. He figured maybe she had woken up already.

    Chi Yan sent Chu Yang a WeChat message, but got no reply for a long time.

    After 6:30 Chu Yang finally woke up, seeing her phone was still connected to the call but her earbuds were down by her feet...

    At 6am Chi Yan had asked if she was awake yet. Chu Yang immediately replied: ¡°Just woke up, I hazily seem to have thrown away my earbudsst night... Keeping the call going overnight is no good at all, my ears hurt... Let''s not do this again. If you want to talk there''s plenty of time during the day.¡±

    Chi Yan: ......

    In the end, the overnight call game was over!

 Chapter 85: Late Dinner: What Should I Do

    <h4>Chapter 85</h4>

    Originally it was agreed to go to the amusement park the next evening, but because of the rain it was canceled. Recently Chu Yang did not check the weather forecast, so she did not know it would rain. When the two were about to go out, there was thunder, so they could only go to the movies instead, and postponed the trip to the amusement park until after the final exams.

    During finals week, the library was full of people. If you didn''t go to the library early in the morning, you couldn''t find a seat.

    So Chi Yan decided that they would study at his house. Every morning he would pick up Chu Yang by car, and send her back at night. It would be their own world again, just thinking about it made him happy.

    Since Chu Yang would be going home after the final exams, she did not reject Chi Yan''s requests. After all, a boyfriend still needs to spend more time with his girlfriend.

    The two studied different subjects, and their grades did not require helping each other, so usually they just studied on their own. Chi Yan knew Chu Yang liked to read all kinds of ancient books, so he brought several treasured books from home for her to read, nning to sneak them back after she finished reading them.

    Sometimes Chi Yan cooked lunch and dinner, sometimes they ordered takeout. If they wanted to go out for a walk they would eat out.

    When they got tired from studying, they would sometimes exercise using Chi Yan''s equipment. That afternoon, Chu Yang suddenly wanted to drink sugar water. They were also tired of studying, so they decided to go out for a walk and buy some sugar water on the way.

    When they got to the sugar water shop, Chu Yang also wanted to eat snacks sold at the food stall in front of the shop. So Chi Yan went into the sugar water shop to buy packaged sugar water, while Chu Yang bought snacks from the street vendor.

    While waiting, Chu Yang suddenly felt a chill and sinister gaze. She turned her head to look around but did not see any strange person.

    When she turned back she felt it again, very strongly and dangerously, as if there was a venomous snake behind her.

    Chu Yang nced over, on the other side of the road, a ck Mercedes-Benz was parked there, the back seat window was open, and a man looking in his thirties was staring at her steadily. Seeing Chu Yang look over, the man smiled, then gestured with his hand on his chest and nodded slightly, as if greeting Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang frowned, those eyes...

    Then the man quickly rolled up the car window, and the car left quickly.

    "Miss, your order is ready," the street vendor called out to Chu Yang.

    "Oh, thanks." Chu Yang came back to her senses, took the packaged food from the street vendor, and paid.

    At this moment, Chi Yan also came out of the sugar water shop holding their drinks, "I''m done, do you need anything else?"

    Chu Yang shook her head.

    "Then let''s go back."

    "Okay."

    In the departing Mercedes-Benz, Zhu Ying smiled and murmured, "Interesting, really interesting! Hahahahaha!"

    Zhu Ying suddenly burst outughing, "I didn''t expect it, I didn''t expect it."

    Back at Chi Yan''s ce, Chu Yang asked, "Do you know what that Zhu family uncle looks like?"

    Chi Yan thought for a moment, "At first nce he looks ordinary, but at second nce he seems extraordinary. He has a mole on his nose and eagle eyes."

    Chu Yang thought of the man she saw today, which matched Chi Yan''s description, so... that person was the Zhu family uncle?

    Chu Yang thought back to her previous vomiting and pain, and now her spiritual powers had only recovered halfway. That person was definitely not a nobody. Meanwhile, Chi Yan was puzzled why she suddenly asked about him, "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang told him what happened. Chi Yan frowned and advised, "Next time you see him, remember to call me. Don''t confront him alone."

    Chu Yang was no fool, of course she knew, "Don''t worry, I know. And now we have rule ofw, he won''t do anything to me."

    Chi Yan was still worried, "I''m afraid he''ll use other means."

    Chu Yang reassured him, "Rest assured. I have the ability to protect myself, don''t worry. Come try what I bought, I think it''s pretty tasty. Ah~"

    Chi Yan opened his mouth "Ah~" and ate what Chu Yang fed him.

    The remaining days were busy but fulfilling. Zhu Ying did not appear again, and Zhu Ruxin did note to find Chu Yang again. Everything was very peaceful.

    Chu Yang had already bought her train ticket home, and also told her dad and mom the day she was going back. She bought the ticket on her phone while Chi Yan watched beside her, asking again and again, "Why don''t you postpone going back for a few days?"

    "Postponing for three days is fine too."

    "Postponing for one day?"

    Of course Chu Yang heartlessly did not agree to stay in Beijing to apany him. She had already told her family, and Chu Luo had sent her a message saying the fruits at home were going to be harvested soon, and the wheat was also ready to be reaped, with her parents going out early and returningte every day.

    Chi Yan hugged Chu Yang and buried his head in her arms, mumbling, "What should I do?"

    He used to feel confused when others were lovey-dovey with their girlfriends, now it was his turn, he really didn''t want to be separated from her for so long. It would be two months in the summer vacation, such a long time without seeing each other, just thinking about it made him feel awful.

    Chu Yang stroked his head, "Can''t we still video chat?" Although she was also reluctant to part, she really could not go soft and stay in Beijing to apany him. Giving in once would lead to giving in a second and third time, then she wouldn''t need to go home at all.

    Chi Yan suddenly asked, "...Then can Ie visit you?"

    Chu Yang felt he was just talking: "Sure, if you don''t mind doing farm work at my home, and possibly getting bitten by mosquitoes. Not only that, you may not be able to adapt to rural life either. Most importantly, are you ready to meet my parents?"

    Chu Yang raised her eyebrows, "I don''t mind, just wondering what you think." She had an open rtionship, not afraid of her family knowing she had a boyfriend, and they probably knew already anyway since it was posted on her social media.

    Chi Yan''s eyes suddenly lit up, "Then it''s settled."

    Chu Yang: Settled what?

    After finishing thest exam, everyone felt liberated.

    "Ahhhhh, finally going home!" Jin Yang shouted loudly in the dormitory, she was already quickly packing her luggage, ready to go home first thing tomorrow morning.

    Zhou Caicai and Qian Xin were simr, in any case they were all radiant and full of spirit, joy apparent in their eyebrows and eyes.

    Some were even looking forward to their summer break already.

    "I''m going to my grandma''s ce in the countryside this summer, my grandma''s ce is so fun, with lots of good food."

    "My mom said our whole family is going on vacation."

    "I''ll probably do a summer job at a rtive''s ce to earn money."

    "Summer vacation~ summer vacation~ here wee!"

    "Chu Yang, what are you going to do during the summer?" Jin Yang suddenly asked.

    Chu Yang replied while chatting with Chi Yan, "Probably help out with farm work at home?"

    "Farm work sounds really fun," Zhou Caicai said.

    Chu Yang shook her head. She probably still didn''t know that farm work was actually the toughest.

    After 7pm, Chi Yan came over, and Chu Yang hurried downstairs. She was also going home tomorrow, taking the afternoon train.

    Tonight Chi Yan was going to take her to the amusement park.

 Chapter 86: Amusement Park

    <h4>Chapter 86</h4>

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan took the subway there, afraid of getting stuck in traffic. It was just the time when office workers were getting off work and students were getting out of school, plus it was Friday, so the subway station was especially crowded.

    On the subway, Chu Yang was squeezed into the corner. Chi Yan had one arm around her waist and the other hand holding onto the handrail next to him, while Chu Yang grabbed Chi Yan''s arm with one hand. When they arrived at the next station, some people got off, then even more people got off, everyone squeezing past each other. But Chi Yan kept protecting Chu Yang the whole time.

    They maintained this position for a long time before finally arriving. Squeezing through the crowds, they got off the train and both let out a sigh of relief, "That was too difficult!"

    The two walked out of the subway station and headed towards the amusement park entrance, passing by the high-end restaurant where Chu Yang had her first part-time job along the way.

    Chu Yang pointed at the restaurant and said, "I did part-time work there for a whilest semester. The boss was really nice and the food there wasn''t bad either. It was pretty clean."

    Chi Yan took a look, "I''ve eaten there before too, alsost semester."

    Chu Yang thought for a bit, "I didn''t see you there, I probably hadn''t started working there yet."

    Chi Yan also didn''t notice if Chu Yang was there or not when he ate at the restaurant, because at that time he hadn''t met her yet. But suddenly a familiar person walked out of the restaurant entrance - it was Xu Zhao.

    Xu Zhao''s eyes swept over and immediately saw Chu Yang. There was no helping it, these two were so attractive they naturally drew attention. Xu Zhao immediately smiled and ran over, "Chu Yang, what are you doing here?"

    Then she saw the Chi Yan next to Chu Yang, and was shocked, opening her mouth wide, "This is..."

    Chu Yang smiled and greeted her, Xu Zhao was her first customer after all, "This is my boyfriend, Chi Yan."

    Xu Zhao covered her mouth, pulled Chu Yang aside, "Really...really?"

    Chu Yang was confused: "Really what?"

    Xu Zhao: "Your boyfriend? Don''t you remember, we talked before about how a super handsome guy came to the restaurant, and I tried to get his WeChat but didn''t manage to, it was so awkward I was afraid he wouldin. "

    Chu Yang thought back and seemed to recall something like this, "Could it be..."

    Xu Zhao: "Yes! It''s your boyfriend! My god! What a coincidence, ah ah ah, how awkward, he probably doesn''t remember right, we even said at the time if you had asked for his WeChat you definitely could have gotten it. I didn''t expect after not seeing you for so long, not only did you get his WeChat, he''s be your boyfriend!" Xu Zhao gave her a thumbs up.

    "Um..." Chu Yang blinked, she didn''t expect this to happen. At that time when she had just transmigrated over, she was working a part-time job and happened to run into the male and female leads, and Lin Shushu had even said she was stalking people. As for any handsome guy, she really didn''t see one and had no interest.

    "Alright, I should get back to work. You two are here to y at the amusement park today right, have fun! Let''s meet up another time, bye bye!"

    "Bye bye."

    After Xu Zhao left, Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan, "So it was you back then?"

    Chi Yan: ?

    Chu Yang told him what happened. Chi Yan scratched his head, "I don''t remember, I just remember eating here before. But so you were working here back then?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "Yeah. I was doing part-time work at the time."

    Chi Yan suddenly felt regretful, "I didn''t run into you at all back then. It would have been better if we had met earlier..."

    Chu Yang didn''t think so, "Even if we had met earlier, we might not have gotten to know each other." Even if she had served Chi Yan or brought him food back then, the her at that time would not have taken the initiative to get to know him.

    Chi Yan thought about it and agreed, even if their paths had crossed back then, they might not have added each other''s WeChat. When and who you meet is probably predestined - those you miss you will still miss, those you encounter you will encounter regardless.

    Without dwelling on this issue further, the two held hands and walked towards the amusement park. Xu Zhao watching their backs from the restaurant let out an admiring cluck of her tongue, "What a golden boy and jade girl! So pleasing to the eye!"

    Entering the amusement park, they first went on the carousel, though it was really just Chu Yang ying while Chi Yan stood outside holding his phone to take pictures of her.

    Next was bumper cars, a haunted house...

    When going through the haunted house, Chu Yang had originally thought that as a witch she shouldn''t be afraid, but was quickly proven wrong. Perhaps this haunted house was just too realistic. Chu Yang had been walking side by side with Chi Yan, when suddenly a head dropped down from above, mouth wide open showing fangs, cackling "hee hee hee".

    It just happened to be in front of Chu Yang, scaring her so much she jumped, "Ahhhhh!" Chu Yang was so startled she leapt into Chi Yan''s arms, wrapping her hands and feet around him.

    "A Yan, hurry run!"

    Chi Yan instantly picked her up and started sprinting, then entered a room. The candles in the room suddenly lit up, with a coffin lying in the middle that rocked back and forth, as if something was about toe out. Red cloths floated around, and frightening sounds echoed.

    Chu Yang buried her face in Chi Yan''s chest, "A Yan, there''s...there''s something there."

    Chi Yan soothed the girl in his arms, "It''s ok, it''s fake."

    Chu Yang looked up, with tears pooling in the corners of her eyes, "Scary~"

    Hearing her soft "Scary~" Chi Yan''s heart melted. He held her tight to his chest, "It''s ok, I''ll take you out, don''t be afraid."

    The haunted house staff happened to see this scene on the monitors. "Tsk tsk, this pair is bullying the ghosts. Scare them to death for me, ghosts."

    Then afterwards, as Chi Yan led Chu Yang out, they encountered three big ghosts and one small ghost all chasing after them. Throughout, Chu Yang stayed tightly buried in Chi Yan''s embrace, crumpling his clothes in her hands.

    After about ten minutes, Chi Yan finally carried Chu Yang out.

    When she got off Chi Yan, Chu Yang''s legs were still a bit soft, but seeing he was drenched in sweat she also felt a bit guilty. She took out some napkins to wipe his sweat for him, gave him a kiss, "Thanks for the hard work A Yan."

    But Chi Yan justughed, "It wasn''t hard work at all." To have a beauty in his arms the whole time, what was tiring about that?

    "A Yan you rest here, I''ll go buy you an ice cream reward." Having said that, Chu Yang ran off across the way.

    Chi Yan obediently stayed put waiting for her toe back.

    Soon Chu Yang returned with two ice creams, one vani and one chocte vored.

    The two took turns feeding each other bites of the two ice creams. After finishing them, they went to ride the ferris wheel.

    There was a line for the ferris wheel. Two girls behind them kept ogling Chu Yang and Chi Yan in front.

    "The couple in front look so good together!!!"

    "You can tell they''re dating just by looking. And they''re about to ride the ferris wheel! You know that legend right?"

    "Oh~ that one huh, hehehe." The two girls started gossiping and suddenly became scious. "We''re behind them, let''s see if we can watch when the timees."

    "Hehehe."

    Chu Yang: ...Your voices seem a bit loud.

    Chi Yan next to her suddenly lowered his head and softly asked in Chu Yang''s ear: "What legend?"

    Chu Yang: ...If she guessed correctly, it was probably something about kissing at the top of the ferris wheel when it reaches the peak and then something something happily ever after 99 times.

    Chu Yang fanned herself, suddenly feeling a bit hot. "Ahem, I don''t know either."

    "Oh." Chi Yan''s eyes shed, and he suddenly took out his phone to secretly search while Chu Yang wasn''t paying attention. When he saw the ferris wheel legend, imagining ifter they... Chi Yan''s ears turned red, he didn''t even dare look at Chu Yang, but his hand gripped hers tightly.

 Chapter 87: Sleeping Together

    <h4>Chapter 87</h4>

    Finally it was their turn. The two of them sat face to face in the Ferris wheel cabin, and soon the Ferris wheel began to move slowly. Chu Yang was always lying on the window looking at the outside. In fact, riding the Ferris wheel was nothing special. Chu Yang said: "I feel it''s simr to looking at the scenery on North Looking Mountain. We''re both looking at the scenery from up high."

    After a while, Chi Yan didn''t reply. Chu Yang turned her head to look at him, wanting to ask how he felt, then saw Chi Yan sitting upright with his hands on his knees, looking solemn, not knowing what he was thinking.

    "What''s wrong with you?" Chu Yang asked in puzzlement.

    Only then did Chi Yane back to his senses, his ears instantly turning red. "No...nothing."

    Chu Yang tilted her head: "Hmm? Why are you so serious? Are you afraid of heights?"

    Chi Yan shook his head and sat by the window. "No. Let''s look outside."

    Then the two of them leaned on the window looking outside. The Ferris wheel rose slowly. After looking for a while, Chi Yan turned to look at Chu Yang. Chu Yang kept looking seriously outside. In the distance, the lights were twinkling, giving a feeling of flowers blossoming on thousands of trees in an eastern wind at night. Suddenly fireworks were set off somewhere in the distance, shooting up into the sky and then blossoming, scattering dots of various colors. It was very beautiful.

    Chu Yang turned her head and said to Chi Yan: "Ah Yan, look, the fireworks are so beautiful!" However, when she turned her head, she discovered Chi Yan was looking at her with fiery eyes brimming with tenderness.

    Chu Yang''s face instantly turned red. "Ah Yan..."

    "Mm," Chi Yan took her hand and put his other hand on her shoulder, then slowly drew near her. At this moment the Ferris wheel happened to be reaching the top.

    Chi Yan gently kissed the corner of her mouth. Chu Yang closed her eyes, her hands tightly clutching Chi Yan''s clothes over his chest. In the distance, the lights of thousands of households shone, and the fireworks were brilliant.

    After a long time, Chi Yan finally let her go. The two of them leaned cheek to cheek, both faces flushed red, the whole cabin filled with pink bubbles.

    Time seemed to have flown by very quickly. When it was time, they got off the Ferris wheel. By now it was already veryte.

    Chu Yang looked at her watch. "It''s eleven o''clock. Toote to go back to school." Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan tidied up some stray hairs by her ear, "Right,e to my ce?"

    "Okay." Anyway, she had already taken afternoon naps at Chi Yan''s several times.

    Although it was veryte, there were still many people on the streets. Before heading back, Chi Yan also took Chu Yang to eat some night snacks. After eating her fill, Chu Yang patted her belly and followed Chi Yan back.

    Arriving at the entrance to the residentialpound, the security guard was working the night shift. Seeing Chi Yan bringing Chu Yang back, he greeted them, "Sote, huh?"

    Chi Yan nodded. "Yeah, we went out to have fun tonight."

    After the two of them walked some distance away, the security guard watched their retreating figures and muttered to himself: "First time seeing theme back sote at night."

    In the elevator, Chu Yang squinted her eyes, somewhat drowsy. Suddenly remembering something, she immediately opened her eyes wide and said to Chi Yan beside her: "Oh no, I didn''t bring pajamas or underwear."

    Underwear referred to undergarments. She had regr clothes at Chi Yan''s ce, but no underwear.

    Chi Yan''s face turned red as he scratched his head. "I have some unused ones..."

    Chu Yang: ? Could she wear them?

    Returning to the apartment, Chu Yang immediatelyy down on the sofa. She really was tired.

    Chi Yan went back to the bedroom and took out a T-shirt of his own and a pair of athletic shorts, as well as some underwear he hadn''t used yet...

    When Chu Yang received the clothes: Uh... could she really wear them?

    Chi Yan: "I''ll go buy some for you tomorrow morning?"

    Chu Yang nodded then took the clothes into the bathroom.

    After a long while, Chu Yang sighed in the bathroom while holding the clothes. Ultimately she still put on the T-shirt. The T-shirt reached down to her knees, so she didn''t wear the pants. The underwear was a bit loose, so Chu Yang tied a knot in it. This would do...

    Chu Yang came out of the bathroom hugging the pants... Chi Yan sitting outside had waited a long time and finally heard the sound of the bathroom door opening.

    Looking over...

    In the bathroom, Chi Yan touched his own nose. No nosebleed. Then he immediately sshed cold water on his face. He needed to calm down a bit.

    After taking off his clothes and throwing them to the side basket, Chi Yan inadvertently caught sight of Chu Yang''s clothes in the basket, white in color...

    He turned on the shower head and a stream of cold water came rushing down, flowing from his forehead down his chest and further down... Chi Yan closed his eyes and wiped the water off his face. He hadpletely calmed down now.

    Outside, Chu Yang was blow drying her hair. She had finished drying her hair but Chi Yan still hadn''te out.

    Chu Yang took a look at the bathroom, then went back to the bedroom andy down on the bed. But when lying down, she felt the knot she had tied in the underwear was a bit ufortable, so she got up again and adjusted it with a safety pin.

    Lying back down on the bed, Chu Yang looked at her phone. Earlier Jin Yang had asked in the group chat whether she was with Chi Yan, and whether she wasn''ting back tonight?

    Chu Yang replied: Mm, noting back tonight. Coming back tomorrow morning.

    Jin Yang quickly replied: Got it.

    Chu Yang put her phone aside, preparing to sleep, when the door sounded. Chi Yan had finally emerged from the bathroom. Coming out, he didn''t see Chu Yang and figured she must have gone back to the bedroom.

    But tomorrow... no, it was already past midnight, so today, she would be going back home. That meant they would be separating.

    Chi Yan dried his hair, then lightly knocked on Chu Yang''s door. "Asleep?"

    Chu Yang sat up. "No,e in."

    Chi Yan walked in. Chu Yang had turned on a dim yellowmp. He happened to see her sitting up in bed looking at him, and his heart instantly softened. He went forward and sat at the edge of the bed, hugging her and saying, "Don''t want to sleep. When I open my eyes you''ll be going back home already."

    Chu Yang stroked his head and patted the space beside her on the bed. "Bring your quilt over and sleep here, okay?"

    Chi Yan: !!!

    Chi Yan sprang up instantly, raced out the door to the next room, grabbed his quilt, then dashed back over in just a few seconds! The two of themy in bed, each with their own quilt.

    Originally the two of themy with a fist''s distance between them, but Chi Yan turned his head to look at Chu Yang who had her eyes closed, and in the end still shifted closer, hugging her quilt and all, and soon fell asleep as well.

    At six in the morning, Chu Yang awoke. She was lying on her side, with Chi Yan facing her. He had one arm wrapped around her waist, his head nestled below her neck. His breath was blowing on her neck. His quilt was gone somewhere, and Chu Yang''s quilt only covered down to her belly and thighs. Their feet were tangled together.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes. Her mind wasn''t fully awake yet, and her eyelids still felt heavy. She turned over, adjusted the quilt a bit, and in passing also covered Chi Yan. Then she fell back asleep.

    Chi Yan''s body automatically shifted closer. The room again sank into quiet...

    After eight, Chi Yan awoke. But he didn''t dare move, because the situation was rather awkward at the moment... Males tend to be more vigorous in the mornings, and their postures were extremely intimate.

    Raising his head to look at Chu Yang, her eyes were still closed. Chi Yan kissed her cheek, then sat up and first went to the bathroom.

 Chapter 88: Home for the Holidays

    <h4>Chapter 88</h4>

    When Chi Yan came back from the bathroom to the room, he saw that Chu Yang was already sitting up, but her eyes were still closed.

    Chi Yan went over and put his arms around her, "Are you getting up?"

    "Mm-hmm." Chu Yang murmured sleepily.

    Chi Yan thought about how he still needed to buy clothes for Chu Yang, so he hurried to get up, "I''m going to buy you some clothes, I''ll be right back."

    "Okay~"

    However, by the time Chi Yan had washed up and gone out, Chu Yang still hadn''t gotten out of bed...she was too tired.

    After lying in bed for a while longer, Chu Yang finally got out of bed, brushed her teeth, washed up, threw her clothes in the washing machine, and tidied up a bit.

    Half an hourter. Chi Yan came back with breakfast and clothes.

    Chu Yang changed into the clothes, then ate breakfast with Chi Yan, by now it was after 10:30. Her train at 1 pm to go back to school and get her luggage.

    When Chu Yang got back to her dorm room, none of her three roommates were there, they had all gone home early in the morning.

    Chu Yang got her luggage and went downstairs, Chi Yan drove her to the train station, it was an hour''s drive to the station, and Chi Yan nagged her with lots of reminders the whole way, "Remember to call me every day, let me know when you get home, don''t respond if someone tries to strike up a conversation with you on the way, I see in the news that some trafficking criminals especially like to traffic female college students, don''t trust anyone, if anything happens tell the police uncle..."

    Chu Yang knew Chi Yan was just worried about her, and didn''t argue back that she was a witch and absolutely wouldn''t be fooled, she understood this kind of person, so she just let him talk, otherwise he would be even more worried.

    Chi Yan talked the whole way, and Chu Yang responded the whole way.

    When they arrived at the train station there was still forty minutes before departure, Chi Yan held her in his arms and continued to ramble on.

    This was Chu Yang''s first time witnessing how talkative Chi Yan could be, what was the Chi Yan from the beginning like? He didn''t seem to have so many words back then.

    After rambling on for another ten minutes or so, Chu Yang felt it was about time and immediately pushed him away, "Okay, okay, I''ll send you a messageter. I have to go now." Chu Yang hurriedly got out of the car to get her luggage out, waved at the dejected man, Chi Yan walked over to her side, Chu Yang leaned over and kissed him on the mouth, then Chu Yang just waved her hand and walked into the station.

    Unlike Chi Yan''s reluctance to part, Chu Yang was straightforward and decisive, looking like a scum girl.

    At this point Chi Yan was still frozen there touching his mouth...

    By the time he came back to his senses, Chu Yang had already gone through the ID check to get in...

    Chi Yan hurried in after her, watching her all the way until she got in the elevator and her figure gradually disappeared...

    Chi Yan stood there for a while longer, then went back to the car, waiting until Chu Yang sent a message saying she was on the train before Chi Yan calmly drove home.

    Because he had already told Chu Yang¡¯s parents early in the morning, Chu¡¯s Dad and Chu¡¯s Mom went to the vegetable market early to buy a lot of ingredients. Chu¡¯s Mom had also cleaned Chu Yang¡¯s room and changed the sheets two days in advance. An air conditioner had also been installed in Chu Yang''s room when she transferred money home.

    As for Chu Luo, school hadn¡¯t let out yet.

    On the train, Chu Yang wore headphones listening to music with her eyes closed resting. Whenever Chi Yan sent her a message, she would open her eyes and asionally reply.

    Some people in the carriage were eating instant noodles, eggs, snacks, some kids were crying loudly, someone had their phone on speaker watching videos, the whole carriage was filled with an unpleasant smell, and it was also very noisy, but Chu Yang was not bothered at all. She sat in the window seat, wearing a hat, listening to the songs Chi Yan had downloaded for her.

    The journey of over an hour was not long, and soon Chu Yang arrived at her station. As she stepped out of the station, a wave of heat rushed up, today''s sun was ring.

    As soon as she got out of the station, many drivers came up and asked, "Sister, where are you going? Do you want a ride?"

    "Going to Qing Town? 50 bucks! 50 bucks!¡±

    "Miss, do you want a ride? Good price."

    Chu Yang ignored them with indifference, went to the bus station next to the train station, bought a bus ticket back to town. It took an hour by bus to get back into town where Chu¡¯s Dad was already waiting for her.

    With her suitcase tied to the back with rope, Chu Yang got on her dad¡¯s motorcycle as Chu¡¯s Dad drove her home.

    On the way back some vigers they knew greeted them, "Chu Zhong, is your daughter back from school for the holidays?"

    "Oh! Yes. Let¡¯s catch up next time, I have to take my Yuanyuan home first."

    "Oh."

    Finally back home, Chu¡¯s Mom came over to help take the luggage down and urged her in, "Go to your room quickly, I turned on the AC for you. It¡¯s too hot out today."

    After all this activity, even Chu Yang¡¯s bangs were a little damp. She didn¡¯t refuse and immediately went back to her room to feel the cool air from the AC, finally feeling revived.

    Chu¡¯s Mom brought her luggage into the room, then brought in some freshly washed honey peaches, home-grown. "Are you hungry? Mom will go make you something to eat?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, biting into a honey peach. "No need, I''ll just rest first."

    "Okay, okay, call Mom if you need anything. You rest first."

    "Mm-hmm."

    While eating fruit, Chu Yang sent Chi Yan a message: "I''m home."

    Then she sent him a photo of the honey peaches at home: "Grown in my home."

    Chi Yan: "Awesome parents! [thumbs up]"

    Chi Yan: "I miss you..."

    Chu Yang: "Then let''s video chat tonight. I''m going to rest first now."

    Chi Yan: "[nodding vigorously] Okay~"

    After eating a honey peach, Chu Yang changed her clothes andy down. She was so tired from everything, and with this hot weather, she soon fell asleep.

    After 5 pm, Chu¡¯s Mom started preparing dinner. Early in the morning she had Chu¡¯s Dad kill one of their home-raised chickens, then bought pork ribs and other pork, plus some vegetables.

    Her daughter worked hard with studies and a part-time job, she looked thinner too, had to nourish her well.

    When Chu Yang woke up, she smelled the aroma of chicken stewed mushrooms. Her stomach even growled, hungry!

    Dinner was bountiful, and the family of three ate very happily. "When is Chu Luo''s vacation?" Chu Yang asked.

    "I heard around ten days."

    Chu Yang nodded, then asked about some things at home, like when they would start harvesting crops, whether they would pick fruit to sell in town, or if the boss woulde to collect the fruit.

    Chu¡¯s Dad and Chu¡¯s Mom answered everything one by one.

    "The harvest is probably still half a month away. Chu Luo will probably be back around then. We don¡¯t have that many peaches at home either, not enough volume for the boss toe collect. We¡¯ll mainly pick it ourselves to sell in town..."

    "Then I''ll get up early tomorrow morning to help pick fruit with you guys." Chu Yang hade home early precisely to help out at home.

    "You don''t need to. You stay home and rest well. Mom and Dad can handle it. Be good." Chu¡¯s Mom put a chicken leg on her te.

    Chu Yang didn¡¯t say anything more. In any case, she would definitely get up early to help tomorrow.

    After dinner, when Chu Yang tried to help clean up, Chu¡¯s Mom refused her and only let her go sit in the living room and watch TV.

    Not having forgotten the video call with Chi Yan tonight, Chu Yang soon went to take a bath and theny in bed.

 Chapter 89: Doing farm Work

    <h4>Chapter 89</h4>

    Chu Yang sent a message to Chi Yan: "Video call?"

    Over on Chi Yan''s side, he was sitting in the living room, apanying his grandfather in watching TV. He had set up a special notification for Chu Yang, so as soon as she sent him a message, his phone immediately alerted him.

    Seeing Chu Yang''s message, Chi Yan immediately stood up. "Grandpa, I''m going back to my room." Then he hurried up the stairs, three steps at a time. After closing the door behind him, he video called Chu Yang.

    Chi Bai watched his retreating figure and shook his head, saying to the butler beside him, "Why has Yan be so impetuoustely?"

    The butler replied: "Well, he''s on vacation, so the young master should rx a bit."

    Chi Bai thought about it and figured he had a point.

    In the room, Chi Yan was walking around with his phone. "Let me show you my room. Here''s my desk, the balcony is over there..."

    Chu Yang suddenly remembered that the clothes she had hung out to dry that morning were still at Chi Yan''s ce. "Did you put away my clothes that I washed? The ones I hung out this morning?"

    Only then did Chi Yan remember. He pped his forehead. "Crap, I forgot. I came straight home. I''ll go over tomorrow."

    "Okay. Remember it, alright?"

    "Mm hmm."

    Chi Yan suddenly flopped down on his bed, his face taking up the entire screen. He hadn''t turned on any beauty filters, but his face was so refined that it was quite visually striking anyway. "I miss you..." It was only the first day since Chu Yang had left, and he already missed her.

    Seeing him like this, Chu Yang didn''t know what to do. "Let me show you my room. Here''s my desk, this is my bed, and my house only has one floor, no balcony, so you can see it''s all dark outside. Oh right, I''m going fruit picking tomorrow, so I''ll take a video to show you then. If I have time I''ll send some over to you, so give me your address."

    "Okay. What time are you going fruit picking tomorrow?"

    Chu Yang figured her parents would probably head out early in the morning, so she would go with them. "Probably very early, to make it to the morning market. We''ll probably get up around 5 or 5:30 am."

    Chi Yan: "Then I''ll get up around 5:30 too. Do a livestream for me to watch you."

    Chu Yang: "No, sleep in a bit more. I won''t have time for livestreaming while working anyway, I''ll video you when I have time."

    "Oh, alright." He was disappointed, but it made sense. Then Chi Yan suddenly had an idea and eagerly asked, "Does your family need any summer workers? I cane do farm work for free, just give me meals and kisses in return."

    As soon as Chu Yang heard this she immediately refused: "No need!"

    Chi Yan, disappointed: "Oh, okay."

    The two chatted for a long time again before Chu Yang started feeling tired and Chi Yan reluctantly let her go rest. "Good night."

    "Goodnight."

    After hanging up with Chu Yang, Chi Yan immediately got a call from someone else. "Bro Yan, I''ve been trying to reach you but your phone was busy!"

    Chi Yan: "What''s up?"

    Caller: "Bro Yan, the club is having a car race tomorrow, wannae?"

    Chi Yan thought about it for a moment. "What time?"

    Caller: "Tomorrow morning at 10 am."

    It had been a while since Chi Yanst went. Might as well, he thought. "Okay, I''ll head over."

    "Great, see you there tomorrow, Bro Yan!"

    The next morning at 5 am, Chu Yang was woken up by the sounds of her parents getting up. She got out of bed as well, startling the couple when she came out of her room. "You''re up already? It''s still early, go back to sleep!"

    Chu Yang saw that they already had baskets on their backs and were heading out the door. "I want to help too!"

    "We already said you don''t need to help, go back to sleep. If you want to go into townter, you cane with us when we get back."

    But Chu Yang insisted. "It''s fine, I''ll go with you now."

    Seeing her determination, the couple had no choice but to take her along, giving her a small basket to carry.

    It wasn''t just fruit picking. Their main task this early was to pick vegetables to sell at the morning market. The fruit picking was just a side job. They grew and sold both vegetables and fruit. Unlike some families with dozens of acres, they only had a little over one acre ofnd. They kept some for themselves and sold the rest.

    The green beans were growing wildly these days, along with cucumber and pumpkin seedlings.

    Chu Yang''s mom taught her how to pick green beans, leaving her to pick on her own without expecting much from her - she was here just to y around after all. Chu mom went to pick cucumbers and pumpkin sprouts while Chu dad dropped them off at the vegetable plot before heading up the hillside to pick honey peaches. Those were heavy so he went alone.

    The sky was still dark but the fields were already busy, not just their family. Other plots also had shlight beams visible - everyoneing early to pick produce for the morning market.

    Chu Yang wore a heamp given by her mom. With a quick twist, she picked a whole bean pod cleanly.

    Soon Chu mom filled up a whole basket of cucumbers and pumpkin sprouts, mostly cucumbers. Then she came over and swiftly started picking beans with amazing speed - way faster than Chu Yang could manage.

    At around 6:30 am, the three regrouped and loaded everything onto their trishaw - a recent purchase mainly funded by the money Chu Yang sent back. The couple decided it would be handy to have one for the family. Chu Yang sat in the back munching on the steamed bun and bottled water her mom gave her, eating heartily. Her clothes were totally drenched in sweat.

    As for taking videos? No time for that at all - she was dead tired.

    But her parents looked perfectly energetic still, dropping Chu Yang off at home to rest properly while they hurried off to the market.

    Once home, Chu Yang immediately showered then copsed onto the sofa, snacking on fruit with zero desire to move.

    Meanwhile her parents had set up shop at the vegetable market, hawking their produce.

    "How much for the beans?"

    "2 yuan per jin, freshly picked this morning! Want some?"

    "Are these peaches sweet?"

    "Very sweet, guaranteed! Here, try a piece."

    "I''ll take some pumpkin sprouts please."

    "Coming right up!"

    Over in Beijing, Chi Yan woke up early but never did get any video from his girlfriend. He messaged her: "Chu Yang~"

    Ten minutes passed with no reply, so he sent another: "[Peeking]"

    An hour passed and still no response. Onest try: "Chu Yang~ [Cute Face Peeking]"

    Figuring she must be too busy, a disappointed Chi Yan had no choice but to head out.

    People flocked to greet Chi Yan when he arrived at JBR Club.

    "Bro Yan, been a while!"

    "You racing today, Bro Yan?"

    "Bro Yan!"

    "Bro Yan, you finally came!" The tall andnky Monkey, whose real name was Hou Sheng, immediately came over. He was the one who called Chi Yanst night.

    "Yeah. Who else is here today?" Chi Yan walked in with both hands in his pockets, nodding back at people.

    "Zhang Yuan and Xiao Lin are here. Oh right, and that Gao Miao guy too." Monkey added softly.

    Hearing Gao Miao''s name reminded Chi Yan of how he had ruined his pool date with Chu Yang. "Is Gao Miao racing today?"

    Monkey: "For sure, when does he not?"

    Chi Yan patted his shoulder. "Get my car prepped. I''m racing too today."

    Monkey eagerly responded: "You got it!" Then he called out, "Hey everyone, get Bro Yan''s car checked!"

 Chapter 90: Racing

    <h4>Chapter 90</h4>

    On the other side, Gao Miao also saw Chi Yan and immediately came over with twockeys, ¡°Chi Yan, how about a game? Whoever loses has to kneel down and call the other daddy.¡±

    Chi Yan scoffed, ¡°I¡¯m afraid you can¡¯t afford to lose.¡±

    Gao Miao was immediately provoked to anger, ¡°Who can¡¯t afford to lose? Everyone here can bear witness!¡±

    Zhang Yuan from the side quickly came to smooth things over, ¡°Come on, it¡¯s just for fun. Why are you taking it so seriously, Gao Miao? How about the loser treats everyone here to a meal instead?¡±

    Gao Miao pushed him away, ¡°What ¡®just for fun¡¯? If we y, it has to be bigger stakes. Zhang Yuan, if you can¡¯t take it then don¡¯t interfere.¡±

    Zhang Yuanughed drily, ¡°To each his own. I¡¯m staying out of this.¡± He shrugged and left with his people to get ready.

    Xiao Lin also came over, ¡°He thinks he¡¯s so great. He wants to beat Chi Yan every day but gets crushed by Chi Yan every time. He never learns.¡±

    Zhang Yuan: ¡°He got lucky and won twice so now his head is swollen. He probably forgot that anytime Chi Yan is around and doesn¡¯t go easy, Chi Yan always wins.¡±

    Xiao Lin: ¡°Forget him. Some people need to fall t on their face before they know pain.¡±

    Not long after, everyone at the club found out about the showdown between Chi Yan and Gao Miao. They secretly started betting pools.

    ¡°Definitely Bro Chi Yan. That¡¯s not even a question.¡±

    ¡°I bet on Gao Miao. Bro Chi Yan hasn¡¯t been around for a while.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re still young and don¡¯t know Bro Chi Yan¡¯s skills. I bet on Bro Chi Yan.¡±

    ¡°Bro Chi Yan, Bro Chi Yan!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve watched Gao Miaopete before and he wasn¡¯t bad. I haven¡¯t watched Chi Yan. I bet on Gao Miao.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re going to regret that if you haven¡¯t seen Chi Yan. Just wait.¡±

    ¡°Bro Chi Yan is a god! I¡¯m going all in on Bro Chi Yan!¡±

    ...

    While Chi Yan was getting ready, Chu Yang finally messaged him back, ¡°Sorry, I was too tired and didn¡¯t see your message.¡±

    Chi Yan immediately replied: ¡°What happened?¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°Went to work at 5 AM this morning. I¡¯m exhausted and didn¡¯t even film a video so I can¡¯t show you. Next time.¡±

    ¡°I see. I¡¯m at the racing club now getting ready to race. Do you want to watch mepete? I¡¯ll have someone livestream it for you.¡±

    As soon as Chu Yang heard Chi Yan was going to race, in her mind racing was very dangerous. ¡°Huh? Race? Let me watch.¡±

    They immediately started a video call. Chi Yan showed her the site and the car he would drive. Chu Yang took one look at how professional it was and felt relieved that it wasn¡¯t some street racing. ¡°Got it. Go for it. And be careful.¡±

    Chu Yang made a cheering gesture.

    Chi Yan smiled gently, ¡°Sure, I¡¯ll do my best to get first ce to show you.¡±

    Monkey, who was just about to tell Chi Yan the car was tuned and ready, heard Chi Yan speaking so gently and broke out in goosebumps. He swallowed his words and gently called out, ¡°Bro Chi?¡±

    Chi Yan immediately turned around. Monkey pointed at the car, ¡°Ready.¡±

    Chi Yan nodded, then handed Monkey the phone, ¡°Help me hold this. Remember to keep filming me. And keep your hand steady.¡± Then he gently said to the person on the phone, ¡°I¡¯m going now.¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°You¡¯ve got this!¡±

    Monkey heard a female voice and immediately remembered the social media post Chi Yan made about his girlfriend. So this was Bro Chi¡¯s girlfriend! Ahhhh! No wonder Bro Chi was speaking so gently. So this is what guys with girlfriends are like? I didn¡¯t expect Bro Chi to be so lovestruck, Monkey thought.

    On Chi Yan¡¯s end, he sat in his green race car while Gao Miao was also sitting in his. Before getting in, Gao Miao made a v-sign at his eyes then pointed toward Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan simply gave him a thumbs up and revved his engine!

    In the video, Chu Yang saw this for the first time. This was a different Chi Yan than the gentle one she knew. This Chi Yan exuded aggression and a powerful aura even if she couldn¡¯t see his face behind the helmet. So cool!!

    The cars at the starting line revved their engines as the referee whistle blew. At the gunshot, the four cars rocketed forward!

    The crowd kept roaring and cheering them on.

    In the video, Chu Yang kept her eyes glued on the green car. She didn¡¯t understand racing techniques or drifting but that car had been in front from the start with four cars tightly chasing it. On the curves, the ck car behind kept trying but failing to overtake it.

    At this moment, Zhu Ruxing had also arrived trackside. When she heard that morning Chi Yan was racing here, she immediately rushed over but came a littlete since the race had already begun. Zhu Ruxing kept her adoring gaze on the green race car. Her Bro Chi Yan really was amazing with the cars behind unable to pass him.

    Ahhh her Bro Chi Yan was so handsome!

    ¡°Go Bro Chi Yan!¡±

    ¡°Go Bro Chi Yan!¡±

    Inside the race car, Chi Yan kept a solemn expression, not forgetting his sweetheart Chu Yang was watching his match right now. Wanting to impress her, he showed off some of his techniques. While spectators who understood racing kept cheering wildly, it went over Chu Yang¡¯s head. She just watched with bated breath.

    Finalp. Chi Yan was half ap ahead. He stretched his hand out the window to flip his middle finger at the ck car behind in contempt before zing past the finish line.

    Seeing Chi Yan¡¯s insult, Gao Miao immediately lost control of his car in anger. It skidded allowing Zhang Yuan to overtake into second ce.

    Chi Yan got out of his car and Monkey immediately ran over. ¡°Ahhh Bro Chi you were so awesome! Badass! You rocked it!¡± He yelled, phone shaking the whole time. Chu Yang couldn¡¯t see clearly on her end. Chi Yan took the helmet off and grabbed the phone from Monkey, shing a delighted grin at the screen toward Chu Yang. ¡°Yaaang~¡±

    Chu Yang smiled and gave him a thumbs up. ¡°So good! Ah Yan so skilled! You were so cool I want to throw my arms around you this instant!¡±

    Seriously so cool!

    Hearing her praise, Chi Yan¡¯s ears turned red. He tossed his helmet to Monkey and went to sit down in a corner. ¡°Mm. How about I bring you here to y next time?¡±

    ¡°Sounds good!¡±

    Monkey: Bro Chi¡¯s dual persona change is no joke. So this is what guys with girlfriends are like? Didn¡¯t expect Bro Chi to be so lovey dovey.

    On the other side, Gao Miao angrily threw his helmet after getting out of his car before storming off in rage with hisckeys.

    Monkey: ¡°Huh? Gao Miao still hasn¡¯t knelt down to call my Bro Chi daddy.¡±

    Zhang Yuan: ¡°That¡¯s just how he is. Sore loser. I won¡¯t y with him anymore.¡±

    Chi Yan had already stopped caring about Gao Miao. Now he only wanted to chat with his sweetheart.

    Not long after, Zhu Ruxin quickly made her way to Chi Yan¡¯s side. ¡°Bro Chi Yan, you were so awesome!¡±

    Chi Yan happened to be talking to Chu Yang and immediately felt annoyed hearing Zhu Ruxin¡¯s voice. When Zhu Ruxin threw herself at him, he immediately backed away coldly. ¡°Miss Zhu, please conduct yourself properly.¡±

    Zhu Ruxin pouted coyly. ¡°Bro Chi Yaaan~¡±

    Chi Yan ignored her and told Monkey ¡°I¡¯m leaving first¡± before immediately heading to the locker room to change out of his racing suit and back home, all thoughts of continuing to y gone now that Zhu Ruxin was here.

 Chapter 91: Peach

    <h4>Chapter 91</h4>

    After saying something to Chu Yang, Chi Yan hung up the phone first, then went into the men''s locker room to change into his clothes. As soon as he came out, he saw Zhu Ruxin waiting for him outside the locker room door, her eyes lighting up when she saw him, "Brother Chi Yan, you''re out!"

    Chi Yan said expressionlessly: "I''ll say it again, Miss Zhu, I don''t have a younger sister. Excuse me." Chi Yan walked past Zhu Ruxin to the outside of the club, got in the car and left directly.

    Zhu Ruxin wanted to catch up, but as soon as Chi Yan closed the car door he drove away.

    Zhu Ruxin pouted and stamped her feet, "Brother Chi Yan~" Then she thought of Chu Yang, it must be that cheap woman''s fault! Zhu Ruxin went back to Zhu Ying and hugged Zhu Ying''s arm coquettishly: "Uncle, didn''t you say you would help teach that cheap woman a lesson for Ruxin? When are you going to teach her a lesson? Brother Chi Yan doesn''t even look at me, uncle do you have a way to make Brother Chi Yan look at me?"

    Zhu Ying leisurely drank his tea and patted her hand, "Don''t be impatient, you will still be you. What''s the hurry?"

    Zhu Ruxin: "But Brother Chi Yan leaves whenever he sees me, uncle didn''t you say it would be great if I was with Brother Chi Yan? But Brother Chi Yan has ignored me."

    Zhu Ying: "Men only care about one thing, go get some medicine and he''ll settle down, no?"

    Zhu Ruxin suddenly realized, "Uncle, I know!"

    Watching Zhu Ruxin run out, Zhu Ying smiled, thinking of that girl, he stroked his own face, no hurry, it wasn''t time yet.

    On Chu Yang''s side, after hanging up the phone with Chi Yan, she felt it was noon and called Chu''s Parents: "Are youing home for lunch?"

    Looking at the small amount of food left, Chu''s Mom said, "We''ll go back, wait for your dad and mom to go back in a couple hours, what do you want to eat? Mom will buy it on her way back for you."

    Chu Yang: "No need, then I''ll make lunch."

    Chu''s Mom: "No need, your dad and I will just eat something simple out, you make your own food, your dad and I will be back soon, I''ll bring food back for you."

    Although she said this, Chu Yang still made them lunch. They had been out working early in the morning for so long, people must be tired by now, plus the weather was still so hot.

    Chu Yang opened the fridge, there were leftovers fromst night''s dinner, meat and vegetables, enough.

    Chu Yang rinsed the rice to cook, seeing there were mung beans in the cab, she might as well make some mung bean soup too. She could put it in the fridge to chill, nice and cooling to beat the summer heat.

    When Chu''s Parents came back, they saw the table set with dishes and food all ready, Chu Yang was just putting the mung bean soup into the fridge, "I also cooked some mung bean soup, to chill in the fridge and drinkter in the afternoon."

    Seeing this, Chu''s Parents felt their fatigue disappear by half. Their daughter had really grown up.

    Chu''s Mom bought popsicles and brought them back, "I bought you popsicles and watermelon. Put the watermelon in the well water to cool, popsicles in the fridge, eat when you want, but don''t overdo it or you''ll get diarrhea."

    "Ok."

    After lunch, the couple went back to their room to rest. The afternoon was the hottest time of day, the sun scorched the earth, if people went out to work at this time, they would definitely get heat stroke and faint. If they wanted to work, they had to wait until the sun had almost set.

    While her parents rested in their room, Chu Yang sat in the living room with the electric fan on. She wore short sleeves and shorts, holding a book reading.

    Outside, the cicadas sang and birds chirped, quiet andfortable.

    For several days in a row, Chu Yang went out to help Chu''s Parents with work, and the weight she had previously gained from being fed by Chi Yan for so long instantly dropped again.

    Seeing their daughter getting thinner, Chu''s Parents directly refused the next time Chu Yang wanted to go out. They also started getting up earlier so she wouldn''t follow them out to help, so Chu Yang could only stay at home instead of going out early to help. But when Chu''s Parents came back, she went out with them. Wearing a straw hat, she sat in the back of their tricycle, camera in hand taking pictures of the countryside scenery. Finally she had a chance to shoot videos for Chi Yan.

    Soon they arrived at the vegetable market, found a spot, and the family of threeid out their things. Not long after, someone came up to ask about prices.

    Chu Yang sat on a small stool, eating the buns Chu''s Mom bought for her, watching as Chu''s Parents weighed the vegetables skillfully and bagged them.

    Then someone asked, "How much are the peaches?"

    Chu Yang held up three fingers: "Three and a half yuan per jin, ten yuan for three jin."

    The man said: "If I eat these peaches will I be as glowing as you?"

    Chu Yang gave him a strange look, "......Since you asked this way, then of course! Eating my family''s peaches will make you not just more radiant than me, but prettier than the fairies in heaven. Do you know what kind of peaches these are? These are the immortal peaches that Sun Wukong stole from the Queen Mother."

    The man looked at Chu Yang: ......You expect me to believe that?

    Chu Yang looked back at him, "How much do you want then?" Whether you believe it or not, you asked.

    "Give me ten yuan worth."

    "Ok!"

    After selling three jin, Chu Yang sent Chi Yan a message: "¡¾Photo¡¿ Look, selling peaches. Sun Wukong''s stolen immortal peaches. Want to buy, customer?"

    Chi Yan hadn¡¯t gotten out of bed yet. The corners of his lips quirked up: "How to sell? Do you provide delivery?"

    Chu Yang: "Ten yuan for three jin, delivery included."

    Chi Yan: "¡¾Transfer $500¡¿ Give me $500 worth. If it¡¯s thedy herself providing delivery, I can buy more."

    Chu Yang: "You wish. I''m sending some over in a bit."

    Chu Yang immediately packed 20rge, luscious peaches, exuding a sweet fragrance. As for sending $500, not possible, postage alone would be enough. Then she told Chu''s parents, "Mom, Dad, I''m sending some to my ssmate."

    Chu''s Parents didn''t have any objections. "Just 20, enough? Why not send more?"

    Chu Yang: "Enough, enough."

    Chu Yang shipped them out that day. She sent Chi Yan a message: "They should arrive tonight, remember to check."

    "Ok."

    In the afternoon after 4pm, the butler signed for a delivery, hauling a box inside: "Young Master Chi Yan, your delivery."

    Chi Yan immediately rushed over, taking scissors and opening the box. Inside were 20rge, sulent honey peaches, emanating a sweet scent.

    The butler beside praised, "My, such lush honey peaches!"

    Chi Yan immediately said proudly, "Of course, my girlfriend sent them over."

    Butler: ??? Girlfriend?!!!

    Young Master Chi Yan has a girlfriend?!

    Chi Yan immediately took the honey peaches to his room, though in the end he still took out ten to share with everyone.

    That night, as Chi Bai ate a slice of the honey peach on the table, he said, "These peaches are pretty good."

    The butler beside supplied, "Young Master Chi Yan''s friend sent them over."

    Chi Bai nodded, "Which friend is it? Send a gift in return."

    Not daring to say it was Young Master Chi Yan''s girlfriend, the butler merely said, "Don''t know which friend, directly shipped to Young Master Chi Yan."

    Chi Bai didn''t dwell on it either. "Then nevermind." Chi Yan could handle his own friends.

    When Chi Xin came home, he also ate a peach and praised, "These peaches are not bad."

    Beside him, the butler thought......don''t know how they would react if they knew Young Master Chi Yan''s girlfriend sent them over.

 Chapter 92: Zhu Ruxin Wants to do Something

    <h4>Chapter 92</h4>

    Chu Luo was soon on vacation too, and Chu''s Dad went to pick him up. With one more person at home, there was one more pair of hands to help out. Every morning, Chu Luo would get up early with Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom and head out, while Chu Yang was still firmly kept at home.

    Chu Yang didn''t sit idle at home. She cleaned the entire house, then made some cooling summer foods. The rice paddies were just about ready for harvest, so Chu''s Dad arranged for abine harvester toe and harvest their crop, and so began the days of drying rice grains in the sun again.

    Chu Yang sat under the eaves wearing short sleeves and shorts, holding half a watermelon in one hand, a straw hat on her head, slippers on her feet, with rice grains spread all over the yard. All she needed to do was go flip them asionally. When the sun had nearly set, she would gather up the grains with her family, then repeat it all the next day.

    In the capital city, at the boxing gym, Chi Yan was sparring with someone... After a fierce exchange of blows, Chi Yan was lying on the floor catching his breath. Then he went to the locker room, showered, and went home.

    That evening, the Yuan family was hosting a banquet and had invited the Chi family. So Chi Yan went.

    A group of people, mostly guys, gathered around Chi Yan. They were all talking about cars, racing, basketball, video games and stuff like that.

    "Brother Chi Yan," a familiar voice rang out. Everyone instantly fell silent and shot Chi Yan a sympathetic look. Some had already found excuses to leave.

    Chi Yan frowned and looked over at Yuan Zhi. Why did your family invite the Zhu family?

    Yuan Zhi shrugged. Can''t be helped. We all run in the same circles. Still have to give them face.

    Before Zhu Ruxin could make her way over, Chi Yan quickly found an excuse and left. Seeing him take off as soon as she arrived, Zhu Ruxin''s face fell. But mindful of her uncle''s wishes, she forced a smile back on.

    Chi Yan went to a corner of the yard and sat down. Zhu Ruxin probably wouldn''te looking for him here. He took out his phone to message Chu Yang.

    But Chu Yang had gone to bed early after her exhausting day, so there was no reply. Their daily video call didn''t happen today either.

    Seeing no response from Chu Yang after messaging her, Chi Yan considered calling her. Just then a server walked by, "Young Master Chi, Young Master Yuan is looking for you upstairs in the room to the left."

    Chi Yan nodded. I''ll call Yang Yang when I get home tonight.

    Chi Yan went upstairs, about to push open the door to the left room when he froze. Out of the corner of his eye he glimpsed Yuan Zhi leaving the room. The server just said Yuan Zhi was waiting for him upstairs?

    Chi Yan immediately took two steps back. Turning, he left.

    Downstairs and around the corner by the side entrance, Chi Yan spotted Yuan Zhi chatting happily with a girl. Clearly not looking for him at all.

    Yuan Zhi caught sight of Chi Yan standing to one side. "Chi Yan, what are you doing standing there?"

    Chi Yan walked over, nodded at the girl, then pulled Yuan Zhi aside. "Weren''t you looking for me?"

    Yuan Zhi looked puzzled. "No I wasn''t."

    Chi Yan was serious. "A server just told me you were waiting for me upstairs in the left room."

    Yuan Zhi''s expression changed. "Definitely not. And the left room upstairs is a guest room. I think it was the Zhu girl who said she wanted to rest, so Mother let her use that room."

    Chi Yan''s eyes turned icy cold. "I was about to go in when I caught a glimpse of youing around the corner down here, so I didn''t enter."

    Yuan Zhi considered this. "That Zhu girl has been relentlessly pursuing you to no avail. I guess she wanted to try some unsavory tricks?"

    Chi Yan said, "Anyway, we''re at your ce today, so you deal with it."

    Yuan Zhi nodded. "Fine, fine. I''ll handle it. You wait here." With that, he left, but not before exchanging some words with the girl from before.

    Meanwhile, Zhu Ruxin had been waiting in the room the whole time, but no one showed up. She frowned. "Could Brother Chi Yan not have heard the server?"

    She shook her head. "Impossible. I didn''t say it was me. If it was Yuan Zhi asking for him, there''s no way he wouldn''t havee. The server probably couldn''t find Brother Chi Yan. I''ll wait a little longer."

    After about ten minutes, Zhu Ruxin was growing impatient. Then came two knocks on the door. Zhu Ruxin instantly perked up, tightly gripping an object in her hand. The door opened, and Zhu Ruxin eagerly pounced. "Brother Chi Yan, you''vee?"

    As Zhu Ruxin flung herself forward, she aimed the object in her hand right at the person''s arm and jabbed it in. Uncle said as long as she used this needle on someone, she could have her way with them.

    But she had miscalcted. Because the person wasn''t Chi Yan, but a server. "Wha¡ª" the server got out before feeling a sting in his arm. He promptly fainted.

    Zhu Ruxin: Huh? Something''s not right!

    The man copsed. Outside, Yuan Zhi and another person stood, staring fixedly into the room, looks of shock on their faces. "What have you done? Murder?"

    Seeing it wasn''t Chi Yan on the floor but the server, and hearing the sharpness in Yuan Zhi''s tone, people downstairs immediately came up. "What''s going on?"

    Zhu Ruxin quickly concealed the needle in her hand so no one would see. She shook her head. "I...I didn''t. He just fainted for some reason."

    Yuan Zhi didn''t care what she was nning to do. If it had been Chi Yan walking in, the one passed out would be Chi Yan!

    "Call 120 (emergency services)!" Yuan Zhi ordered.

    The other guests who heard themotion came upstairs, confused about what was happening. They only saw the Zhu girl standing over a copsed server, while Young Master Yuan was telling people to call emergency services.

    Zhu Ruxin kept shaking her head. "No...it''s got nothing to do with me. I was resting in the room when he came in and just..."

    Yuan Zhi said coldly, "I saw you jab something into his arm."

    Zhu Ruxin put both hands behind her back. "I...I didn''t."

    Mrs. Yuan came forward. "Little Zhi, what is going on?"

    Yuan Zhi recounted everything, leaving out Chi Yan''s part. ming it all on Zhu Ruxin was good enough.

    Mrs. Yuan thought for a bit before profusely apologizing to the guests and cating them. She hadn''t intended on inviting the Zhu family in the first ce. But they all circted in the same circles, so she had to keep up appearances, especially considering Zhu Ruxin''s uncle was no ordinary man.

    While many disliked the Zhu family, friendly ties still had to be maintained on the surface.

    "Miss Zhu, you must have been so startled. We will get to the bottom of this. Please go home and rest first."

    Just then, Zhu Ruying walked in from outside. He had stepped out to use the restroom and returned to hearing things about his sister.

    "Sis, what happened?"

    Zhu Ruxin tearfully threw herself into Zhu Ruying''s arms. "They bullied me, brother!"

    Zhu Ruyingforted her as he surveyed the room. Facing Mrs. Yuan he asked, "What is the meaning of this, Yuan family?"

    Before Mrs. Yuan could respond, Yuan Zhi scoffed. "What do you mean ''meaning''? I should be asking what your Zhu family is ying at! Coming to my home to cause trouble? Do you even know what your sister did?"

    When Zhu Ruying heard this, though reluctant to admit it, considering what he knew of his sister''s personality...

 Chapter 93: My innocence belongs Only to Yang Yang

    <h4>Chapter 93</h4>

    Mrs. Yuan immediately stepped forward to smooth things over: "It''s okay, it''s okay. It was our fault for not receiving guests properly and scaring Miss Zhu. We are already investigating what happened. If it was our fault, we will provide an exnation to the Zhu family."

    Yuan Zhi still wanted to say something, but Mrs. Yuan gave him a look and he immediately stopped talking.

    Zhu Ruying also took the opportunity to leave, supporting her younger sister.

    Yuan Zhi looked at Mrs. Yuan: "Mom~"

    Mrs. Yuan: "Alright, alright. I said that if it was our fault, we would provide an exnation to the Zhu family. If it wasn''t our fault... then..."

    Mrs. Yuan didn''t finish her sentence, but Yuan Zhi knew what she meant.

    Mrs. Yuan looked at him again. "Also, Yuan Zhi, do you even know we''re hosting a banquet at home? Don''t yell like that next time." It made everyone aware; what if some people felt our family''s banquet could have such things happening and it left a bad impression of our family?

    Yuan Zhi rubbed his head. "Got it." Then he whispered to Mrs. Yuan: "Wasn''t Zhu Ruxin trying to plot against Chi Yan?"

    Mrs. Yuan''s face turned cold. "What''s going on?"

    Yuan Zhi exined what happened again. Mrs. Yuan patted him on the shoulder. "Good, well done. The Zhu family only needs to maintain face. The Chi family is on our side."

    Yuan Zhi nodded: "Of course, Chi Yan is my best buddy."

    Chi Yan had been watching from afar when it happened instead of going over. After it ended, Yuan Zhi came over and told him the details. "I suspect she originally wanted to drug you unconscious so she could have her way with you, then force you into marriage after."

    It was good Chi Yan didn''t go into the room too. "My innocence belongs to Chu Yang. No way. I have to tell Chu Yang so there won''t be false rumors spreading to me."

    Sometimes even if you weren''t involved in an incident, for some reason it could still turn into your business.

    Yuan Zhi on the side: ...Is this showing off? Right?

    The banquet ended and Chi Yan no longer had a reason to stay there either. He thanked Yuan Zhi and left, although Chu Yang still hadn''t replied to his messages. But it was okay, he would keep sending them.

    When Chi Yan got home he told Chu Yang everything that happened, not hiding anything. He wanted to tell her andfort her. Only Chu Yang¡¯sfort and kisses could heal his nearly injured soul.

    He sent Chu Yang a long message, summarizing in one sentence: My innocence belongs to Chu Yang. Only Chu Yang can taint my innocence. No one else is allowed!

    Chu Yang, seeing this sentence the next morning after getting up: ...What nonsense is this?

    Chu Yang called Chi Yan a bitter: "I was tired yesterday so I went to bed early. Tell me about yesterday again in more detail."

    Chi Yan grievously recounted yesterday''s events again, portraying himself as an innocent man who was nearly framed.

    Chu Yangforted him for a while and told him to be more careful in the future. Then Chi Yan said: "My soul has been greatly injured. Only Chu Yang¡¯s kisses can alleviate it."

    Chu Yang: ...

    Chu Yang looked around and found herself alone in her room. Her face turned red. "Then... okay. *Smooch*"

    Chi Yan: "Smooch smooch. I think of you every day."

    Chu Yang looked at the time. "We can see each other again in another half month."

    Hearing it was still another half month, Chi Yan instantly became depressed: "Still another half month. So long." He now understood the feeling of a day apart feeling like three autumns.

    Chu Yang: "Then find something to do, like studying or a part time job." When idle, it''s easy for the mind to wander.

    Chi Yan: "Alright. What did you do yesterday? We didn''t even video chat."

    Chu Yang talked about the farm work she did yesterday. They chatted for about another hour before Chu Yang noticed the time and hurriedly hung up to get ready to get up. She could hear the sound of grain being dried outside.

    She got up, drank porridge, then sat under the eaves with legs crossed, looking up at the blue sky and white clouds. She would asionally get up to turn over the rice. Calm and leisurely.

    "Chu Luo, let''s go fishing!" some ymates came looking for Chu Luo, each holding a basket.

    Chu Luo, who was doing homework, immediately stood up when he heard and looked at Chu Yang. Chu Yang waved her hand. "Go on. Don''t go where the water is too deep. You know the consequences if you go somewhere dangerous." She didn''t see any dark energy on the kids so it should be fine.

    Chu Luo immediately put down his pen. "Got it." Then he told his ymates, "Wait for me a minute."

    He tidied up his things then also ran out holding a basket. "Sis, I''ll bring back fruit for youter!"

    Chu Yang waved her hand. They already had plenty of fruit at home so it didn''t matter.

    Chu Yang was reading a book. She would asionally get up to work. Then the house gate sounded and a woman Chu Yang didn''t recognize came in.

    As soon as she entered, the womanined: "Why drying rice in the yard? So dirty. Full of dust."

    Chu Yang didn''t respond. Think it''s dirty? Then stop eating.

    "Chu Yang, what are you doing over there? Come wee me!" The woman shouted at Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang remained seated without responding, lifting her eyes expressionlessly: "Who are you? Came to the wrong ce?"

    "Chu Yang, what''s with that attitude? You forgot your auntie already? Why didn''t you send us fruit this year? Hurry and prepare some fruit bags for me to take back. Country bumpkins really have no manners at all." The woman spoke harsh, disgusting words.

    Chu Yang looked at her coldly. "If you can''t speak properly, have no moral character, your mouth will rot."

    The woman, so-called aunt: "You... you..." She was so angry she couldn''t speak.

    Chu Yang sized her up. "So you''re the aunt who looks down on our family. If you look down on us so much, whye to our home? And you still want to eat our fruit? Is your face for growing pimples?" Indeed, the so-called aunt had a few pimples on her face.

    "Chu Yang! Where are your parents? Call them out here!"

    Chu Yang''s face was cold. "Get out of here! Our family doesn''t have an aunt like you!" Chu Yang picked up her hoe. "Get out get out! I don''t know you. What if you''re a human trafficker using my aunt''s name? Get out!"

    Chu Yang brandished the hoe at her. "If you don''t leave I''ll hit you."

    Wang Aunt was both angry and afraid. "Chu Yang, you unfilial thing! Just you wait!" After speaking she hurriedly left. Chu Yang immediately went to lock the door. What a person!

    At night while the family was eating dinner, Wang Aunt called Chu Yang''s mother. "I went over there today, do you know what your Chu Yang did? She drove me out! How do you teach your child? Really no manners at all."

    Her loud voice made the whole family hear.

    Chu Yang immediately put down her bowl with a "nk" and reached towards her mother. "Phone, give it to me."

 Chapter 94: The Late Feast Comes

    <h4>Chapter 94</h4>

    Chu''s Mom also got angry that Wang Aunt spoke like this. When she saw her daughter Chu Yang get angry, she didn''t dare say anything and handed the phone to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang took the phone and directly said one word to the other side: "Get lost!" Then she hung up the phone directly. She then said to the three people at the dinner table: "Ignore her from now on."

    "Oh."

    "Okay."

    Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom didn''t dare to refute. Their daughter Chu Yang could make money and was in college, so the whole family listened to her. Seeing that she was angry now, everyone was afraid of making Chu Yang angry.

    Chu Luo also didn''t like Wang Aunt. "Auntie came over today? I didn''t know."

    Chu Yang picked up her bowl and chopsticks. "You were gone when she came over. She said we didn''t give them fruit, said we were country bumpkins without manners. She said it was dirty that we were drying rice in the yard." In her eyes, people like Wang Aunt were even dirtier. "People like her shouldn''t be associated with in the future. We don''t have rtives like that in our family."

    What a terrible rtive was she? Chu Yang wouldn''t indulge her.

    Only then did Chu''s Dad remember: "Oh right, I forgot to send fruit over to Mom''s side. I forgot because I was busy." In the past, their family would always send things like fruit and vegetables over to Wang''s family side, whatever they grew at home they would always send some over.

    When Chu''s Mom thought about what happened over the New Year she got angry. "We won''t send them anymore. When I think about what happened over New Year''s I don''t want to send anything. Don''t they have money in their family? They can buy it themselves."

    Chu''s Dad said: "But your mom''s side..."

    Chu''s Mom put down her chopsticks. "I married off my daughter and poured out the water. We won''t send anything anymore."

    Chu Luo asked: "What did Auntie say over New Year''s? Don''t tell me it was something about my sister wasting her time studying."

    She was right on target, but Chu''s Mom didn''t let her children know those unkind words. "Kids shouldn''t pry so deeply into things. Hurry up and eat your meal."

    On the other side, after Wang Aunt looked at the hung-up phone she stroked her chest angrily. "Look at what kind of daughter your younger sister gave birth to, she dares to defy her elders. Country bumpkins really make me mad!"

    Wang Uncle said: "Forget it, I''ll teach them a lesson next time. Wasn''t I telling you to go ask them for fruit? Where''s the fruit?"

    When it came to this, Wang Aunt got angry again. "Your dear niece chased me out. No fruit at all, not a single hair." Wang Aunt told about everything that happened today, of course she added some edits to make herself seem especially pitiable.

    After Wang Uncle heard he also got angry. "A little brat who''s read so many books but learned nothing."

    Wang Aunt''s eyes shifted around sneakily. "Why don''t I introduce her to a man? If you ask me, at her age she should be married off already."

    Wang Uncle thought about it. "Okay. I''ll leave it to you."

    "But your little sister''s husband..."

    Wang Uncle said: "Who cares what they do. They''re just country bumpkins, useless. Introduce her to someone with a bit of money. His age isn''t important. An older one might even dote on her more. They won''t dare refuse." In his eyes, his little sister''s husband were weak and useless people.

    "Alright, I''ll take a look."

    That night, Chu Yang was video chatting with Chi Yan and told him about what happened that day. "Can you believe there are people who turn up their nose at something as ordinary as drying rice, yet still want to eat?"

    When Chi Yan heard this he also felt those kinds of people were weirdos. "They don''t even deserve to eat."

    Chu Yang said: "You''re right. It makes me mad that people like them are actually my rtives!"

    Chi Yanmiserated with her anger. "No way. You don''t have rtives like that. I''m your family, and everyone in my family cherishes food. Oh right, everyone in my family said the honey peaches you sent me were delicious."

    Hearing him say this, Chu Yang felt both angry and amused. "Oh please. Don''t even dream about it." He was saying his family was her family, which meant she would marry into his family. But the two of them were only boyfriend and girlfriend!

    "Since the honey peaches were so tasty, I''ll send some more over next time. And some other mangoes too. What do you want to eat?"

    Chi Yan wasn''t picky. "Anything''s good. Whatever you send tastes delicious."

    "Then I''ll just pick randomly."

    "Sounds good."

    During his summer vacation, aside from doing sports and other activities, Chi Yan would either attend some banquets or y cars, ride horses, y ball and other things with friends from his social circle. But he was bored of all that now, and gradually didn''t want to leave the house anymore.

    He missed his Chu Yang so much!

    After waking up, Chi Yan would sprawl on his desk. On the desk was a photo of the two of them. He would look at it for a long time, while also checking his phone frequently to see if Chu Yang had messaged him back.

    Downstairs, Chi Bai asked, "Where''s Little Yan?"

    The butler said: "Young Master returned to his room after breakfast."

    Chi Bai: "Howe he''s not going out to y anymore?"

    The butler: "Young Master said there was nothing fun outside. He hasn''t gone out for three days already."

    Chi Bai: "If he''s so free,ter tell him toe out with me to meet some old friends. What''s he doing cooped up at home all day?"

    "I''ll go let Young Master know."

    "Mm."

    The butler went upstairs and knocked on the door. "Young Master?"

    Chi Yan opened the door. "Butler Uncle, what is it?"

    The butler said: "Young Master, the Master asked if you''re free to go out with himter."

    Chi Yan: "Where to?"

    The butler: "The Master made ns with Chairman Yuan and Chairman Chen''s family to go fishing, it seems."

    "Fishing? Okay then."

    That afternoon, Chi Yan nkly sat fishing there thinking...he''d still rather be home looking at photos of his Chu Yang.

    Next to him, Chi Bai was hotly debating with his old friends about whose fish was bigger.

    "Little Yan, take a look, whose fish is bigger?"

    Chi Yan thought...is this supposed to be interesting?

    But...

    "I''ll go buy a scale to weigh them and see whose is heavier."

    The three old men: "Hurry up and go!"

    Chi Yan thought...

    The next day, Chi Bai said: "Little Yan, going fishing with Grandpa?"

    Chi Yan: "...I''ll pass. You go ahead, don''t forget to bring a scale."

    After returning to his room, Chi Yan looked at the videos Chu Yang sent him of her picking fruit and drying rice. Ah! He so wanted to go!

    Wait. It seemed like he really could go.

    Anyway there was nothing to do at home, and Jiazhou City wasn''t that far either. He could totally drive there!

    Decided, Chi Yan packed a set of clothes and grabbed his car keys before setting off. Of course he still let his family know before leaving. "I''m going out for a bit, might be gone a few days."

    No one tried to stop him. They thought, he''s in college now, a full grown adult. If he wants to go out, then go.

    The drive from Jing City to Jiazhou City took over three hours. To get to Chu Yang''s home it would be about four hours total. Chi Yan had seen Chu Yang''s ID card before so he knew where her home was. He plugged the location into his navigation and set off.

    He didn''t tell Chu Yang he wasing, wanting it to be a surprise. He hadn''t even arrived yet but was already imagining Chu Yang''s excitement at seeing him, how she would throw herself into his arms and then they would...this and that.

    Just thinking about it had Chi Yan grinning from ear to ear.

    On the other side, Chu Yang was wearing shorts while eating chilled watermelon, directing her younger brother Chu Luo in turning over the drying rice. She didn''t have any idea Chi Yan was currently driving over to her home.

    Over this time her magic power had mostly recovered. Thinking about how long it had been since she updated her blog, she notified her fans: updates will resume today.

    Some clients immediately messaged her about projects...business wasing in...

 Chapter 95: The Late Feast is Coming

    <h4>Chapter 95</h4>

    In the afternoon, more than two o''clock, Chi Yan arrived at Chishan Town, Jiazhou City, and then he called Chu Yang.

    On this side, Chu Yang had just woken up from his nap and was going to wash his face when he received Chi Yan''s phone call. "Hello?"

    Chi Yan was excited on the other end, "Yang Yang, I''m here!"

    Chu Yang was puzzled: "Hmm? You''re where?"

    Chi Yan: "I''ve arrived at Chishan Town, Jiazhou City, where your home is!"

    Chu Yang''s pupils erged, "Ah? !!! It''s not... how did you get here?"

    Hearing Chu Yang''s tone didn''t seem to wee her, Chi Yan was instantly disappointed, "Aren''t you happy?"

    Chu Yang was not unhappy, just shocked, "No, how did you get here? Isn''t it good at home?"

    Chi Yan felt wronged: "I missed you."

    Chu Yang: "Okay, you...how did you get here? By train or what?"

    Chi Yan: "I drove here, four hours."

    Chu Yang thought that Chi Yan must have been very tired driving alone for four hours, alright, since she was already here, so be it.

    "I''ll give you a location, juste straight to my house."

    "OK!" Chi Yan cheered up again in an instant, but... "Are uncle and aunt at home?" It was so nervous to meet her girlfriend''s parents!

    Only then did Chi Yan think of meeting Chu Yang''s parents. Before that, he was just thinking of seeing his girlfriend.

    Chu Yang didn''t think it was a big deal. "Don''t worry, juste over. My parents aren''t home now. If you want to bring gifts, buy some fruit egg custard tarts."

    "Okay." Although he said that, Chi Yan still searched online for what to bring when meeting a girlfriend''s parents for the first time? What to do when meeting parents for the first time? What to do when going to a girlfriend''s house for the first time?

    The more he read, the more nervous he became. In the end, he also bought wine, cigarettes, fruit and egg custard tarts that Chu Yang said, as well as milk and other things to fill the back of the car.

    Then with a nervous and happy mood, he drove to Chu Yang''s house.

    In ten minutes or so he arrived.

    The car stopped at the gate of Chu Yang''s house. Hearing the sound, Chu Yang stood at the gate watching. Seeing Chi Yan get out of the car, she immediately walked up. Chi Yan stretched out his arms and hugged her. He smelled her hair, sniffed her neck, then rubbed his face against Chu Yang''s face. Just as he was about to kiss her, he saw the little boy at the door looking at him in shock!

    The little boy''s face resembled his Chu Yang''s a bit.

    Chi Yan let go of Chu Yang at once and looked at the little boy, greeting him, "Hello?"

    Chu Yang turned her head and saw the shocked Chu Luo. "Xiao Luo, this is my boyfriend Chi Yan, Chi from beingte, Yan from banquet. Call him Brother Yan." Then she said to Chi Yan, "My younger brother, Chu Luo, Luo from the Luo River. Just call him Xiao Luo."

    Chu Luo''s mouth was wide open, his eyes staring, "What? What? What?"

    Chu Yang poked his forehead, "What are you doing? Greet him."

    Chu Luo finally came back to his senses, "...Yan, Brother Yan."

    Chi Yan: "Well, hello Xiao Luo." "Oh yes, I bought some things." Then he opened the rearpartment and took out milk, fruits, pork and so on...

    Chu Yang looked at him silently: "...Why buy so many things?"

    Chi Yan smiled embarrassedly, "Uh, I didn''t know so I bought a lot."

    "Forget it, since you''ve bought them, Chu Luo, help bring them in."

    "Oh, oh, oh." Chu Luo hurried to help.

    As soon as Chi Yan entered, he saw the rice spread out to dry in the yard, and from time to time he could hear the clucking of chickens. There were a few chickens raised in the corner, under the eaves were two stools and a fan, and farming tools were ced next to them.

    It was an ordinary farm yard, but it looked very warm.

    After moving the goods, Chi Yan and Chu Luo sat in the living room staring at each other, while Chu Luo went to the kitchen to pour water for Chi Yan.

    As soon as he entered the living room, he saw the two staring at each other. "What are you doing? Chu Luo, go wash some fruit."

    "Ah? Oh oh, I''m going now." Chu Luo immediately stood up and went to the kitchen.

    As soon as Chu Luo left, Chi Yan immediately sat next to Chu Yang, resting his head on her neck and taking a deep breath, "I miss you so much."

    Chu Yang pushed his head away, "Drink some water."

    After drinking half a ss of water, Chi Yan leaned over again. No matter how Chu Yang pushed him, he wouldn''t budge. "Aren''t you hot?"

    Chi Yan: "I''m not."

    "Okay then..." Chu Yang was helpless.

    Looking at the time, "I have to go turn the grains first, you just sit."

    Chi Yan immediately stood up, "Let me help."

    Chu Yang looked at him and gave him a straw hat and another wooden shovel, "Do you know how? I''ll teach you."

    "Okay!"

    When Chu Luo came out with the washed and sliced fruit, he saw his sister teaching her boyfriend how to turn the grains. With one look, it was obvious her boyfriend was no ordinary city man. He was driving a Mercedes-Benz, and the watch on his wrist was clearly no ordinary brand. And those shoes, not to mention his temperament. Anyway, with one look you could tell he was a rich man.

    Yet now, wearing a straw hat, he was being taught by his sister how to turn the grains, without a hint of disdain at all. His eyes were very bright looking at his sister, with a face full of joy and curiosity. This scene...was unbelievable...

    Thinking of his aunt, who would startining with just a little money, saying uncultured things about country folks, it was extremely different.

    After helping to turn the grains, Chi Yan went to see the chickens, asking Chu Yang, "Do we need to feed the chickens? I want to feed the chickens."

    Chu Yang gave him a handful of grains, "Go ahead."

    Chi Yan excitedly scattered them into the chicken coop.

    Chi Yan looked carefully all over the yard, and even wanted to chop firewood but was refused by Chu Yang. Even the random weeds growing in the corner made him ask Chu Yang excitedly, "Yang Yang, what is this? Medicinal herb?"

    Chu Yang expressionlessly: "...Grass."

    Chi Yan: "Oh."

    "Stop looking. Come eat some fruit. Are you hungry? Let me make you a bowl of noodles?" Chu Yang called Chi Yan, "If you want to y, I''ll take you out again when the sun isn''t so harsh. Come rest now, aren''t you tired after driving for so long?"

    "I''m not hungry, I just ate in town earlier." Although his body was tired, his spirit was quite excited.

    Eating fruit, drinking water, watching TV, Chi Yanpletely rxed, yawning.

    Chu Yang: "Tired? Rest for a while. The sun is still harsh now. Go rest first, I''ll call you when it''s cooler and we can go y."

    "Okay." I want you to rest with me, he was about to add, but seeing Chu Luo was still there, Chi Yan swallowed it back. What if his little nephew-inw found his behavior improper? It was best to be modest for their first meeting.

    Chu Yang took him to her room, turned on the air conditioner, "You rest first. I''ll be right outside."

    "Okay!"

    After Chu Yang left, Chi Yan looked around Chu Yang''s room. It was about the same as when she had shown it to him on video calls. Chi Yany on the bed, covered with a thin quilt. The quilt still retained Chu Yang''s scent, and so did the pillow. Chi Yan kept sniffing it like a pervert, until he slowly fell asleep.

    In the living room, Chu Luo asked in a low voice: "What if Dad and Mome back?"

    Chu Yang didn''t care. "It''s fine. It''s not like they don''t know. Besides, isn''t there still work to do at home? Freebor."

    Chu Luo was left speechless, unable to say anything instantly. Was this really a girlfriend''s attitude towards her boyfriend? Chu Luo looked at Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang: "What''s with that look? Did you put away all the stuff Brother Yan bought properly? Go tidy it up."

    Chu Luo didn''t dare say anything, and immediately went to the kitchen to organize things.

 Chapter 96: The Late Feast is Coming. 02

    <h4>Chapter 96</h4>

    Around four o''clock, Chi Yan woke up from his nap and was confused for a moment about where he was. Then he remembered that this was Chu Yang''s room. Heid back down and sniffed the scent of the sheets.

    Chu Yang knocked on the door and came in, asking "Are you awake?"

    Chi Yan hurriedly sat up. "I''m awake, I''m awake."

    "Get up quickly. Wash your face and I''ll take you out to y." Chu Yang said.

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang handed Chi Yan a clean towel and took him to the bathroom. After he had washed up, she took him out. Before leaving, Chu Yang instructed Chu Luo, "Stay home and keep an eye on things. We''ll be back in about an hour to help bring in the wheat."

    "Got it."

    Carrying a basket on her back, Chu Yang took Chi Yan to the orchard. "I''m taking you to pick some fruit."

    "Mm-hmm."

    The two walked through the fields and creek to arrive at the orchard, which had peaches, mangoes, plums, and more - all varieties that Chu Yang''s family grew.

    After letting Chi Yan experience the joy of fruit picking, Chu Yang also took him to the creek. "My younger brothers oftene here to catch fish. They''re all palm-sized, even thumb-sized. If you want to try it, we cane back another time."

    "Over there is ake. Last winter, Chu Luo almost got into trouble when he and my brothers went to y there. Some disobedient kids still want to go swimming in summer, but don''t you go. It''s dangerous. I don''t even let Chu Luo go."

    "Mm-hmm." Chi Yan was very obedient. Whatever Chu Yang said, he agreed with. He hade to stay by Chu Yang''s side.

    After walking around for a bit, the two felt they had seen enough and started heading back.

    Passing by the vige''s small shop, Chu Yang bought him an ice pop, getting one for herself too. The two strolled back slowly.

    Not long after Chu Yang had left, her parents arrived home. Business at their vegetable stall had been slow today, so they were backter than usual.

    Seeing the luxury car parked in front of their home, the returning couple asked Chu Luo, who was sitting under the eaves, "Little Luo, whose car is that parked at our house?"

    Chu Luo hesitated, "...Uh."

    Not seeing Chu Yang, her dad also asked, "Where''s your sister? Weren''t the ice pops in the fridge finished? Dad bought more back today and was going to call your sister toe eat some. Put the ice pops in the fridge for now."

    Chu Luo scratched his head. "Sis went out."

    "Where''d she go?"

    "Went out with her boyfriend. The car out front belongs to her boyfriend."

    Chu''s parents: "!!! What? Say that again?"

    Confirming that the car belonged to Chu Yang''s boyfriend, what''s more, he had brought a bunch of things over too. The pile of stuff in the kitchen was also brought by Chu Yang''s boyfriend. Now the two had gone out to y and would probably be back to help bring in the wheat in a bit.

    Chu''s dad and mom looked at each other. "This..."

    "Do you remember what the young man looks like?" Chu''s mom asked Chu''s dad in a low voice.

    Chu''s dad took out his phone, "I forgot. Let me check Chu Yang''s Moments."

    Chu Luo on the side: ...He felt it wasn''t suitable for him to stay here.

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan walked back home hand in hand,ughing. As soon as they entered the door, they saw that Chu''s parents and Chu Luo were already bringing in the wheat. Seeing the two return, all three looked over.

    Chi Yan immediately let go of Chu Yang''s hand and bowed in greeting, "Hello Uncle and Auntie, I''m Chi Yan."

    Chu Yang also hurried to introduce, "Mom and Dad, this is my boyfriend Chi Yan."

    Looking at this tall and handsome young man with refined features, although they had just seen photos, it was still more shocking to see him in person. One look and you could tell he came from a wealthy family background. With those looks and that air, he was absolutely a dragon among men.

    "Oh, hello."

    "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you." Chu''s parents also didn''t know what to say.

    Seeing everyone bringing in the wheat, Chi Yan immediately grabbed a shovel. "Let me help."

    "Oh no, no need. You just sit and rest." Chu''s mom stopped him right away. How could they make him work the first day he came?

    Chu Yang set down her basket. "Mom, just let him help. He''s your daughter''s boyfriend. It''s nothing for him to help out my family. Make him some tasty food tonight."

    Chi Yan agreed, "That''s right. Auntie, it''s no problem. I''m strong." He then went to help.

    Chu Yang joined in to help too.

    Later, everyone sat in the living room, exchanging nces but no one spoke. Chu Yang put away the fruit Chi Yan had picked earlier. Seeing it was about time, she said, "Mom and Dad, shouldn''t you start making dinner?"

    "Oh, oh yes. Dear, let''s start cooking."

    "Alright."

    The couple hurried to the kitchen. Chi Yan also stood up. "Let me help too."

    Chu Yang came over with some bok choy. "Help wash the vegetables. Don''t go to the kitchen. My parents are nervous just looking at you."

    Chi Yan said softly, "I''m nervous too."

    Chu Yangughed and patted his head. "Don''t be nervous. Just help out more."

    Chi Yan nodded. "Okay."

    Chu Luo on the side: ...He felt it wasn''t suitable for him to stay.

    During dinner, Chu''s mom suddenly remembered, "The peanuts in the field need to be harvested. Tomorrow, go with your little brother to pull up the peanuts. Get up early."

    Chu Luo didn''t mind. After swallowing a mouthful of rice, he said "Alright."

    Chi Yan immediately said, "I''ll go too tomorrow."

    Chu''s mom waved her hands. "No need, no need. Stay home and keep Yangpany."

    Chu Yang put a chicken leg on Chi Yan''s te and nced up. "Let him go. Boys should get more exercise. I can handle turning the wheat myself at home. It''ll only take a couple hours anyway."

    Chi Yan nodded. "That''s right. It''s no problem. I''m very fit."

    Chu Yang added, "Can''t let him freeload. Gotta work for his meals." She put another piece of meat on Chi Yan''s te. "Eat more. You''ll have a tiring day tomorrow."

    Chi Yan smiled at her. "It won''t be tiring."

    Chu''s parents and Chu Luo: ...

    Since the daughter had decided, what could the rest say?

    "Oh right, Luo remember to write your essay. Harvesting peanuts can be a good essay topic." Chu Yang reminded.

    Chu Luo: ...Tears welled up in his eyes.

    Chu Yang exined to Chi Yan, "He''s good in every subject except Chinese, so I have him write more essays."

    Chi Yan nodded. "Indeed, observing life and writing more is important."

    Hearing this, Chu''s parents felt the young man was pretty capable.

    After dinner, Chu Yang directly said to Chi Yan, "Sleep in my brother''s room tonight. Did you bring a change of clothes?"

    Chi Yan scratched his head. "Brought one set."

    Chu Yang: "Then I''ll buy you more when I have time. By the way, when are you going home?"

 Chapter 97: Air Conditioning

    <h4>Chapter 97</h4>

    Chi Yan hesitated and probed: "Can I go back with you when school starts?"

    Chu Yang nced at him, her eyes clearly rejecting.

    Chi Yan continued to probe: "A week before school starts?"

    Chu Yang smiled insincerely, "One week."

    Chi Yan drooped his head: "Too fast,ter?" He didn''t want to go back so early, "I can help you with work, is two weeks okay?"

    After thinking for a moment, Chu Yang said, "Then two weeks at most. Go take a shower first."

    "Okay."

    After the shower, the family was watching TV in the living room, Chi Yan sat next to Chu Yang, turning his head to nce at her once, then again.

    Chu Yang fixed his head in ce and said in a low voice: "Watch TV properly, what are you poking your head around for?"

    "Oh."

    Around 9 p.m., Chu''s parents went back to their room to rest, Chu Luo looked at Chu Yang then looked at Chi Yan, and still wisely went back to his room.

    Seeing only the two of them left in the living room, Chi Yan immediately squeezed next to Chu Yang, hugging her with both hands, snuggling.

    With a "p" Chu Yang pped him on the back, and he immediately settled down.

    At 10 o''clock, Chu Yang turned off the TV, "We still have to get up early tomorrow, go to rest early. I''m going back to rest too."

    Chi Yan sent her to the door, Chu Yang kissed his cheek, patted his shoulder, "Be good, go to sleep."

    After Chu Yang closed the door, Chi Yan had no choice but to go into the next room, Chu Luo was already lying in bed on one side.

    Chi Yan smiled at him, "Sorry to bother you, little brother." Then he got into bed on the other side.

    Chu Luo pursed his lips without speaking.

    The electric fan was buzzing.

    Not long after, the lights went out and the family went to sleep.

    In the middle of the night at some hour, Chi Yan was suddenly awakened by the heat. The wind from the electric fan was hot too. Next to him, Chu Luo seemed to be used to it already, sleeping very well without feeling hot at all.

    The mosquitoes buzzed "zzz zzz", there was a "p" which was the sound of Chi Yan hitting a mosquito, but Chu Luo was still sleeping very deeply, not disturbed awake at all.

    Chi Yan was thinking that he should talk to Chu Yang tomorrow to buy an air conditioner, but was afraid Chu Yang would think he was disdainful of her family, forget it, just endure it, luckily Chu Yang''s room had air conditioning.

    In a daze Chi Yan went back to sleep, but just not sleeping very well.

    The next morning at 6 am they got up. Chi Yan followed Chu''s parents and Chu Luo, carrying baskets on their backs, they sat in the tricycle and went to the peanut fields.

    They arrived at the peanut fields very quickly. Chu Luo taught him how to pull out peanuts and gave him gloves. While pulling out peanuts halfway, Chi Yan almost cried out in disgust when he came across a worm that could make human skin itchy, but he endured it, quickly stepped on it dead, then looked around to check that Chu''s parents did not notice the inappropriate losing of hisposure just now, luckily they did not.

    There were just two rows of peanut nts. Before 8 o''clock, they were done pulling them out, then loaded them into baskets and took them home on the tricycle.

    By now Chi Yan''s shoes were covered with dust, the soles were caked with mud, making it impossible to tell their original appearance.

    But he didn''t mind at all.

    Chu Luo took a look, saying: "Your shoes are dirty."

    Chi Yan looked, "It''s okay. Wash when I get back, do you have spare slippers?"

    Chu''s mom was also looking, "I will wash for you when we return, the husband has slippers, it should fit for you."

    "No need, I can wash by myself, thanks, Auntie."

    Upon returning home, Chu Yang was already cooking breakfast in the kitchen. Seeing them return, she immediately brought breakfast to the table, "You''re back, go wash your hands and have breakfast first."

    Chi Yan went to wash hands with the others, then sat at the dining table. Chu Yang scooped him a bowl of porridge and gave him a bun, "Eat up, you must be tired."

    Chi Yan shook his head, "Not tired." Then ate half the bun in one bite.

    After the family ate well, Chu''s dad and mom hurried to pick peanuts in the yard again. Chi Yan went to take off his shoes and put on Chu''s dad''s slippers at the well to wash his shoes.

    Chu Yang followed out, waving a fan to fan him, she had noticed the dark circles under his eyes earlier, "Did you not sleep wellst night?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, ¡°No. Very good."

    Chu Yang touched the area under his eyes, "Liar, you even have dark circles."

    Chi Yan hesitated, "That... I just... um..."

    Chu Yang looked straight at him, "Hmm? What exactly happened? Speak!"

    Chi Yan: "Can I buy an air conditioner for your family? I definitely don''t mean to show disdain." Chi Yan watched Chu Yang¡¯s expression, afraid she would get angry.

    Chu Yang was puzzled instead: ¡°Hmm? Chu Luo¡¯s room doesn¡¯t have air conditioning?" She remembered that when she sent money home she asked Chu''s parents to directly install an air conditioner for each person''s room, could it be that they only installed it for her? She hasn¡¯t gone into their rooms to check either, so she didn¡¯t know.

    "Let me go see." Chu Yang said, walking crisply into the house to check Chu Luo''s and Chu''s parents'' rooms. Indeed there was no air conditioning, only fans.

    Chu Yang walked to the yard to ask Chu''s dad and mom who were picking peanuts: "Didn¡¯t I tell you to install air conditioning? Howe there¡¯s none installed?" It was so hot, she didn¡¯t know how they endured it.

    Chu''s mom paused for a moment, ¡°Your dad and I are used to it, air conditioning costs money, we don''t need it."

    Chu Yang: "What about Chu Luo?"

    Chu Luo looked at her then looked towards Chu''s parents, "I¡¯m rarely home anyway since I live on campus, it doesn¡¯t matter, isn¡¯t there a fan?"

    Chu Yang frowned, "No, didn''t I give you money for this? I¡¯m going into town this afternoon to buy air conditioning units for you, don¡¯t refuse. Don¡¯t worry about money, I have money."

    Chu''s dad and mom looked at each other, "That''s your money, keep it for yourself."

    Chu Yang waved her hand, "Listen to me. That''s it, Chi Yan and I are going into town to buy them this afternoon."

    Chu''s dad and mom didn''t dare say anything, the daughter had decided they didn''t dare refute her, seeing she was already angry.

    Chu Yang walked back to Chi Yan''s side again, ¡°Since you can¡¯t sleep well at night, go rest in my room for now. After you¡¯ve rested we¡¯ll go into town in the afternoon to buy air conditioning units."

    Chi Yan nodded: "Okay." Then looked worriedly towards Chu''s parents'' side, "Did I say something wrong?" He now knew Chu''s parents didn''t want air conditioning in order to save money, and Chu Yang didn''t know about it, he didn''t expect to identally reveal it.

    Chu Yang patted his shoulder: "You didn''t say anything wrong, luckily you mentioned it, or else I wouldn''t have known. Quickly wash your shoes then go take a bath to rest."

    "Okay." Chi Yan felt relieved.

    After washing the shoes and leaving them in the corner to dry in the sun, Chu Yang brought a set of clothes that Chu''s mom said was for Chi Yan to wear that belonged to her dad, "My dad''s clothes, wear them first, we¡¯ll buy you clothes this afternoon."

    "Okay."

    After showering, Chi Yan felt much more rxed and lighter all over, he was worried earlier that he would stink up Chu Yang with his sweat.

    Lying in Chu Yang''s room, Chi Yan happily sniffed the sheets, with a corner of Chu Yang''s pajamas on the bed, Chi Yan soon fell asleep, still with a smile at the corners of his mouth.

 Chapter 98: Old Schoolmate

    <h4>Chapter 98</h4>

    After lunch, Chu Yang took Chi Yan out and said, "I''ll go buy groceries ande back tonight."

    The shoes Chi Yan was wearing were Chu''s dad''s and didn''t quite fit.

    It took over ten minutes to get to town, but Chu Yang didn''t like how they looked, so she drove with Chi Yan to the city instead. They had originally nned to buy two air conditioners, one for Chu''s parents'' room and one for Chu Luo''s room, but Chu Yang thought it would be good to have one in the living room as well, so they bought three in total. The salesperson happily gave them a discount, and they ended up spending close to 10,000 RMB.

    Chi Yan had wanted to pay at first, but a look from Chu Yang made him sheepishly put his bank card away. Chu Yang handed over her own card instead.

    After buying the air conditioners, the two went shopping, buying clothes for Chi Yan.

    Each with a milk tea in hand, they strolled through the shopping mall in the city center hand in hand. Suddenly, a group of people walked towards them. Chu Yang and Chi Yan passed by without ncing at them.

    One person in the group said, "Wasn''t that Chu Yang just now?"

    Everyone immediately turned around, and someone shouted, "Chu Yang?"

    Hearing someone calling her name, Chu Yang turned around to look. She didn''t recognize them.

    Chi Yan also turned to look. He asked Chu Yang, "What''s up? Do you know them?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "I don''t know them."

    The group said, "...Chu Yang, what''s going on? Got rich and now you don''t recognize your old ssmates?" They looked at Chi Yan next to Chu Yang, everyone gasping. Was there such a figure in Jiazhou?

    Chu Yang frowned. They were probably her high school ssmates from her original life. "Can I help you?" she asked.

    The group looked at each other, and then a boy came forward and said, "Chu Yang, weren''t you always following Gu Xiao and the others? Where are Gu Xiao and them?"

    Before Chu Yang could say anything, Chi Yan next to her snapped. "The two people you mentioned don''t know my Chu Yang. Even if they did, they wouldn''t be good enough for my Chu Yang to follow around."

    "You..."

    "Let''s go," Chi Yan said, ignoring them and pulling Chu Yang away. He didn''t like their attitude towards his Chu Yang and didn''t feel the need to be polite.

    The group watched as Chu Yang left. They could only swallow their resentment and quickly posted about it in their high school group chat.

    "Saw Chu Yang in the city center. She''s gotten really arrogant and pretended not to recognize us, her old ssmates."

    "Right, right."

    "There was also a guy with her who was super condescending."

    "Wonder what their rtionship is."

    Someone replied, "Didn''t you guys watch the literaturepetition finals? Chu Yang has a boyfriend now. That''s probably Chu Yang''s boyfriend."

    "Don''t know what he sees in Chu Yang."

    "I know, she can''tpare to Qinglu at all in terms of looks or family background."

    "Exactly!"

    Li Qinglu saw the discussion in the group chat but didn''t say anything. Still, everyone''s words made her quite happy.

    Chi Yan didn''t know much about Chu Yang''s past, but he felt that if anything was wrong, it definitely wasn''t his Chu Yang''s fault - it was those people''s fault. His Chu Yang had such a good personality after all.

    And which ssmates pretend not to recognize each other after getting rich? How ridiculous. It''s not like he recognizes and remembers every single one of his high school ssmates either.

    Chi Yan secretly nced at Chu Yang''s face. Seeing that she didn''t seem upset or sad at all, he felt much more relieved.

    Chu Yang didn''t know Chi Yan was thinking so much. Those strangers weren''t worth paying too much attention to.

    Seeing a men''s clothing store nearby, Chu Yang brought Chi Yan inside and picked out two outfits and a set of pajamas for him. They then went to a shoe store and bought two pairs of shoes - one sneakers and one sandals. After buying the shoes, Chi Yan immediately changed into them.

    While picking out clothes, Chu Yang suddenly remembered the clothes she had dried at Chi Yan''s ce. "Did you put away my clothes properly?" she asked.

    Chi Yan knew which clothes she was talking about. "I put them away, I put them away!" he said quickly. "They''re in my closet!" When he had collected the clothes at the time, just holding that small set of clothes in his hands nearly gave Chi Yan a nosebleed. He then secretly scolded himself for being like a pervert. How shameful!

    "Good then," said Chu Yang.

    After buying the clothes, they went to the supermarket and bought a batch of groceries before heading home.

    When they got home, workers were already installing the air conditioners. Chu''s dad and mom were watching, while Chu Luo was picking peanuts in the yard.

    After putting everything away, Chi Chi also hurried to help pick peanuts. By the time the workers finished installing the air conditioners and left, it was already evening and Chu''s mom had finished making dinner in the kitchen.

    The new air conditioner in the living room made it especially cool. At dinner, they no longer needed to turn on the fan.

    That night when going to sleep, Chi Yan didn''t wake up from the heat again, and Chu Luo slept even more soundly.

    Lying in bed, Chu''s mom patted Chu''s dad''s hand. "I didn''t expect we''d have air conditioners installed at home."

    Chu''s dad also sighed. "It''s because I''m not capable enough, making you suffer."

    Chu''s mom said: "It''s not your fault. We''ve been self-reliant and haven''t let anyone down. Following you, I have no regrets."

    Chu''s dad held her hand tightly. "Sleep now. We still have to get up early tomorrow to work," he said.

    "Mm," she murmured.

    And so, Chi Yan was very happy staying at Chu Yang''s home. Sometimes he would go help with farm work, and sometimes he would just stay home, wearing T-shirts, shorts, slippers and a straw hat, either holding a watermelon and eating it or nibbling on a honey peach or plum.

    One day, Chu Yang looked up at the sky and said, "It''s going to rain soon. Let''s bring in the wheat. It''s almost finished drying today, so we won''t need to dry it anymore after this. It''ll be time to bag it up."

    Chu Luo looked up at the sun shining brightly in the sky. "How can it possibly rain with the sun so strong?" he said.

    On the other side, Chi Yan was already gathering the wheat with tools. "Listen to your sister," he said. "Hurry up."

    Chu Luo: ...Bootlicker!

    After gathering up the wheat and taking it indoors, a loud rumble sounded from afar and a big ck cloud floated over. Not long after, the rain came pouring down heavily.

    Watching the downpour outside, Chi Yan proudly said to Chu Luo, "See, I told you your sister was right!"

    The rain washed away the scorching heat, but it also affected the work.

    It wasn''t long before Chu Yang''s parents rushed back home, muttering, "Did you gather the wheat? Did the wheat get wet in the rain? The rain today was so sudden."

    Chu Luo walked out the door. "We already gathered it all. It didn''t get wet. We finished gathering before it started raining."

    Chu''s mom breathed a huge sigh of relief. "That''s good then." For farmers, nothing was more worrisome than crops being ruined.

    After the heavy rain passed, the grass grew vibrant and lush. Chu Yang picked up a t bamboo tray and said to Chi Yan, "Let''s go catch some fish."

    Chi Yan immediately scampered after her excitedly.

    Chu Luo also threw down what he was doing. "I wanna go too!" he shouted, grabbing another bamboo tray and scampering after them.

    On the way, they met up with some other friends, and a whole group followed along.

    "Chu Luo, is that your sister''s boyfriend?" someone asked.

    Chu Luo held his head up high. "Yup. From B University. So awesome."

    "Whoa, amazing. And he''s so tall and handsome too. Your sister got a good catch."

    Chu Luo said proudly. "Of course!" His sister was indeed incredible. Her boyfriend listened to her every word like an obedient puppy. He had witnessed it himself these past few days. Chi Yan followed Chu Yang everywhere and agreed with everything she said. When asked to work, he worked. Super enthusiastic.

    Even if his sister pointed at a deer and called it a horse, Chi Yan would probably insist it was a horse.

 Chapter 99: The Last Day

    <h4>Chapter 99</h4>

    Chu Yang dammed up the downstream with a bamboo tray while Chi Yan and the other children herded the fish from upstream to downstream, driving them into the bamboo tray. When they lifted up the tray, there were several palm-sized small fish inside.

    After doing this a few times, they went with Chu Luo''s friends to catch some pond snails. The setting sun gradually went down as the chattering children happily headed back.

    The palm-sized small fish were pan-fried and put into beancurd to make soup, while the pond snails were left in water overnight to be stir-fried and eaten tomorrow.

    Early next morning, the pitter-patter rain woke Chu Yang up from her dreams. Since it was raining today, there would be no work to do and she could sleep more.

    Around 10 o¡¯clock, Chu Yang finally got up. She saw Chi Yan teaching Chu Luo his summer vacation homework in the living room while Chu¡¯s Dad was washing his tricycle outside in the rain and Chu¡¯s Mom was picking vegetables. Seeing her get up, Chu''s Mom immediately brought breakfast from the kitchen, ¡°It¡¯s still warm, eat up.¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡±

    After lunch, Chu Yang¡¯s parents went back to their room for an afternoon nap. Chu Luo also disappeared somewhere. Chu Yang also returned to her room, intending to ¡°work¡±, while Chi Yan sneakily followed her in.

    As Chu Yang sat on the bed ¡°casting spells¡±, Chi Yan sat at the head of the bed reading a book. After she finished her ¡°work¡± and put away the crystal ball, Chi Yan immediately pounced on her, rubbing his head on her neck. The two of them had not had intimate hugs or kisses for a long time, at most holding hands asionally.

    Chu Yang replied to fans on her phone with one hand while stroking his head with the other. After she was done, she threw away her phone and pulled up the quilt, ¡°Let¡¯s take an afternoon nap.¡±

    Chi Yan immediately moved off her and neatly tucked them both under the quilt, one hand hugging her waist and his head resting on Chu Yang¡¯s chest as he closed his eyes to sleep.

    Rainy days like these were especially suitable for sleeping. The soothing pitter-patter lulled them to sleep quickly.

    The two weeks passed by very quickly. During his stay in the countryside, Chi Yan had tanned quite darkly. With one day left, he was listless the whole day, following Chu Yang wherever she went. ¡°Why don¡¯t I postpone my return trip for one more day, just one day!¡±

    ¡°No!¡±

    ¡°Then half a day will do too. I¡¯ll go back early tomorrow morning, okay?¡±

    Chu Yang picked up her backpack basket, ¡°Come on, let¡¯s go pick some fruits. You can bring them back tomorrow.¡±

    Chi Yan followed her unwillingly, swinging the foxtail weeds hitting the bushes around them, ¡°Don¡¯t wanna go back.¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°Do you want to look in the mirror? See how tanned you are?¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°I¡¯m a guy, it¡¯s fine if I tan. It¡¯s healthy, man!¡± He flexed his muscles as he spoke.

    Chu Yang made a disgusted ¡°Ew¡± sound, ¡°Hurry up. My mom said she¡¯d kill a chicken or duck for you to bring back. Which do you want, chicken or duck?¡± Chu Yang thought for a while, ¡°Why not one chicken and one duck? A chicken in your left hand and a duck in your right.¡± She started singing.

    Upon hearing chicken and duck, Chi Yan quickly declined, ¡°No need, fruits are enough. You can keep the chicken and duck to eat.¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°You¡¯ve been feeding them for a few days anyway, so might as well eat them.¡±

    In fact, Chi Yan did not really mind. What he actually wanted to bring back most was his girlfriend, but that was not possible.

    After picking a backpack full of fruits, they were put into snake skin bags and loaded into the rearpartment of the car. The chicken and duck to bring back were also picked and prepared to be ughtered early next morning.

    That night when going to bed, Chi Yan looked at Chu Luo and said softly, ¡°I¡¯ve taught you for so long and am leaving tomorrow. I want to have a nice chat with your sister now if you can pretend you don¡¯t know anything?¡±

    Chu Luo rolled his eyes.

    Chi Yan went on, ¡°After I go back, I¡¯ll mail you the airne cannon model I showed youst time that you really wanted, okay?¡±

    Chu Luo thought for a while before pulling up his quilt to cover his head and waved his hand in consent.

    Chi Yan immediately got off the bed to put on his shoes and quietly went out, then gently knocked on Chu Yang¡¯s door. Of course, Chu Yang knew right away who it was and got out of bed to open the door. Chi Yan slipped right in, ¡°I¡¯ve already bribed your brother. He¡¯ll pretend he doesn¡¯t know anything.¡±

    Chu Yang: ......

    On the bed, Chu Yangy to one side while Chi Yan lifted the quilt to climb up, tightly hugging her limbs with his own. ¡°I¡¯m leaving tomorrow. You have to cater to all my wishes tonight, or else I won¡¯t leave!¡± Ouch!

    Chu Yang hit him once.

    Chi Yan rubbed his head, ¡°Don¡¯t wanna leave.¡±

    Chu Yang closed her eyes, ¡°You must leave!¡± It wouldn''t look right for him to stay at her home for most of the summer vacation.

    ¡°Then...I want a kiss,¡± Chi Yan brought his head to Chu Yang¡¯s face, carefully examining her looks: long eyshes, cute nose, and...rosy lips.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes and was instantly drawn into his deep yet gentle gaze. Chi Yan slowly moved closer, first kissing her forehead, then her nose, and going further down...

    Outside the window were croaking frogs while in the grass, two crickets were fighting. The two crickets were locked inbat, one big cricket scrabbling at the other small cricket. Suddenly the two crickets rolled over with the small cricket trying to push the big one away but was grabbed by it instead. The big cricket¡¯s limbs kept restlessly scrabbling here and there on the small cricket¡¯s body!

    Inside the room, Chu Yang¡¯s eyes were slightly red, her cheek had a bite mark, her lips were swollen red, and her chest heaved up and down. She pped Chi Yan¡¯s shoulder, ¡°Are you trying to suffocate me?!¡±

    Chi Yan¡¯s eyes shone brightly. One hand caressed her face, ¡°Have you caught your breath?¡±

    Chu Yang looked at him puzzled: ?

    Chi Yan smiled, ¡°Since you have, shall we continue?¡±

    As soon as he finished speaking, Chi Yan¡¯s lips covered hers again...

    Going back and forth endlessly, tangled up constantly, his hands were especially restless too. Even after being pped for being unruly, they would behave for a few minutes before acting up again...

    Two hourster, Chu Yang directly kicked him, ¡°Stop!¡± Her mouth was sore and swollen.

    Chi Yan finally stopped, leaning on her shoulder and hugging her while his hand stroked her waist.

    Chu Yang checked the time, it was veryte. ¡°Time to sleep, go back quickly.¡±

    Chi Yan was reluctant, ¡°Stay a bit longer.¡±

    So he stayed a while longer, and a while more, until Chu Yang finally chased him out at almost 1 am. What a clingy guy!

    Chi Yanughed as he went back into Chu Luo¡¯s room. As soon as he entered, Chu Luo looked over.

    Chi Yan quickly wiped the smile off his face, ¡°Ahem, little brother isn¡¯t asleep yet.¡± Then he climbed onto bed, covered himself properly and went to sleep!

    As Chi Yan fell asleep, he still had a smile on his face. If not for Chu Luo beside him, he would haveughed out loud immediately.

    Early next morning, Chu Yang¡¯s parents ughtered chicken and duck. They also picked fresh vegetables to pack into bags, along with a bag of peanuts for Chi Yan to bring back.

    Chi Yan felt warm inside but also somehow felt like he was here to stock up...the rearpartment would be stuffed full...

    Chi Yan was supposed to leave after lunch but right after breakfast, while everyone was preparing things for him, Chu Yang¡¯s aunt came over.

 Chapter 100: Break Up Now

    <h4>Chapter 100</h4>

    Early in the morning, Chu Yang asked Chi Yan toe into her room, ¡°Come, put your hand here and let me take a look to see if your schedule forter will be safe.¡±

    Chi Yan obediently put his hand over as Chu Yang quickly saw... Chi Yan would be safe all the way until he got home, but her disgusting aunt was going toe overter... Chu Yang frowned.

    Seeing her frown, Chi Yan immediately asked: ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Did something happen?¡±

    Chu Yang shook her head, ¡°Nothing. You¡¯ll be fine, your journey will be safe. It¡¯s just that my aunt, the one I told you about before, is going toe overter.¡±

    Chi Yan remembered, ¡°What is sheing over for? To steal your family¡¯s fruit again? We won¡¯t give her any!¡±

    Chu Yang looked at him, ¡°I said you might get angry. She''sing to introduce me to a suitor.¡±

    Chi Yan: Already starting to get angry! ¨t_¨s

    Chi Yan cracked his knuckles, ¡°Suddenly I feel like demonstrating my martial prowess. How about when that persones over I put on a brick breaking performance?¡±

    Chu Yang looked at him skeptically, ¡°Can you do it?¡± Although she knew Chi Yan was extremely athletic, she still hadn''t seen his actual martial arts skills yet.

    Chi Yan was serious for a second, flexing his muscles, ¡°You can¡¯t say a man can''t do it.¡±

    Chu Yang gestured with her eyes for him to demonstrate.

    Then Chi Yan proudly went outside, found a brick, ced it on a stool. On the side Chu¡¯s Dad and Chu¡¯s Mom were watching, ¡°What is Little Yan doing?¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°Ah Yan said he wanted to demonstrate some skills for you.¡±

    Chi Yan stretched and warmed up, then grabbed the brick. With one palm strike, it split into two pieces with a ¡°dong¡± sound.

    Seeing Chu¡¯s Mom and Chu¡¯s Dad as well as Chu Luo¡¯s shocked faces with their mouths hanging wide open, Chi Yan proudly looked to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yangughed and apuded, ¡°Not bad, awesome.¡±

    But not long after, Chi Yan suddenly heard Chu¡¯s Mom whisper to Chu¡¯s Dad: ¡°Little Yan is so powerful, what if he gets into a fight with our Chu Yang?¡±

    Chi Yan¡¯s back instantly hunched over as he bitterly smiled inside. He just wanted to loudly say: He would absolutely never hit his Chu Yang. He wouldn¡¯t even think of hitting his Chu Yang, he cherished her too much!

    When he told Chu Yang about this, Chu Yang keptughing while patting his shoulder, ¡°It¡¯s fine, time will prove everything.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°So when is your aunting over?¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°She should already be on her way.¡±

    ...

    When Aunt Wang came over with the man, she saw an unsightly car parked outside her niece¡¯s door that she recognized. The logo - it was a Mercedes Benz!

    ¡°Whose car is that parked here? Could it be someoneing to beg for water?¡± Aunt Wang muttered. Then she smiled and said to the man next to her, ¡°That car definitely doesn¡¯t belong to my niece. Come, we¡¯re at her house now. Her daughter is very beautiful and in college, you¡¯ll definitely be satisfied.¡±

    The man didn¡¯t say anything as he appraised the Mercedes Benz for a good while. He was a man who knew his cars. Mercedes Benzes have grades too. This one was an S-ss Mercedes Benz.

    Seeing the front gate open, Aunt Wang walked in while shouting, ¡°Yijiao, hurry up! I have good news, good news!¡±

    Chu¡¯s Mom who was busy in the kitchen immediately came out when she heard the familiar voice. She then saw her sister-inw and said, ¡°Sister-inw what brings you over?¡±

    Aunt Wang smiled, ¡°I brought a suitor over for your Chu Yang. This is Mr. Li, 32 years old. He¡¯s a foreman at a construction site, earning tens of thousands a year, almost twenty thousand! Although he¡¯s a bit older than Chu Yang, he¡¯ll treat her well.¡±

    Chu¡¯s Dad also came out. ¡°What?¡±

    Aunt Wang continued, ¡°I looked for someone suitable since your Chu Yang is in college. Call Chu Yang out and let her meet him.¡±

    Having heard the voices, Chu Yang had been standing at the living room entrance listening to Aunt Wang¡¯s words. She scoffed and Chi Yan was standing next to her, sizing up the man next to Aunt Wang. His dislike for Aunt Wang grew, this so-called aunt looked down on his Chu Yang so much!

    When Aunt Wang saw Chu Yang, she immediately said to the man, ¡°Look, this is my niece. Not bad right?¡±

    On the side, Chu¡¯s Dad and Chu¡¯s Mom came back to their senses and were already angry. ¡°Sister, what are you trying to do? Our Chu Yang already has a boyfriend.¡±

    Aunt Wang: ¡°Boyfriend, what boyfriend? There¡¯s...¡± Before she could finish, she finally noticed the young man next to Chu Yang with delicate brows and eyes, and a face like a crown jade. ¡°This...who is this?¡±

    Chi Yan held Chu Yang¡¯s hand, ¡°Me? I¡¯m her boyfriend. And what exactly are you?¡±

    Aunt Wang choked, ¡°I¡¯m Chu Yang¡¯s aunt.¡±

    Chi Yan mocked, ¡°I¡¯ve never seen an aunt try to introduce a man over ten years older and shorter and uglier to her niece. I thought you were my Chu Yang¡¯s enemy. My Chu Yang doesn¡¯t have an aunt like you.¡±

    Aunt Wang was so angry she almost couldn¡¯t get the words out, ¡°Who do you think you are, spewing nonsense. Chu Yang, this is your boyfriend? So young and hasn¡¯t even earned a penny...¡± She looked to Chu¡¯s Mom, ¡°Yijiao, are you just going to watch this happen? Your brother asked me to do this. Look at this...break up, break up right now! I absolutely do not consent!¡±

    Chu Yang coldlyughed, ¡°If you don¡¯t consent then you don¡¯t consent. Since this gentleman is so outstanding, why don¡¯t you divorce your husband and marry him instead? I consent to that.¡±

    Chi Yan stared straight at Aunt Wang, cracking his knuckles. He said to Chu Yang, ¡°She¡¯s asking us to break up, I want to hit someone.¡±

    Chu Yang quickly cated him, ¡°Don¡¯t use violence. She¡¯ll have her retribution.¡±

    When Li Youcai first saw Chu Yang, his eyes lit up. Looking her up and down, he was already thinking of marriage. But as soon as Chi Yan appeared, his heart started pounding. Although he was just a foreman, he had a good eye. That man¡¯s watch alone looked extraordinary. And there was also that Mercedes Benz parked outside...

    After thinking for a bit, Li Youcai smiled at Chi Yan and brought his fists together respectfully, ¡°Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! I didn¡¯t know anything, she was the one who told me all this.¡± Li Youcai pointed at Aunt Wang, ¡°She said she wanted to introduce me to a wife and told me her niece was single and toe take a look. I really didn¡¯t know anything. So sorry for the misunderstanding. I don¡¯t know which young boss this is?¡±

    When Aunt Wang heard him say this she was stunned speechless, ¡°No...I...¡±

    Li Youcai immediately red fiercely at her and Aunt Wang didn¡¯t dare make another sound. When Li Youcai looked at Chi Yan, he had an ingratiating smile.

    Chi Yan had his arm around Chu Yang¡¯s waist as he finally looked at the man who wanted to snatch his girlfriend. Squinting his eyes he said, ¡°I¡¯m not a boss, just a college student. Since it was a misunderstanding, then scram.¡±

    ¡°Alright, won¡¯t disturb you, won¡¯t disturb you!¡± Li Youcai respectfully bowed again before turning to leave.

    Aunt Wang hurried to catch up to him, ¡°Hey, Mr. Li, I don¡¯t think there¡¯s much to Chu Yang¡¯s boyfriend.¡±

    Li Youcai was very angry. With one look you could tell the other man was a rich second generation. ¡°What do you mean not much, just look at that Mercedes Benz, obviously that¡¯s her boyfriend¡¯s car. What were you trying to introduce to me? Were you trying to make me offend someone? Were you...were you trying to set me up? Get me to offend someone then give the project to your husband? That must be it! Bah! Just you wait!¡±

    Aunt Wang felt wrongfully used, ¡°No, Mr. Li, absolutely not! I really didn¡¯t know...besides he¡¯s just a young boy. I can get them to break up...¡±

    The two¡¯s conversation faded into the distance as Chu Luo shut the front gate, blocking the outside noises.

    Chu Yang pinched Chi Yan¡¯s still fuming face. ¡°Don¡¯t be angry anymore. I Saw she¡¯s going to have a little ident.¡±

    Chi Yan: ¡°What kind of ident?¡±

    Chu Yang: ¡°Probably falling into a ditch.¡±

    No sooner had the words left Chu Yang''s mouth than Wang Aunt, who was chasing after Li Youcai''s car, really did trip and fall into a ditch.

 Chapter 101: Leave

    <h4>Chapter 101</h4>

    It wasn''t long before the Chu''s front gate was knocked "knock knock" and Wang Aunt''s voice came in again, "Open the door, open quickly!"

    Chu Yang ordered: "No one is allowed to open the door! Don''t care about her!"

    Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom looked at each other, then acted as if they hadn''t heard and went into the room. They were also very angry. Wang Aunt had brought people over to introduce an object to her daughter Chu Yang without a word, and it was even a man in his thirties.

    Besides, their daughter Chu Yang already had a boyfriend. Even if she didn''t have a boyfriend, Chu Yang was still in college! What was she thinking! At present, they were quite satisfied with Xiao Yan. He could work, was about the same age as Chu Yang, and he seemed to respect their daughter Chu Yang as well.

    Wang Aunt had knocked for a long time and saw no onee to open the door. She scolded all the way and left.

    On her way back, she kicked a stone again and kicked her feet swollen.

    Because of this incident, Chi Yan wanted to postpone his return again. "Should I go back a littleter? I''m afraid your aunt wille again."

    Chu Yang knew that this guy just didn''t want to leave, but he had to leave. "No, I''ve seen that she won''te in the near future. Have lunch and take a break before you hit the road. You can still get home in time for dinner."

    Chu Yang helped tidy up his clothes again. "Go home and spend time with your own family. Didn''t you say you still have a Grandpa? Grandpa is getting older and you should apany him more as a grandson. I''ll be back at school in half a month. I''ll be at school two days early."

    "Okay, remember video chat every day."

    "I know, I know."

    Chi Yan leaned his head on her shoulder. "I can''t bear to leave you." He also knew that he was bing less rational, but he didn''t want to change it. He just wanted to stick with his girlfriend.

    Chu Yang stroked his head tofort him.

    At noon, Chu''s mother cooked a big table of dishes. "Eat quickly!"

    Chu Yang also clipped a few pieces of meat for Chi Yan. "Eat more so you won''t get hungry when you driveter."

    "Okay, okay."

    After the meal, Chi Yan lingered for a long time before finally being driven away by Chu Yang.

    "Drive safely, don''t y with your phone while driving, watch the road..." Chu Yang exhorted for a long time. "Okay, go home. Have a safe trip."

    Chi Yan poked his head out of the car window and kissed the corner of Chu Yang''s mouth. "I''ll call you when I get home."

    "Yeah, yeah. Bye."

    "Bye."

    Chi Yan took a deep breath and started the car, carrying a load of stuff behind and embarking on the road home.

    Chu Yang didn''t turn around and go back home until his taillights disappeared.

    In the evening, when Chi Yan''s car arrived at the gate, the butler immediately opened the door when he saw the familiar car. "Young Master, you finally came back?"

    Chi Yan got out of the car and responded with a "hmm". "Yeah. Butler uncle, help me move the stuff." Then, Chi Yan opened the trunk of the car and carried out a box of fruit.

    The butler was startled for a moment when he saw that his young master was tanned. Although he was dark, it did not affect his appearance. Then the butler looked in the trunk again. Good stuff, there''s chicken and duck? There are also peanuts, fruits and other farm produce. Young Master, where have you been?

    Did you go to experience farm life?

    The butler muttered while helping to take things inside.

    "I brought the chicken back for dinner tonight. It''s the chicken I fed for two weeks. Country chicken is super delicious." Chi Yan ordered. Then he thought of the chicken legs he had eaten at Chu Yang''s house at noon, and missed her again as soon as he got home.

    "Sure, I''ll let the kitchen know."

    "Where''s Grandpa?" Not seeing his grandfather at home, Chi Yan asked.

    "Still at thepany."

    Chi Yan nodded. "Okay, I''ll go back to my room and rest first."

    "Sure."

    That night when Chi Bai and Chi Xin came back, they were surprised to see Chi Yan: "How did you get so tanned? Where have you been ying? Got tanned at the seaside?"

    Chi Yan was speechless: "...No. I went to the countryside. This is the chicken I raised. Isn''t it especially delicious?"

    Chi Xin chirped, "You even know how to raise chickens now?"

    Chi Yan said proudly, "What''s so hard about feeding chickens? Just scatter some grains or catch some bugs to feed them. I can also turn over grains, catch fish, and pull peanuts!"

    Chi Bai nodded beside and took a bite of chicken: "Not bad. Coming from the masses and going to the masses, you¡¯ve had a good experience. Even if we get rich, we mustn¡¯t forget some of the most basic things. You did well." He thought Chi Yan went to some farm resort to experience life.

    Chi Yan told about his experience catching fish and picking fruit. "Oh yes, I brought back a bunch of fruit, very tasty. There are also the watermelons from before. I''ll send them over to uncle and my parents tomorrow."

    He didn''t know if his parents were back from their research trip.

    That night while Chi Yan was video chatting with Chu Yang, there was a knock at his door. Chi Yan immediately said to Chu Yang: "Wait a minute, I''ll get the door."

    After opening the door, he found that it was his uncle Chi Xin.

    "What''s up?"

    Chi Xin handed Chi Yan a file folder. "Didn''t you ask me to check the information on that Miss Zhu from the Zhu family before? I had checked it out long ago but forgot to bring it to you because I left it in my office. Here you go."

    Chi Yan took it right away. "Great, thanks uncle."

    Chi Xin added, "You don''t mean to deal with her, right? I heard earlier that something happened at the Yuan family. That Miss Zhu made a servant pass out, and it was also witnessed by Young Master Yuan. Although the matter was smoothed over by the Zhu family, most people in the circle have already heard about it.¡±

    Chi Yan: "At that time, she was probably trying to get me. Fortunately I was vignt, and then she went after the servant instead.¡±

    Chi Xin immediately asked solemnly, ¡°What happened?¡±

    Chi Yan told him about the situation at the time.

    Chi Xin looked at Chi Yan''s face and shook his head. ¡°Femme fatale!"

    Chi Yan: ...

    Chi Xin patted Chi Yan on the shoulder. ¡°Let uncle know if you have any issues.¡±

    ¡°Okay, thanks uncle.¡±

    After Chi Xin left, Chi Yan sat back down in front of the camera with Chu Yang and said, "Remember I said I¡¯d check on Zhu Ruxin¡¯s background? My uncle just brought me the information. Let me open it and we can go through it together.¡±

    ¡°Sure.¡±

    The information was very detailed, covering everything from her birth until now, including birth date, birth time, zodiac sign etc., but there were some gaps. There was no information at all about Zhu Ruxin¡¯s time with that Zhu family uncle abroad.

    "Read me her birth details," Chu Yang said.

    Chi Yan sent Chu Yang a photo of Zhu Ruxin¡¯s birth details.

    Chu Yang instantly became very familiar with it. Huh? This birthday and time is exactly the same as the body she''s in now! Except Chu Yang was born an hourter than Zhu Ruxin.

    Then Chu Yang also discovered that this was a Yin year, Yin month and Yin day. ording to books, people born on days like this are either cannon fodder or the protagonist, and the original Chu Yang in the book was indeed a cannon fodder.

    Seeing Chu Yang frowning at the screen, Chi Yan asked worriedly, "What''s wrong?"

 Chapter 102: Back to School 02

    <h4>Chapter 102</h4>

    ¡°I think...never mind. I''m not sure, and it''s not good to talk about it now. Let''s discuss it when school starts,¡± she said. As a witch, she probably understood Western concepts better, but she didn''t know much about the thousands of years of Chinese tradition. She only knew how to read the calendar.

    "Okay, I''ll make a copy of the materials for you when the timees," I said.

    "Mm-hmm."

    We chatted about other things, like Chu Yang''s chickens and ducks. I also asked if that auntie hade to cause trouble again.

    "She hasn''t been back. She called that night to yell at us, so I immediately hung up and blocked her number. Didn''t I tell you she wouldn''te back?"

    "That''s good then."

    ...

    The next day, I brought some fruit to my parents'' ce. When I got inside, I was surprised to see my dad at home. "Dad, you''re home?"

    Chi Feng was packing his bags. Seeing his son, he was a bit startled. "You''re back? Did you see your grandfather?" He thought I had been out and had just returned.

    "I came back yesterday. I stayed at the old housest night beforeing over. I brought some fruit over for you and mom to eat. Has mome back?"

    Chi Feng sighed. "No, I''m getting ready to go find her now."

    "Huh? Leaving again?"

    "Yeah, a work project. If anythinges up, go find your uncle and grandfather. Give me the fruit, I''ll bring it for your mom and I to eat together."

    ...

    For as long as I could remember, I had mostly stayed with Grandpa, Uncle, and the old house. My parents were often away, sometimes teaching. I didn''t get to spend much time with them as I grew up, but I understood, so I didn''t push it.

    "Alright, you two be safe."

    "I know."

    Chi Feng finished packing his things and left, bag in hand. Before he turned to go, he asked, "Do you have enough money? I''ll transfer some to you after. There''s also cash under the cab, take what you need to buy things." Then he was gone.

    ...He wanted to say he was an adult now, not a child.

    A whileter, he received another 5-digit transfer from Dad into his bank ount.

    At Chu Yang''s ce after I had left, she felt a bit unustomed. She grabbed a cucumber and absentmindedly snapped it in half, suddenly remembering I wasn''t there anymore. Oh right, I forgot. She used to always break a cucumber in half and give me one piece. She didn''t need to do that anymore.

    Walking back to her room, Chu Yang opened up herptop to research things like fortune-telling, I Ching, plum blossom numerology, but she couldn''t understand any of it. Without a guide into this kind of thing, it was very difficult.

    She gave up for the time being, recalling the antique street she had visited before and the old man there. Perhaps when she returned to the city for school, she could ask around for more information.

    For now, it was best to just rest well.

    Time passed quickly, and the school term was about to start. I was counting down the days, because Chu Yang had said she woulde back to school a couple days early. So a few days before the term began, I immediately said, "It''d be great if I could drive to your ce and pick you up, stay over one night, then we could head back to the city together the next day."

    Chu Yang figured she''d have a lot of things to bring back for Jin Yang and the others, so having a car would be convenient.

    "Alright," she agreed.

    "Yes!" I jumped up from my seat and pumped my fist, then hurriedly packed a set of clothes. I looked in the mirror and realized my hair had gotten a bit long¡ªI should get it cut and styled tomorrow.

    When I had gone out with some friends recently, they were all shocked, saying I had gotten tanner. I didn''t know why they were making such a big deal out of it. A tan makes a guy look cooler!

    Oh right, almost forgot. I should tidy up the apartment by school too. I was free today, so I could go clean up the ce before Chu Yang came over. If she didn''t stay in the dorms, she could stay at my ce¡ªI grinned thinking about my little n.

    After cleaning up when school got out, I hadn''t gone back there. Walking in now, there was a moldy smell. I hurried to open all the doors and windows to air out the ce, then threw all the sheets and bedding into the washing machine, mopped the floors, wiped down the windows...

    When I had a chance, I snapped some photos to show Chu Yang my diligent housework.

    Seeing her give me a thumbs up, Iughed and continued working cheerfully.

    Three days before the term started, I set out early in the morning and managed to arrive in time for lunch at Chu Yang''s family home. Knowing I wasing today, Chu Yang had her mom make food for me too.

    I was no longer the somewhat apprehensive Chi Yan who had first visited. I casually got my own bowl and chopsticks to eat, not feeling out of ce at all. I even talked about how delicious the fruit I had brought back was, and how Chu Yang''s family had eaten all of the chicken and duck.

    Chu Yang''s mom warmly urged me to eat more, saying they could always send me more meat and produce if I ever wanted. Although her dad didn''t say much, he didn''t have any objections to my being there either.

    Since we were nning to head back to the city early tomorrow morning, we started getting ready and packing our things today. There wasn''t too much¡ªone suitcase of clothes for Chu Yang, plus one backpack. The rest of the fruit, peanuts, and other local specialties went into a crate that we put in the back of the car.

    Chu Luo was still working on his summer homework. That evening, I even tutored him for a good while. I didn''t sneak over to Chu Yang''s room that night because it would just be the two of us in our own world tomorrow, heh heh!

    The next day, Chu Yang left home amidst her parents'' doting reminders. Only when the car''s rear lights disappeared in the distance did Chu Yang''s parents and little brother Chu Luo finally go back inside. "I can''t believe two months passed by so quickly. Now Chu Yang''s going back to school already."

    "Little Luo, you should prepare for school too. Did you finish all your summer homework?"

    "I''ll definitely finish it today!"

    "If you have any questions, message your sister or Chi Yan. I saw Chi Yan tutoring you yesterday, right?"

    Chu Luo replied, "I know, I know. I added him on WeChat." When Chi Yan had added him, he had even said specifically, "Contact me if you need anything. Asking me is the same as asking your sister."

    At the time, Chu Luo had thought...yeah right, as if!

    In the car, I asked Chu Yang, "Straight to campus, or my ce first?" My ce, my ce!

    Looking out at the scenery, Chu Yang said, "Of course campus first. I should tidy up the dorm room a bit."

    ...There went my fantasies.

    "Alright," I said.

    Chu Yang reached over and ruffled my hair. "Eyes on the road, no naughty thoughts."

    We set off at 9 AM and arrived at school a little after 1 PM. Some others had alsoe back early.

    I helped Chu Yang carry her things up to the girls'' dorm¡ªmy first time seeing her room. One nce told me which bed was hers. Walking in, we were hit with a faceful of dust. Chu Yang covered her nose and went to open all the windows first before tidying up. Meanwhile, I sprang into action.

    Once the room was clean, I took Chu Yang to get a meal; we were starving after all that.

 Chapter 103: Yin and Yang

    <h4>Chapter 103</h4>

    After eating, Chu Yang reluctantly bid Chi Yan to leave first, "I''ll go back to my dorm to tidy up and rest for a bit. Come pick me up again tonight."

    "Alright." Although reluctant to part, Chi Yan obediently agreed, "I''ll bring Zhu Ruxin''s information to you in the afternoon as well."

    "Thanks."

    Chu Yang returned to her dorm and first tidied up all her luggage before lying down to rest for a while. Suddenly, a crow flew in directly through the open window. Seeing Chu Yang, it immediately cried, "Caw caw!" You''re finally back!

    As soon as Chu Yang saw it, she waved her hand to call it over. The crow perched on her palm as she gently stroked its little head, "Clever little guy, you actually knew I was back?"

    The crow nuzzled her fingertips affectionately. Of course it had eyes everywhere.

    "Alright, I happened to bring back lots of treats. Let me give you some fresh and fun stuff to eat." Chu Yang ced it on the table and took out some beef jerky strips torn into little pieces on a tissue, as well as some fruit chopped into bite-sized chunks for it to eat.

    The crow called out twice before happily tucking in. Chu Yang sat to one side, idly browsing Weibo on her phone to see if there were any customers.

    Indeed there was a customer, asking a somewhat silly question - school had started but he hadn''t finished his summer homework. He wanted to ask if there would be any serious consequences.

    Prophet Girl Chu Yang: "...I suggest you go do it now."

    Chu Yang didn''t even take out her crystal ball. Something like this hardly needed any fortune-telling, and of course she wouldn''t charge for it either.

    Chu Yang suddenly realized that with the new semester, she would be a senior student. Time really flew; it had been a whole year already.

    Once the crow was full, it let out a couple of caws and flew off just like an irresponsible Casanova. Chu Yang cleaned up and finally could lie down to rest.

    Around 4 pm, nearing 5 pm, Chu Yang awoke. Chi Yan had already sent her several messages. Chu Yang quickly replied before getting up to wash and dress. By the time she went downstairs at her dorm building, Chi Yan was already there waiting for her.

    Chi Yan took her to dinner, then passed her Zhu Ruxin''s information. Chu Yang flipped through and studied it for a long time before saying to Chi Yan, "I want to go to the antique street tomorrow. Come with me."

    "Sure."

    Early next morning, Chi Yan came over. The two of them headed to the antique street. As soon as they entered, a familiar old Taoist approached them, "Youngdy, I see your hall of impression is dark..."

    Chu Yang immediately took out a 100 yuan bill, "My hall of impression is bright. I have some questions I''d like to ask you, for a fee."

    The old Taoist quickly epted the money, "Ask away. I can answer anything I know, of course just simple stuff worth 100 yuan." He looked Chu Yang up and down. "Hmm, you look a little familiar."

    Chu Yang said, "I find you rather familiar too. Let''s go over there, I''ve got some questions for you."

    "No problem." Money makes the world go round after all.

    The old Taoist followed Chu Yang into a restaurant nearby where they got a private room. Chi Yan apanied them the whole time.

    The old Taoist looked back and forth between Chi Yan and Chu Yang. The longer he observed them, the more shocked he became. This young man has such robust yang energy! And this girl is extremely yin.

    Yin and yang, yin and yang. The old Taoist nodded to himself. This was his first time seeing such abination.

    The server brought tea. Chi Yan poured for everyone before Chu Yang spoke, "Despite looking like a fraud, you must still have some genuine knowledge of fortune-telling and the like."

    The old Taoist was so incensed his beard nearly stood on end. "Fraud! I have true mastery and learning!"

    Chu Yang calmly sipped her tea. "Oh, true mastery is when you don''t randomly tell passersby on the street things like their hall of impression being dark. Let alone getting beaten up over it." True masters were the type that people begged repeatedly yet still refused to appear.

    The old Taoist suddenly recalled a memory. Staring at Chu Yang, he eximed, "Now I remember, it''s you!" She was the girl he first capsized for.

    Chu Yang made a timeout gesture. "Let''s not dwell on the past. I want to ask if you recognize this birth date and time."

    Chu Yang directly presented Zhu Ruxin''s eight characters. "Is there anything special about this birth chart? Tell me about it."

    The old Taoist thought it would be something major. It was just a routine birth chart. But upon closer look - "Huh?"

    The old Taoist calcted with his fingers and took out a tattered book from his clothes to cross-reference on the spot. The more he read, the more rmed he became, sweat beading his brow.

    Finally, the old Taoist frowned at the chart. "Judging purely from this birth date, the fate of this person is to die a premature, violent death! However, a person''s energy field, aura, environment etc. also greatly impact their physical state, so it may not bepletely urate." Not only that, such a fate was quite rare. Some wicked sorcerers would be very interested in a person like this.

    "Born in a yin year, yin month, yin hour...an extremely yin fate, destined for early death," muttered the old Taoist.

    Chu Yang took out another birth date. "What about this one?"

    The old Taoist looked it over before immediately calcting with his fingers and flipping through his book again. He read for much longer this time before he was about to speak, but nced between the two and quickly became serious. "Ahem! That 100 yuan won''t cut it..."

    Chi Yan swiftly handed over a red packet. The old Taoist felt the thickness and happily stowed it away, smiling now. "This one''s about the same as the previous, no, even more heavily yin! They''ll die even earlier!" This birth chart was even rarer.

    Chu Yang''s expression didn''t change. "Is there a way to break this fate?"

    The old Taoist shook his head. "No, no. At least I don''t have one. And you can hardly tell just from a birth chart alone. Didn''t I just say? A person''s energy field, aura, environment etc. also greatly impacts their physical state."

    Chu Yang pointed at herself. "Then take a look at me."

    The old Taoist carefully examined Chu Yang, frowning again. What a strange girl. One moment seemingly fated to die early, the next seemingly destined for great fortune. Just what was going on?

    After some thought, the old Taoist considered she was a customer after all and should say something positive. "Youngdy, yourplexion is rosy. And this young man beside you also seems to have great fortune. So your future prospects look very promising."

    Chu Yang asked, "Does that mean I''ll live past a hundred years old?"

    The old Taoist nodded. "Naturally." Might as well tter her.

    Chu Yang went on, "For people born at that time, are they all fated to die young?"

    The old Taoist shook his head again. "Not necessarily. There is yin and there is yang. Bnce between yin and yang - the human body operates on the five elements in harmony. As long as bnce is maintained, any ailment can be fixed." From within his clothes, the old Taoist took out a qi-replenishing talisman. "I can see you''re somewhat deficient. I''m selling these talismans today not for 999 or 899 but just 599! Want it?"

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang: ...

    "No need. Didn''t you say I''ll live past a hundred?" Chu Yang tly refused. One moment destined to die young, the next guaranteed long life - this man''s "true mastery" seemed questionable.

    The old Taoist: ...

    "What about you, sir? I can see your robust yang energy. You must exercise frequently to discharge the yang qi. I''ve got a bncing talisman here to harmonize your five elements. Today only 1099! Want it?"

    Chi Yan looked to Chu Yang, who also declined. "No need. He bnces his energies with me around."

    The old Taoist didn''t push further. "Alright then. Anything else?"

 Chapter 104: School Starts

    <h4>Chapter 104</h4>

    "Is there no other benefit besides dying young for a person born on a gloomy day, in a gloomy month, in a gloomy year?" Chu Yang asked again.

    "Of course there are benefits. People with extreme fate have a fusion of extremes, both good and bad. It''s just that the bad manifests itself more obviously on the surface because they don''t know the good parts. Some evil people actually love people with this kind of fate the most. Have you heard of embracing Yin to nourish Yang? Anyway there are many benefits, it''s just that these benefits are a bit like the flesh of Tang Monk." The old Taoist stroked his beard and said.

    Chu Yang already knew what she wanted to know, so she didn''t ask any further. "Alright. We have no more questions."

    "Then I''ll be on my way. I still have a lot of talismans here, you really don''t want any?"

    Chu Yang waved her hand. "No need. Oh yes, I suggest you go back early today, in case you get beaten again." After saying that, Chu Yang let him leave.

    Old Taoist: ...What is this feeling of familiarity?

    After the old Taoist left, Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand. "Whose birth date and eight characters were you asking about earlier?"

    Of course Chu Yang didn''t say it was her own. "Just made it up randomly. Let''s go back first."

    "Alright."

    On the other side, the old Taoist didn''t take Chu Yang''s words to heart. He opened the red envelope and found a 10,000 yuan cheque inside. Damn, he made so much money just by saying a few words, much better than selling talismans. He should drink a little wine to celebrate.

    However, just as he was drinking, suddenly someone said: "It''s this old guy! Beat him up!"

    Old Taoist: !!! What''s going on? Again?

    Then he remembered Chu Yang''s words, and the old Taoist''s eyes widened! Could it be that he had encountered an expert? Who was actually testing him? But he didn''t perform very well and missed the opportunity!!!

    Heavens!

    If given another chance, he would definitely answer properly! But for now he had to run quickly!

    The day before school started, Jin Yang, Zhou Caicai and Chu Yang finally arrived at the school. They each brought out the specialties from their hometowns, and Chu Yang also shared out some fruit and snacks.

    "I can''t believe time has passed so quickly, I''ve be a senior!" Jin Yang sighed, then her eyes lit up. "When school starts, let''s see if there are any cute junior boys and hook up with one. Hahaha."

    Qian Xin: "I''m going to be a volunteer weing the new students tomorrow. I''ll be the first to see the cute new male and female students."

    Jin Yang said enviously: "That''s so nice. I want to go too." But she didn''t sign up earlier.

    Zhou Caicai: "It''s best to go take a look during military training. They look the most tested in military training uniforms."

    Jin Yang chattered on about school starting and the new students, while Chu Yang browsed for information on witches. In her previous life, there were many books passed down about witches on the bookshelves in her home. But after transmigrating into this world, information rted to witches was really scarce. What she found online also seemed to be scams.

    Perhaps when she has time, she can go take a look in the West.

    In Chi Yan''s dormitory, Wei Feng ate the fruit Chu Yang asked Chi Yan to bring over. "School is starting, and there are new students. I heard there''s a legendary figure among the new students who hasn''t even arrived yet, but his poprity is already threatening Senior Brother Yan''s position as the school hunk. On the forums, everyone is saying how extremely handsome he is, so handsome they feel faint, and so on."

    Zheng Qing: "Have you seen him? Is he really that handsome?"

    Wei Feng shook his head. "No photos, just everyone saying he''s handsome."

    Chi Yan didn''t care about such matters. What he was concerned about was the other side at University A. "What about University A? Any legendary figures there?"

    Wei Feng frowned. "Senior Brother Yan, even if there''s a legendary figure at University A, it wouldn''t affect you. You should be concerned about this side at University B. Look at you, after not seeing you for a summer, yourplexion has darkened so much!"

    Chi Yan lookedpletely unconcerned. "As long as my Chu Yang doesn''t mind, I don''t care about any title of school hunk. Feel free to take it away. So is there a legendary figure at University A too?"

    Wei Feng opened the University A forums and started browsing. "Let me go take a look and ask around."

    After a while, Wei Feng finally found out. "There''s also a legendary figure at University A. Everyone is saying Gu Xiao''s position as the school hunk is also unstable. But looking at the photos, it doesn''t seem that bad. Maybe there are some other talents, I heard he was the top scorer in his province''s college entrance exams." After all, being a school hunk isn''t just about looks, talent is also very important.

    Chi Yan held out his hand. "Let me see the photos."

    Wei Feng passed it over.

    Chi Yan took a nce. Hmm, not as handsome as him. Then he passed it back.

    During the military training for freshmen when school started, you could often hear the instructors shouting as you walked to ss. Thoserge patches of military training green were quite eye-catching. It was just like souls reincarnating as starving ghosts during lunchtime, frantically snatching food from them, the senior students.

    Chu Yang and Jin Yang were sitting and eating the meal they grabbed, chatting at the same time. Suddenly two male students in military training uniforms sat down next to them. One of them said to Chu Yang: "Senior sister, can I add your WeChat?"

    Chu Yang directly rejected him. "I have a boyfriend, no adding."

    But the junior didn''t give up. "It''s fine, just add on WeChat. If you and your boyfriend get into a fight, your junior brother canfort you."

    Chu Yang: ??? So shameless?

    Jin Yang across from her instantly burst outughing. "Junior brother, just give up. You can''tpare to senior sister''s boyfriend."

    Chu Yang nodded. "That''s right, you can''tpare to my boyfriend." Her boyfriend was handsome, could cook, very virtuous, and obedient.

    Seeing it was hopeless, the junior left dejectedly.

    However, the next day, Jin Yang saw him sidling up to another female student to ask for her WeChat...

    Jin Yang quickly told Chu Yang about it. "The junior brothers these days really are... tsk tsk. Hooking up unsessful with one, then quickly moving on to the next."

    Chu Yang didn''t care. Chi Yan would being over to see her in a while.

    Chi Yan''s position as the school hunk was still firmly in ce. After all, when it came time to vote, the ones who had previously said the new handsome junior brother immediately switched sides. "Although the junior is very handsome, Chi Yan''s looks are truly unquestionable."

    "Yes he has a girlfriend." *sigh*

    "It''s fine, girlfriends can be split up. They usually break up after graduating."

    "Not necessarily, depends on the person right? But Chi Yan''s looks are awesome, although the junior is said to be handsome, he really can''tpare to Chi Yan''s delicate features. Most importantly is that temperament."

    "Yes yes yes, Chi Yan''s temperament is simply unmatched. That kind of... aloof yet clean youthful feeling, bright and gentle. And he''s great at all kinds of sports, the faint abs when he''s ying basketball, ahhhhh, just thinking about it is exciting! So when is Chi Yan ying basketball again?"

    "Still not sure yet, but there will definitely be more this semester."

    "Really envious of Chi Yan''s girlfriend."

    "Forget it, Chi Yan is out of reach. Perhaps the handsome junior still has a chance."

    ...

    At night outside the female dormitory building of University A, a car was parked. Expensive cars were often parked here so everyone was used to it and didn''t pay special attention. You couldn''t see inside this car from the outside, but at the moment inside the car, Chu Yang had her hand grasping Chi Yan''s shirt front buttons while her head was tilted back. Chi Yan''s big palm held the back of her head steady as their soft lips pressed together...

    Chu Yang felt her lips were going numb, so she quickly pushed him away. "Stop it." This guy kissed like a wolf, intensely aggressive. Her lips would always swell afterwards.

 Chapter 105: The Schoolboyâ€™s Girlfriend

    <h4>Chapter 105</h4>

    Chi Yan panted, his arms still around her, his head leaning against her neck, slowly and gently sucking, tickling Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang nced at the time and pushed his head away. "I have to go back to the dorm, it''s almost time." Today was he going back to the dorm at B University or somewhere else? It seemed toote for him to return to the dorm at B University now.

    "Mm," Chi Yan''s voice was a little hoarse. Looking at the time, it really wasn''t early anymore. He finally let go of Chu Yang, thought for a moment, kissed her lips again, and only then let her leave.

    Chu Yang immediately looked for clothes to take a shower when she returned to the dorm. After the shower, she looked in the mirror and saw a little red mark on her neck! Chu Yang immediately took a photo and sent it to Chi Yan: "Don''t do this next time!" She would have to cover it up with foundation tomorrow.

    Chi Yan: "Okay. I''ll kiss somewhere else next time."

    Chu Yang: ??? Is that what he meant?

    The next day was full of sses. Chu Yang was either in ss or on her way between sses. However, unbeknownst to her, there was a camera in the corner that kept taking shot after shot of her, before uploading them to someone.

    "Sir, we have investigated that this youngdy is usually at school. She generally goes between three ces: dorm, ssroom and cafeteria. asionally she goes to B University next door to be with her boyfriend, or her boyfriendes from B University to take her out for a meal. This youngdy rarely has time alone."

    "Is that so?" Zhu Ying looked at the photo of Chu Yang, the hunger in his eyes suddenly exceptionally intense. Her blood must be especially sweet. "In that case, help me investigate her family."

    "Yes."

    Not long after the man left, Zhu Ruxin came to see Zhu Ying. Seeing the photos of Chu Yang on the table, she immediately frowned. "Uncle, how do you have photos of this cheap woman! Uncle, didn''t you say you would teach her a lesson for me? It''s been so long! I haven''t seen Chi Yan for a while now, he runs whenever he sees me."

    There was some impatience in Zhu Ying''s eyes. He already had a very good recement, he was just waiting...but he had to keep her stable for now.

    "Ruxin, calm down! Uncle, when have I ever gone back on my word? Don''t you believe your uncle?" His voice was gentle but also carried a threat.

    Zhu Ruxin cowered immediately. "Sorry Uncle, I shouldn''t have doubted you." Zhu Ruxin held Zhu Ying''s arm. "Uncle, I just hate this woman too much!"

    Zhu Ying stroked her hair. "Don''t worry, very soon." Soon he would have an even better recement.

    Meanwhile Chu Yang was seriously attending ss,pletely unaware of the danger that had quietly arrived.

    On the weekend, Chi Yan and Chu Yang were out shopping. Chi Yan kept saying he wascking this and that, and wanted Chu Yang to buy them for him. Got to pamper your boyfriend a little.

    After buying Chi Yan two sets of pajamas, two sets of clothes, and shoes etc, Chu Yang also bought a skirt for herself before the two went for a meal.

    "There''s another basketball tournamenting up soon. Will youe and watch me practice and y?" Chi Yan said.

    "Sure, I''ll go when I''m free." As long as it wasn''t during ss hours or if she had something else on, she would go and watch.

    Hearing her say this, Chi Yan smiled. "It''s a deal then."

    "Mm hm."

    The new students all knew the school heartthrob already had a girlfriend. But many hadn''t seen her before, until the recent basketball practice match.

    The legendary school heartthrob was exceptionally fierce today. He scored three pointer after three pointer, leaving the spectators gasping. "Did the school heartthrob take steroids today? He''s so fierce!"

    "So handsome! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"

    "F*ck me! Those hints of abs, I can''t. I''m going to get a nosebleed!"

    "You lot are all perverts!"

    "Ahhhhhhh! I want to lick the sweat off his face!"

    "F*ck, that Adam''s apple when he swallows is super sexy!"

    "Ahhhhhh I''m going to faint from his hotness, I need a breathing machine."

    Sitting quietly watching everything was Chu Yang. Everyone was really good at praising him, she hadn''t noticed at all.

    Then during halftime, they saw the school heartthrob didn''t go sit with his teammates. Instead he ran to the spectator stands and sat down next to a girl, his usually stern expression instantly blossoming into a smile. They saw him say something to the girl.

    The girl handed him a bottle of water, and Chi Yan gulped down half the bottle. The girl then gave him a towel, and he leaned his head over. Everyone watched the legendary cold school heartthrob gently let the girl wipe his sweat for him, smiling radiantly like a flower.

    "Is that the school heartthrob''s girlfriend? Is she from this school too? She looks pretty good."

    "She''s from A University next door. Also a top student."

    "Oh I see, they look quite well matched."

    "F*ck me, so even the coldest looking people look ordinary when they''re in love."

    "His smile is too sweet! Sweet school heartthrob?"

    "Reality is shattered."

    "The school heartthrob is a person too, did you think he was a god? Honestly."

    ...

    After the match ended, they saw the school heartthrob leaving the gym holding a basketball in one hand and the girl''s hand in the other.

    "I''m going back to my dorm to shower first. Wait for me okay? I''ll be quick." Chi Yan asked Chu Yang.

    "No problem, I''ll go sit in the cafeteria next to your dorm for a bit."

    "Great, I''ll be quick."

    "No rush." They were both free tonight anyway.

    So while Chu Yang was sitting in the cafeteria drinking while waiting for Chi Yan, she received a message on her phone.

    It was from a stranger. The message contained photos of her brother Chu Luo at school and her parents working on the farm. Then it gave her an address: Pleasee to XXX by the 15th, you know what will happen otherwise.

    Chu Yang frowned. She didn''t think this was someone ying a prank. Clearly they had investigated her family situation and were using them to threaten her!

    Chu Yang thought about it. She hadn''t offended many people - there was Lin Shushu and the male and female leads, but they didn''t have this capability. The only other one was Zhu Ruxin...and Zhu Ying, that uncle of the Zhu family.

    So this was clearly sent by Zhu Ying of the Zhu family. Recalling how that man had looked at herst time, Chu Yang felt goosebumps rising on her arms.

    Was he asking her to go so she could take revenge for Zhu Ruxin?

    No, that wasn''t right!

    Chu Yang suddenly remembered what the antique street Daoist had said. She and Zhu Ruxin were both born on a Yin year, month and day. Zhu Ruxin was Zhu Ying''s beloved. So...Zhu Ying wanted to obtain something from her as well?

    Just as Chu Yang was pondering this, Chi Yan came running over. "I''m done! Let''s go, library or somewhere else?"

    Chu Yang finally snapped out of her thoughts and asked Chi Yan, "Do you know any Daoists or fortune tellers like that old Daoist from the antique street, but even more powerful than him?"

    Although Chi Yan didn''t know what Chu Yang wanted to do, he obediently answered, "My uncle knows. He often donates to Wenjue Temple, so he knows Daoist Mingwu from there. I''ve heard Mingwu is very powerful."

    "How can I meet him? Or ask him some questions?"

    Chi Yan took out his phone, "I''ll call my uncle."

 Chapter 106: Enlightenment and the Long Way

    <h4>Chapter 106</h4>

    "Uncle, I want to meet Mingwu Daoist. What methods can I use to meet him?" Chi Yan asked.

    "You want to meet Mingwu Daoist? I''m going to Wenjue Temple this weekend, I can take you there if you want to meet him."

    "I want to bring someone with me."

    "No problem. I''lle pick you up from school then."

    "Okay."

    After hanging up the phone, Chi Yan said to Chu Yang: "My uncle is going to meet Mingwu Daoist this weekend, let''s go together."

    Chu Yang looked at the time, it wasn''t the 15th yet, "Okay."

    "Is there something going on?" Chi Yan felt it was strange.

    Chu Yang hesitated for a moment but didn''t tell Chi Yan about it, lest he worry. She would tell him when she couldn''t resolve it herself. After all, she was a witch, if she couldn''t resolve something herself she was afraid Chi Yan would be in danger too.

    "Nothing much, it''s still about Zhu Ruxin''s matterst time. I want to find out more clearly. School has started, I offended herst time, I''m afraid she''lle make trouble for me again."

    "Oh, okay." Chi Yan didn''t doubt her words, "Don''t worry, if she darese make trouble for you again, I''ll go make trouble for her brother." Teach Zhu Ruying a lesson and have him properly discipline his sister. As for Zhu Ruxin...he was just afraid of that uncle of the Zhu family, after all Zhu Ruxin was that person''s beloved.

    "Forget about her, let''s go to the library."

    "Okay."

    When Chi Xin came to pick them up in his car on the weekend, he saw from the car window his nephew holding hands with a girl. His nephew lowered his head and said something in the girl''s ear that made them bothugh. Chi Xin was stunned. Was this his nephew who wasn''t interested in girls?

    Chi Xin thought his eyes were ying tricks on him. But when he parked and Chi Yan came over holding the hand of the girl, he said "Uncle, this is my girlfriend Chu Yang. Chu Yang, this is my uncle."

    Chu Yang nodded at Chi Yan''s uncle, "Hello uncle."

    "Hello, nice to meet you." Chi Xin was shocked for a second but quickly regained hisposure. "Get in the car."

    After getting in the car, Chi Xin asked, "What are you looking for Mingwu Daoist for? To have your fortune told?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "No, we have some questions we want to ask."

    Chi Xin said, "What questions could there be, Ming Wu is useless besides fortune telling."

    From Chi Xin''s tone, Chu Yang noticed that he and Mingwu Daoist should be very familiar.

    As the car drove on, Chu Yang suddenly said, "Uncle, please go this way."

    Chi Xin was puzzled.

    Although he had questions, Chi Xin still changed route, but he still asked, "If we go this way it''ll take longer."

    Chu Yang didn''t reply, Chi Yan helped her, "The other way would probably be even longer."

    Sure enough, ten minutester a news alert popped up on the phone, there was a traffic ident on XX road section, traffic control measures were being implemented, please take the other route.

    Chi Xin: ......

    What was going on? How did Chi Yan know? No, how did Chi Yan''s girlfriend know?

    Chi Xin nced at Chu Yang in the rearview mirror. She looked so young, she didn''t seem like Ming Wu''s type either? Could it be an inherited family ability?

    Although Chi Xin was very puzzled, he didn''t ask. After all she was his nephew''s girlfriend. He still believed in his nephew''s judgement. As long as she wasn''t a bad person it was fine.

    An hourter, the three arrived at the foot of Wenjue Temple mountain. They got out of the car and climbed the mountain. Luckily Chi Yan was prepared, with sun umbres, water, fruit, sunblock spray, he even asked Chu Yang if she wanted sunblock spray before getting out of the car.

    Chu Yang: ...... Her boyfriend was more high-maintenance than she was, he really was amazing! Thumbs up!

    Chi Xin: ......What''s with this guy? Is this really my nephew?

    As they climbed the mountain, Chi Xin walked behind, watching Chi Yan attentively caring for his girlfriend ahead. His impression of Chi Yan was refreshed once again. Then he looked at Chu Yang again. What magic did this girl have to make his nephew who had been a genius since childhood so willing to dote on her like this?

    Or could it be his nephew was actually lovesick?

    How terrifying!

    If Chi Yan knew his thoughts he would definitely refute: You single dog, what do you understand!

    Wenjue Temple was not tall. In a dozen minutes they arrived. Chi Xin walked to the front and said to the young daoist standing at the door, "I''m Chi Xin, I have an appointment with Mingwu Daoist."

    Young Daoist: "Please wait a moment, I''ll go inform Master."

    Chi Xin nodded and waited at the door with Chi Yan and Chu Yang. Chu Yang looked around the temple. It was very quiet, the surrounding trees looked over a hundred years old. Not far away she saw a young daoist sweeping the floor. There were few visitors at the moment, only the three of them.

    After a while the young daoist came out, "Master asks you to go in."

    Chi Xin thanked him then brought Chi Yan and Chu Yang inside.

    They entered a small room where a daoist looking about sixty years old wearing blue robes sat on a chair. Seeing Chi Xin and the others, he gestured for them to sit and poured tea for them.

    Chi Xin sat down casually, "My nephew has some questions he wants to ask you."

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang greeted, "Nice to meet you, Mingwu Daoist."

    Then Chi Yan said, "Uncle, didn''t youe to see Mingwu Daoist for something? Deal with your matters first, ours aren''t urgent."

    Chi Xin said, "I just came to drink tea with Mingwu Daoist."

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang looked at each other, quite speechless.

    Oh well.

    Mingwu Daoist smiled, then looked up at Chi Yan and Chu Yang, "Yin and Yang?" These two people...

    Mingwu Daoist looked at Chi Yan, then shifted his gaze to Chu Yang. The more he looked the more rmed he became. "This youngdy seems...to be in danger? Yet there is still a ray of hope within the crisis."

    As soon as Chi Yan heard Chu Yang was in danger he anxiously asked, "What danger?"

    Mingwu Daoist drank his tea, "The youngdy should know."

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang didn''t exin, just nodded, "Yes. But that''s not what I wanted to ask. I want to know more detailed things about these two birth charts."

    Chu Yang took out Zhu Ruxin''s birth chart and her own.

    Mingwu Daoist took them and looked them over, then looked at Chu Yang again and back at Chi Yan. "No wonder, no wonder."

    Finally Mingwu Daoist said, "These birth charts, one look and you know it''s Tang Sanzang''s flesh, great supplementary item...But everything lies in human effort, fate can be ovee."

    Chu Yang felt her guess was finally confirmed, "Thank you, Daoist."

    Chi Yan scratched his head, he didn''t understand anything but his girlfriend understood?

    Chi Xin didn''t speak, just quietly drank his tea.

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan, "We can go wait outside now."

    Chu Yang pulled Chi Yan outside.

    Remaining in the room was Chi Xin and Mingwu Daoist.

    Chi Xin asked, "How is my nephew?"

    Mingwu Daoist replied, "Very good."

    Although it was just two words, Chi Xin was satisfied. This meant his nephew would do very well in future right?

    Chi Xin then asked, "What about my nephew''s girlfriend?"

    Mingwu Daoist thought for a bit then said, "That depends on the will of heaven."

    Chi Xin asked, "What do you mean?"

    Mingwu pointed at the sky, "Heaven''s will."

    Chi Xin: ......

    Chi Xin recalled how Chi Yan doted on his girlfriend. He asked again, "Is there a way to resolve it?"

    Mingwu nodded, "There is."

    Chi Xin urged, "What is it?"

    Mingwu replied, "Cannot say."

    Chi Xin: ...... Nonsense!

 Chapter 107: Zhu Ying

    <h4>Chapter 107</h4>

    Outside, Chi Yan looked worried and asked Chu Yang, "Are you hiding something from me?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "Yes, but I can''t tell you now. I''ll tell you when we get back."

    "Okay."

    When Chi Xin came out, he saw the two of them hugging under the tree, "Ahem."

    Seeing Chi Xine out, Chi Yan quickly let go of Chu Yang, "Uncle."

    Chi Xin nodded, "Things are taken care of, let''s go back."

    Chi Yan thought for a moment: "Does the Taoist temple have talismans for protection and stuff? I want to ask for one." For his Chu Yang.

    Chi Xin took out several from his pocket: "What are you asking for? Uncle has plenty here." Then he gave one to Chi Yan and one to Chu Yang.

    Chi Yan: "...Thank you, Uncle."

    Chi Xin waved his hand, "I give Ming Wu so much money every year, if you need these little talismans in the future, just ask Uncle."

    Chi Yan: "...Okay."

    Chi Xin sent the two back to school and then left. Chi Yan was thinking about Chu Yang''s situation the whole time. After getting to school, he took Chu Yang to eat first, then took her directly back to his ce.

    Chu Yang had originally wanted to keep it from him, but now she couldn''t. She directly showed him her phone, "I suspect it was that uncle from the Zhu family who sent it to me. Using Chu Luo and the others to threaten me."

    Chu Yang also took out those two birth charts: "This is Zhu Ruxin''s birth chart, and this one is my birth chart. As you know, extremely yin fate, and Elder Ming Wu also mentioned the great tonic today, so I guess that people like me and Zhu Ruxin with this kind of fate are like a great tonic to that Zhu uncle. That''s why Zhu Ruxin is so favored."

    "He wants me to go over, just to make me be like Zhu Ruxin. Anyway, it should be good for him. Didn''t you say he has never changed his appearance? I suspect it''s because of Zhu Ruxin that he has been able to stay so young."

    She even felt it was a bit strange that Chu Yang in the book ended up dying in a small hut without anyone finding out.

    The more Chi Yan listened, the more shocked he became, "Let''s call the police!"

    Chu Yang stopped him and shook her head: "It''s useless. Special people need special methods to deal with him. So I''ll go as agreed in a few days. Don''t worry, I have a way to get away."

    Chi Yan hugged her tightly, but he was very scared in his heart, because he realized he seemed unable to do anything, "Can I get my uncle to invite Elder Ming Wu over? Would that help?"

    Chu Yang nodded: "Yes, it would help."

    Chi Yan''s eyes lit up, but Chu Yang poured cold water on him: "But that''s just temporary. Didn''t Elder Ming Wu say it today? Man can triumph over nature. Don''t worry."

    But Chi Yan was still very worried.

    Chu Yang sighed, "Seeing how worried you are, then lend me some of your yang energy, you really are so yang after all." Whether it was the old Taoist on the antique street or Elder Ming Wu, they had both mentioned yin and yang. It was easy to guess that her well-behaved boyfriend was the opposite of her, a person with very strong yang energy, whichplemented her yin.

    Chi Yan: ? What do you mean?

    Then Chu Yang sat on hisp, cupped his face, and leaned in...

    Chi Yan: !!!

    This position... Chi Yan''s whole body stiffened, his big hands tightly gripped Chu Yang''s waist, and when Chu Yang''s hand went from top to bottom, directly touching and secretly squeezing Chi Yan''s abs, Chi Yan almost copsed!

    Then Chu Yang was picked up by Chi Yan and taken back to the room, put on the bed, and pressed down...

    The end result was Chi Yan taking a cold shower. When he came out he looked very wronged, while Chu Yang''s neck was dotted with red marks.

    On the day she went, Chi Yan hugged Chu Yang tightly, not wanting to let her go, but Chu Yang eventually hardened her heart and left him behind, "Be good, I''ll be back soon."

    After Chu Yang left, Chi Yan made a call: "Help me check out this address."

    Chu Yang took a ride to the address given in the message, in the mountains, a vi.

    There didn''t seem to be any other residents around, you could even see some graves on the mountain, the location of this vi...

    As soon as Chu Yang arrived at the vi door, the people inside already knew. Chu Yang didn''t even say anything before the vi door opened. Chu Yang looked up and saw the surveince camera at the door.

    She walked in.

    As soon as Chu Yang went in, the door closed immediately behind her.

    Chu Yang turned and looked, then still walked towards the vi, her footsteps sounding quite loud in this quiet ce. "Padada padada".

    Chu Yang quickly reached the vi door, and the vi door opened quickly as well. Chu Yang stepped right in.

    Zhu Ying sat in the middle of the luxurious sofa. Seeing Chu Yang, he immediately pped his hands, "Wee, my girl."

    Zhu Ruxin stood to the side, looking at Chu Yang''s face with hatred, "Uncle, she''s here! Can I scratch her face? Uncle?"

    Zhu Ying: "Ruxin, stand aside and don''t speak."

    Zhu Ruxin was stunned, just about to say something, but seeing Zhu Ying''s gaze she didn''t dare move or make a sound, lowering her head not knowing what she was thinking.

    Chu Yang stood straight facing Zhu Ying: "I''m here, what do you want?"

    Zhu Ying beckoned to her, "Come here, my girl."

    Chu Yang frowned without moving. She hated Zhu Ying''s gaze, it was disgusting as hell.

    Chu Yang didn''t move.

    But seeing her note over, Zhu Ying blinked, and in a sh Zhu Ying was in front of Chu Yang, reaching to touch her hair. Chu Yang directly backed up two steps, pulling her hair back.

    This man...

    Zhu Ying was not angry either, leaning in close to Chu Yang, smelling the scent emanating from her, like a pervert closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, then opening his red eyes: "It''s this scent! Simply intoxicating!"

    Chu Yang:!!! F**k! What kind of devil is this? His eyeballs actually turned red?

    As a witch, she had seen evil spirits and such creatures from up in trees, but had never encountered any in real life situations. That was because after the founding of the country, creatures were not allowed to attain enlightenment. Anyway, in her days as a little witch, she had never encountered any.

    When she was little, she had asked her grandmother, "Grandma, do the evil creatures written about in books really exist?"

    At the time, her kindly grandmother had stroked her little face and told her: "Yes, but because they were no match for humans, they could only bury themselves deep underground. Remember, humans are the most powerful creatures, so child, don''t be afraid when you encounter difficulties, no creature is as frightening as a human being."

    Little Chu Yang had nodded seeming to understand and not understand.

    Zhu Ying''s red eyeballs soon regained their original appearance. He licked his lips, "Sorry, your scent is too wonderful, I lost control for a moment. Don''t be afraid, my girl."

    Chu Yang: WTF your girl.

    Chu Yang was expressionless, but her hands tucked in her pockets were clenched tightly. She was afraid she would impulsively p this man in front of her.

    Zhu Ying went back to his seat, then invited Chu Yang: "Come, sit." Sit here. Zhu Ying patted the spot next to him.

 Chapter 108: Youâ€™ve Pissed Me Off.

    <h4>Chapter 108</h4>

    Chu Yang certainly did not sit down, she just stood there: "Speak directly, what conspiracy do you have?"

    Zhu Yingughed: "Hahaha. What conspiracy could I have? I just want to invite you over as a guest."

    Chu Yang certainly did not believe him, "I''m already here. Since you have nothing to do, I''ll leave first. Although you want to threaten me with Chu Luo and the others, if you dare make a move, I won''t be polite either."

    Chu Yang turned around, then wanted to open the door, but the door was locked.

    Chu Yang looked at Zhu Ying, "Just tell me directly what you want to do. I don''t have time to tangle with you here." She realized that some viins just like to tangle endlessly, don''t they know that viins all die from talking too much?

    Zhu Ruxin next to her couldn''t stand it anymore, pointed at Chu Yang and said: "What''s your attitude? How can you talk to my uncle like that?"

    Chu Yang didn''t even bother with her, just kept looking at Zhu Ying.

    Zhu Ying patted his hands, Zhu Ruxin wanted to say something more but immediately stopped, "Uncle."

    Zhu Ying: "Nothing much, I just want some of your blood." Zhu Ying gestured to Zhu Ruxin with his eyes.

    Zhu Ruxin quickly brought over a tray with a knife and a cup on it.

    It was obvious that the knife was for Chu Yang to cut herself, and as for the cup, it was to collect the blood.

    Chu Yang: ??? Who would be stupid enough to cut themselves and give away blood?

    Zhu Ruxin walked over to Chu Yang, stared fiercely at her face, "Hurry up. It''s your blessing to receive my uncle''s favor."

    Chu Yang: ......Let it go, I don''t need it.

    Chu Yang noticed several scars on Zhu Ruxin''s wrists, obviously from being cut many times. She looked at Zhu Ruxin admiringly, wondering what kind of brainwashing made her so willing to be a "food source"?

    She certainly wouldn''t give her blood. For a witch, "blood" was very important. Chu Yang directly flipped over the tray.

    With a "crash" sound.

    Zhu Ruxin: "Ah! What are you doing!" Zhu Ruxin reached out to p Chu Yang, but her hand was grabbed by Chu Yang instead, and Chu Yang pped her. She felt Zhu Ruxin needed a good p to wake her up.

    With a crisp "smack", Zhu Ruxin covered her face and yelled, "Uncle! I''m going to kill her!"

    Zhu Ruxin immediately picked up the knife from the ground to stab Chu Yang. Of course Chu Yang would not stand still and let herself be stabbed. She ran away......

    Then the two circled around the living room. Chu Yang felt it was a bit funny. Alright!

    Chu Yang took out her crystal ball from her bag, channeled her witch power, and the crystal ball instantly floated up, "Go! Crystal ball!"

    Then the crystal ball rushed towards Zhu Ruxin quickly with a "thump". It directly knocked Zhu Ruxin unconscious. Zhu Ruxin fell to the ground.

    Chu Yang channeled her power to call the crystal ball back and held it in her hand.

    There was the sound of Zhu Ying pping his hands.

    Chu Yang looked at Zhu Ying, rotated the crystal ball in her hand, and sent it straight towards Zhu Ying.

    Zhu Ying dodged it easily, and the crystal ball circled back into Chu Yang¡¯s hand.

    Then Zhu Ying stood up, smiling: "Since you don''t drink the toast but want to drink the forfeit, I will satisfy you." Then Zhu Ying pressed a button.

    Chu Yang felt something was wrong. Indeed it was wrong. The ce she was standing suddenly caved in and she fell straight down.

    Chu Yang only felt like her head hit something. The aura here was very bad too. Then she passed out.

    Careless mistake!

    Zhu Ying walked to the bottom and picked Chu Yang up, cing her on arge stone table carved out of rock. There were various grooves on the table, also carved with some iprehensible words.

    Zhu Ying snapped his fingers, and lights around instantly turned on. This ce looked like an altar, with four pirs around carved with unknown creatures, and the round table in the middle.

    Zhu Ying walked to the round table, grabbed Chu Yang¡¯s wrist and made a sh with a dagger. Fresh red blood instantly flowed out. Zhu Ying leaned over to lick it, and his entire body shook, ¡°This is the kind of power!¡±

    Zhu Ying looked at the time, it wasn¡¯t the appointed time yet, just wait a little longer, very soon.

    On the other side, Chi Yan had felt uneasy the whole time. Although Chu Yang was a witch and told him she had life-saving methods, and also shown him some of her abilities besides prophecy.

    But Chi Yan was still very worried, because it had been a few hours already but Chu Yang hadn¡¯t replied to any of his messages.

    Chi Yan also called.

    On the other side Zhu Ying saw Chu Yang¡¯s phone light up after she fell to the ground, and directly crushed it under his foot.

    So Chi Yan couldn¡¯t get through at all. No good! He had to go over.

    Chi Yan quickly drove towards where Chu Yang was headed, and called his uncle too: ¡°Uncle, Chu Yang went to Zhu Ruxin''s uncle''s ce. Can you arrange some people for me? I''m going over there now. Chu Yang has been gone for hours already, and she hasn''t replied to any of my messages either. I''m afraid something happened to her."

    Chi Xin pondered for a moment: "I''ll give you a few men. Don''t rush yet."

    "Okay."

    Chi Xin soon arranged for some men to join up with Chi Yan. Then he considered further, thinking he''d still better go find Ming Wu.

    At this moment Zhu Ying was just sitting in a chair, drinking wine, slowly waiting for the appointed time to arrive.

    When the moon rose, Zhu Ying put down his ss, slowly moved towards the stone table. By now Chu Yang had woken up too. Her whole body hurt, especially her hand.

    Upon opening her eyes she saw that her hand had been cut, blood had flowed quite a lot, her wrist was all red. Luckily the wound had clotted now and wasn''t bleeding anymore!

    Zhu Ying!!!

    How much effort had she spent cultivating this body! To actually let her bleed so much!

    Chu Yang looked at the approaching man. He was doomed!

    Chu Yang sat up to find herself sitting in the middle of what seemed to be a sacrificial altar. With one look she knew what this man was trying to do. It must be using her for some sacrifice ritual to achieve his purpose!

    ¡°You¡¯re awake? Even better when you¡¯re awake.¡± Zhu Ying looked at Chu Yang with a smile. ¡°The appointed time is here. Let us begin.¡±

    In a sh, Zhu Ying was standing right in front of Chu Yang, grabbing her hand and about to stab with a knife. But Chu Yang directly kicked out. Then she jumped off the stone table and saw the crystal ball in the corner. She used her power to draw it to her hand.

    ¡°You¡¯ve provoked me!¡± Chu Yang narrowed her eyes. She really didn¡¯t expect getting into such an incident by transmigrating into a book. She thought the witchcraft she learned would only be useful for prophecy in a peaceful era like this without any need forbat skills. She was destined to be an insignificant little fortune-telling witch, that¡¯s what she thought.

    But not anymore! She had encountered a pervert! One who wanted her life!

    Chu Yang smeared some blood from her wrist directly onto the crystal ball. Then she closed her eyes, chanting something inaudible. Very quickly the crystal ball lit up brightly, so brightly that even Zhu Ying had to shut his eyes.

 Chapter 109: The Fight

    <h4>Chapter 109</h4>

    Soon, the crystal ball dimmed, and Chu Yang opened his eyes. "In my name, I summon you to be reborn. Come out."

    Then, a creature emerged from the ground. The creature had no physical form; it was just a mass of ck mist with four horns on its head and wielding an axe. It knelt before Chu Yang.

    Chu Yangmanded, "Attack him!" as he pointed at Zhu Ying.

    The creature nodded and charged towards Zhu Ying. Zhu Ying looked at the creature, then at Chu Yang, and smiled. "I didn''t expect this. No wonder your blood tastes so sweet."

    The creature prepared to swing its axe at Zhu Ying. Suddenly, Zhu Ying became serious and swiftly dodged to the side.

    The creature''s swing missed, but it quickly realized and charged at Zhu Ying again. Zhu Ying evaded several times, but he couldn''t keep avoiding forever. He suddenly took out a talisman and threw it at the creature, causing it to explode with a series of bangs.

    The mist on the creature dissipated, but it quickly reformed.

    Chu Yang watched closely. She knew they had to end this quickly. The creature was sustained by her witchcraft, which consumed a lot of her power. Chu Yang turned the crystal ball and rushed towards Zhu Ying.

    The crystal ball struck Zhu Ying''s back, almost causing him to fall to the ground. Meanwhile, the creature swung its axe at Zhu Ying. Zhu Ying barely evaded, but he looked disheveled.

    Zhu Ying drew a sword from his waist and stabbed at the creature. However, he realized that no matter how he stabbed the creature, it would still exist. He needed to take out Zhu Ying first.

    Zhu Ying nced at the creature and then thrust towards Chu Yang. "I originally wanted to spill some of your blood, but since you''re not cooperating, I won''t be polite!"

    Chu Yang scoffed, "Hmph! Just a few drops of blood? If I''m right, I''ll have to fill that groove on the round table with blood, and then I''ll surely lose half my life."

    Zhu Ying instantly teleported next to Chu Yang, gripping his sword and preparing to stab her. Chu Yang used the crystal ball to block. "Oh no!"

    The crystal ball was pierced, leaving a hole.

    Chu Yang knew this wouldn''t work. The crystal ball was difficult to utilize once it was damaged, and she had just repaired it with great effort! She immediatelymanded the creature to join forces with her to deal with Zhu Ying.

    Zhu Ying, focused on Chu Yang, didn''t notice. The creature''s axe struck him directly, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

    His appearance became even more ferocious. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his finger, took out a talisman, drew two strokes on it, and threw it at Chu Yang. Instantly, the entire basement filled with thick fog. Nothing could be seen, but sounds could be heard. Chu Yang dodged, narrowly avoiding the sword thrown by Zhu Ying.

    Unable to see clearly, the creature could only swing blindly.

    Chu Yang guided the crystal ball and found her target! She immediatelymanded the creature to strike where Zhu Ying was. With a "pu" sound, Zhu Ying spat out another mouthful of blood!

    "You''re asking for death!" Zhu Ying had never encountered such a situation before and grew even angrier!

    However, at that moment, Chi Yan''s voice suddenly came, "Yang Yang!"

    Zhu Ying heard someone approaching and immediately thrust her sword towards Chu Yang. Chu Yang, of course, heard the sound of Chi Yan''s voice. In a moment of carelessness, Zhu Ying stabbed him directly in the shoulder, "Damn it!"

    Chu Yang gripped his sword and, holding a crystal ball in one hand, swung it at Zhu Ying''s head.

    A bloody mess!

    Zhu Ying''s head was split open, blood flowing profusely as he stumbled and fell to the ground.

    At that moment, Chi Yan popped his head up from above and shouted, "Yang Yang!"

    Oh no! Zhu Ying hadn''t expected someone to arrive so quickly. He immediately got up, twisted amp, and revealed a hidden passage.

    Zhu Ying ran towards the passage, and Chu Yang wanted to chase after him, but her crystal ball suddenly cracked and shattered with a loud "bang."

    The monster instantly disappeared, and Chu Yang sat down on the ground, looking at the shattered crystal ball. She and Zhu Ying were at odds! The crystal ball was broken!!!

    She felt like crying without tears!

    When Chi Yan came down, he saw that Chu Yang''s shoulder was covered in blood and her face was pale with despair.

    "Yang Yang, Yang Yang!" Chi Yan was in a panic and didn''t know what to say, but he kept calling her name.

    Chu Yang nced at him and then fainted peacefully on the ground.

    Chi Yan immediately carried her out, and the people he had brought began to investigate the surroundings. One of them looked at the altar and said to someone nearby, "Boss, it looks like many people died here."

    The man called "Boss" followed Chi Yan. "Now is not the time to talk about that. You guys stay here to investigate, make a call for backup, and you and I will help the young master."

    "Yes."

    Meanwhile, when Chi Xin and Ming Wu rushed over, they saw Zhu Ying, covered in blood, pulling something out of the vi and trying to run towards the mountains. Ming Wu immediately raised the dust brush in his hand and struck Zhu Ying''s back with a painful blow.

    Zhu Ying coughed up blood again and then pulled out a bell from his body. With three chimes of "ding ding ding," smoke filled the air, and in the blink of an eye, Zhu Ying disappeared.

    Chi Xin wanted to chase after him but was stopped by Ming Wu. "Let it go. There''s no point in chasing after a desperate enemy."

    The two of them were about to enter the vi when Chi Yan came out, carrying Chu Yang in his arms, crying and saying, "Save Yang Yang."

    Ming Wu immediately stepped forward to examine her. "Don''t worry, she just needs to rest. Take her to the hospital."

    "Okay." Chi Yan promptly carried her into the car and quickly drove towards the hospital, making a phone call to the hospital on the way.

    Chu Yang''s body looked disheveled, but her injuries were mainly on her shoulder and wrist. The unconsciousness was mainly due to exhaustion and the massive consumption of her spiritual power.

    The next morning, Chu Yang finally woke up. Chi Yan, who had been sitting by her side, looked exhausted. When he saw her awake, he couldn''t help but cry and smile, "You''re finally awake."

    The doctor came over to examine her again. "Just rest well, and you''ll be fine."

    "Okay, thank you, doctor."

    Chi Yan held her hand tightly, his eyes red. "You scared me."

    Chu Yang touched his face. "It''s okay. They say you have a formidable girlfriend."

    "But you''re injured," Chi Yan looked at the bandaged wrist.

    "Oh, by the way, where''s Zhu Ying?" Chu Yang thought of the fleeing Zhu Ying.

    Chi Yan shook his head, "I didn''t see it. She must have escaped. We only found Zhu Ruxin unconscious."

    "Forget it," Chu Yang closed his eyes, feeling a pang in his heart as he thought about his shattered crystal ball.

    "What about the fragments of my crystal ball?" Chu Yang opened his eyes again and asked.

    Chi Yan carefully opened the nearby drawer, wrapped in fabric. "Here they are, all broken." Afraid of hurting Chu Yang''s feelings, Chi Yan added, "Should I buy you a new one? Don''t be upset."

    Chu Yang shook her head and touched the fragments. "Never mind. It''s not the same." This crystal ball was a heritage of her family, already worn out by the time it reached her generation. She had been patching it up for three years, but it ended up shattered.

    She would seek a new crystal ballter. For now, she needed to focus on recovering her health.

    "Did you get me leave from school?"

    "Yes, I told them you weren''t feeling well. As for your roommates, I said you were with me, and we were going to have some fun. So they have no idea."

    Chu Yang nodded. "Okay, thank you for your trouble." She touched his head. "Did you not sleep all night? You look exhausted. Come lie down here and rest." Chu Yang patted the bed beside her.

    The ce where she was hospitalized should be a VIP ward with excellent facilities, and the beds were all double beds.

    "Mmm." Chi Yan took off his shoes andy down next to Chu Yang, embracing her waist, and quickly fell asleep.

 Chapter 110: Iâ€™ll Wash it for You

    <h4>Chapter 110</h4>

    When Chi Xin arrived, he happened to see both of them asleep. His nephew had even climbed onto the other person''s bed and was sleeping while hugging them. It was an awkward sight to behold.

    Seeing that everything was fine, Chi Xin left first.

    By the time Chi Yan and Chu Yang woke up, it was already afternoon. Chu Yang hadn''t felt hungry before because she had been drinking glucose, but Chi Yan''s stomach was growling with hunger.

    "You should go home, have a meal, and take a shower beforeing back," Chu Yang said, noticing the bloodstains on Chi Yan''s clothes.

    Chi Yan looked at himself and nodded. "Alright, I''lle back soon."

    After Chi Yan left, Chu Yang turned on the television. The news on TV stated, "Zhu''s Enterprise is currently under investigation."

    Chu Yang raised an eyebrow. Zhu Ying had disappeared somewhere. Did the mighty Zhu''s Enterprise lose its influence? The news didn''t provide many details, only mentioning that Zhu''s Enterprise was being investigated. Chu Yang couldn''t gather much information from it, so she changed the channel.

    The next channel showed a documentary about a vige in the West that used to have witches, but now there were only ordinary people. However, strange things happened in this vige. For example, many crows woulde out every night, and there was a temple in the vige where everyone imed there was a witch statue, although it couldn''t be verified.

    Some information could be found in certain books, but nothing was explicitly stated. It only mentioned that witches appeared during the Middle Ages, wearing ck robes and holding a staff and a crystal ball. A crow would perch on their shoulders, and a dark creature would kneel in front of them.

    Most people considered it a myth and didn''t take it seriously.

    Witches were skilled in divination and the creation of potions. These potions could heal people or poison creatures, and they could summon powerful monsters. The dark creatures were their allies, with crows being one of them.

    When Chu Yang saw the mention of a "staff," she thought of the staff from her family that she had practiced with as a child. After that, she never used it again, focusing solely on her divination. The staff didn''te with her when she transmigrated; otherwise, how could Zhu Ying have escaped with just injuries?

    Now she didn''t have the crystal ball either, and without the staff, her witch powers had diminished by more than half. It would probably take her at least a month or two to recover.

    Sigh, such is life. It has its ups and downs.

    What kind of book did she transmigrate into? She thought it was supposed to be a sweet campus romance. She thought it was supposed to be about the love story between the female lead and the handsome male lead.

    The television continued with the legends, and Chu Yang remembered the address mentioned on TV. She didn''t continue watching and instead switched it off.

    Two hourster, Chi Yan arrived with food and Chu Yang''s clothes.

    Chu Yang drank her porridge while Chi Yan watched her. When he saw a strand of her hair falling forward, he reached out and tucked it behind her ear.

    After they finished eating, Chu Yang wanted to use the bathroom. Just as she was about to get out of bed, Chi Yan became nervous. "What''s wrong? Where are you going?"

    Chu Yang replied, "I''m going to the bathroom."

    Chi Yan asked anxiously, "Shall I support you or carry you there? Do you need my help?"

    Chu Yang replied, "...I only injured my hand and arm. My legs are fine." What kind of help did he mean? Help her take off her pants?

    Chi Yan released his grip and said, "Oh."

    Chu Yang came out of the bathroom andy back on the bed. She wanted to take a shower, but it wasn''t possible. However, she could still freshen up.

    "Help me prepare some hot water so I can freshen up. Give me some clothes to change into," Chu Yang ordered Chi Yan. She was wearing a hospital gown, but she needed to change her clothes underneath.

    Chi Yan was puzzled, "What''s wrong? Do you want to wash your feet? I''ll do it right away."

    Chu Yang replied, "No, I just want to freshen up." It had been two days, and even though the room had air conditioning, Chu Yang still wanted to freshen up.

    Chi Yan hesitated, "Ah? But your wounds can''te into contact with water. Besides, you injured one shoulder and one wrist." Chi Yan blushed and continued, "Or should I help you?"

    Chu Yang snapped her fingers at him, "Dream on. I can manage on my own, and it''s just a quick freshen up. Hurry up and get the water."

    "Oh."

    Chi Yan filled a basin with hot water and also brought a small stool. "Yang Yang, it''s ready."

    Chu Yang walked into the bathroom and closed the door. Chi Yan sat outside, waiting. "If you need any help, just call me."

    Chu Yang ignored him. What a pervert!

    She carefully used a towel to clean herself. Although her arm and wrist were a bit sore when she moved, she could endure it.

    After about half an hour, Chu Yang came out, feeling refreshed. "Where is theundry detergent orundry soap?"

    Chi Yan immediately walked over. "Ah? You want to wash your clothes too? I''ll do it." He rushed into the washroom, took out a small bottle of detergent from one of the cabs, and began washing the clothes.

    Chu Yang didn''t react in time and saw Chi Yan washing her clothes with her small clothes, looking very serious.

    Chu Yang covered her eyes with her hand, her ears turning red. Oh my!

    Out of sight, out of embarrassment. Chu Yang returned to the bed and covered herself with the nket.

    After a long period of mental adjustment, she reminded herself that he was her boyfriend, and this was something he should do. Yes, even if he didn''t do it now, he would do it in the future. Right!

    Chu Yang uncovered the nket, took the remote control, and turned on the TV, pretending that nothing had happened.

    When Chi Yan came out, Chu Yang still couldn''t avoid blushing, but she didn''t dare to look at him.

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang watching TV and walked over, took off his shoes, and sat next to her on the bed.

    Chu Yang turned her head to look at him, puzzled.

    Chi Yan said matter-of-factly, "I''m not leaving tonight. I''ll stay here with you."

    Oh well! They had slept together before anyway.

    "By the way, help me buy a new phone. My phone broke," Chu Yang almost forgot.

    Chi Yan pped his forehead, "You didn''t mention it, and I almost forgot too. I bought one for you today. I thought you lost your phone, so I got you a new one with a new SIM card inside."

    "Great."

    After struggling with the phone for a while, Chu Yang finally recovered her WeChat and other ounts. She thought about posting a Weibo announcement: "The blogger is temporarily unavable for business consultations."

    Then she replied to Jin Yang and the others.

    Jin Yang asked, "Yang Yang, where did you go? Are you really having a private moment with Chi Yan, the campus heartthrob?" Even though Chi Yan said that, they didn''t believe it. Yang Yang would never neglect her studies for the sake of having fun.

    Chu Yang: "I''m going out to save the world. [Hush]."

    Jin Yang quickly replied, "Understood, got it."

    Then Chu Yang informed her family about changing her phone number and also posted an update in her social circle about the number change.

    Afterpleting all of this, Chu Yang felt exhausted. Her body was already weak, so she tired quickly. During that time, a nurse came to check on her, changed her medication, and then left. Chu Yang asked Chi Yan to turn off the TV and theny down to sleep.

    Chi Yan alsoy down beside her, keeping his hands to himself and trying not to touch Chu Yang''s arm.

 Chapter 111: Are You Rich

    <h4>Chapter 111</h4>

    Late at night, Chu Yang felt that someone was watching her, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Chi Yan''s round eyes staring at her intently.

    Chu Yang was startled, "What are you doing?"

    Chu Yang immediately sat up. What was he doing staring at her in the middle of the night without sleeping?

    Chi Yan hugged her tightly, "I had a nightmare that you disappeared." So he suddenly woke up, and then just kept watching her, for fear that she would disappear. In fact, it was because of recent events that made him feel insecure.

    Chu Yang let out a sigh of relief andforted him, "It was just a dream, I''m here."

    "I feel like I''m useless." He felt like he couldn''t do anything for her, even if there were enemies, he couldn''t help her fight them. He was too weak. For the first time, Chi Yan felt his own helplessness.

    But Chu Yang didn''t think so. She stroked his head, "Why would you think that? You have money, don''t you? It seems like I''ve made a lot of money since I met you."

    Chi Yan: "..." He felt even more dejected.

    "But having money isn''t really useful." There were many rich people, and with Chu Yang''s abilities, having money was not an advantage at all.

    Chu Yang continued, "You''re also handsome, you know? Seeing your face cheers me up."

    Chi Yan stared at her with hopeful eyes, "Anything else? Anything else?" He wanted to know what Chu Yang thought of him.

    "You''re also a good student, great at basketball, and all kinds of sports. You can endure hardship, respect my parents, are polite, and can even help with farm work at my home withoutining. Most importantly, you have strong yang energy thatplements me. Didn''t the Mingwu Daoist say? Your yangplements my yin, we''re a perfect match."

    Chu Yang counted off on her fingers, and the more she said, the more she felt she had found a great boyfriend. Her boyfriend was so outstanding! Just a little clingy, that''s all.

    "What, what? What yin, what yang? Whatplement?" Chi Yantched onto that. So he and Chu Yang were a match made in heaven?

    Chu Yang: "...That''s all you heard? When we went to see Mingwu Daoist before, didn''t he look at you and me and say something about yin and yang? And in the antique street, didn''t he say you have strong yang energy and told you to buy some talismans?"

    Chi Yan recalled that it seemed to be the case, "Yeah, I do have quite a lot of energy." Otherwise, he wouldn''t be able to y so many sports.

    Chu Yang: "But it seems like you haven''t exercised much since I met you, right?" It felt like this person was always either at the library with her or eating.

    Chi Yan snuggled up to her, "Yeah. I''ve been expending all my energy on you."

    Chu Yang: ?? This sounds so dirty?

    Chi Yan added, "Being by your side makes me feel settled down, I rarely get restless anymore. Perhaps this is what they callplementing each other." Anyway, being with her made him happy, he didn''t have any excess energy to burn off, all his heart and mind was focused on her.

    Chu Yang patted his head, "Okay, okay, don''t overthink it, let''s go to sleep." She theny back down.

    Chi Yan kissed her forehead, theny back down, but still didn''t fall asleep. He turned to the side, stroked her face with his hand, then held her hand tightly before closing his eyes.

    The next morning, Chi Yan woke up and was dazed for a moment before suddenly realizing, where was Chu Yang? Where was his Chu Yang? Chu Yang wasn''t in bed?

    Chi Yan was about to go out to look for her without even putting on his shoes when Chu Yang came out of the bathroom, "You''re awake?"

    Chi Yan froze, then took two or three strides to reach Chu Yang and hugged her tightly, sounding aggrieved, "I thought you were gone."

    Chu Yang let out an "Ah" sound, "You''re hurting my wound."

    Chi Yan immediately let go of her, "Sorry, sorry, I was too excited."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "It''s okay. Why aren''t you wearing shoes? Hurry up and put your shoes on, go wash up, and then go buy something to eat."

    "I''ll go right away."

    Chi Yan put on his shoes, went into the bathroom, and then quickly left to buy food, he couldn''t let his Chu Yang go hungry.

    When Chi Yan left, Chi Xin came over with some fruit, "Where''s Xiao Yan?"

    Chu Yang: "Chi Yan went to buy breakfast."

    Chi Xin took a chair and sat down, "Chu...dy."

    Chu Yang: "...Just call me Chu Yang, uncle. ''Lady'' is too formal."

    Chi Xin: "That''s not important, I came to ask you about some things at the vi, because my men found some things there, so I wanted to understand the situation from you." Chi Xin kept observing her expression.

    Chu Yang nodded: "No problem, I can tell you anything you want to know."

    "Good. May I ask why you went there? Do you know Zhu Ying?"

    Chu Yang shook her head: "I don''t know him. I only know Zhu Ruxin, she came to bother me before."

    Hearing this, Chi Xin felt a bit embarrassed, "That was Xiao Yan''s fault."

    But Chu Yang didn''t think it was Chi Yan''s fault. Zhu Ying''s target was her, even without Chi Yan, she felt that Zhu Ying would still havee after her.

    Chu Yang shook her head: "It has nothing to do with Chi Yan, Zhu Ying''s target was me. I feel like he practiced some evil arts and needed my blood for sacrifice. You should be able to see the sacrificial altar in the basement of that vi. And I suspect Zhu Ruxin was his backup blood bank or food?" Chu Yang frowned as she thought of the sacrificial altar, "That altar... smelled heavily of blood. I felt... like many people had died there."

    Anyway, the ck mist in that basement was extremely heavy, and the resentful energy was also very strong. Her own abilities had not yet reached the level of being able to summon the dead, which was also prohibited in her studies. And her crystal ball was broken, so she couldn''t summon anything to ask about it either.

    Chi Xin''s expression also became grave, "You''re right, our men found that many people had died there. We''re still trying to identify who they were through DNAparisons and such."

    Chu Yang thought of the birth date and time, so she mentioned it, "You can check if the missing people match that birth date and time."

    Chi Xin nodded, making a mental note of this. He would also go to Ming Wu to ask more questions. Even though that person always talked about destiny and only told half the story, this time Chi Xin would try to pry more information out of him.

    "Uncle, why did youe here?" Chi Yan had returned with food.

    Chi Xin stood up, he had learned more or less what he needed to know, "I came to check on you two, but since there''s nothing else, I''ll take my leave now."

    Chi Xin patted Chi Yan''s shoulder, then left.

    Chi Yan was puzzled, he put down the food he had brought and opened it, then asked Chu Yang, "What did my unclee here for? When did he arrive?"

    "He''s been here for a while, brought some fruit and flowers, over there."

    Chi Yan saw them, "Did he say anything?"

    Chu Yang: "He just came to understand the situation, because it seems like many people had died at that vi."

    At the time, Chi Yan had only been concerned about Chu Yang and paid no attention to anything else. But hearing that many people had died there, he was scared and started to break out in goosebumps, feeling a sense of lingering fear.

 Chapter 112: New Recruits

    <h4>Chapter 112</h4>

    Literary Observation

    Chi Xin was drinking tea with Ming Wu again, "Did you notice anything about that vi?"

    Ming Wu took a sip of tea and a peanut, "That''s a gathering of yin energy, with surrounding graves and an extremely yin location, and then on top of that, an extremely yin person."

    Chi Xin: "So what does that person want to do?"

    Ming Wu: "For a cultivator, it''s one of two things: either longevity or pursuing the Dao."

    Chi Xin: "So you''re pursuing the Dao?"

    Ming Wu shook his head: "I want both, but the Dao is more important. As for the other, we''ll see."

    Chi Xin shook his head, "Heaven, heaven, heaven, always looking to heaven. I''ve donated so much money, but I haven''t seen heaven drop any dumplings for me."

    "Rumble!" There was suddenly a p of thunder.

    The two looked outside, Ming Wu said, "See, it''s angry."

    Chi Xin took out a red envelope, "Here!"

    Ming Wu smoothly epted it, and then the sky cleared up. Chi Xin looked around, "It really is, it changes faces super quickly."

    ...

    After staying in the hospital for two more days, Chu Yang didn''t feel like there was anything else, so she demanded to return to school. She only needed toe backter to change her bandages.

    When she returned to the dorm, Jin Yang and the other two were excitedly rushing over to hug her, "Chu Yang, you''ve finallye back after saving the world!"

    "Mmhm."

    After some small talk, Chu Yang asked about Jin Yang''s recent assignments and notes, and then began studying.

    However, everyone then noticed that Chu Yang''s crystal ball wasn''t lighting up in the dorm, and her microblog hadn''t resumed updating either.

    Jin Yang carefully asked, "Chu Yang, are you still updating your microblog?"

    Chu Yang then remembered, "I forgot, it''ll be a while before that. I''m low on energy recently."

    "Oh, is it because you used too much energy saving the world?"

    Chu Yang nodded: "Yes. So I need to rest for a while."

    "Okay, let us know if you''re not feeling well."

    "Okay."

    After that, Chu Yang attended sses diligently. Whenever she had free time, Zhi Yan would take her to change her bandages. After a little over a week, her wounds had mostly scabbed over, leaving just a scar, but Chu Yang didn''t mind.

    Chu Yang didn''t mind, but Zhi Yan was very concerned about it. Not only did he buy her extremely expensive skincare products that cost tens of thousands per drop, but he even said he knew a scar removal expert.

    "Are you very concerned about it?" Chu Yang asked.

    Of course Zhi Yan wasn''t concerned. He was just worried that she would be concerned about it. He kissed her scar, "This is your badge of honor. I''m not concerned, I''m just afraid you''ll be concerned about it." He thought girls generally disliked having scars on their bodies.

    Chu Yang shook her head: "No, I don''t mind either. Don''t worry about it, it''ll fade over time." Her magical powers could heal the scars on her body, it would just be a bit slower. Plus, with her currently limited magical powers and the loss of her crystal ball, it would be even slower.

    "Okay." Zhi Yan was relieved. He had just seen some people online doing things likeser treatments, surgery, and liposuction for beauty reasons, with some taking it to extremes.

    Zhi Yan respected everyone''s personal choice. He didn''t think there was anything wrong with those procedures. If Chu Yang wanted to do them, he wouldn''t mind either, as long as it was safe. He was only afraid of it being unsafe. He had also seen cases of people dying on the operating table at shady clinics, and it had given him a fright when he saw those.

    Besides studying, Chu Yang had also been collecting information. She needed to make a new crystal ball, and all the information pointed her to a small country in the West, the same location she had seen on TV previously.

    Chu Yang was thinking that she would go there once there was a holiday.

    After the freshmen military training waspleted, club recruitment activities began. As a member of the Literary Society, Chu Yang also had a task, which was just to help with recruitment. As for why she had be a member of the Literary Society, it dated back to thatpetitionst semester. Because she hadter made it to the finals, the president of the Literary Society had approached her.

    "Student Chu Yang, I solemnly invite you to join our Literary Society."

    Just as Chu Yang was about to refuse, the president immediately said, "Don''t refuse right away, listen to me first about the benefits. Our Literary Society doesn''t force members toplete tasks, and you can join as an honorary member whether youe or not. You don''t even have to attend our meetings. And on top of that, you can earn extra credits. Basically, you can just be a nominal member."

    When Chu Yang heard that she could get credits without doing anything, not agreeing would have made her a fool.

    So she joined, but...despite being told there were no mandatory tasks, there were still tasks. A group of beautiful girls from the Literary Society would give you pitiful looks and ask, "Student Chu Yang, could you help us with a favor?"

    With so many beauties asking you, how could you not agree? You''d have to be unappreciative to refuse.

    And then there were the recruitment tasks. Each person had to recruit at least five new members, the more the better!

    Five people? Chu Yang didn''t even know that many people herself.

    However, the Literary Society was holding scheduled recruitment activities in the za that day. Since Chu Yang was free, she went.

    The Literary Society members greeted her when they saw hering: "Chu Yang, you''re here? Quick, quick,e sit over here."

    Chu Yang went and sat on a bench, asking, "How many people have you recruited today?"

    One of the girls said, "Only fifteen so far. Everyone thinks our Literary Society is just about writingpositions and doesn''t have any fun activities. But we''re not just about writingpositions, you know. We also coborate with the Drama Society to perform ys, and a lot of the scripts are written by us. There are also prediction games, and we have spring and autumn outings to visit famous scenic spots and historical sites. It''s really fun."

    Chu Yang nodded: "Yeah, but then you have to write reflections after the visits."

    The girl responded with a stiltedugh: "Ah...heh heh heh."

    Chu Yang looked over at the nearby Cosy Society''s recruitment drive: "New members get free hugs from big sisters and brothers! Everyonee to the Cosy Society. We have lots of pretty girls."

    Then she looked at the Boxing Society on the other side: "New members get to hug handsome big brothers. Look at our Boxing Society, they all have huge pecs and are super buff. You''ll feel really safe."

    Chu Yang asked, "Don''t we offer anything for new members?"

    Another girl said, "They''re being too low-ss."

    Just then, a male student walked over and asked, "Does the Literary Society offer hugs from big sisters for new members?"

    The two girls eagerly replied, "Yes, yes, absolutely! You can choose whichever one you like."

    The student looked at Chu Yang: "Does this big sister offer hugs too?"

    Chu Yang: ??

    Oh my!

    Chu Yang refused.

    The girl said, "Uh...this student is our society''s treasure. You, uh..." She sized him up, clearly implying he wasn''t good enough. "You''re not up to her standards. But if you join our society and win the XX award this year, then maybe..."

    The student eximed, "Where''s the pen? I''m joining!"

    Chu Yang: ??

    "Okay, okay, the pen is here. Just fill out this form."

    After the student left, the two girls turned to Chu Yang: "Chu Yang, your quota is down by one now."

    Chu Yang: "That counts for me?"

    The girls: "Of course. He came because of you, after all."

    "Er..."

 Chapter 113: All Love

    <h4>Chapter 113</h4>

    Perhaps due to the sessful recruitment of new members from both majors, the Literary Society also started their pitch: "Join the society and get a senior sister! Come,e, look at our senior sisters and brothers - beautiful people who write excellent literary works, talenteddies everywhere..."

    Chu Yang: ...??? They just said it was low-key. That was a quick p to the face.

    However, the effect was apparent. Despite being said in jest, some people came over upon hearing, "Senior sister, give me a sign-up form."

    "Senior sister, I want to join the Literary Society."

    The youngdy smiled with her eyes squinted, "Okay, okay, one by one, no rush."

    ...

    Yet when that junior joined the Literary Society, he discovered that the society''s "treasure" already had a boyfriend, who was none other than the outstanding campus stud from the neighboring department! Furthermore, the "treasure" barely showed up at the society''s activities that semester, essentially serving as a symbolic mascot.

    The senior sister had pulled a deep trick on him - he wanted to switch societies!

    Just kidding, switching was not an option. He could only write a few more pieces to vent his emotions.

    Chi Yan''s situation was simr. He was in the basketball club, and not only that, he was also in the boxing club and the skateboarding club...

    He would attend some of these activities once or twice, going to basketball club rtively more often since they had basketball games. The club leaders didn''t force him to participate in activities since he was just a name used for recruitment.

    During recruitment, they would say, "Campus stud Chi Yan is in our club, you can see Chi Yan often."

    "You can watch Chi Yan''s games internally, are you moved or not? Join if you are!"

    ...

    Chu Yang often came to find Chi Yan, and everyone remembered her from ying basketball together. Whenever she came, everyone would call Chi Yan out: "Yan bro, your sister-inw is here."

    "Yan bro, your girlfriend is here."

    Whenever this happened, Chi Yan would immediately rush out, stand in front of Chu Yang with a smile, "You''re here?" Then he would change clothes and leave with her.

    Everyone felt envious, "Yan bro''s girlfriend is so good to him, bringing him food and drinks every time shees."

    "Yan bro treats his girlfriend well too, always so happy every time."

    "So envious, I want a sweet romance too."

    "The club is recruiting new members recently. There are junior sisters in the club, you better hurry up or they''ll be snatched away."

    ...

    Aside from recruitment, variouspetitions were about to be held as well, such as the Gopetition,puterpetition, debatepetition, dancepetition, campus top singerpetition, and so on.

    Zhou Caicai recently signed up for the dancepetition, going out early and returningte every day.

    "That Li Qinglu also signed up. I heard she and Gu Xiao have been on-and-off recently, her condition hasn''t been great."

    Chu Yang felt like she hadn''t heard news about the main characters in a while. On-and-off? What happened, were the main characters going to break up? Without her as the exceptional viiness to contrast against, were the main characters'' feelings in crisis?

    "Recently when I went to practice dancing, I saw another guy picking her up. Could they have really broken up? If they did, good riddance!" Zhou Caicai said, "I always thought those two had bad characters. Oh right, Lin Shushu also had a fight with Li Qinglu."

    Chu Yang: ???

    What was going on? After not getting involved for a while, they had all split up?

    However, Chu Yang only heard a couple of sentences and didn''t inquire further since it didn''t concern her much.

    Yet that day when Chu Yang was waiting for Chi Yan at the school gate, she saw Li Qinglu get out of a car, but the person in the car wasn''t the male lead - it was... Zhou Zhao!

    The male second lead! Was he trying to take the leading role?

    Li Qinglu also noticed Chu Yang, hesitated for a moment but still greeted her: "Chu Yang."

    Chu Yang nodded at her without saying a word, then looked away.

    Li Qinglu wanted to say something more, moved her mouth but ultimately said nothing as she entered the school. Zhou Zhao, who was about to leave, also saw Chu Yang and got out of the car, "Chu Yang?"

    Chu Yang took a step to the side, pretending not to recognize him.

    Zhou Zhaoughed in frustration, "Chu Yang, don''t pretend you don''t know me. You haven''t forgotten that I still have your ckmail material on my phone, have you?"

    Chu Yang was expressionless: "Oh."

    Zhou Zhao: "I heard you got a boyfriend who''s also a campus stud? Is it because you couldn''t get Gu Xiao the campus stud, so you could only settle for a second-rate one from the neighboring department?"

    Chu Yang couldn''t be bothered to raise her eyelids: "Whatever."

    At this moment, Chi Yan came over and saw a man talking to Chu Yang. He immediately stepped forward to separate Chu Yang and the man, "Who are you?" This person looked a bit familiar.

    Zhou Zhao took two steps back, looked at Chi Yan, then at Chu Yang, and said to Chi Yan: "So you''re Chu Yang''s boyfriend? Do you know she''s deceiving you? She may seem pitiful on the outside, but inside she only wants to harm others. She''s vain, greedy, and extremely jealous."

    If they weren''t at the school gate, Chi Yan would have punched him already. He held Chu Yang''s hand and said coldly to Zhou Zhao: "If my Yang is vain and greedy, that''s great! I''m rich, I can satisfy her desires!"

    People with desires were much better than those without. At least he could make his Yang love him for his money. If his Yang didn''t love money or him, he wouldn''t know what to do and would definitely be heartbroken.

    Zhou Zhao was speechless: "Bro, I said she''s vain!"

    Chi Yan nodded: "I love that about her. I love everything you said!"

    Zhou Zhao had nothing to say: "Impressive!" Then he left.

    Chu Yang smiled, "So you really do love that I''m vain and jealous?"

    Chi Yan smiled too, caressing her face, "Did you wait long? As long as it''s you, I love everything." Because he liked her, he could tolerate all her ws, but in his eyes, she didn''t have any ws - her supposed ws were all strengths.

    Chu Yang: "What if I don''t like bathing and love picking my feet?"

    Chi Yan: "Uh..." Chi Yan scratched the back of his head, "I think bathing keeps people clean and fresh, not bathing means poor hygiene which can lead to illness more easily, so I rmend you bathe. If you don''t want to, I can help you."

    Chu Yang red at him: "You sure dream big."

    "Hahaha."

    "Let''s go, we''re going to watch a movie. What are we watching today?" Chu Yang pulled him into the car.

    Chi Yan took out two movie tickets: "It''s a horror film."

    Chu Yang turned to look at him, "Spill it! What are you plotting!" She knew he knew she was afraid of ghosts! Although it wasn''t the same as a haunted house, she had never watched a horror movie before.

    She didn''t feel afraid when summoning monsters, but for some reason, she was scared going to the haunted house. Was it because her boyfriend was there, so her heart was more fragile?

    Chi Yan averted his gaze, "It was Wei Feng! Wei Feng rmended it, and he bought the tickets too."

    Chu Yang looked at him suspiciously, "Alright. Let''s hurry over."

    Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Okay."

 Chapter 114: Watch a ghost Movie

    <h4>Chapter 114</h4>

    When they arrived at the movie theater, they bought a cup of popcorn and two cups of soda. As the time approached, the two of them checked their tickets and entered the theater. Chu Yang noticed that most of the people were couples, and they generally sat towards the back. Their seats were decent, in the middle, and not at the back.

    Not many people came to watch this horror movie, probably just over twenty or so. Everyone sat scattered around. In Chu Yang''s row, apart from them, there was also a couple seated five or six seats away.

    As the movie started, the sounds became terrifying. The initiallyposed Chu Yang, who had been calmly drinking soda, immediately grabbed Chi Yan''s hand. Although his heart was pounding, his eyes remained fixed on the screen.

    With his other hand, Chi Yan fed her a kernel of popcorn. "Don''t be afraid, it''s just acting. If you''re scared, you can hug me." He chuckled mischievously.

    The initial plot was still fine. It was about a group of people who identally entered an abandoned vige while on a trip. Everyone began exploring, and someone even found jewelry and gold.

    One by one, they started treasure hunting. Before they knew it, night had fallen. Everyone decided to stay the night and continue searching for gold the next day. They all felt lucky and agreed. Then, things started happening...

    When the first climax came, a chorus of screams erupted in the theater, from both men and women. Chu Yang wasn''t scared by the movie but was startled by the screams. She immediately hid in Chi Yan''s embrace.

    Chi Yan promptly held her close and covered her ears. "Don''t be afraid, it''s nothing. The main characters are just overreacting."

    Chu Yang''s heart raced as she cautiously peeked out. Indeed, nothing had happened. She hugged Chi Yan''s arms tightly and continued watching. Whenever a scary part came up, she would hide in his embrace. By halfway through the movie, she was practically sitting on hisp.

    Chi Yan simply pulled her onto hisp. "Just watch it like this."

    Chu Yang felt a bit embarrassed but noticed that most of the couples, whether in front or beside them, were doing the same. She gradually rxed. Whenever a scary part came up, Chi Yan would cover her eyes and narrate the plot to her.

    With his exnations added to her own understanding, Chu Yang didn''t find it so terrifying anymore.

    After nearly two hours, the movie finally ended. Chu Yang tightly hugged Chi Yan as they exited the theater, letting out a sigh of relief. "That was really terrifying!"

    In the end, no one in the movie survived, and the cycle repeated. Moral of the story: greed leads to no good.

    Chi Yan, however, was thinking about installing a small home theater in his house so they could watch movies in their own private world. But he wanted to surprise Chu Yang with it, so he nned to research good projectors online.

    After the movie, the two strolled around for a bit before returning to campus.

    This time, the car was parked a bit further from the girls'' dormitory in a secluded area without streetlights, enveloped in darkness. When Chi Yan parked there, Chu Yang knew he was up to something.

    As usual, she absorbed his Yang energy, though her mouth felt a bit sore afterward.

    Chi Yan seemed more excited than usual today. When they finished, Chu Yang checked herself in a small mirror. Her shirt buttons were undone, her hair was messy, her mouth was a bit swollen and red, and her ear had a bite mark.

    "What got you so excited today?"

    Chi Yan replied, "I wanted to do this ever since we were at the movie theater." With his beloved in his arms, sometimes squirming, he almost lost control.

    Chu Yang eyed him up and down, her gaze lingering on a certain area for a second. "Huh? You managed to hold back for that long?"

    Chi Yan covered her eyes with his hand, his voice slightly hoarse. "Don''t look, I''m afraid I won''t be able to control myself."

    Chu Yang: ...

    Before getting out of the car, Chu Yang''s eyes flickered, and she yfully stroked Chi Yan''s abs before quickly jumping out and dashing into the girls'' dormitory.

    Hahahahaha!

    Chi Yan: ...

    Back in her dorm, Chu Yang had a flushed, amorous look that prompted much teasing from Jin Yang and the others for a long time.

    That night, Chi Yan did dozens of push-ups and ran on the treadmill for over ten minutes before finally taking a cold shower and being able to sleep peacefully.

    Before bed, he also ordered a projector online, which would arrive in about two days.

    ...

    "Chi Bro, are you going for the campus top ten singerspetition?" Zheng Qing handed him a flyer. "You should go, you''ll definitely make it to the finals."

    Wei Feng also encouraged Chi Yan, "Chi Bro, go for it! Let those underssmen see the charm of their senior. You don''t know, some people haven''t seen you, only that freshman from first year. They''re all saying you don''t live up to your reputation. This is your chance to show them!"

    Yuan Zhi handed him another flyer. "Or maybe join the uing wee party? More people at the wee party."

    Chi Yan: ...

    "What''s in it for you guys?" He didn''t think these few would randomly encourage him to participate in events without an ulterior motive.

    "Ahem." The three averted their gazes.

    "Spill it." Chi Yan stared at them intently.

    The three exchanged nces before Zheng Qing gestured for Wei Feng to speak.

    Wei Feng scratched his head. "Well, you were on a date this past weekend, right? We went to y basketball, and the court next to us had a bunch of freshmen. During our break, I overheard them chatting about that Zhao Guhong kid, the freshman star. They were saying he''s better than you and a great basketball yer who already joined the basketball team, ready to challenge you. They also think he''s more handsome than you, said we''re old..."

    Zheng Qing clenched his teeth. "Yeah! They said we''re old! The first part doesn''t matter, but what do they mean we''re old? Just because we''re one year ahead? Don''t they know they''ll get old too?"

    "Exactly!"

    "So we went over and had a ''friendly'' debate with them. In the end, we made a bet that Zhao Guhong is nning to join the campus top ten singerspetition and the wee party, so we said you''d join too. Let''s see who''s the most handsome and the best!"

    Chi Yan: ...

    "Come on, join! We''ve never seen you participate in these kinds of events before. Plus..." Wei Feng''s eyes flickered. "I''m sure the bigdy also wants to see you join. Seems like she hasn''t seen you in these events either. When you go up and sing, then profess your love to her, she''ll definitely adore you."

    "Yes, yes!"

    "She''ll definitely give you a kiss on the spot!"

    Zheng Qing and Wei Feng proceeded to demonstrate kissy faces.

    "Muah~"

    "Muah~"

    Chi Yan cringed at their exaggerated disys. "Ugh~" They were too greasy.

    However, he did realize that Chu Yang had indeed never seen him participate in such events. "Let me ask my girlfriend first. Maybe she doesn''t want me to perform for everyone."

    Wei Feng & Zheng Qing: ...

    Chi Yan sent Chu Yang a message: "What do you think about me joining the campus top ten singerspetition? Oh, and the school has a wee event. Should I sign up for a stage performance?"

    Of course, Chu Yang supported him. It''s a good thing for a college student to participate in various activities. "Go for it, I support you!"

    "Will youe to watch me then?"

    Picturing that scene, Chi Yan smiled with crescent-shaped eyes.

 Chapter 115: Enter the Event Competition

    <h4>Chapter 115</h4>

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing quietly exchanged nces, sensing some drama unfolding.

    However, Chi Yan pointed at the New Year''s party and said, "You guys are joining too, or else I won''t go."

    Wei Feng, Zheng Qing, and Yuan Zhi looked at each other. Wei Feng asked, "Chi Yan, what are we participating in?"

    Chi Yan replied, "We can choreograph a dance."

    Zheng Qing joked, "Chi Yan, I thought you''d sing a love song alone for the boss?"

    Chi Yan pointed to the campus Top Ten Singer Competition, "I can sing a love song there." He can y the piano and sing simultaneously.

    "Alright then, let''s have some fun." Yuan Zhi felt confident; they wouldn''t lose.

    Since Yuan Zhi said so, Wei Feng and Zheng Qing naturally agreed, "But what kind of performance should we do? And we don''t have much time, either."

    Chi Yan tapped his finger lightly on the table, "Let me think."

    Because they had decided to participate, the first step was registration. Chi Yan was a prominent figure, and when news spread that he was participating in the campus Top Ten Singer Competition, many people were discussing it.

    "Ah, I definitely have to go watch!"

    "Chi Yan, I heard he''s the campus heartthrob? Didn''t expect him to be so talented. I''ll go admire him then."

    "I heard he shed with a freshman, Zhao Guhong. He''s quite famous among the freshmen, and I heard they even made a bet."

    "I didn''t expect Chi Yan to participate. He used to never participate in these artistic activities. He usually participated in sports types. I haven''t heard him sing yet, I wonder how good he is."

    ...

    Because they had to participate in the campus Top Ten Singer Competition and the New Year''s party, Chi Yan quickly came up with a program for the party, which was a basketball dance. He directly recruited members from the basketball team.

    No matter how he tried to exclude one or two members who couldn''t coordinate their movements well, Chi Yan was ready to start practicing with everyone.

    And to give Chu Yang a surprise, he didn''t borate on the program, just saying they would dance. The dance was registered, but it still needed to be approved; it wasn''t something anyone could participate in.

    But Chi Yan had to participate in the New Year''s party. When the head of the Student Union''s publicity department heard about it, he immediately approved it. Although he hadn''t seen Chi Yan dance, the fact that he could sign up showed his confidence.

    Because he had to practice dancing and singing, plus the heavy academic workload, Chi Yan became very busy, often leaving after having dinner with Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang didn''t pester him toe watch anything. Since her boyfriend was busy, she just did her own thing.

    That day, Zhou Caicai limped back to the dorm, and Jin Yang and others quickly approached her, "Caicai, what happened to your foot? Aren''t you supposed to participate in the dancepetition?"

    Zhou Caicai looked frustrated, "Don''t mention it. I don''t know who spilled water near the stairs. I almost slipped and twisted my foot. It hurts a bit, but I''ve already been to the infirmary. Ice it for a couple of days, and it should be fine."

    Zhou Caicai still had an ice pack strapped to her foot. "But fortunately, it was just a detour, so I couldn''t practice dancing. Then, when I returned to the dance studio, I found something inside my shoes," Zhou Caicai said with indignation. "Someone must be trying to harm me, but I don''t know who could be so malicious!"

    Qian Xin spected from the side, "It must be someone participating in the dancepetition. Probably saw you dance well and wanted to sabotage you, preventing you from participating."

    Jin Yang also agreed with this view.

    Chu Yang didn''t say much, walked over, took a look, ced his hand on her shoulder for a moment, then said, "It''s a girl with short hair, somewhat frail, wearing blue clothes, and she has O-brand watch on her left hand. Hmm, we''ll continue the action next time." Chu Yang could only see this much for now; she wasn''t fully healed.

    But Zhou Caicai immediately knew who it was, looking shocked and angry. "I can''t believe it''s her! I even encouraged her. Her family situation isn''t good, and she loves dancing, so she often eats very little, iming it''s to maintain her figure. Though, there''s no need to eat so little. Sometimes I even give her food, and now this..."

    "Some people have high self-esteem. Helping her might make her think you pity her, and giving her food could be seen as charity," Jin Yang spected.

    Zhou Caicai frowned, "No way. Anyway, I won''t bother with her anymore. I never expected her to be like this, and there''s another time! No, I must catch her."

    Zhou Caicai already nned to wait for two days until her foot was better, then go to the dance studio to catch the person.

    "Yang, thank you," Zhou Caicai shook Chu Yang''s hand.

    Chu Yang patted her shoulder, "No need, good luck in thepetition."

    "Yeah, yeah."

    Although Chu Yang said no thanks were necessary, Zhou Caicai still bought her a bag of snacks. Chu Yang usually refused money; they usually bought food or drinks for her or invited her for a meal.

    As she prepared for the campus Top 10 Singer Contest by ying the piano, Chu Yan often heard piano musicing from the window on weekends.

    When Chi Xin returned home, he also heard the piano music and found it strange. He asked the housekeeper, "Why has Xiaoyane back recently? And ying the piano too?"

    The housekeeper replied, "Young Master seems to be preparing for campus activities, practicing."

    Chi Xin nodded; right, his little Yan was still a university student.

    The preliminary round of the Top 10 Singer Contest came quickly, scheduled for Friday night. Chu Yang went straight to the school gate after ss, bought a bouquet of flowers, and arrived at the venue of B University''s singingpetition.

    Everyone is still backstage preparing. Chi Yan is sitting in front of the mirror, getting makeup done. Even without makeup, he''s already handsome, but with makeup, he''s even more eye-catching. Someone took out their phone and snapped a photo.

    Chi Yan is wearing a suit today, with a tie, and styled his hair with hair gel, giving off a feeling of a male idol group.

    Across from him was the rumored freshman Zhao Hongfei, also getting ready. But Zhao Hongfei''s gaze kept drifting towards Chi Yan. He had to admit, in terms of looks, Chi Yan lived up to his reputation.

    But now they were about to sing, and when it came to singing, he felt he had the upper hand. After all, it seemed like Chi Yan had never sung in front of others before, whereas he had participated in talent shows before, only quittingter for academic reasons.

    If he hadn''t quit, he felt he would''ve already debuted. So, in terms of stage presence, Zhao Hongfei was very confident.

    Chi Yan waspletely unaware of his thoughts as he was looking at his phone, waiting for Chu Yang who said she had arrived.

    About five minutester, Chu Yang appeared backstage holding flowers. She sent a message to Chi Yan, and those who were sneakily watching him suddenly noticed him smiling. He then stood up and walked to the door, where he was handed flowers by a girl. Chi Yan smiled and hugged her.

    "Who''s that?"

    "It seems like Chi Yan''s girlfriend."

    "Oh my, Chi Yan smiled so charmingly just now!"

    "His girlfriend is also very pretty."

 Chapter 116: The Lights Fall Down

    <h4>Chapter 116</h4>

    Chi Yan brought Chu Yang to sit beside him. Chu Yang looked at his makeup and reached out to tidy his clothes. "Nervous?"

    Chi Yan shook his head. "Not too bad. I''ll be performing in the middle, and the number I drew for my turn is decent."

    "Mmm." After helping him tidy up, Chu Yang sat beside him, holding his hand. The two whispered to each other asionally. By now, the student council president had arranged for the host to take the stage. "Hurry, hurry, it''s starting!"

    The host then walked to the front of the stage, and thepetition began. Soon, the first performer took the stage - a female student. From backstage, they could vaguely hear her singing voice. It was alright, but not stunning.

    Time passed quickly, as each performer only had about a minute for the preliminary round. Time flew by, and with two performers left before Chi Yan''s turn, Chu Yang suddenly sensed something was off. A dark aura was surging from Chi Yan. What was going on?

    Chu Yang held Chi Yan''s hand, furrowed her brows, and closed her eyes. She saw something falling from the stage.

    Opening her eyes, Chu Yang immediately said, "Don''t participate. Let''s withdraw."

    Hearing Chu Yang''s words, Chi Yan became anxious. "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang stood up and walked closer to the stage entrance, looking up. Right in the center of the stage hung arge light fixture, and it was about to fall straight down!

    Chu Yang''s expression was serious as she pointed at the light. "Stop thepetition immediately. That light is about to fall."

    Chi Yan immediately called out to the student council president Gu Xi, pointing at therge light. "Stop thepetition right away. That light looks like it''s going to fall."

    Gu Xi looked at it and thought the light seemed fine. "It doesn''t seem like it. How do you know it will fall?"

    On the side, Zhao Hongfei scoffed, "Could it be you''re just looking for an excuse to withdraw?"

    Chi Yan never doubted his beloved Chu Yang''s words. His expression was serious. "I''ll take full responsibility for any consequences."

    Gu Xi looked again but didn''t think the light would fall. However, during this standoff, it became Chi Yan''s turn to perform. Of course, Chi Yan couldn''t go on stage. On the side, Zhao Hongfei said, "If he won''t go, I will. I''m right after him anyway. Honestly, if you want to withdraw, just withdraw. No need to make excuses." With that, he went on stage.

    Chi Yan was about to stop him when Gu Xi said, "Chi Yan, I don''t see any issues..."

    Before Gu Xi could finish, Zhao Hongfei had already started. "Hello, judges and teachers. My name is Zhao Hongfei..."

    Then, a loud creaking sound erupted. Zhao Hongfei froze. On the other side, Chi Yan dashed forward and kicked Zhao Hongfei away, then rolled on the ground, covering his head.

    With a crash, the light fixture exploded in the center of the stage, scattering shards of ss everywhere.

    Many people stood up and shouted, creating a chaotic scene.

    Zhao Hongfei propped himself up on his elbows, his eyes filled with fear and horror. He swallowed hard and looked towards Chi Yan, who was being tended to by Chu Yang. Chi Yan''s arm had some ss shards embedded in it, and there were some on his body too, but his clothes had cushioned the impact. However, his arm was cut.

    On the other side, the student council president Gu Xi''s eyes were wide, his mouth agape, unable to speak. It was the vice president who pushed him. "President!"

    Gu Xi immediately swallowed and ran over. "Quick, quick! Are you okay? Should we call an ambnce?"

    Chu Yang had already helped Chi Yan up. "We''ll go to the hospital. His hand is injured."

    Gu Xi nodded immediately. "Okay, okay. Lin Shenghua, take your car and send Chi Yan to the hospital right away."

    The teachers also rushed over, fearing more lights might fall from the stage. They quickly evacuated the crowd. "Hurry, hurry, don''t stay here. Go to the backstage area."

    Zhao Hongfei was helped to a chair backstage. Coming to his senses, he realized he was drenched in sweat. Two people were attending to him. "Zhao, are you alright?"

    Zhao Hongfei took a sip of water offered to him and shook his head. "I''m fine. But Chi Yan..."

    "Chi Yan has gone to the hospital. I heard his hand was just cut by some ss shards. It doesn''t seem serious."

    "Yes. The vice president took him. That was so dangerous! Oh my god, it''s a good thing Chi Yan rushed over. Otherwise, you..."

    Though unfinished, everyone understood that if Chi Yan hadn''t intervened, Zhao Hongfei could have been the one lying in the hospital - or worse, he might not have survived.

    There were quite a few people present, so within ten minutes, everyone knew about the ident. The school leadership had urgently convened a meeting to investigate. They had also sent people to visit Chi Yan at the hospital.

    Chi Yan wasn''t seriously hurt, just some ss shards stuck in his arm. But with Chu Yang by his side, Chi Yan acted pitiful. While the doctor was removing the shards, he kept saying, "Chu Yang, it hurts."

    Chu Yang stood by, embracing his head. "It''s okay, it doesn''t hurt. It''ll be over soon."

    On the side, the male doctor said, "A grown man shouldn''t be whining over such a minor injury."

    Then the nearby nurseughed. "Doctor Chen, you don''t understand." With his girlfriend around, of course he''d want to act a little pitiful. Meanwhile, the vice president Lin Shenghua wore an expression of utter shock, never expecting Chi Yan to act this way.

    Both of Chi Yan''s arms were wrapped in bandages. Although the cuts were small, there were many, so his entire arms were bandaged.

    When the teachers from the school came to visit and saw Chi Yan, they thought his hands were severely injured, their faces turning pale. "Is it very serious?"

    Chi Yan quickly replied, "No, the doctor has removed all the ss shards. There were just many small cuts, so they bandaged my whole arms. I should be fine in a few days."

    The teachers were relieved to hear this. "That''s good, then."

    After the teachers understood the situation and saw Chu Yang taking care of Chi Yan, they found an excuse to leave, as there were still matters to attend to. Lin Shenghua felt like a third wheel, so he left too.

    Soon after, Wei Feng and the others heard the news and came over. Seeing Chi Yan''s bandaged arms, they felt incredibly guilty. Wei Feng was almost in tears. "It''s all because we made you participate in thispetition. Otherwise, you wouldn''t have..."

    Chi Yan kicked him. "What''s with that expression? My hands are fine. Just a few small cuts, that''s why they''re bandaged like this." Chi Yan moved his arms. "It''s not serious at all. Besides, I participated of my own ord. It has nothing to do with you guys."

    Wei Feng was stunned. "Really, you''re okay?"

    Chu Yang exined on the side, "It''s nothing serious, just some small cuts. He''ll be fine in a few days. It won''t affect anything."

    Hearing Chu Yang''s reassurance, everyone finally rxed.

    "That''s good, then."

    Chi Yan added, "Originally, the light was supposed to fall on me. It was almost my turn when Chu Yang told me to withdraw and stop thepetition because the light would fall. But then Zhao Hongfei thought I was making excuses, so he went on stage instead. And then that happened."

 Chapter 117: Shampoo

    <h4>Chapter 117</h4>

    Wei Feng gave Chu Yang a thumbs-up, "Thank goodness the boss was there, or the consequences would be unimaginable. I wonder if that cocky kid Zhao Hongfei, who you rescued, Chi Yan, is still so arrogant."

    Yuan Zhi asked, "So why did the light fixture fall down?"

    Everyone looked at Chu Yang, who shrugged, "I don''t know either." She only saw the light fixture fall, but she didn''t know the reason.

    Since Chu Yang didn''t know, no one probed further. Chu Yang asked the doctor, paid the fees, and got the medication, following the doctor''s instructions before leaving with Chi Yan, as his injuries didn''t require hospitalization.

    The singingpetition was ultimately postponed, as such an incident had urred. The stage manager was held ountable, and the student council president had to write a self-criticism.

    The next day, Zhao Hongfei brought fruits and snacks to Chi Yan''s dorm room, bowing and expressing gratitude, "Thank you, Senior Chi Yan. This is a small token of appreciation from me."

    Chi Yan epted it graciously and nodded, "No need to thank me, you''re my junior after all."

    Seeing Chi Yan''s hands tightly bandaged, Zhao Hongfei felt even more remorseful, knowing the injuries must be severe, all because he hadn''t listened.

    "I don''t know how I can repay Senior Chi Yan. I see that your hands are injured, so I can help you fetch water and buy meals during this period. Please feel free to instruct me." This was the way he thought he could repay Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan shook his head, "No need, I can still use my hands, it''s no big deal." Moreover, Wei Feng and the others could help him, and most importantly, Yang would oftene over. If Zhao Hongfei took care of him, and Yang saw how pampered he was living, what if she stoppeding?

    That wouldn''t do. Chi Yan gave Wei Feng a meaningful look.

    Wei Feng immediately understood and pulled Zhao Hongfei aside, whispering, "Why would you help? Chi Yan is just pretending to be pitiful so his girlfriend will dote on him. If you help, she''ll have no opportunity to take care of him. Do you want to be a third wheel? Or disrupt Chi Yan''s romance?"

    Zhao Hongfei realized his mistake and nodded, "I get it, I get it."

    Afterwards, he said, "If Senior Chi Yan needs any help in the future, please let me know."

    Chi Yan nodded.

    After Zhao Hongfei left, Chi Yan immediately received a call from Chu Yang, "Are youing over? Mm, my hands still hurt a bit. Wei Feng and the others? They''re not here..."

    Zhao Hongfei happened to overhear this as he was leaving... Indeed, Chi Yan was just acting pitiful. He never expected Senior Chi Yan to be such a romantic at heart! That intive tone!

    During this period, Chi Yan felt great, because Yang would personally feed him and treat him gently.

    Despite his injured hands, in just a couple of days, Chi Yan resumed dance practice. His hands were still bandaged, but his ball-handling moves seemed unaffected, and he danced vigorously.

    The only inconvenience was showering after sweating heavily. He had to bathe slowly and didn''t get a proper clean. Washing his hair was fine, as he could go to a store and have someone help him, or ask Wei Feng and the others.

    Wei Feng was about to fetch water to help him wash his hair when he suggested, "Chi Yan, you could ask the boss to help you bathe."

    Chi Yan gave him an appreciative nce, then sent Chu Yang a message, "I sweated a lot today and want to wash my hair, but Wei Feng and the others aren''t around."

    Chu Yang quickly replied, "I''ll help you wash. Shall we go to your ce?"

    Chi Yan smiled and responded, "Okay."

    He then packed his things, "I won''t be back tonight. You can wash up on your own." With that, he left.

    Wei Feng: ...

    ...

    When Chu Yang came to pick up Chi Yan, she saw him drenched in sweat, and wiped him off, "You need to take a shower."

    At Chi Yan''s ce, Chu Yang heated up the water and prepared the necessary items, including a change of clothes for him. After some thought, she ced a small stool in the bathroom and told Chi Yan, "Come on, strip and sit here. Let''s get you fully bathed."

    Chi Yan: ?!!!

    His ears turned red, "Strip... strip my clothes?"

    Chu Yang patted his head, "What are you thinking? Just keep your underwear on."

    Chi Yan: ... Still quite embarrassing.

    Shyly, Chi Yan took off his clothes, then sat on the small stool, raising his hands slightly to avoid getting them wet.

    Chu Yang tested the water temperature and found it appropriate, "Close your eyes." She then started washing his hair, scrubbing andthering.

    After shampooing, she helped scrub his back, creating lots of foam from the body wash, before rinsing him clean. Chi Yan sat stiffly, his ears burning, eyes shut, eyshes fluttering. He hoped Yang wouldn''t notice his... condition.

    About fifteen minutester, Chu Yang put down the shower head, brought his clothes in, and said, "You can take it from here. I''ll step out now."

    "Mm."

    After Chu Yang left the bathroom, Chi Yan finally opened his eyes and exhaled deeply. He looked down, his face flushed, hoping Yang hadn''t noticed.

    Flustered, Chi Yan quickly cleaned up and got dressed, emerging refreshed but still blushing.

    Chu Yang, who had just poured a ss of fruit juice from the kitchen, noticed his reddened face, "What''s wrong? Why is your face so red? Are you running a fever?"

    She felt his forehead, which did seem a bit warm, and asked with concern, "Did your injury get infected, causing the fever?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "No, it''s nothing. Just the bathroom being a bit too hot, the water was a little too warm."

    Too warm? She had checked, and it wasn''t hot at all, just right. Oh, she had heard that men and women have different preferences for bath water temperature, with men finding women''s preferred temperature too hot. Mm, it must have been her mistake.

    Since he said he was fine, Chu Yang didn''t worry further.

    Checking the time, she said, "Well, I should head back. Drink your juice and rest up."

    Chi Yan immediately stood up, "You''re going back to the school? Let me walk you back."

    But Chu Yang didn''t let him, "You''re an injured patient, don''t overexert yourself. And no need to return to the school either. Rest up properly, you looked exhausted today. Don''t worry, it''s only 9 PM, still early. Be good, I''m leaving now."

    "Oh."

    Chi Yan had thought Yang would stay, but he didn''t insist. He kissed her cheek and saw her off.

    The freshman wee party proceeded as scheduled. Chi Yan''s arms had healed, though the wounds were still scabbed. Everyone thought he looked incredibly cool dancing with his hands bandaged, just like aic book character. So they decided to bandage their own hands too.

    In the end, everyone performed with bandaged hands.

    Chi Yan''s dance was in the second half of the show. Since Chu Yang was family, she had a seat quite close to the front. Jin Yang and the other two also came to show their support, as apart from Chi Yan, Wei Feng and the rest had already performed. They were all friends and wanted to cheer each other on.

 Chapter 118: Welcome Party

    <h4>Chapter 118</h4>

    The freshmen wee party started at 7 p.m. At around 6 p.m., Chu Yang and Jin Yang had already arrived. Chu Yang was holding a bouquet of flowers, preparing to give it to her boyfriend after the party.

    Many students were chattering away, and some people from nearby neighborhoods had alsoe. The venue was packed, with people standing at the back.

    "I heard Chi Yan will be dancing."

    "Not only that, I heard the basketball yers will perform together, a bunch of tall and handsome guys. I''m so looking forward to it!"

    "When will Chi Yan appear?"

    "I checked the program, it seems to be in the second half."

    "That''s so long."

    "No worries, the first half has handsome junior students'' performances too, not bad."

    "I just want to see Chi Yan, the school heartthrob, and their basketball dance. Super excited!"

    "Me too, me too."

    Soon it was 7 p.m., and the host took the stage on time. After the opening remarks, there was an explosive opening dance that got the whole audience excited.

    Jin Yang and the others were also captivated, constantly taking photos and recording videos to share on their social media.

    After the opening dance, there was a duet of love songs, which was also very nice to listen to.

    Chu Yang was also enjoying the performances, but suddenly seemed to remember something and nced at the stage lights. Hmm, nothing had happened this time.

    Little did she know, the student council president and others had emphasized safety countless times and checked everything repeatedly when setting up the stage, afraid of a repeat of the previous incident.

    Gu Xi, the former student council president, felt she could step down.

    The faculty advisor had also constantly stressed the importance of safety.

    "How were the previous performances?" the host interacted with the audience.

    "Fantastic!"

    "Alright, the next performance is even more spectacr. I heard you were all really looking forward to a certain performance. Tell me loudly, whose performance are you anticipating?"

    "Chi Yan!"

    "Good! Next, let''s wee Chi Yan, Yuan Zhi, and the basketball team members to bring us the basketball dance ''Fireworks''. A round of apuse for them."

    "Woohoo!"

    "Ahhhhh!"

    *pping sounds*

    Many people were screaming, Jin Yang and the others were pping frantically, and Chu Yang had her phone ready to record the entire performance.

    After the host exited, the stage quickly dimmed. Ten secondster, a spotlight shone on the center, where a person was dribbling a basketball, creating a "thump thump thump" sound. The person had bandages on his arms, a white headband, and a serious, exquisite expression.

    "Oh my god! Ahhhhh, so handsome!"

    "Oh my goodness, quick, start filming!"

    Soon, other spotlights illuminated the stage, and the other team members were also dribbling basketballs, creating a "thump thump thump" sound.

    Quickly, the music started, and they formed a formation, dancing with the basketballs flying. Two of them even did backflips from the back, while the rest spun the basketballs with their fingers, moving to the rhythm of the music.

    A group of tall and handsome guys dancing on stage, asionally revealing glimpses of their abs as their shirts lifted, exuding youthful vigor, caused the audience to constantly scream!

    "Ahhhhh!"

    "So handsome!!!!!!"

    "Not just Chi Yan, the others are also super handsome!"

    "Now I believe what they said, that every member of our school''s basketball team is a hunk!"

    "Not only are they great at basketball, but they dance so well too."

    "And so synchronized! They could totally audition to be idols."

    "Why be idols? They are the talents of our country."

    "Chi Yan the school heartthrob is taken, but it seems the others are single. I want the information of the cute guy on the left. Ahhhh, he''s so handsome and has such an adorable smile!"

    "I think the third one from the right is not bad."

    As the final note sounded, Chi Yan suddenly did a martial arts move and went into a split, pressing the ball to the ground. The other members struck confident and cocky poses behind him.

    End.

    As they were about to bow and exit the stage, the host suddenly came out, "Ah, wait a moment."

    Chi Yan and the others stopped in their tracks and were interviewed by the host.

    "The performance was truly spectacr. It left me in a daze. Everyone danced so handsomely. I want to ask, who choreographed this dance?"

    Everyone looked at Chi Yan, since he had organized everything.

    "It was Chi Yan. I want to ask, what inspired you toe up with this idea?"

    Chi Yan: "Since we all y basketball, I thought ofbining it with dance."

    "That''s a great idea. I heard your arm was injured, but you still practiced so hard. Is your arm better now? I see you''re still wearing bandages. In fact, all of you are wearing bandages. Why is that?"

    Wei Feng: "Because Chi Yan looked so cool with the bandages, so we wanted to wear them too."

    Everyoneughed at his remark.

    Chi Yan also smiled and said, "My arm is fine now, thank you all for your concern. The bandages are just part of the performance look." He then unwrapped the bandages to show the scabbed wound on his arm to the host standing beside him.

    "I see, I see. That must have been so difficult. The dance was truly spectacr. Everyone agrees, right?"

    "Yes!"

    "So handsome!"

    Host: "Alright, alright, thank you for the amazing performance. Please go rest now."

    Chi Yan and the others quickly exited.

    After that, there were new performances. Meanwhile, Chi Yan and the others got ready and joined the audience from backstage to watch the other acts. Chi Yan soon went to sit beside Chu Yang, and Jin Yang quickly stood up to give him her seat, then went to join Wei Feng and the others.

    Chu Yang handed him the bouquet, "You danced amazingly." This was her first time seeing Chi Yan dance, and she didn''t expect him to be so good. Of course, her boyfriend was the best.

    The two held hands and continued watching the other performances. About half an hourter, the freshmen wee party finally ended, and Chi Yan left with Chu Yang. As for Jin Yang and the others, they naturally went back on their own.

    Chi Yan took Chu Yang to eat barbecue for ate-night snack.

    The two sat at a small table beside the barbecue stall and ordered small lobsters, chives, chicken wings, and two small bottles of soda.

    Not far from them, a few men were sitting and drinking alcohol, with greasy mouths. Two of them had their shirts off. Suddenly, two of them made eye contact, and one took out a small package of white powder from his pocket. Chu Yang identally nced over and saw the small package of white powder being passed to the other man, who quickly put it in his pocket.

 Chapter 119: Tip-off

    <h4>Chapter 119</h4>

    Not long after, Chu Yang noticed that the man wearing the ck clothes and the others at the table had exchanged something, their actions very discreet, such as smiling while raising their sses to drink or shaking hands to conceal their deeds.

    Chu Yang lowered her eyelids, not letting on, and even used her hand to peel a shrimp and feed it to Chi Yan, who was oblivious, only aware of opening his mouth wide to eat, feeling sweet in his heart.

    After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Chi Yan called out, "Proprietor, check please."

    Then someone from the neighboring table suddenly looked over, startled by Chu Yang''s face for a moment, then stood up and walked over, "Hey, prettydy, having some barbecue?"

    Chi Yan immediately frowned and stood in front of Chu Yang. The man looked at Chi Yan, gave him a once-over, and sneered, "Tch." He hated rich people like Chi Yan who seduced so many beautiful girls.

    Just as the man was about to say something to provoke Chi Yan, the man in the ck clothes from that table quickly came over and held him back, "Li Si! What do you think you''re doing?" The man in ck shot Li Si a fierce look. Picking a fight at a time like this? Was he afraid they would be discovered? Idiot!

    Originally drunk from the alcohol, Li Si immediately sobered up upon seeing the man in ck''s look and apologized meekly.

    The man in ck gestured apologetically to Chi Yan, "Sorry about that, little brother. My friend here is drunk. I''ll cover your bill."

    Chi Yan took out money and handed it to the proprietor, "No need."

    Then he pulled Chu Yang away.

    "What drunk, that''s just an excuse. I didn''t see him streaking!" Chi Yan grew angrier the more he thought about it, but he was also angry at himself for taking Chu Yang there and nearly putting her in danger.

    Chu Yang had remained silent the whole time. Chi Yan thought she was mad at him, so he immediately apologized, "I''m sorry, it''s all my fault."

    Chu Yang: ???

    Chi Yan regretfully said, "I shouldn''t have taken you there."

    Chu Yang waved her hand dismissively, "It''s not your fault. It has nothing to do with the location, it''s about the people. Scumbags will always be scumbags." Seeing that they had walked far away from there, Chu Yang said, "Let''s report them to the police right away. I suspect that group included drug dealers and users."

    Chu Yang then told Chi Yan about the suspicious exchanges she had inadvertently witnessed.

    "Ah?" Chi Yan was startled, then immediately took out his phone and dialed, "Hello? Police? I''d like to file a report. Yes. Got it."

    After making the report call, Chi Yan hurriedly escorted Chu Yang back to the school, thinking that the next time they went forte-night barbecue, he would take her to a safer ce. He never expected that group to be drug users? He didn''t even want to imagine what could have happened if a fight broke out. Thank goodness, thank goodness.

    After Chu Yang and Chi Yan left, the group continued eating and drinking. The man in ck even issued a stern warning, "If anyone causes trouble in public, you know the consequences."

    Everyone quickly agreed not to cause any trouble.

    The man in ck''s eyelid twitched rapidly. Suddenly, he had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. Seeing that it was gettingte, he immediately said, "I''ll leave first. You all continue."

    The man in ck stood up and walked a few steps away, then a group of police officers suddenly rushed over. The man in ck immediately tried to flee, but the sharp-eyed police captain gave chase!

    A bystander saw this and stuck out their foot, causing the man in ck to stumble a bit before being tackled to the ground and arrested shortly after.

    The rest of the people at the table had already been apprehended, their heads covered.

    The proprietor and some other people had already run outside to watch themotion.

    All the men were taken away, and the barbecue proprietor was also questioned, "What time did they arrive? What were they doing here?"

    The proprietor was just as clueless, thinking they were fugitives, "They came around 9 PM and just ordered barbecue and kept eating and drinking. Oh, and they drank alcohol too. In the middle, they almost got into a conflict with someone."

    Police: "What happened?"

    Proprietor: "There was a young couple from a nearby school who came to eat barbecue. I guess one of the men saw that the girl was pretty and wanted to hit on her, but her boyfriend obviously didn''t like that. Then one of the men at their table, a guy in a ck outfit, quickly came over and apologized. That''s how the situation was defused. The couple paid and left. Then you all showed up soon after."

    The police also questioned the proprietors of nearby stalls and some bystanders, getting simr ounts, before leaving.

    At the police station, the men were all checked, and it was discovered that out of the seven men at the table, six were drug users, and only the man in the ck outfit was not a user. After further investigation and questioning, it turned out that the non-user was a drug dealer.

    In other words, this was a distribution line! Excellent, the police were now prepared to investigate his suppliers based on this lead.

    "Have you identified the person who reported them?"

    "Oh yes, it was the Zhi Xin family. Remember Zhi Xin from the 7th squad back then?"

    "Zhi Xin? Oh, the one who owns the securitypany, right? How is he involved in this?"

    "It was his nephew, a college student. His nephew went to eat barbecue with his girlfriend, and the girlfriend almost got harassed. She also identally witnessed the drug deal at that table, so they quickly called the police."

    "Those guys had no idea why they were discovered. They all thought they were being very careful. Keep it confidential, you know?"

    "I know, I know. So the ones who almost got into a conflict with that group were the proprietor mentioned, right?"

    "Yes."

    "Good people. Send the reward to Zhi Xin and say it''s for his nephew. We seized 500g in this raid."

    "That much?"

    "A great achievement! Request a bigger reward."

    "Yes."

    ...A few dayster, after receiving the reward, Zhi Xin: Rice, flour, oil?

    Of course, there was also money and a banner ofmendation.

    Zhi Xin called Chi Yan, "Little Yan, the police station sent your reward to me, saying it''s for you. What''s going on?"

    Chi Yan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered the incident from a few days ago, "Ah, it must be because of Chu Yang. It''s from that time when..."

    Chi Yan recounted the story of when they went to eat barbecue.

    Zhi Xin, recalling Chu Yang''s resourcefulness, asked, "Are her looks still decent?"

    Chi Yan: ???

    Zhi Xin: "You better take good care of her." Lest Chu Yang gets seduced by someone else. He felt his nephew''s only attractiveness was his face.

    Chi Yan: ???

    Zhi Xin: "Alright, I''ll have someone deliver the items to you."

    "Okay."

    Soon after, Chi Yan received the rice, flour, oil... and money.

    Seeing the rice, flour, and oil, Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, "This..."

    Chu Yang told him to take it home, "Take it home. I can''t cook anyway."

    "Alright then."

 Chapter 120: Kidnapping 01

    <h4>Chapter 120</h4>

    On a pitch-ck night, in a run-down alley, a few men had gathered in a dpidated house.

    "Bastard! How did Old Six leak the information? Didn''t we tell him to be careful?"

    "I heard he got reported while eating."

    "Why would he get reported? Is there a spy among us?"

    The men looked at each other suspiciously, suddenly doubting their own.

    One who seemed to be the leader took a puff of his cigarette, "What are you guys doing? Infighting?"

    "No, dare not," the others immediately lowered their heads.

    One of them kept sharpening a dagger, eyes downcast, lost in thought.

    The leader spoke again, "I''ve investigated, word is the police sent a banner to Boss Chi of Chi Security Services."

    "So Chi Xin reported us?"

    "Who''s Chi Xin?"

    "Chi Xin, I heard he used to be in the army. After being discharged, he started a securitypany filled with ex-soldiers. They coborate with the government, and he''s the third son of the Chi Family."

    "The Chi Family?"

    "Yeah, the wealthy tech mogul family. Billionaires."

    "Damn! His report caused several of our lines to be exposed. Does he have a wife or kids? We could..."

    "He''s not married yet! But he has two older brothers and two nephews. One nephew studies at B University."

    "Which university?"

    "B University. It''s near where Old Six got caughtst time."

    "Son of a b***h, should we grab his nephew and..." The man made a throat-slitting gesture.

    Someone said, "Can we do that? What if we get caught?"

    The throat-slitter red at him, "Qi Mao, what''s your deal? You opposing? Are you the mole?" He eyed him suspiciously.

    Qi Mao stood up abruptly, "Gou San, what did you say? When I risked my life for the boss, you were still nowhere to be found! I think you''re the mole." The two were about toe to blows.

    The others quickly intervened.

    The leader nced over indifferently, "Enough! Why are you fighting? Afraid the cops wille?"

    Everyone immediately settled down upon hearing that.

    The leader stubbed out his cigarette and blew a smoke ring, "Si Tiao, go grab Chi Xin''s nephew. Their family''s loaded, right? Make him cough up some cash for us to spend." He made a money gesture.

    Si Tiao immediately agreed, "Got it."

    "Oh right, a bigpany like the Chi Family must have enemies, we could..."

    Late that night, the gang scattered cautiously, leaving only Gou San and the leader behind.

    Gou San said, "Boss, I really suspect Qi Mao. Did you see how he acted earlier? I think he''s guilty."

    The leader looked at him, his gaze making Gou San uneasy, "Boss, what''s wrong?"

    The leader said, "Don''t try to sow discord. It''s not Qi Mao." He had witnessed Qi Mao''s loyalty to the boss firsthand. "Alright, you should head back too."

    Though unsatisfied, Gou San left. But he still suspected Qi Mao.

    Recently, there was a collegiate programming contest that Chi Yan had organized his own team and registered for. However, thepetition wasn''t held in Jing City, but in Canghai City, requiring a two-hour flight.

    The preliminary round was an online contest, fairly easy for Chi Yan and his team as they quickly advanced to the finals.

    The finals were scheduled for the weekend, so on Friday, Chi Yan set off with his team to Canghai City to prepare.

    After bidding farewell to Chu Yang, Chi Yan boarded the flight to Canghai City.

    News of his trip to Canghai City soon reached those men, and they immediately made a call, "The guy''s nephew has gone to Canghai City, let''s change our n..."

    "Got it."

    With her boyfriend away, Chu Yang stayed in her dorm over the weekend. She even called home to check on things.

    She had visited the antique street recently but couldn''t find a suitable crystal ball. Those crystal balls just didn''t cut it. Chu Yang felt she needed to go abroad. She''d discuss it with Chi Yan when he returned.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan had arrived at thepetition venue, amidst the noisy crowd. He calmly took his seat, waiting for the contest to begin, nked by teammates and their coach.

    Cameras were rolling for the live broadcast when one panned over Chi Yan''s face before cutting away, lingering on him for a few seconds.

    Viewers of the livestream were in awe, "Damn! That guy they just showed is handsome as hell."

    Some at the venue also found Chi Yan incredibly attractive, whispering, "Which team is that? They''re all so good-looking, especially the one in the middle. My god, is he a celebrity?"

    "Nah, I checked online, no such person in showbiz. But he''s clearly here for the contest."

    "He may be handsome, but who knows about his abilities."

    "You don''t know? That''s B University, they''re all top students. Sure, they might not win, but to get into B University, their skills must be no joke. And they qualified for this contest, so they''re definitely the cream of the crop."

    "Whoa, handsome and smart, of course they''re from that school. Looking around, those B University guys really stand out. The A University team over there isn''t bad either, but in terms of looks, B University takes the cake."

    "I agree."

    The contest soon began, and as expected, B University clinched first ce along with a prize of 100,000 yuan.

    The host interviewed them, "Now that you''ve won first ce, anyone you want to share the good news with?"

    The host held the microphone to Chi Yan, having noticed this dashing yet brilliant student earlier.

    Chi Yan said, "My girlfriend."

    The crowd went, "Whoa!"

    His teammatesughed too.

    The host was surprised, "You have a girlfriend?"

    Chi Yan nodded, and one of his male teammates couldn''t help but add, "Everyone at school knows Chi Bro really dotes on his girlfriend."

    The hostughed, "I didn''t expect to get fed some juicy gossip too."

    He then interviewed the others, some wanting to share the news with family, others with friends. Only Chi Yan said his girlfriend, as the rest were single.

    After the contest, the team explored Canghai City to buy souvenirs and local specialties for family and friends. Chi Yan went to a jewelry store and used his prize money to buy Chu Yang a hairpin.

    The next day, Chi Yan and hispanions headed home.

    Uponnding at the Jing City airport, some returned home while others went back to their university. Chi Yan was also heading to A University. As soon as he got off the ne, he texted Chu Yang that he''de see her. Chu Yang replied that she''d wait for him.

    Chi Yan exited the airport and got into a car, but not long after, he sensed something amiss with the driver...

    The driver brandished a knife, "Stay still."

    Chi Yan didn''t dare move but looked for an opportunity while wondering who wanted to harm him, as he didn''t recall offending anyone.

 Chapter 121: Kidnapping 02

    <h4>Chapter 121</h4>

    The Driver didn''t know where he was headed, but soon he stopped, and then another person got on, also carrying a knife, and threatened Chi Yan: "Don''t move."

    Then he took out a rope from his bag and tied Chi Yan''s hands, even putting something over his mouth to prevent him from speaking.

    Although Chi Yan''s heart was pounding, he remained rtively calm, his downcast eyes seeming lost in thought.

    Then the person driving looked at him and said, "Do we have anything to knock him out? Knock him out!"

    The other person took out a spray, "This will work." Then he sprayed it at Chi Yan, who passed out.

    On Chu Yang''s side, it had been two hours since Chi Yan sent her a message, but there was no further word. She calcted that it would take a little over an hour to get from the airport to the university, and even with traffic, he should have arrived. Based on past experience, he usually let her know.

    Now she had sent him messages and called him, but there was no response, and when she called, it was hung up on her. When she tried calling again, it said the other party''s phone was turned off.

    What was going on?

    Chu Yang suddenly felt anxious.

    She immediately called Wei Feng and the others, "Has Chi Yan returned to the university?"

    Wei Feng was surprised, "Is Brother Yaning back today? We didn''t know."

    Chu Yang: "He said he had arrived at the airport two hours ago. But I haven''t seen him, and he''s not answering my calls."

    Wei Feng also felt something was off. It was unthinkable that Brother Yan wouldn''t answer the big boss''s call. "Don''t worry, I''ll ask his teammates who came back with him."

    "Okay."

    Soon, Wei Feng got in touch with Chi Yan''s teammate.

    "Brother Yan? Didn''t hee back a long time ago?"

    "He said he was going to A University to see his girlfriend."

    "That''s right, he even bought gifts."

    Wei Feng became concerned at this point and immediately ryed the information to Chu Yang, "They say Brother Yan came back a long time ago, but they don''t know why you haven''t seen him. He took transportation by himself."

    "Okay, thank you."

    Now that she knew the situation, coupled with her own growing anxiety, Chu Yang had a feeling that something had happened to Chi Yan, like maybe he was in a traffic ident or something.

    Chu Yang made a hand gesture and then released her magic powers. Soon, she opened her eyes.

    She saw that Chi Yan was in danger! Someone had injected something into his body, and Chi Yan was lying unconscious on the ground, with blood dripping from his forehead.

    But she didn''t know where he was.

    Chu Yang was very anxious, but she knew she couldn''t panic. She continued to release her magic powers and predict further.

    She saw the roadside signs, the license te of the car, and the logo on the dpidated building.

    It was in the western part of the city.

    Chu Yang immediately had Jin Yang request leave for her, and then she left the university.

    She first contacted Chi Yan''s uncle, Chi Xin. Previously, when she had been in trouble, Chi Yan had given her his uncle''s phone number out of concern, saying that if she couldn''t reach him, she should contact his uncle.

    Little did she expect that it would be Chi Yan who got into trouble instead of her.

    "Hello." Chi Xin wondered who was calling him, as he didn''t recognize the number.

    It turned out to be Chu Yang. Chu Yang got straight to the point: "Yan is in trouble, west of Ethnic Avenue, the outskirts of the western part of the city, the dpidated building with the Luweisi logo."

    Chi Xin immediately stood up seriously, "What?"

    Chu Yang: "Time is of the essence."

    Chi Xin: "Okay, I''ll have someone investigate immediately, and I''ll take people there too."

    After hanging up, within ten minutes, Chi Xin had assembled thirty of thepany''s "security guards" who had seen blood. "Follow me!"

    His secretary had already investigated and said, "The outskirts of Wenhua Vige, there''s a dpidated building there."

    "Let''s go there immediately. Send this address to that phone number."

    "Yes."

    Chu Yang soon received the address, and then she had her Driver hurry over, even offering extra money for him to speed up while still obeying thew.

    The Driver was an experienced one. After taking the money, his expression turned serious, and the car sped off, disappearing from sight in an instant.

    About half an hourter, Chu Yang arrived near the destination. After getting out of the car, she told the Driver to leave. "You can go, uncle."

    Looking at the deste surroundings, the Driver hesitated and said, "Miss, this remote ce is dangerous. You''re not up to anything, are you?"

    Chu Yang: "My home is in the vige over there. I''ll take the small path back. You can go back first."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang didn''t bother with him anymore and headed down the small path. The Driver was about to start the car and leave, but then he thought, since the vige was in that direction, why didn''t she just let him drive her there directly? Why take the small path?

    He decided to wait ten minutes and see.

    Chu Yang made her way through the bushes and trees, then arrived at the dpidated building.

    By this time, Chi Yan had woken up, with three people standing in front of him. One of them was gesturing at Chi Yan''s face with a knife, "This pretty boy''s face looks nice. Let me mar it."

    Another person lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said, "What''s the rush? We haven''t gotten the money yet. What if defacing him makes him worthless?"

    "Right, right, take pictures quickly and show them to his uncle."

    "Yeah. Once we get the money, we''ll..." The man made a throat-slitting gesture.

    "Is everything ready? We won''t be discovered, right?"

    "No, we''ve covered our tracks."

    Hearing their words, Chi Yan realized these people wanted money, which meant he still had a chance to save himself.

    They took photos of him and then went outside to wait.

    Soon after, Chi Xin received the photos and demand from the kidnappers, "Wire three million US dors to this ount immediately. We need to receive the money within half an hour, or else..."

    They didn''t finish, but the implication was clear.

    The Secretary quickly operated theputer, "It''s an overseas ount. We can''t trace the person."

    Chi Xin nodded, "Hurry over there." Half an hour was enough time.

    "Yes."

    "Have the police been notified?"

    "The police have been notified."

    "Good."

    From a hidden corner, Chu Yang observed the three people standing guard. She took a photo with her phone and sent it to Chi Xin''s side.

    Chi Xin soon received it and had someone investigate the people in the photo.

    The Secretary said, "It seems to be people from the Zuoyou Group." The Zuoyou Group was a drug trafficking organization.

    Chi Xin narrowed his eyes. "They actually dare to mess with my family. Send this to the police."

    "Yes."

    As for Chu Yang, Chi Xin wasn''t worried at all. In fact, he was grateful. If not for her, they would be clueless and reactive. His nephew''s girlfriend was a good catch.

    Chu Yang kept observing. One person slipped into the bushes, probably to use the bathroom, while another went upstairs to keep watch.

    Chu Yang seized this opportunity to sneak in. On Chi Yan''s side, when the kidnappers weren''t looking, he had already started untying the ropes binding his hands. His uncle had taught him how to undo these kinds of knots.

    In about two minutes, Chi Yan had untied his hands and then his feet.

    The kidnappers seemed to hear some noise and immediately came in to check, only to find that the captive had freed himself. They shouted and charged at Chi Yan.

 Chapter 122: Catch Someone

    <h4>Chapter 122</h4>

    Of course, Chi Yan would not let himself be caught so easily. He grabbed a chair and threw it at the man, then took the opportunity to jump onto the balcony through a windowless window. Another man in ck downstairs seemed to have heard themotion and turned around, puzzled, walking up.

    "Don''t run!"

    Chi Yan rushed towards the stairs, with a man in white chasing after him. As Chi Yan was about to descend to the first floor, the ck-clothed man who had been walking upstairs saw him and immediately tried to grab him. Chi Yan kicked him directly, and as the man almost fell down the stairs, Chi Yan ran past him.

    "Bang!" the sound of a gunshot. "Don''t move. Or I''ll shoot."

    Chi Yan immediately froze, raising his hands. He never expected this group of people to have guns.

    In the distance, on the road, the driver who hadn''t left yet was startled by the sound and wondered what had happened. Was that a gunshot? It couldn''t be the girl from earlier, could it?

    The driver hesitated but thought it was unlikely there would be gunshots.

    On Chi Yan''s side, he turned around to see the ck-clothed man pointing a gun at him. The white-clothed man then came over with a rope and tied Chi Yan''s hands again, even kicking him in the stomach, causing Chi Yan to double over in pain.

    "I told you not to run!" the white-clothed man scolded.

    The ck-clothed man also looked at Chi Yan with a ferocious expression as the white-clothed man beat him.

    Chu Yang, from a corner, happened to witness this scene. How dare they hit her boyfriend? Those ignorant fools!

    Chu Yang bent down, grabbed arge rock, and used her Witchcraft to throw it at the ck-clothed man''s hand. His hand suddenly felt pain, and he loosened his grip, dropping the gun to the ground. Chi Yan seized the opportunity, headbutting the white-clothed man. As the man clutched his head in pain, Chi Yan swiftly kicked the gun away, then jumped up and kicked the ck-clothed man to the ground, howling in pain.

    The white-clothed man lunged at him, but Chu Yang struck his head with another rock, causing it to bleed.

    Chu Yang waved at Chi Yan, "Yan, run!"

    Chi Yan, startled to see Chu Yang, quickly ran towards her, struggling to free his hands from the ropes.

    Chu Yang ran with him, and Chi Yan sounded urgent, "Yang, why did youe? It''s dangerous here. Let''s run quickly; they have guns."

    As they ran, Chu Yang helped him untie the ropes, and the two headed for the bushes. The man who had gone to the restroom also returned upon hearing themotion. The three of them chased after Chu Yang and Chi Yan, with one of them still holding a gun. "Damn it, don''t let them get away. Just shoot them dead."

    "Don''t be rash! We still need the money."

    "The money''s gone now!"

    The three big men were fast, quickly catching up to Chu Yang and Chi Yan. One of them even raised his gun. Chi Yan turned around and immediately tackled Chu Yang to the ground, rolling a few times as a bullet grazed past them, kicking up a small cloud of dust.

    Chi Yan immediately pulled Chu Yang up, and they ran ahead, catching sight of the small path. The driver was still there, listening to music. He had nned to rest for ten minutes and stay a little longer, but then he heard gunshots again.

    The driver rolled down the window and looked towards the bushes but couldn''t see anything. Were there hunters shooting birds? But wasn''t that illegal?

    The driver felt increasingly puzzled.

    However, it wasn''t long before two people suddenly ran out of the bushes. Seeing the driver still there, Chu Yang pulled Chi Yan into the car and shouted, "Mister, drive quickly!"

    The driver was stunned for a moment, notprehending the situation. Then he saw a man holding a gun running out of the bushes. Holy shit!

    The driver mmed on the pedal, and the car sped off.

    They could still hear gunshots from behind, "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The driver, in a panic, floored the elerator.

    Seeing they couldn''t catch up, the ck-clothed man pped the white-clothed man. "How did you misjudge them?"

    The white-clothed man retorted, "Like you didn''t have any responsibility?"

    At that moment, Chi Xin''s car also arrived, and his secretary said, "Boss, they have guns."

    Chi Xin made a gesture, "Drive straight at them! Let Zhou Ye capture them." The secretary immediately ryed the order through his earpiece.

    The driver in the front car floored the elerator, heading straight for the three men. Terrified, they jumped aside, breaking out in a cold sweat. As they got up, they cursed, "What kind of driving is that?"

    The car stopped, and several ck-suited men got out of the vehicles. Sensing danger, the three men exchanged nces and ran into the bushes.

    Zhou Ye gestured for his men to pursue them.

    On Chu Yang''s side, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and checked Chi Yan up and down. "Are you hurt anywhere?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, holding her hand. "I''m fine, don''t worry."

    The driver also wiped away his sweat. "Miss, what happened? Were you guys..."

    Chu Yang said gratefully, "Thank you, mister driver. My boyfriend was kidnapped by those people earlier, and I came to rescue him."

    The driver was shocked. "Kidnapped? Did you... call the police?"

    "I did," Chu Yang nodded, then told Chi Yan, "Yan, your uncle should be here."

    Chi Yan asked, "Does my uncle know they have guns? How many people did he bring?"

    Chu Yang frowned, worried about what would happen if Chi Yan''s uncle got into trouble. She then said to the driver, "Mister driver, could you please take us back?"

    Of course, the driver refused. "Miss, we should call the police. It''s too dangerous."

    On the other side, Chi Yan didn''t insist on going back either. "Yang, let me borrow your phone to make a call."

    Chu Yang, also anxious, had forgotten about calling. "Here."

    Chi Yan called Chi Xin, and after a brief conversation, he hung up and returned the phone to Chu Yang. "It''s fine; the police have arrived, and my uncle brought many men. They''ve already captured those few people." He exined that the men had fled, and their people were in pursuit.

    Chu Yang nodded, but just to be sure, she used her Witchcraft to scan the area. She then sent Chi Xin''s uncle a text message: Those three men are currently hiding in the basement of that dpidated building.

    On Chi Xin''s side, they hadn''t found anyone and were about to retreat when Chu Yang''s message arrived. He then informed the police officers.

    In the end, they did indeed find the three men in the basement of the dpidated building.

    "I didn''t expect there to be a basement here."

    "None of us noticed it."

    "And they even had guns. They must be big fish."

    ...

    After the incident, Chu Yang took Chi Yan to the hospital for a checkup, as she had seen the white-clothed man hit him and was worried about internal injuries.

    The driver received a generous reward, first from Chi Yan, then another from Chi Xin. Not only that, but he also received praise from the police officers. The driver felt he had reached the pinnacle of his life.

    The police also caught their fish and interrogated them, extracting some information.

 Chapter 123: Hospitalisation

    <h4>Chapter 123</h4>

    At the hospital, Chi Yan first underwent a full body examination, which revealed some liver damage. In the end, he was admitted for a while. Chu Yang ced her hand on Chi Yan''s stomach, "Does it hurt?"

    Chi Yan grasped her hand, "No, it doesn''t hurt, don''t worry."

    The doctor nearby said, "This young man can really take it, not feeling any pain at all."

    Chi Yan: ...

    Chi Xin went to the police station and quickly came to the hospital to inquire about the situation. Upon hearing that Chi Yan needed to be hospitalized, his expression turned serious, "Don''t worry, Uncle will help you get justice."

    Chi Yan: "Don''t tell Grandpa. My parents... never mind, no need to tell them either, it''ll only cause them to rush back in a panic."

    Chi Xin nodded: "Don''t worry. You rest well, Uncle will avenge you."

    "Okay."

    At the police station, the criminal was severely tortured, and the reason for Chi Yan''s kidnapping was revealed.

    Chi Xin offered Captain Li a cigarette, "Captain Li, how is it going?"

    Captain Li took it, lit it, and inhaled, "Last time we caught several drug addicts and a drug dealer, right? And we sent some rewards to your side. But unexpectedly, the word got out, and they found out you have a nephew. Those people wanted to take revenge on you by kidnapping your nephew for ransom, and they even wanted to kill him. If it weren''t for your quick action, the consequences would have been unimaginable."

    Captain Li patted Chi Xin, "Come to think of it, it''s our fault. We let them find out."

    Chi Xin: ... Actually, it was his nephew who reported them.

    But those kinds of people deserved to be reported!

    "It''s alright, those people are just too vicious. If you need any help, you can find me."

    "By the way," Chi Xin patted Captain Li''s shoulder, "Li Yong, we were ssmates for four years, you know that my nephew is still lying in the hospital, right?"

    Li Yong understood his meaning, "Don''t worry, we absolutely won''t let scumbags like that off the hook." Li Yong gave him a reassuring look.

    Chi Xin: "Good brother."

    Soon after, screams of anguish echoed from the interrogation room at the police station.

    Wei Feng and the others soon learned about Chi Yan''s hospitalization and hurried over with gifts to visit him. Wei Feng''s voice reached them before he entered, "Yan-ge, what happened to you?"

    Chi Yan: "Keep your voice down, this is a hospital."

    Wei Feng immediately looked around, and seeing no doctors nearby, he lowered his voice, "Yan-ge, what happened to you?"

    Chu Yang took the fruit from their hands and went to wash it clean.

    Chi Yan: "It''s nothing. The car just had an ident on the way back. As you can see, I''m in one piece and I still recognize you, silly dog." Of course, he wouldn''t mention the kidnapping, as that would be too terrifying.

    Wei Feng: "...Okay, I believe you''re fine, Yan-ge. You have no idea how your phone was unreachable, and the boss even called me. I was really panicking."

    Chi Yan: "Alright, I''ll be better in a few days. Did you request leave for me?"

    "Yes, I did."

    "Then it''s fine."

    Chu Yang soon returned after washing the fruit, handing one to each of them. She sat by Chi Yan''s bedside, took out a knife, peeled the fruit, and cut it into small pieces to feed Chi Yan.

    After half an hour of chatting about recent school events with Chi Yan, Wei Feng and the others left. Not long after, Chi Xin came and exined the reason behind Chi Yan''s kidnapping.

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang were both surprised that it was for such a reason. Chu Yang suddenly regretted letting Chi Yan report the crime initially, as he might not have gotten into trouble otherwise.

    Seeing her expression, Chi Yan knew what she was thinking, "Yang Yang, those people deserve to die, it has nothing to do with us. You were right to let me report them back then."

    Chi Xin also sat down beside them, rubbing his eyes, "I''ve already dealt with those people, but I''m afraid they might strike again. They actually thought I reported them, but since I don''t have a wife or kids, they went after you, my nephew. For the time being, I''ll have a few people follow you around."

    Chi Yan didn''t object, "Okay."

    Chi Xin: "Your Uncle Li willunch a major operation soon to catch the entire gang. Once that''s done, I''ll withdraw the bodyguards."

    "Okay."

    Chi Xin stayed for an hour before leaving, leaving four bodyguards behind.

    After he left, seeing that Chi Yan was tired, Chu Yang urged him to rest, "You should sleep for a while. If anyone elsees, I''ll take care of it."

    Chi Yan grasped her hand, "Okay. Stay with me."

    "Of course." Chu Yang tucked the nket around him and sat by his bedside, scrolling on her phone.

    At 9 PM, Chu Yang had to return to school, "I have sses tomorrow, so I''lle back after they''re over. I''ve already taken two days off, but I still need to go to ss tomorrow."

    Although reluctant, Chi Yan still let her go.

    Before leaving, Chu Yang reminded him again, "Call the bodyguards or me if you need anything, and I''lle right away. Rest well and recover."

    "Okay." Chi Yan obediently nodded and rubbed her palm with his, "Remember toe tomorrow."

    "I will."

    After Chu Yang left, Chi Yan reverted to his strong, independent, and unemotional self.

    The next day, Chi Yan woke up eagerly awaiting Chu Yang''s arrival, staring at the door longingly. When Chu Yang came, she noticed that the medicine on the bedside table was untouched, "Why haven''t you taken your medicine yet?" She quickly walked over, noticing there was no water in the cup either, "Let me pour you some water."

    Chi Yanined pitifully: "It''s bitter."

    The bodyguard at the door: ... He didn''tin at all when taking the medicine this morning, and it was done in two seconds.

    Chu Yang: ...

    Well, she had to indulge her boyfriend. She poured him some water and took out a candy from her pocket, "Have you had lunch?"

    Chi Yan nodded.

    Chu Yang handed him the medicine, "Then take your medicine. If it''s bitter, have the candy after."

    Chi Yan obediently took the medicine, but didn''t eat the candy afterwards, "I want a kiss."

    Chu Yang: ...

    In the end, she still bent down to kiss him... for a long time, their faces flushed red before they separated.

    Chu Yang then inquired about his condition, "I can only stay for an hour, I have another ss in the afternoon. I''lle back after school to see you. Be good, take your medicine and eat your meals, understand?"

    "Okay." Chi Yan grasped her hand, "Yang Yang, you must be tired, why don''t you lie down and rest for a bit?"

    Chu Yang did feel a little tired, so she didn''t refuse. She took off her shoes andy down beside Chi Yan, "I''ll rest for half an hour, remember to wake me up."

    "Okay."

    Soon after, Chu Yang fell asleep. Chi Yan watched her the whole time, even leaning down to kiss her cheek.

    At the police station

    "Any news?"

    "Our people reported that they have a major dealing up, but the location is unknown."

    "Why is the location unknown?"

    "Probably only their leader knows. They''ll just show up directly when the timees. For these kinds of things, they''re afraid of moles, so usually not many people are informed."

    "Then we''ll wait for the information. Get the manpower ready in advance."

    "Yes."

    Chi Xin called Li Yong, "How''s it goingtely?"

    Li Yong: "Not bad. I won''t say any more about the rest. We''ve already caught several waves of people, thanks to the leads you provided."

    Chi Xinughed coldly: "Those who dared to mess with my family must bear the consequences." Family was his Achilles'' heel. He felt that he might never get married, as the old Taoist master had said he was destined to be a lonely star. He treated his nephew Chi Yan like a son.

 Chapter 124: A Favor

    <h4>Chapter 124</h4>

    "By the way," Li Yong said suddenly with some hesitation, but in the end he chose to trust Chi Xin. Chi Xin had been the fierce king of their squad back then. If it weren''t for his family, he would have risen through the ranks in the military. Who knew he would retire and start a business?

    "I have something to ask you about any leads."

    Chi Xin: "What is it?"

    Li Yong: "Didn''t I mention before? They have a big deal going on, but I don''t know the location. Wondering if you have any leads on your end."

    Of course Chi Xin didn''t have any leads at his securitypany. "What do you think this ce is? It''s just a securitypany."

    Li Yong: "But I know you have several high-level former intelligence personnel working at yourpany."

    Chi Xin: "Come on, we''re allw-abiding citizens." Chi Xin suddenly thought of Chu Yang. "But I can find someone for you. Let me ask, I think she might know."

    Li Yong immediately became interested. "Who?"

    Chi Xin: "Let me ask her first. I''ll get back to you."

    "Okay, hurry up."

    "Don''t worry."

    The person Chi Xin was thinking of was Chu Yang, but he should consult Chi Yan about this matter first.

    In the afternoon, when Chu Yang left the hospital and returned to school for sses, Chi Xin came over.

    "How is it going?"

    Chi Yan was sitting and watching TV. "It''s fine, the doctor said he''s recovering well."

    "That''s good. I want to discuss something with you." Chi Xin pulled up a chair and sat next to Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan''s eyes were still fixed on the TV. "What is it?"

    Chi Xin started peeling some fruit nearby. "That gang fromst time, they have a big thinging up, but your Uncle Li and the others don''t know the location. I was wondering if your little girlfriend could... help take a look. It''s paid work."

    Chi Yan looked at his uncle. "I need to ask Yang Yang about this, see what she thinks. It won''t be dangerous, right?"

    Chi Xin shook his head. "Of course not. Just taking a look. Don''t worry, no one will know."

    "Wait until Yang Yanges over tonight, I''ll ask her."

    "Okay, let me know if she''s willing to do it."

    Chi Yan: "If it''s paid work, is there a lot of money involved?" Chi Yan made a hand gesture indicating money.

    Chi Xin swatted his hand away. "Don''t worry, it won''t be a small amount."

    Chi Yan felt relieved. "Okay then."

    "You rest well, give your uncle a call if you need anything."

    "Mm."

    That evening when Chu Yang came over, Chi Yan told her about this matter. Chu Yang readily agreed. "Do you have photos of those people?"

    Of course she wanted revenge on those who bullied her boyfriend! Such people absolutely couldn''t be let off the hook!

    Chi Yan sent Chu Yang''s question to his uncle, and soon Chi Xin sent over the photos.

    It didn''t take long before Chu Yang revealed the location, and not only that, she leaked several pieces of information, including the time, number of people, and equipment those people had on them, in addition to the location.

    As soon as Chi Xin received the information, he immediately passed it on to Li Yong''s side.

    Li Yong was curious: "How did you get the intel?"

    Chi Xin: "You know... I''m acquainted with some highly skilled individuals." He coughed.

    Li Yong thought of Chi Xin''s acquaintance with the Taoist master Wen Jue Guan Dao. "No problem, right?"

    Chi Xin assured him: "Absolutely no problem."

    Li Yong believed him. "Okay."

    Chi Xin: "Remember to give a reward."

    Li Yong patted his chest. "Don''t worry, if we catch those people, it''ll be a great achievement. Definitely a generous reward."

    After a week, Chi Yan was discharged from the hospital, and all his checkups showed no issues. Chu Yang came to pick him up, and that evening they had a celebratory dinner with Wei Feng, Jin Yang, and others.

    The group was eating barbecue and seafood at a hotel, but most of it was consumed by Wei Feng and the others, as Chu Yang didn''t let Chi Yan eat too much since he had just been discharged from the hospital, and only ordered some light dishes for him.

    While they were eating, at a dpidated factory in this city, a group of people were conducting a deal.

    However, just as they were about to exchange items, a group of police officers came in and arrested everyone on the spot!

    The leader was squatting on the ground, holding his head, unable toprehend how their deal location had been leaked. This ce was so remote, and the deal location was only known to him. The others only found out when they drove there. Even if there was a leak, it shouldn''t have been possible for the police to arrive so quickly. It was clear that they had known about it in advance.

    Could there have been a mole on their side?

    But it was toote for any investigation now.

    That night, Chi Xin received a call from Li Yong: "Hahaha, we caught them! We''ll have a good drink when this is all over."

    Chi Xin: "You go take care of business first, but don''t forget the reward. You know, these highly skilled individuals charge a high price..."

    Li Yong: "...Don''t worry! Pass along my gratitude to the highly skilled individual."

    Although they arrested one group, Chi Yan was still being followed by people, because the organization hadn''t beenpletely destroyed. Chi Xin was worried they might try to kidnap Chi Yan again.

    The police raid this time took down a major hideout in Jing City, and implicated some people as well. Li Yong was so busy that it took over a month before Chi Xin received the reward.

    Chi Xin received a reward of 200,000 yuan, and he added another 100,000 yuan from his own pocket and transferred it to Chi Yan, saying, "This is the reward for your little girlfriend."

    Chi Yan sent his uncle a sped hands emoji, expressing gratitude, and quickly transferred the money to Chu Yang.

    Upon receiving the money, Chu Yang transferred a portion back to her family, donated a portion, and kept a portion for herself.

    Previously, she had said that she would discuss going abroad with Chi Yan after he returned from thepetition, but she didn''t bring it up after Chi Yan''s incident, worried that something else might happen. However, now that she knew the gang in Jing City had been apprehended, she felt that Chi Yan should be safe, so she could consider leaving safely.

    Therefore, during dinner that day, Chu Yang told Chi Yan: "Yan, I want to go abroad for a trip."

    Chi Yan: "What for?"

    Chu Yang exined: "It''s about the crystal ball. I need to go to the West to find a real crystal ball." Without the crystal ball, her Weibo hadn''t recovered, and many fans were still asking when she would return, with some even wondering if something had happened to her.

    Chi Yan immediately decided: "Then I''ll go with you."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "No need, I''ll just take a week off. You should stay in Jing City. That organization still exists, right? You stay at school, I can handle it myself."

    Chi Yan didn''t want that. "I want to go with you. Those people have been caught, I don''t think there''s any danger."

    Chu Yang thought for a moment. "We''ll discuss itter, let me prepare first."

    Taking leave was easy, she just needed to inform her teachers and they generally wouldn''t stop her.

    However, Chi Yan kept insisting on going with her, feeling that something might happen if he didn''t apany her.

    "Baby, I want to go with you," Chi Yan said, hugging Chu Yang with his head on her shoulder.

    Baby?

    Chu Yang flinched upon hearing that term of endearment. "Baby?"

    Chi Yan: "Yeah, baby."

    Chu Yang got goosebumps. "You should just call me Yang Yang, I''m not used to that." She felt it was too mushy. Well, she just didn''t understand romance.

 Chapter 125: Going Abroad

    <h4>Chapter 125</h4>

    "They all call me that. I think that nickname is wonderful - you are my sweetheart, my baby." Chi Yan kept calling her "baby", "Just agree to it, alright? I want to go with you. I haven''t had much going ontely, so I can take care of you."

    Chu Yang: "Alright, alright, just stop calling me ''baby''. Anything but ''baby'' is fine."

    Chi Yan smiled brilliantly, "Okay, baby."

    Chu Yang: ...

    Since they were going abroad, they had to get passports first, and then prepare a travel guide. Chi Yan patted his chest, "I am the travel guide, just follow me."Chi Yan had been abroad countless times since childhood, so he was quite experienced with traveling internationally.

    Although Chi Yan was with her, Chu Yang still wanted to do some research since they were going to a small vige this time.

    After the entrance exams, Chu Yang asked her teachers for leave, citing personal matters. The teachers readily approved her request, as she was an outstanding student at the academy and the teachers always treated her favorably.

    Chu Yang packed a bag, and Chi Yan did the same. On a sunny weekend, Chu Yang and Chi Yan set off. When they arrived at the airport, Chi Yan suddenly brought up a movie where someone missed their flight before the entire ne encountered a disaster, and the person was the sole survivor, but strange things kept happening around them afterward.

    Although it wasn''t auspicious to discuss such things before boarding a flight, Chi Yan still told Chu Yang about the movie, thinking they could watch it after returning home since he had already set up a projector.

    Unexpectedly, after hearing the story, Chu Yang immediately made a prediction: "It''s actually quite safe, but there is some not-so-good news - our flight will be dyed. Let''s go grab a drink first."

    Soon after, an announcement rang out at the airport about their flight being dyed, just as Chu Yang had predicted.

    By then, the two were already having drinks at the airport cafe.

    Due to scheduling issues, the flight was dyed by two hours, which was still tolerable as flight dys weremon urrences.

    If the flight had departed on time, they would have arrived at their destination in the afternoon local time. But because of the dy, they arrived during the evening dinner time there, which was fine.

    They had already booked a hotel room where someone would pick them up upon arrival. Everything went smoothly.

    They had booked only one room, a standard room with two beds.

    Since this wasn''t a leisure trip, by the time they reached the hotel, it was already evening. The two had dinner at the hotel and went straight to rest. However, Chi Yan, being the clingy one, initially slept on his own bed but somehow ended up sleeping next to her, even hugging her.

    Chu Yang was exhausted from the long flight, so she didn''t care and fell asleep. Around 2:30 or 3:00 AM, there was a sudden "knock knock knock" on the door, and Chu Yang immediately woke up.

    "Who is it?"

    Chi Yan also woke up and quickly covered Chu Yang''s mouth, shaking his head.

    The door was knocked on a few more times, but neither Chi Yan nor Chu Yang made a sound. Soon, the person outside seemed to leave.

    Chi Yan exined, "When abroad, never open the door to anyone at night, no matter who it is. If it''s a nightdy, that''s fine, but you never know if it''s someone bad."

    Chu Yang gave him a look, "Nightdy?"

    Chi Yan quickly raised his hands in innocence, "Not me, it happened to a friend of mine. I would never open the door at night, and I''m definitely still a virgin. My first time and every time after will be yours..." Mmph.

    Chu Yang red at him and covered his mouth, "Shut up." What was this about the first time and every time? So shameless.

    Chi Yan smiled, holding her hand, "Hehehe, let''s sleep. Tomorrow, I''llin to the hotel about disturbing our sleep."

    Chu Yang turned over and closed her eyes to sleep.

    Chi Yan immediately cuddled up to her back, and before long, they were both asleep.

    The next morning, they woke up early, had breakfast at the hotel, and then checked out. Before leaving, Chi Yan even lodged aint on the hotel''s website.

    Today, they were going to a small vige and needed to take a train first. Western trains were slower, but the weather was nice. Sitting on the train surrounded by foreigners, some noticed the beautiful foreign couple and greeted them.

    "Where are you from?"

    "Hua Country."

    "Oh, you two are so beautiful."

    "Thank you."

    "You two look so well-matched."

    "Thank you."

    Chi Yan maintained a smile, beaming even more when people said they were well-matched. Some even asked to take photos with them, and Chi Yan happily obliged.

    Chu Yang: ...Whatever, as long as he''s happy.

    The train ridested an hour, and the scenery outside was quite nice. Chu Yang even took a few photos with her phone.

    After getting off the train, they took another vehicle and finally arrived at the fabled vige.

    Since outsiders, especially those with Eastern appearances, rarely visited the vige, an old man tending to his yard saw them and gaped in surprise, waving at them, "Hello?"

    Chi Yan pondered for a moment, then walked over and greeted him, "Hello."

    Old man: "Where are you from, and what brings you here?"

    Chi Yan: "We''re here as tourists. We heard there''s a statue here that we want to see."

    "Oh, you mean the Witch statue? Most people whoe here visit that statue."

    "Yes, could you please tell us where it is?"

    The old man pointed in a direction.

    "Thank you."

    "You''re wee."

    After bidding farewell to the old man, Chi Yan led Chu Yang towards the direction he had indicated. There weren''t many people on the vige roads, making it quite serene. To reach the Witch''s temple, they had to pass through a forest where the trees were exceptionally tall and straight, with sunlight barely filtering through, casting a dim ambiance.

    They could hear bird calls in the distance. If they were a couple of timid people, they might have turned back, but Chu Yang felt it was fine, and Chi Yan wasn''t afraid at all.

    As they walked through the woods, getting closer, the bird calls became louder, and they asionally saw birds flying around.

    When they reached the statue, it was covered in a dense cluster of crows, their "caw caw caw" calls echoing eerily in the ominous setting. These crows seemedrger and cker than the one at their school, cocking their heads to stare at her.

    Chu Yang wasn''t afraid; in fact, she felt a sense of familiarity.

    Moreover, she felt as if the statue was watching her.

    Chi Yan held her hand tightly, ready to run if any of the crows attacked them.

    Chu Yang patted his hand, "Don''t be afraid, they mean no harm."

    Then, letting go of Chi Yan''s hand, she closed her eyes, sped her hands together, and bowed three times.

    Unexpectedly, right after she finished bowing, one of the crows flew towards her and cawed. Chu Yang extended her hand, and the birdnded on it as she stroked its head, "Hello there."

    Suddenly, a voice rang out, "Who are you?"

 Chapter 126: Witch Clan

    <h4>Chapter 126</h4>

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang both looked over, seeing an old man who appeared very, very old. His face was full of wrinkles, holding a basket of flowers and wearing a cloak. In his hand was a long, beautiful staff that seemed more like a scepter, with its head adorned with precious gems, suggesting it was quite ancient.

    The old man stared directly at them, his pale blue eyes looking rather eerie.

    Chu Yang quickly said in English, "Hello, we''re tourists from the East."

    Chi Yan stood beside Chu Yang, feeling there was something off about this old man and his piercing, unsettling gaze.

    Hearing they were tourists, the old man nodded, "Hello to you."

    Chu Yang wondered what the old man was doing here, then tugged Chi Yan to leave, "We''ve seen everything, let''s go."

    After they left, the old man took fresh flowers from the basket and ced them in front of a witch statue, closing his eyes as the gems on his scepter began to glow. He muttered something inaudible.

    Soon, the old man opened his eyes, and a raven immediately perched on his shoulder, cawing as if speaking to him.

    "What? You''ve sensed magical power from her?" the old man said, responding to the raven.

    He immediately turned and hurried after Chu Yang and Chi Yan. Despite his elderly appearance, he moved surprisingly swiftly.

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang were walking when Chi Yan whispered, "That old man seemed really dangerous." His piercing eyes had unnerved even a grown man like him.

    "Don''t worry, he''s just an old man," Chu Yang said nonchntly.

    "Yeah... Should we look for an inn in this vige to stay tonight?"

    Chu Yang agreed.

    As they walked, they suddenly heard amotion behind them. Turning around, they saw the old man rushing towards them at full speed, eyes wide in disbelief at how nimble the elderly woman was.

    Still, Chi Yan stood protectively in front of Chu Yang.

    The old man stopped before them, showing no signs of being winded, and stared at Chu Yang behind Chi Yan. "You, move aside," he said, pointing at Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan nced at Chu Yang, who nodded, so he stepped aside, holding Chu Yang''s hand. The old man scrutinized Chu Yang, then smiled and extended his hand. "Child, give me your hand."

    Chu Yang hesitated a moment before stepping forward and cing her hand in his. His hand looked rough and wrinkled but felt warm to the touch, and she sensed a power from him.

    The old man closed his eyes while holding her hand, and she saw the gem on his staff glow briefly. He soon opened his eyes again, looking kindly at Chu Yang. "Child,e with me."

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan exchanged nces, but she eventually nodded at him to follow, feeling this old man was a witch like herself, perhaps even more powerful.

    They followed the old man to a secluded house near the forest, behind the vige. It was an old-fashioned building with a firece and a spiral staircase. He invited them in and served them milk tea.

    "Thank you."

    Afterward, the old man asked them to wait as he went upstairs, the wooden steps creaking under his feet.

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan looked around the room, which seemed ordinary aside from a bookshelf full of books, some in English and others in anguage Chi Yan couldn''t read but Chu Yang recognized as the Witch n''s writing. So this old man really was a witch?

    Chu Yang stood up and walked over to the bookshelf, seeing titles like ''Alchemy'', ''The Witch n'', and ''Witchcraft'', clearly indicating the owner''s identity.

    She hesitated but picked up ''The Witch n'' and flipped through it, surprised to find this book here. The first page had an image depicting a witch simr to the statue, and the next page began recounting the history of witches.

    Chu Yang had only read two lines when she heard footsteps - the old man wasing back down. He carried arge, heavy-looking box, which Chu Yang hurried to help him with. Though it looked weighty, it wasn''t too heavy when she picked it up.

    The old man didn''t object, letting her carry the box to the living room table where they sat down.

    "If you wanted to read that book, you could have taken it," the old man said, referring to the book she had touched earlier.

    "No, no, I''m sorry for touching your book without permission," Chu Yang said apologetically, waving her hands.

    The old man didn''t mind. "So you can read those words?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Yes." She didn''t deny it, sensing this old woman likely knew her true identity too.

    The old man slowly opened the box, revealing a crystal ball inside. In a raspy voice, he said, "It''s been a long time since anyone sought me out. Everyone thought the Witch n had gone extinct in this world."

    Chu Yang detected a note of despair in his tone.

    But then the old man lifted his head, looking at Chu Yang with relief. "I never expected our Witch n would still exist on another continent." He picked up the crystal ball and handed it to Chu Yang. "I see your crystal ball is gone, so take this one I''ve treasured. It''s a gift for you."

    "No, no, I couldn''t," Chu Yang hurriedly declined. "This is yours."

    But the old man insisted firmly. "Take it. If you don''t, this crystal ball may be useless. Here, apart from me, there are no other witches left. I thought after I died, the Witch n would be extinct forever. I never expected you toe." He paused, then added warmly, "So take it."

    Chu Yang hesitated but epted the crystal ball. Upon taking it, it emitted a blinding sh of light that quickly faded back to normal.

    The old man smiled. "It likes you."

    Chu Yang stroked the crystal ball, feeling its friendly aura.

    "Thank you."

    The old man stood again and took two more books from the shelf, handing them to Chu Yang - ''The Witch n'' and ''Witch Spells''.

    Chu Yang epted them. "But you..."

    He waved his hand dismissively. "I''ve read them many times, I know them by heart. I think you need them."

    While ''The Witch n'' was fine, Chu Yang did need ''Witch Spells'', sensing that Zhu Ying was still alive and that she needed to be stronger. She had a premonition Zhu Ying would return.

    "Thank you. Is there anything I can do for you?" Chu Yang asked.

    The old man considered for a moment, then uttered two words: "Carry on."

 Chapter 127: Witch Clan 02

    <h4>Chapter 127</h4>

    Inheritance was important, and what she feared most was that the Witch n would cease to exist.

    Chu Yang nodded solemnly, "Okay."

    The old woman suddenly looked at Chi Yan, "Is he your boyfriend or who?"

    Chu Yang: "My boyfriend. His English name is Yan, and my English name is Yang."

    The old woman nodded, "You can call me Sophia, your names are quite simr." Then she said to Chi Yan: "Give me your hand."

    Chu Yang heard that Chi Yan and her names did sound simr, both being CY.

    And Chi Yan hesitated, looking at Chu Yang, and when Chu Yang nodded, he immediately held out his hand. Sophia held his hand, and after a while, she let go and whispered to Chu Yang: "Why haven''t you made your move yet?"

    Chu Yang: ?

    Sophia: "This man suits you well, you can make your move early, it will also benefit you."

    Chu Yang understood and blushed a little, waving her hand, "We''re still young."

    Sophia looked at their youthful faces, "How old are you?"

    Chu Yang: "Neen."

    Chi Yan was the same age, and he didn''t quite hear what they were saying.

    Sophia nodded, looking at Chu Yang: "Not too young, you can do it."

    Chu Yang: ??? No, she thought they were still young.

    Sophia: "It''s better to make your move early."

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang and then at Sophia, whispering to Chu Yang: "What does ''make your move early'' mean?"

    Chu Yang ignored him, but Sophia looked at him, "You have an aura of nobility, but sometimes you may encounter life-threatening situations, but fortunately, you have him." Thest part was said to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang thought that after meeting Chi Yan, he had indeed encountered some incidents, such as the bus incident at the beginning, then the hotel fire, and the recent kidnapping incident... He had been a little unlucky.

    Chi Yan heard clearly, holding Chu Yang''s hand and nodding with a smile, "Yes, thanks to Yang." So he had nothing to repay her, and he gave himself to her.

    After that, Sophia talked to Chu Yang about some things rted to the Witch n. This vige had indeed been the residence of the Witch n a long, long time ago, but with the passage of time, wars, diseases, and natural disasters, the Witch n gradually declined until only she remained.

    She had originally thought that after she passed away, the Witch n would no longer exist in this world, but little did she expect that hope had arrived. She suddenly remembered when she went to the witch statue before, when she asked about the future of the Witch n, the statue''s gaze had turned towards the East at that time.

    She didn''t understand it then, but now she finally understood.

    Sophia was knowledgeable and could answer many of Chu Yang''s questions about witchcraft, which was very beneficial for Chu Yang.

    That night, Sophia invited them to stay and even deliberately arranged for them to stay in the same room. Chu Yang thought about Sophia telling her to make her move early, looked at her blushing face in the mirror.

    Chi Yan didn''t know and asked her what was wrong.

    Of course, Chu Yang wouldn''t say, "Nothing, just a little hot."

    Chi Yan felt the cool breezeing through the window and couldn''t figure it out. Hot?

    At night, after taking a shower, Chu Yang stood on the balcony, looking into the distance. Most ces in the distance were pitch ck, with only one or two streetlights emitting a yellowish glow, and moths would asionally flutter around the lights.

    Every now and then, she could hear bird callsing from the darkness, with the crows'' voices being the most distinct.

    When Chi Yan came out of the bathroom, he saw Chu Yang standing on the balcony, the breeze blowing her waist-length hair. Chi Yan''s heart softened, and he walked behind her, hugging her waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, and kissing her chin. Then the two of them stood there quietly, feeling the cool breeze.

    Suddenly, a creature flew in from the distance, cawing twice.

    It was a crow, and Chu Yang could clearly recognize it as the lead crow from the witch statue earlier that day. The crow flew to the railing of Chu Yang''s balcony, turning its small eyes to look at her.

    Chi Yan was already used to the crows weing his Yang, and he wasn''t afraid.

    Chu Yang reached out and stroked its head, then told Chi Yan: "We brought some bread, didn''t we? Bring it over."

    Chi Yan hurried back into the room and brought out a small piece of bread, and then Chu Yang tore off a small piece and ced it in her palm to feed the crow.

    After the crow had eaten its fill, it even took the remaining bread in its beak and flew away, as if to take it back and share it with someone.

    Chu Yang watched it leave, and after it was out of sight, she checked the time and felt it was gettingte, so she pulled Chi Yan back into the room to sleep.

    Of course, there would be no "making a move," and even if they were to "make a move," it wouldn''t be here. But before going to sleep, the clingy Chi Yan wouldn''t let the opportunity for kisses pass, and it wasn''t until after a good tussle that they finally settled down to sleep.

    After they fell asleep, the whole house was plunged into darkness, and in the middle of the night, many crows flew over andnded in various corners outside the house, arge flock of crows, asionally cawing, but the sleeping people didn''t hear a sound.

    As the first rays of dawn appeared in the distance, the flocks of crows flew towards the pitch-ck forest, and the house was just an ordinary house.

    Sunlight streamed through the window into the bedroom, and Chu Yang used her hand to shield the light as she opened her eyes. Next to her, Chi Yan was still sleeping soundly, one foot resting on her feet and one hand clutching hers.

    Chu Yang sat up, withdrew her hand, and seeing the time, felt it was time to get up.

    She went to freshen up and change clothes before leaving the bedroom and going downstairs. In the kitchen, Sophia was already preparing breakfast.

    Chu Yang hurried to help, "Sorry, I woke upte, we should have prepared breakfast."

    Sophia didn''t mind, "Children should sleep more. You go sit down, I''m almost done."

    Breakfast was just simple milk and bread, not veryborious. When Chi Yan woke up and didn''t see Chu Yang, he hurriedly got up and came downstairs to see the twodies already eating breakfast, smiling and chatting about something.

    Chi Yan walked over and sat down, a little embarrassed: "Sorry, I''mte."

    It wasn''t thatte, only 8 o''clock.

    Sophia looked him over, then said to Chu Yang: "If you were drainedst night, you''d have to wake upter."

    Chu Yang''s face turned bright red, "No... no move was made."

    Chi Yan: ?

    Sophia thought it was a pity, "The young man looks decent, it must have been hard for you to hold back."

    Chu Yang could only smile and not say anything, the old woman was too open.

    Chi Yan understood, nced at Chu Yang, his ears turning red, not daring to speak, and lowered his head to eat breakfast. Of course, he wanted to be drained, but he also felt that his Yang was still young, so he didn''t dare.

    Sophia took a sip of milk and wiped her mouth, "Well, you Easterners are rtively conservative."

    After finishing breakfast and cleaning up, Sophia took them to the statue from the day before again. As always, she brought a bundle of flowers, which she had grown in her yard.

    Coming here again felt different, standing in front of the statue, following Sophia in paying respects to the statue. The crows on the statue also seemed more adorable in Chi Yan''s eyes, since to Chu Yang, the crows weren''t scary at all.

 Chapter 128: Return to China

    <h4>Chapter 128</h4>

    After paying homage to the Witch, Sophia led them deep into the forest, where they came across a castle, covered in ivy and abandoned for a long time, with its iron gates rusted.

    Sophia pushed open the iron gates with a creaking sound, then led Chu Yang and Chi Yan into the castle. Though dpidated, its former grandeur was still discernible.

    They passed through a small door into the interior, which felt ancient and musty, yet remarkably preserved.

    A spiraling wooden staircase ascended before them, vanishing upwards into an eerie abyss.

    "Follow me," Sophia gestured to Chu Yang and Chi Yan, and the three climbed up, the creaking wooden stairs echoing with an ominous sound reminiscent of a horror film.

    After ascending several floors, they entered a room where Sophia rotated amp, revealing a hidden chamber filled with an enormous collection of books, some exceedingly ancient, with texts that even Chu Yang could not decipher, let alone Chi Yan.

    Sophia scanned the shelves and retrieved a few volumes, handing them to Chu Yang. Two were indecipherable to her, but the rest contained texts of Witchcraft.

    Titles like ''The Dark Witch'', ''Dark Poisons'', ''ck Magic'', and other sinister tomes contrasted with the lighter subjects in Sophia''s own library.

    "Once you''ve mastered these, no one in this world should be able to harm you," Sophia dered.

    Chu Yang looked puzzled, and Sophia added, "I''ve foreseen a man who wishes to harm you. Don''t disgrace the Witch n; such scum should be easily defeated."

    Chu Yang: ...

    Sophia probably thought her abilities werecking.

    Sophia then retrieved a box containing a ck Witch Robe, its wide sleeves and hood preserved remarkably well, imbued with spells.

    "This is a Witch Robe, now yours. You are the heir of the Witch n; never bring us shame," Sophia said gravely.

    Chu Yang nodded solemnly, "Yes."

    After gathering their materials, they departed.

    Surprisingly, the castle housed such relics deep in the forest. Others had stumbled upon it before, but none could enter.

    They returned to Sophia''s house at noon, and Chi Yan quickly prepared lunch, while Chu Yang consulted Sophia about the two indecipherable books.

    "One is a dictionary, the other chronicles Forbidden Witchcraft, which I hope you never need to use," Sophia exined.

    Understanding its gravity, Chu Yang assured, "Of course, I''ll never use it."

    Chu Yang subsequently discussed many topics with Sophia until Chi Yan served their meal: steak, fruit sd, and bread.

    After eating, Chu Yang and Chi Yan retreated to their room to rest.

    They spent four days at Sophia''s, venturing out asionally but mostly with Chu Yang learning Witchcraft from Sophia while Chi Yan, unable to understand, either listened or wandered outside, helping Sophia with her gardening.

    In the evenings, a raven often visited, and Chu Yang would feed it bread.

    On the fifth morning, Chu Yang and Chi Yan bid farewell to Sophia. Chu Yang embraced her, then departed with Chi Yan, carrying the crystal ball, books, and Witch Robe gifted by Sophia.

    Chu Yang had a vague feeling they might never meet again.

    Leaving the vige, they returned to the city center, where Chi Yan took Chu Yang sightseeing before catching their evening flight home.

    At 8 PM local time, they finally departed for their homnd, arriving the next afternoon at Chi Yan''s residence. Chu Yang stored her books and belongings there, and after freshening up, they dined, having missed local cuisine after days of Western fare.

    After dinner, Chu Yang practiced with the crystal ball, foreseeing a massive rainstorm the next day due to an impending typhoon.

    Chu Yang then opened her Weibo ount and announced: "Resuming business operations from now on."

    Likes flooded in, with fans celebrating her return. Clients also inquired about her divination services, and Chu Yang soon found herself inundated with work, the crystal ball flickering incessantly as Chi Yan idly watched, bored.

    To pass the time, Chi Yan sketched Chu Yang "at work" andter framed and hung the portrait in their room.

    After "working," Chu Yang opened the book ''The Witch n'' gifted by Sophia, immersing herself in the history and development of Witches, from their origins to their golden age. Some texts were indecipherable even to Chu Yang, let alone Chi Yan.

    As Chu Yang read, engrossed, Chi Yan yfully poked her hand and side until she finally looked up.

    "What is it?" Chu Yang asked.

    Chi Yan pointed to the clock. "Chu Yang, it''s past ten. Time to rest."

    Realizing howte it was, Chu Yang rubbed her eyes, having read for too long. "I''ll go freshen up."

    "Okay."

    Half an hourter, Chu Yang emerged from the bathroom and sat on the couch, blow-drying her increasingly long hair. Chi Yan quickly showered and came out to find Chu Yang still drying her hair. He took the hairdryer and stood behind her, intermittently blowing until her hair was nearly dry.

    It was now past eleven, and though they had just woken up hours ago, Chu Yang decided to readjust to the time zone and retire to the bedroom. But unable to sleep, she reached for her book again. Chi Yan grasped her hand, interlocking their fingers.

    "No more reading. You haven''t paid any attention to me all day," he said, making no move to return to his own room.

    Chu Yang: "...Alright. Come here, let me look at you."

    Chi Yan smiled and leaned in. Chu Yang drew him close, idly absorbing his Yang energy to replenish herself.

 Chapter 129: Zhu Ruxin Is Missing

    <h4>Chapter 129</h4>

    The next morning, Chu Yang received a call from her former employer. This semester, her originally kind-hearted former employer still wanted her to help with tutoring, but Chu Yang felt that she had too many courses and she didn''t need the money that badly anymore, so she declined the tutoring job. Her former employer understood and found a new tutor, but felt that the new tutor wasn''t suitable, so she wanted to ask Chu Yang if she could rmend someone.

    "I''ll go ask my ssmates. If one of them is avable, I''ll rmend her to you, but of course you''d still need to meet her before deciding," Chu Yang said. Her former employer was kind-hearted and generous, and still willing to help. Her student was also obedient.

    "Okay, thank you for the trouble. Come over for a meal when you''re free, my daughter misses you."

    "Sure, I''ll definitelye over when I have time."

    After hanging up, Chu Yang continued studying. Until around 6pm, she returned to the school with Chi Yan. After eating at the school, they parted ways - Chu Yang went back to her dorm, and Chi Yan returned to his university.

    On her way back, Chu Yang bought gifts - perfume for each of her three roommates Jin Yang and the others.

    "Wow, thank you Chu Yang."

    "Thanks, love you."

    "Thank you, I really like it."

    The three girls were all delighted.

    When Chi Yan returned to his dorm, Yuan Zhi immediately came over to share some recent news with him. "Remember when the Zhu Family was investigated?"

    "Yeah. What happened?"

    Chi Yan hadn''t seen Zhu Ruxin since thest incident.

    "Recently, many of the Zhu Family''s assets have been seized, and the head of the Zhu Family has been hospitalized. Their stocks have also plummeted, and people are dumping their shares. The Zhu Family is finished. There''s also news that Zhu Ruxin has gone missing," Yuan Zhi said.

    "What? How did she go missing?" Chi Yan wondered if she had run off with Zhu Ying.

    "Not sure, but I heard that after being injured and hospitalized, she started acting deranged. Then one day, she just disappeared from the hospital."

    Chi Yan frowned, "The police can''t find her?"

    Yuan Zhi shook his head. "Apparently her brother Zhu Ruying reported her missing a long time ago, but there''s been no trace of her."

    "Okay, got it."

    Yuan Zhi added, "Actually, our family wants to take over some of the Zhu Family''s business. I wanted to ask if your family wants to get involved?"

    Chi Yan shook his head. "I just got back, I haven''t been home yet. Let me call my grandfather and ask."

    "Sure."

    ...

    That night, Chi Yan told Chu Yang about Zhu Ruxin''s disappearance. "Chu Yang, do you think Zhu Ying took her away?"

    Chu Yang thought it was possible. "Let me take a look."

    But Chi Yan immediately stopped her. "No, don''t look into it. Last time you got hurt after looking into it. Let her stay missing, the police will find her. Don''t get involved."

    Chu Yang considered it and agreed. "Okay, I won''t look into it." She did think it was very likely that Zhu Ying had taken Zhu Ruxin away. Last time, Zhu Ying had been injured too, and he probably needed to replenish his power. How would he do that? Probably by using Zhu Ruxin.

    After discussing some other matters, they hung up.

    Chu Yang remembered what her former employer had said, so she asked her roommates, "My former employer wants a home tutor. Any of you interested? The hourly rate is at least 400 yuan. If you perform well, there are bonuses too."

    All three of them shook their heads. One said she was busy with dance practice, another had to prepare for an exam, and the third said she didn''t need the money and just wanted to have fun instead of working. Although the 400 yuan hourly rate was tempting, the three roommates actually came from wealthier families than Chu Yang''s. In their dorm, Chu Yang''s family was probably the poorest.

    "Chu Yang, wait a sec, let me ask around if anyone''s interested." Jin Yang ran out of the dorm and came back shortly after.

    "What about Liang Huan from our ss? She said she''s avable," Jin Yang said.

    Chu Yang considered it and felt Liang Huan would be a good choice. She knew Liang Huan - a diligent student, usually quiet and unassuming, but seemed like a polite girl.

    "Okay, I''ll add her on WeChat and introduce her to try it out." Chu Yang took out her phone and added Liang Huan through the ss group.

    Themunication went well, and Liang Huan could go for a trial lesson that Saturday. But Chu Yang would let her former employer know first.

    Liang Huan''s trial lesson went smoothly, and the former employer was quite satisfied. Liang Huan got the tutoring job, and she even bought Chu Yang some fruit to express her gratitude.

    Since Chu Yang''s former employer and Chi Yan lived in the same residential area, Chu Yang would sometimes run into Liang Huan when she visited Chi Yan to study on weekends.

    "Do you live here?" Liang Huan seemed surprised the first time she saw Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang shook her head. "No, my boyfriend lives here. I''m just visiting him." Chi Yan had probably gone to the supermarket to buy groceries since he said he would cook for her that day, so Liang Huan didn''t see him.

    Liang Huan nodded. "Oh, I know. Your boyfriend is Chi Yan, the famous heartthrob from B University. My roommates and the girls next door have talked about him before."

    Chu Yang was puzzled. "Them?"

    Liang Huan smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, my roommates and the girls from the next dorm. They didn''t say much, just mentioned him while discussing the good-looking guys on campus. They all agree that Chi Yan is the top heartthrob in the entire university town, it''s just a pity he has a girlfriend now."

    But they also said Chi Yan''s girlfriend was from their A University, so they felt proud about that.

    Chu Yang didn''t think much of it. "It''s fine, they can discuss it. If I looked like him, I''d let people discuss me too. Haha."

    Liang Huan looked at Chu Yang''s refined face. "But you''re very pretty too. We all said you''re prettier than that girl from the College of Economics and Management, Li Qinglu or something. We think you''re much prettier than her." Of course they had to support their own college''s students.

    Chu Yang knew she was referring to Li Qinglu, but she didn''t darepare herself to the female lead. "No, no, she''s definitely prettier."

    Mentioning Li Qinglu made Chu Yang realize she hadn''t seen her, the male lead, or Lin Shushu and the others for a long time. Thest time she saw them was when she waited for Chi Yan at the school gate, but she hadn''t run into them since.

    But now that she thought about it, it made sense since they weren''t even in the same college. Not only had she not seen them at school, but also not in the residential area. When she had first arrived, she would always run into the male and female leads, as well as others from the novel, no matter if it was at school or in the residential area. Back then, she had thought it was because of the influence of the novel''s plot.

    Ever since she started dating Chi Yan, the plot of the novel seemed to have gradually drifted away from her.

    Her Chi Yan was truly her lucky star.

    After chatting with Liang Huan about some tutoring matters, Liang Huan left, and Chu Yang returned to Chi Yan''s ce.

    When Chi Yan came back with the groceries, he saw his girlfriend diligently studying on the couch again. He had gotten used to this sight recently, so he just took the groceries to the kitchen and started cooking.

 Chapter 130: Lesson with a Late Dinner Party

    <h4>Chapter 130</h4>

    Chu Yang did not bring these precious witch materials to the school. She kept them at Chi Yan''s ce, and whenever she had time, she woulde over to read books. After all, sometimes she would encounter issues that required practicing with the crystal ball, which was not very convenient to do at school.

    The result of this was that she spent much more time at Chi Yan''s ce, sometimes even staying overnight. Jin Yang and the others would ask her, "Chu Yang, are you going to cohabit with the campus heartthrob Chi Yan?"

    "Uh..." Chu Yang suddenly realized that she had indeed been spending a lot of time at Chi Yan''s ce recently. "No, there were just some things that were more convenient to handle at his ce." It should probably be considered semi-cohabitation.

    Jin Yang and the others were just asking casually. In fact, they didn''t think it was a big deal, given that they had never seen Chu Yang and Chi Yan quarrel.

    "Chu Yang, you''ve really never argued with Chi Yan?" Zhou Caicai suddenly remarked.

    "Huh? How do you know we''ve never argued?" Although it was true that the two of them had never argued.

    Zhou Caicai looked outside the dorm room, then locked the door, and came back whispering, "You know, that girl next door who''s always arguing with her boyfriend? At first, Zou Tong and the others would oftenfort her and help her curse at her boyfriend. But the next day, they would make up again. Isn''t that infuriating? It''s not just once or twice, but fromst semester to this semester, they have a small quarrel every week and a big quarrel every month. The worst was when they broke up several times, only to get back together a weekter..."

    After saying that, Zhou Caicai emphasized, "I''m not badmouthing her, I just recently heard some of her roommatesining. So I think it''s normal for you and Chi Yan. After all, you''re the only one in our dorm with a boyfriend, and we''ve never heard you say anything bad about Chi Yan."

    Of course, Chi Yan had his ws too, like being clingy. He would follow her wherever she went, and if she didn''t go with him, he would pester her until he achieved his goal. Chu Yang also knew that she wasn''t perfect either. Sometimes, she would neglect him, like recently when she often got so absorbed in reading that she ignored him.

    But as long as it wasn''t a major issue, the two of them couldmunicate andpromise with each other. Communication was quite important. If Chu Yang wanted to do something, she would generally say it directly, and Chi Yan was simr. Neither of them was unreasonable, so they couldn''t really argue.

    It''s also possible that Chu Yang had seen too much of the world, so she was rational enough. She felt that there was no problem that couldn''t be solved, and there was never a situation where she would exin something, and he wouldn''t listen. She thought that kind of behavior was idiotic.

    So she summed it up, "So it''s important tomunicate more. Generally, problems only arise due to ack ofmunication."

    The other three single girls thought she was right.

    Given that she had indeed neglected Chi Yan recently due to her diligent study of witchcraft, Chu Yang reflected on this that evening. She checked her schedule and saw that on Thursday afternoon, she had no sses while Chi Yan did. So she decided to apany her boyfriend to ss that Thursday.

    After all, Chi Yan had already apanied her several times, while she had never joined him in ss before.

    When Chi Yan heard this news, he was naturally delighted. At noon that day, he rode over on his little sheep to pick her up. "I thought you had gone back to study again."

    As he said this, Chi Yan seemed a little resentful. Recently, Chu Yang had been too immersed in books. They didn''t even kiss before going to bed at night, and Chu Yang had even kicked him out, saying she was afraid of harming him while practicing magic.

    "Alright, alright, I''ll definitely spend quality time with you this weekend."

    "Mmhmm, you promised."

    "I promised."

    That afternoon, Chi Yan had an Ideological and Political Course. Chu Yang thought it was fortunate that she could understand the course content. If it had been something she couldn''t understand, and the teacher called on her to answer a question, that would have been awkward.

    When Chi Yan brought Chu Yang into the ssroom, Wei Feng, who was chatting nearby, immediately eximed, "Damn! The bro brought the big boss here." Then he waved frantically at them.

    Chi Yan led Chu Yang to sit in front of Wei Feng and the others. Wei Feng immediately greeted Chu Yang, "Big boss, you came to apany bro Chi Yan to ss."

    Chu Yang nodded at him, "Yeah, I didn''t have any sses this afternoon."

    Beside her, Chi Yan looked smugly, "Don''t be jealous, guys. You can''t get this."

    Wei Feng & Zheng Qing: ...

    It was arge lecture today, and the ssroom was quite full. Adding one more person in the form of Chu Yang didn''t attract much attention. However, since everyone knew Chi Yan, they noticed that there was a girl sitting next to him, and soon many people realized that bro Chi Yan had brought his girlfriend to ss.

    But the teacher didn''t know, so it didn''t matter. The Ideological and Political Course teacher was a highly respected senior professor, and he didn''t pay attention to such things. He was just earnestly lecturing. Chu Yang listened intently, even though the professors at A University who taught this course were also good. But today, this particr professor''s teaching style truly won her over. Although she hade to apany Chi Yan, she felt like she was truly attending the ss herself.

    Chu Yang even took notes in Chi Yan''s book. Beside her, Chi Yan was sneakily trying to make small moves under the desk, but Chu Yang pped his hand away and red at him in warning. Chi Yan immediately settled down.

    Later, after observing this, Wei Feng made a few faces and pointed it out to Zheng Qing, thenined, "The big boss is the only one who can keep bro Chi Yan in line."

    Zheng Qing: "Look at you, so sour. Don''t be jealous, you can''t get this."

    Wei Feng: "Screw you!"

    During the break, some students went up to ask the teacher questions. Chu Yang immediately leaned in and listened intently, asionally even asking a question herself, looking every bit the diligent, eager student.

    But then again, Chu Yang was a diligent student by nature.

    Wei Feng: "Bro Chi Yan, are you sure the big boss came to apany you to ss? I feel like she came to seriously study."

    Chi Yan: "My Chu Yang is always serious about studying!"

    Wei Feng: ...

    ...

    After ss, Chu Yang marveled, "Professor Zhou''s knowledge is truly admirable! The lecture was superb."

    Chi Yan looked at her expectantly, "Then why don''t youe with me every Thursday afternoon?"

    Chu Yang thought about it and agreed, but it wouldn''t be possible every time. "If I''m free, I''lle with you."

    "Okay."

    It was still early, so Chi Yan took Chu Yang to the boxing club to practice boxing. He even helped her put on the proper attire and protective gear, then taught her how to box. Originally, the juniors and seniors who heard that Chi Yan wasing to the boxing club had hoped to see his dashing demeanor, but instead, they were fed a mouthful of dog food.

    "Wah wah wah, when I joined the club, the senior said we might asionally see the handsome Chi Yan, but I didn''t expect that after joining, I haven''t seen him at all. Finally, the senior came, but he''s here to teach his girlfriend."

    "My friend who joined the skateboarding club said the same thing, but after half a semester, they still haven''t seen a trace of senior Chi Yan."

    "My friend in the basketball club has seen him, but not that often either."

    "So how many clubs is senior Chi Yan actually a member of?"

    "There''s a thing called an honorary member."

    "...We''ve all been deceived!"

 Chapter 131: Sports Meet

    <h4>Chapter 131</h4>

    After working out and sweating a lot, Chi Yan sent Chu Yang back to A University. On the way, Chu Yang felt that she needed to exercise more, "I feel like my body is still not in great shape. I think I''ll start going for morning runs."

    Chi Yan thought that if Chu Yang went for morning runs, then she wouldn''t be able toe over and join her. So she suggested, "Why don''t we jog at night instead? I can join you. That way, we can sleep in in the mornings. Or if youe to my ce, we can run around the neighborhood."

    Chu Yang thought it was a good idea, "Sure, that works too. Let''s start this Saturday."

    "Okay."

    When Chu Yang returned to her dorm, Jin Yang came over with a form, "Chu Yang, you''re back? The sportsmittee was looking for you earlier." Their ss had mostly female students, and the sportsmittee member was also a girl.

    "What''s up?" Chu Yang had worked up a sweat and felt ufortable all over. As soon as she returned, she opened her wardrobe to get some clothes and prepare to take a shower.

    Jin Yang handed her a form, "The sportsmittee wants to know if you want to participate in the sports meet. She said they''re really struggling to find people. The school sports meet is about to start, and themittee is trying to recruit participants."

    Chu Yang took the form and nced at it, "Why me? Do I look like someone who can bring glory to our department?" Chu Yang found it a bit amusing because in her major, she was actually considered one of the more petite types, although that was just an appearance.

    Jin Yang sighed, "Well, they really can''t find anyone to participate, you know? The girls in our major are all so quiet and well-behaved. Those who aren''t have already been recruited by the sportsmittee. Now they''re short on participants, so they want you to join, whether you win or not doesn''t matter, at least they''ll have enough people."

    Chu Yang put down the form, "Let me think about it and see which events I can participate in."

    Nearby, Zhou Caicai chimed in, "If you do participate, we''ll definitelye and cheer for you!"

    Jin Yang added, "I can write some cheering lines for you!"

    Qian Xin joined, "I can make banners."

    Zhou Caicai raised her hand, "And I can give you flowers!"

    Jin Yang nodded, "Whether you win or not doesn''t matter, we''ll give you our own rewards."

    "Exactly. We can even set up our own awards ceremony for you."

    "Hahahahaha."

    Chu Yang replied, "...You guys are enough. That would be too embarrassing. I haven''t even signed up yet. What about you three, aren''t you going to participate?"

    The three shook their heads in unison, "No way, we just want to be spectators. We know our own strengths and limitations."

    Chu Yang said, "Winning or losing isn''t important, it''s the participation that matters."

    Zhou Caicai added, "I calcted, and I might get my period during that time."

    Jin Yang continued, "I''m definitely not going. I passed out once while running 400 meters before. No way, no way. If I just run, it''s fine, but passing out would be too socially embarrassing."

    Qian Xin chimed in, "I''m a sports klutz, even worse than you guys. The sportsmittee wouldn''t even let me join."

    "Hahahahaha." Everyoneughed.

    Chu Yang took her clothes and headed into the bathroom, "I''ll think about it."

    Not only A University was hosting a sports meet, but the nearby B University was doing the same. When Chi Yan returned, she received messages about it from her ss''s sportsmittee members and ss monitor, "Chi Yan, the sports meet ising up. Are you participating? How about the 5000m? Or high jump? Long jump?"

    The ss monitor wrote, "Chi Yan, you have to participate and bring glory to our ss. I''ll have everyone prepare a cheering banner for you."

    Chi Yan thought to herself, ...These people think she''s an athletics prodigy? She knew that their department had even sent some athletes to nationalpetitions before, and there was even a physical education department on campus.

    Meanwhile, just as Chu Yang came out of the bathroom, the sportsmittee member Wang Lele came by with a sad look on her face, "Chu Yang, you''re finally back. Please save me."

    Chu Yang: ...

    Wang Lele pretended to cry, "No one wants to participate. What should I do? I can''t face the teachers anymore. Please save me, just participate in one event, anything."

    Chu Yang asked, "Which event?"

    Wang Lele nced at Chu Yang hesitantly, "The women''s 5000m?"

    Chu Yang pretended to faint, "Sure, but you''ll have to carry me through the run."

    Wang Lele let out a dryugh, "Haha, why don''t you see which event is easier for you? We''recking participants for sit-ups, high jump, 5000m, 400m ry, and swimming. I don''t think you''d want to participate in the others."

    Chu Yang looked at the form, "How about swimming? I can swim, so I''ll sign up for that. But let me just say, I can only participate, not necessarily win."

    Wang Lele quickly wrote down her name, "No problem, no problem. Participation is already great. Our main goal is to embody the spirit of sportsmanship. Do you want to sign up for a second event?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No, just this one is enough. I can''t do the others."

    "Okay, one is really good. Thanks." Wang Lele took a candy from her pocket, "Here''s one for you. I have to go call for help now." She bid farewell to the others and left Chu Yang''s dorm.

    It was the same situation for Chi Yan. Not long after returning to his dorm, the ss monitor and sportsmittee members came to see him.

    "Chi Yan, how about the 5000m?"

    "Or maybe you can also do fencing? I remember you know that too."

    "Basketball is a must, of course."

    "What about ser?"

    "Swimming is also an option."

    Wei Feng chimed in from the side, "Why don''t you just have Chi Yan participate in all the events?"

    The sportsmittee member actually considered it for a moment before shaking his head, "That won''t work, some events ovep."

    Wei Fengughed, "Hahaha, you guys actually thought about it seriously. How many arms and legs does Chi Yan have? You think he''s Sun Wukong who can transform into 72 different forms? At most, Chi Yan can only participate in five or six events."

    Chi Yan threw an eraser at him andughed in exasperation, "You''re just as clueless as them. Five or six events? I''m afraid I''ll end up in the hospital after the sports meet. At most, I can only do two events, like the 5000m and swimming."

    The sportsmittee member eximed, "Great!" At least someone was taking the hot potato of the 5000m.

    The ss monitor said, "I''ll have someone make a banner for you right away."

    Chi Yan thought, ...No need for that. But before he could say anything, the ss monitor had already left, afraid that Chi Yan would change his mind.

    The next day, when Chi Yan and Chu Yang met, they discussed and realized that they had both signed up for the swimming event.

    "How about we go swimming on weekends, and do evening runs on weekdays?" Chi Yan suggested.

    Chu Yang agreed, "Sounds good. By the way, do you have your event schedule yet? That way, I can check if there are any conflicts with my events, otherwise I won''t be able toe and cheer for you."

    Chi Yan also considered this, "The schedules should be different, right? I''ll go ask and check. The schedule hasn''t been released yet."

    "Okay."

    On Saturday afternoon, Chu Yang was reading at Chi Yan''s ce and got a bit bored, so she went downstairs for a walk. Chi Yan had gone to visit his grandfather and wouldn''t be back until evening for their evening run.

    As she was walking, she saw Liang Huan getting ready to leave.

    Chu Yang went over and greeted her, "Liang Huan."

    Liang Huan smiled back, "Chu Yang."

    Chu Yang asked, "Are you heading back now?"

    Liang Huan shook her head, "I need to go to the city center for a bit to buy some things. Then I''ll go back to school."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Okay, you''re busy then."

    "Yep."

    After a moment, Chu Yang turned and called out to Liang Huan, "Liang Huan?"

    "Yeah?" Liang Huan turned around.

    Chu Yang said, "Wait for me, I also want to go to the city center. I''ll go with you."

    Liang Huan smiled and nodded, "Sure, I''ll wait for you under the tree."

    "Okay, I''ll be quick."

    "Uh-huh, no rush."

 Chapter 132: The Pervert

    <h4>Chapter 132</h4>

    Chu Yang quickly came out with a backpack, "Have you been waiting long? Let''s go."

    "Not long."

    Chu Yang and Liang Huan left the housingplex and took the bus to the shopping mall in the city center. Liang Huan bought a few sets of clothes for her family and mailed them home, then went to the bookstore and bought two books. Seeing Liang Huan buying clothes reminded Chu Yang of Chu Luo and her parents, so she also bought two sets of clothes for Chu Luo, her father, and her mother, as well as a set of pajamas for Chi Yan.

    Afterwards, the two went for hot pot together. After they finished eating, it was alreadyte in the evening, past 8 o''clock.

    On the other side, Chi Yan and his grandfather had already finished dinner and hurried back. When they entered the housingplex, the security guard told him, "I saw your little girlfriend and a female friend go out earlier and they haven''te back yet."

    Chi Yan: Huh? Does Yang have female friends here?

    However, he didn''t think too much about it. He just thanked the security guard and then called Chu Yang.

    "I''m still out, I''ll be back soon. I''m with Liang Huan."

    "Okay."

    After the call, Chi Yan felt reassured and waited calmly for Chu Yang to return.

    Chu Yang and Liang Huan had already taken the bus back to school. As soon as they got off the bus, Liang Huan suddenly eximed, "Oh no! I forgot, I had a piece of clothing altered earlier and need to pick it up."

    Chu Yang: "No problem, I''ll go with you."

    "It''s okay, I can go by myself. I don''t want to waste your time."

    Chu Yang shrugged, "What''s the waste? It''s Saturday, a day off."

    "Alright then."

    Then Chu Yang followed Liang Huan to a small alley outside the school gate. Liang Huan exined to Chu Yang, "Grandma Lin''s needlework skills here are very good. Many people who want to alter clothes will bring them to her. Grandma Lin also has a granddaughter, and the two of them live together, so we give them all our jobs. It''s just that the location is a bit remote."

    Chu Yang was deep in thought and didn''t respond. Liang Huan didn''t mind and after walking for five minutes, they arrived at Grandma Lin''s ce. Although it was only a five-minute walk, they had to turn several corners, and if Liang Huan hadn''t led the way, Chu Yang wouldn''t have recognized the route. Liang Huan paid and got the clothes back from Grandma Lin, then prepared to leave with Chu Yang.

    The lighting in the small alley was dim, with old houses on both sides. asionally they would see a stray cat or two meowing, and the dim light cast their long shadows, one ahead and one behind.

    The two had just turned two corners when three drunken men suddenly appeared in front of them. Liang Huan was startled and immediately grabbed Chu Yang''s hand, intending to pass by on the side. But unexpectedly, the three men blocked their path as soon as they saw them. Liang Huan was frightened and shouted, "What are you doing?"

    The three menughed loudly, "We''re not doing anything! The little beauty looks so pretty, why don''t youe and y with us?"

    The three menughed as they approached Liang Huan and Chu Yang. Liang Huan pulled Chu Yang, intending to run away, but Chu Yang immediately stepped in front of her and took out a pepper spray from her bag, spraying it directly into the three men''s eyes.

    "Ahh! My eyes!"

    Then Chu Yang kicked each of them in the crotch, and the three men screamed even louder and rolled on the ground in pain.

    Liang Huan''s mouth was wide open in shock, "Chu... Chu Yang?"

    Chu Yang turned and calmly took her hand, "Let''s go."

    As they walked, she handed the pepper spray to Liang Huan, "Girls shouldn''t go to dimly lit and remote ces alone, especially at night. It''s best to carry some protective gear. If you encounter someone with bad intentions, turn around and run immediately, shouting for help and calling the police."

    Liang Huan followed Chu Yang in a daze, nodding as she walked.

    After seeing Liang Huan off at the school gate, Chu Yang said, "Okay, you go back. My boyfriend is still waiting for me."

    Liang Huan: "Okay, thank you."

    Chu Yang waved her hand, "Go on in. I''m leaving now." After that, Chu Yang headed to the bus stop and boarded a bus.

    Liang Huan: Why does it seem like Chu Yang purposefully escorted me back? But wait, isn''t she going back to school?

    Liang Huan returned to the dorm room with her things, still holding the pepper spray that Chu Yang had given her. "Guys, do you know what happened just now?"

    Her roommate thought there was some juicy gossip, "What happened? Did someone confess their love downstairs again?"

    "Or maybe someone confessed, but the security guard put out the fire?" They were referring to an incident that had happened before, which everyone had found hrious at the time.

    Liang Huan shook her head, "No. Earlier I went to Grandma Lin''s ce... No, wait, after my part-time job this afternoon, I went to the city center to buy things, right? And on the way, I ran into Chu Yang, and she came with me. Then on the way back... You know what? I just stood there like an idiot watching as Chu Yang sprayed pepper spray in their eyes and kicked them in the crotch..." Liang Huan demonstrated Chu Yang''s actions as she spoke.

    "Look, this is the pepper spray that Chu Yang gave me. She also said that I shouldn''t go to dimly lit and remote ces alone in the future." Liang Huan held her face in her hands, "I hereby announce that from now on, Chu Yang is my idol! Ahh! Chu Yang is so cool! If she were a guy, I might have fallen for her."

    Roommate 1 also looked shocked, "Really? Chu Yang, with her skinny little arms and legs, is that powerful?"

    Roommate 2 said, "If it were me, I would have fallen for her too. But are you sure it was Chu Yang? Normally when I see her, she seems so gentle and harmless."

    "Exactly. At first, I always thought she was like Lin Daiyu, butter she seemed a little better. But I didn''t expect her to be that formidable! You really can''t judge a book by its cover!" This was Roommate 3. "I can''t take it, I''m going to their room to find out more."

    Roommate 3 put on her slippers and headed out to gossip with the other girls.

    On the other side, Chu Yang returned to Chi Yan about half an hourter. "I bought you a set of pajamas. Try them on and see if they fit."

    Chi Yan thought she had just gone out to y with her friend and didn''t expect her to buy him clothes. He happily put them on and felt they fit perfectly while looking in the mirror.

    "Very good, they fit. Why did you think of buying me clothes?"

    Chu Yang helped adjust his cor, "I ran into Liang Huan today, and I could tell something was off, so I went with her. While she was shopping, I bought some things too. On the way back, she went to pick something up, and then we encountered some bad people..."

    Hearing the words "bad people," Chi Yan''s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately grabbed Chu Yang''s hand, "Bad people? Are you okay?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "Of course I''m fine. Do I look like I''m not? When I went out, I brought pepper spray. I sprayed one person''s eyes, and then I kicked each of the three men in the crotch. After that, I escorted Liang Huan back to the school gate, and then I came back here."

    After the incident with the food delivery person, she felt that she needed to carry protective gear when going out, so she bought pepper spray. After all, she couldn''t use her magic freely.

    Chu Yang spoke in a calm and casual manner, but when Chi Yan heard "kicked them in the crotch," he felt a chill down below. Yes... his Yang was no ordinary person.

    "It''s good that you''re okay..."

    "Alright, take off your clothes. I''ll wash them, and you can wear them againter."

    "Okay."

 Chapter 133: The Use of Mischief

    <h4>Chapter 133</h4>

    The next morning, Chu Yang and Chi Yan took their clothes and went swimming. They had been there once before, but because they had encountered Gao Miao and then the incident with Zheng Tianyuan, they felt that they hadn''t really had a chance to enjoy it properly.

    This time, they were determined to have a good time.

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan went to the same swimming pool that belonged to Zheng Tianyuan. This time, they didn''t run into Gao Miao, and the two of them swam back and forth in the private VIP pool several times. They even imitated race countdowns.

    Chu Yang watched Chi Yan swimming like a fish and nodded, thinking that he should do well in the sports meet. As for herself, she could only consider it as ying around.

    Chu Yang had signed up for the 200-meter swim, a singlep, but she felt that her endurance was not up to par.

    When Chu Yang got tired from swimming, she would float on her back to rest. Seeing this, Chi Yan woulde and tease her. The teasing became a bit suggestive, as they were both scantily dressed and naturally attracted to each other. Chi Yan pulled her into his embrace, with Chu Yang''s legs wrapped around his waist as she clung to him. Chi Yan kissed the woman in his arms, and in the confusion, Chu Yang''s shoulder strap fell down, exposing a glimpse of her snowy white skin. Chi Yan''s hand started to move down...

    "p!" Chu Yang''s face flushed red as she pped Chi Yan''s shoulder. "We''re outside."

    Chi Yan finally came to his senses and reluctantly let her go, swimming severalps to vent his excess energy as he could barely hold himself back. Meanwhile, Chu Yang got her clothes in order on the shore, noticing that it was almost time. "Chi Yan, it''s about time. Let''s go eat."

    Chi Yan''s voice was still a little hoarse. "Okay." He felt that if he swam a few moreps, he would lose it...

    After lunch, the two returned to Chi Yan''s ce. Chu Yang opened Weibo and handled her clients'' needs first, then began studying new Witchcraft.

    Chi Yan sat across from Chu Yang, also with a book in his hand. Chu Yang ced the crystal ball on the table, grabbed a chopstick from the kitchen since she didn''t have a wand, figuring it would at least give her an air of authority.

    Then Chu Yang released her magic power and recited the incantation from the book, "Jiluxiuxi balihuahuaxue... xiximilufengshengui..."

    "Whoosh!" Chi Yan across from her was suddenly drenched with water, his hairpletely soaked.

    Chi Yan: ...?

    Chu Yang: Oops...

    Chi Yan looked up at Chu Yang, blinking his eyes. The book in his hand was also soaked.

    "Haha," Chu Yangughed awkwardly, putting the chopstick down on the table before quickly ducking behind the couch. "Sorry, I didn''t mean to."

    Chi Yan put his book down, then pounced over to grab her.

    "Ah!" Chu Yang ran awayughing. "My bad."

    With his long legs, Chi Yan caught up in just a few strides, flinging her over his shoulder. He then carried her into the bedroom and tossed her onto the bed, grabbing some clothes from the closet and throwing them at her. "Since you know you did wrong,e help me change clothes. And help me dry my hair too."

    Chu Yang raised her hands. "Right away, right away."

    Chu Yang first used a dry towel to wipe his hair, then it was time to change clothes... Uh... Chu Yang suddenly realized something was off. "Change... clothes?"

    Chi Yan just sat there like a lord, grumbling. "Uh-huh, look at me, my clothes are soaked through." His white T-shirt was so wet that you could faintly see his abs.

    Chu Yang swallowed hard, first helping him take off his top. Chi Yan was the type who looked slim when clothed but had a nice body when undressed. Chu Yang nced at his abs, then looked away, only to nce back again. Seeing this, Chi Yan smiled and grabbed her hand, cing it on his abs, then whispered in her ear, "Feel free to touch."

    Chu Yang gave his abs a squeeze, then poked them a bit. Good lord, they were actually moving! She poked again. However, she didn''t notice that Chi Yan was having a hard time holding back.

    After ying around for a bit, Chu Yang hesitantly figured he might catch a cold, so she decided to help him put his shirt back on first.

    "What about my pants?" Chi Yan said in a low voice after putting his shirt on.

    Chu Yang gave him a p. "Change them yourself." His pants weren''t that wet anyway.

    Chi Yan pretended to look disappointed as he went to change his pants, then pushed Chu Yang down onto the bed. "Chu Yang... Chu Yang... I..."

    Chu Yang was confused. "?"

    Chi Yan leaned in and whispered something in her ear. Chu Yang''s face turned beet red. "What do we do about that?"

    Chi Yan softly said those words.

    Chu Yang: ?

    This guy!!!

    No peeking, no peeking. Mainly because a certain someone had just said that he already belonged to her, and she wasn''t allowed to abandon her husband in the future.

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chi Yan''s ears were red as he used a tissue to wipe her hands. "We''re just kids, after all."

    Chu Yang immediately rushed into the bathroom, her face flushed, and used body wash to clean herself before opening the window to let the cool breeze in and air out the scent.

    Chi Yan was still covered by the nket, only his head peeking out as he smiled at her like an obedient wolf pup.

    Chu Yang red at him, then went back to the couch to continue reading her book. She flipped to the incantation from earlier and saw a line of small print at the end: For mischievous use only.

    Chu Yang: ...

    Oh well, on to the next one.

    A little whileter, the man whose innocence had been tarnished finally emerged shyly from the bedroom. Seeing that it was about time, he went to the kitchen to cook.

    "Chu Yang, what would you like for dinner tonight?"

    Chu Yang didn''t look up from her book. "You decide. We''ll eat whatever."

    "Okay. Then I''ll make some spare rib soup and stir-fry a couple of dishes."

    An hourter, Chi Yan had finished cooking the meal. "Dinner''s ready."

    "Got it."

    Putting down her book, Chu Yang washed her hands and ate dinner. "After this, I''ll head back to the dorms." She had sses in the morning, and it was more convenient to stay in the school dorms.

    "Huh? You''re going back?" Chi Yan instantly looked crestfallen, feeling like the food had lost its vor.

    Chu Yang looked at him. "What''s wrong? It''s not like I haven''t gone back before." She put a spare rib on his te. The food was really good today. She hadn''t seen him look so dejected before.

    Chi Yan mumbled something inaudible.

    "Speak up, I can''t hear you."

    Chi Yan: "I... after what happened today, you still want to go back?"

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chi Yan looked at her, then turned away, then looked back at her again. Chu Yang noticed his reddened ears and instantly recalled the afternoon''s events...

    Chu Yang red at him and put down her bowl and chopsticks, reaching over to pinch his cheeks. "Chi Yan, aren''t you being childish? How old are you?"

    Chi Yan puffed out his chest. "I''m forever eighteen."

    Chu Yang: ... She had heard girls say they were forever eighteen, but never a guy.

    Chi Yan leaned over and put some meat on her te. "I''ll drop you off at ss tomorrow morning, so don''t go back."

    Chu Yang: "Don''t you think you''re being clingy?"

    Chi Yan stated matter-of-factly, "Who doesn''t cling to their girlfriend? Only those without girlfriends don''t cling."

    Chu Yang: ...

 Chapter 134: Heavy Rain

    <h4>Chapter 134</h4>

    Chu Yang decided to stay. After dinner, while Chu Yang was washing dishes in the kitchen, Chi Yan kept humming and wandering around her, "Yang Yang, do you need help?"

    Chu Yang: "Get out of the way."

    Chi Yan smiled happily: "Okay. I''m out."

    Chu Yang: ...

    That night, Chi Xin received a phone call, "Boss, the investigation results from the Zhu Family Vi are in. DNA analysis confirmed a total of 22 people died there. ording to the police, there were over 30 missing females with the same birth dates reported over the past decade. Wepared the DNA and found those 22 were among those 30 missing people. We also discovered an underground passage leading from the vi to the entrance. The police have ordered a search for Zhu Ying. The Zhu family is also implicated, as the missing persons are apparently rted to the Zhu family head."

    "Understood. Any news on Zhu Ruxin? I heard she is missing."

    "None so far."

    "Okay, let me know if there are any updates."

    "Yes."

    After hanging up, Chi Xin immediately called Chi Yan about this.

    Chi Yan was about to tease Chu Yang when the call came in. He put it on speaker for Chu Yang to hear.

    "Got it, uncle. Please update us on any new developments."

    Hearing Chu Yang''s voice, Chi Xin said, "I know. We''ll talkter."

    "Thank you, uncle."

    After hanging up, Chi Yan tossed his phone, "The police uncle will catch the bad guys who hurt you, Yang Yang. Shall we continue where we left off?"

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chi Yan pulled up the nket to cover them both, hugging Chu Yang, "Yang Yang, wanna do what we did this afternoon again?"

    ...

    The sound of Chi Yan''s butt being pped by Chu Yang indicated she knew he had ulterior motives for keeping her there.

    After somemotion, Chu Yang fell asleep. Chi Yan kissed her soft cheek and went to sleep too.

    Around 3-4AM, the howling winds and pouring rain woke Chu Yang up. She nudged Chi Yan, her voice still sleepy, "Xin Xin, it''s raining. Bring in the clothes."

    Without opening his eyes, Chi Yan muttered "Mm" and got up to leave the room. Last night, the balcony door was left open, and rain had blown in, leaving a puddle. Now wide awake, Chi Yan quickly brought in the clothes, closed the balcony door, checked and closed any open windows in other rooms, and mopped up the wet areas.

    Seeing it was just past 3AM, the heavy rain had cooled the weather. Chi Yan hurried back to bed, snuggling with the warm and soft Chu Yang, quickly falling back asleep.

    However, in a mountain somewhere, Zhu Ying watched the thunderstorm, thinking of Chu Yang. He never expected to fall for someone like her, but no matter - he would recover soon, and had even found something good. That little girl would be no match for him then.

    Zhu Ying drank some blood, as the unconscious Zhu Ruxiny on the ground nearby, severely emaciated with graying hair and bloody wounds all over her skinny arms. But Zhu Ying paid her no mind.

    The rain made it easier to sleep in, coupled with the previous night''s activities, so Chu Yang and Chi Yan sleptte. "Hurry, hurry, we''ll bete!"

    They scrambled to get ready, skipping breakfast to leave for school. With the rain causing traffic jams and Chi Yan dropping Chu Yang off at her ssroom building first before driving to A University for his own sses, Chu Yang made it on time while Chi Yan waste.

    But Chi Yan didn''t darein, since it was his fault from the night before. When Chu Yang woke up, she even pinched his cheek, "It''s all your fault."

    "My fault, my fault."

    "I''m noting over this week then."

    "Ah?"

    *p* - there went Chi Yan''s joy.

    It was all sses that rainy day, so the evening run was canceled too. With the continuous downpour, Chi Yan couldn''t visit, so the couple didn''t see each other after parting ways.

    Not just that day, it rained the whole week. Chu Yang was busy studying, so she neither visited Chi Yan nor had him over, staying in the dorm every night.

    Jin Yang and the others found it odd, wondering if the couple had fought.

    While applying body lotion after a shower, Jin Yang cautiously asked Chu Yang, "Yang Yang, did you and heartthrob Chi Yan fight?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No, why?"

    Jin Yang: "Well, you haven''t gone to A University this week, and you''ve been staying in the dorm."

    Chu Yang nced outside at the thunderstorm. "Mainly due to the weather. Such heavy rain makes it inconvenient." She showed Jin Yang her phone, where Chi Yan had just sent a kissing emoji. "See, we just chatted. No fights."

    So the heartthrob was like this in private, huh.

    "Okay, if you didn''t fight, that''s a relief. We thought maybe what we said before backfired on you two or something. You two had better stay together, you know? If you break up, we''ll lose faith in love."

    Chu Yang wondered if it was that dramatic.

    "Why would you lose faith in love just because we split up? This world has broken rtionships andsting ones. We''re just insignificant specks of dust in the cosmos. As the saying goes, ''feelings are like drinking water - you know if it''s warm or cold yourself''."

    The three nodded, sort of understanding but as singledies, not really. They just felt Chu Yang and Chi Yan seemed happy together, and Chi Yan always looked so delighted seeing Chu Yang.

    To them, that was what a rtionship should be - feeling joyful upon seeing your partner and being happy spending time together.

    A knock sounded at the door. Zhou Caicai opened it to find Zou Tong from the next dorm - the one who hadined to Zhou Caicai about her roommate constantly fighting with her boyfriend.

    "Zou Tong? What''s up?"

    Zou Tong shushed her, whispering, "I need to borrow some money from you all."

    Zhou Caicai immediately reached for her bag. "What happened? How much do you need?"

    Zou Tong waved them over and spoke softly when they gathered around, "I know you four have good reputations, so you can''t tell anyone else about this."

    Chu Yang and the others nodded. "Don''t worry, we''re not bbermouths." Though they gossiped, it was only stuff they heard from others, and no one told them not to share it. If they wanted to know something, they''d just honestly ask Chu Yang to divine it.

    Zou Tong whispered, "Chen Tian is pregnant. She doesn''t want to keep it, so she wants to..." Zou Tong made a scooping motion from her belly. "We''re pooling money for her in our dorm, but we''re all broke students. That''s why I''m asking to borrow some from you all."

 Chapter 135: Sports Meet Begins

    <h4>Chapter 135</h4>

    "Huh?" Jin Yang and the others all had a shocked expression. "How...how did she get pregnant? What about her boyfriend? Isn''t he taking responsibility?"

    Zou Tong showed an indescribable expression. "The child isn''t her boyfriend''s. There was nothing we could do. When we asked her whose it was, she wouldn''t say. She insisted on keeping it no matter what. She really... we couldn''t do anything about it. This is the first time we''ve encountered something like this. Who knew she''d be so daring? We didn''t know what to do. Plus, she doesn''t have any other friends besides us. Although she can be quite annoying sometimes, as you all know, her boyfriend would buy snacks for her and she''d generously share them with us. And for a girl to be in such a situation..."

    They were truly shocked to the core.

    Chu Yang took out 500 yuan from her pocket and handed it to Zou Tong. "No matter what, it''s a done deal. First, she''s responsible for her own actions since she''s already an adult. Second, a piece of advice: don''t go to small clinics. Go to a reputable major hospital and minimize the impact on her body as much as possible. You can borrow money if needed. If it''s not enough, borrow more, but be sure to go to a proper hospital."

    "Okay, okay. Thank you, Chu Yang." Zou Tong took the money.

    Jin Yang and the others quickly took out money as well. "Remember to go to a proper hospital."

    "Yes, yes, we''ll make sure to take her to a proper hospital."

    After borrowing the money, Zou Tong left.

    The four of them: Chu Yang, Jin Yang, Qian Xin, and Zhou Caicai: looked at each other, stunned. "Oh my god, this is so scary."

    Jin Yang suddenly looked at Chu Yang''s belly. "Chu Yang, you''re not...?"

    Chu Yang gave her a firm smack on the head. "No way, we haven''t done anything."

    She and Chi Yan hadn''t done anything. Although they often came close, Chi Yan had been holding back. Only recently did they discover a new method, so he finally couldn''t resist anymore. But they still hadn''t actually done anything.

    Qian Xin put her hand on her chin, pondering. "Huh? Could it be that the school heartthrob Chi Yan is...you know, unable to perform? He''s got such a gorgeous beauty like you, yet he hasn''t made a move?"

    Zhou Caicai said, "This only shows what kind of person Chi Yan is. If he were the kind of guy who only thinks about sleeping with you all the time, he wouldn''t be reliable. He loves you, so he respects and cherishes you."

    Jin Yang asked, "Is that so, Caicai? Do you have a situation of your own?"

    Zhou Caicai shook her head. "No. I was just repeating something from a melodramatic show I''ve been watchingtely."

    "What show? Show me."

    Gradually, their conversation drifted away from Chen Tian''s matter.

    The sports meet at A University arrived as scheduled. The weather was great, spanning three days in total. B University''s sports meet was two dayster than A University''s, so both Chu Yang and Chi Yan could watch each other''spetitions.

    The swimmingpetition was on the second day. The first day was mainly the opening ceremony and other events. Chi Yan came over to A University to watch thepetitions with Chu Yang.

    On the first day, there were high jump, long jump, triathlon, and other events. Chi Yan and Chu Yang sat in the stands, each sipping a milk tea, leisurely watching the athletes sweat it out on the field.

    While watching the high jump, Chi Yan said, "I can do this too, and I jump better than that number 7."

    While watching the long jump, he said, "I''m pretty good at the long jump too."

    Chu Yang: ...

    "Alright, alright, so did you participate?"

    Chi Yan: "...No."

    Chu Yang gave him a look, signaling him to shut up. Showoff!

    Chi Yan immediately kept quiet. He was just boasting in front of her to avoid his uncle saying he had nothing going for him except his good looks.

    The swimmingpetition was in the afternoon of the second day. For this event, Chu Yang had even bought a professional swimsuit, even though she was just an amateur.

    At the swimming pool''s spectator stands, Chi Yan had already set up a high-definition camera to record the event. Next to him, Jin Yang and Zhou Caicai were holding up a banner that read: "Go Chu Yang! You''re the best, Chu Yang!"

    Qian Xin was acting as a cheerleader, waving two pompoms.

    It wasn''t just the three of them. There were other students who knew Chu Yang, like Liang Huan, Zou Tong, and even Wang Lele from the sportsmittee. "Go Chu Yang! Go Chu Yang!"

    Down on the pool deck, Chu Yang, who was getting ready, saw them and immediately covered her face, feeling utterly embarrassed!

    At that moment, the loudspeaker announced, "Please have the female athletes for the 200-meter freestyle take their positions. Thepetition is about to begin." The announcement was repeated three times.

    Chu Yang, d in a form-fitting swimsuit and goggles, took her position at the starting blocks as directed by the staff.

    Up in the stands, Jin Yang excitedly said, "It''s starting! It''s starting! Remember to shout words of encouragement when I give the signal!"

    The others gave her an "OK" gesture.

    Chi Yan had already set up the camera, his gaze fixed on his girlfriend.

    With a loud "bang" from the starter''s pistol, one beautiful mermaid after another dove gracefully into the water, rapidly swimming forward.

    In the stands, everyone cheered for their respective athletes. Jin Yang''s group was particrly noticeable, standing up excitedly, waving their banner wildly. "Go Chu Yang! Go Chu Yang! Go Chu Yang! Ahhh, go go go! Overtake her, overtake her! Ahhh, go go go!"

    Some spectators nearby had even started covering their ears. It was truly... too enthusiastic! But no one said anything, since this was normal forpetitions.

    Chu Yang was just there for fun, not really caring about her results. With a clear head, she swam forward, then quickly turned back, reaching the finish and hitting the touchpad before leaping out of the water. She took off her goggles and cap, wiped her face, and was the epitome of a water goddess emerging.

    Her long hair was slightly damp, clinging to her back. Her eyes were a bit red from the water, but her face was bare yet fair and clean. She looked towards the stands, smiled at Chi Yan and the others, and tilted her head, making a writing motion towards them. This moment was captured by the school''s publicity department.

    Some people in the audience also noticed.

    "Damn, who''s that number 5? Mom, I''m in love!"

    "Ahhhh! What a beautiful girl."

    "Even though she''s covered up, that figure... damn, it''s the kind of figure people would envy. Slim where it should be slim, curvy where it should be curvy."

    "Don''t even think about it, guys. I know her. She''s from the Literature Academy and has a boyfriend already: Chi Yan from the neighboring university."

    "Ah, so it''s her. What a pity."

    After walking out of the pool area, drying her hair with a towel, Chu Yang was surprised to find out she had ranked fourth, only a little over a second behind third ce. She had thought she would best.

    After changing into her regr clothes, Chu Yang quickly rejoined Jin Yang and the others in the stands.

    They all showered her withpliments.

    "Chu Yang, you looked like a beautiful mermaid, swimming so fast and gracefully."

    "When you emerged from the water, it was like watching a fairy appear."

    "Chu Yang, you''re truly the best. We didn''t expect you to ce fourth in swimming. If it were us, we''d definitely best."

    Even Chi Yan chimed in, "My girlfriend is indeed the most amazing."

    Chu Yang felt her face flushing from all the praise. "Alright, alright, you''re all exaggerating. But I havepleted my task."

    Chi Yan took out a ne from his pocket. "Not at all, you were truly outstanding. Now let me give you an award."

 Chapter 136: Sports Day Begins 02

    <h4>Chapter 136</h4>

    Then Jin Yang also took out a champion sash, which read: Champion! He then ced it on Chu Yang, while Liang Huan handed her a bouquet of flowers, and Chi Yan put a ne on her, fully embodying the ceremony for a champion.

    In the end, they all took photos with her one by one.

    Seeing the envious (?) and amused gazes of the people around, Chu Yang felt so embarrassed that she suddenly wanted to dig a tunnel and hide in it. But Jin Yang and the others were overjoyed, so Chu Yang let it go.

    The group walked out of the swimming pool happily, chattering away, and suggested taking Chu Yang out for a meal since she had worked hard that day. They decided to head straight to the hotel near the school entrance.

    While Chu Yang was just messing around, the next day Chi Yan''s sports meet at the Computer Science Department was about to begin. As a key figure, his situation was different from Chu Yang''s. First, he had to serve as the g bearer for the Computer Science Department during the opening ceremony, meaning he couldn''t leave throughout the entire ceremony.

    Early in the morning, Chu Yang came over and stood in the audience stand. She watched each team march in, only raising her camera to take photos when Chi Yan appeared.

    He was wearing a ck suit today, with his hair styled with gel, holding his head high and walking with a noble gait while carrying the g, making people instinctively follow his movements with their eyes.

    The photographers from the school''s publicity department were also right beside him, taking countless photos.

    "Put this photo on the school''s official website. It will definitely attract a new batch of students to enroll at our university next year," said someone from the publicity department.

    "Take a few more shots and choose the most handsome one."

    After the opening ceremony ended, it was already noon. Chu Yang had been waiting in the audience stand for Chi Yan to be avable.

    Before long, Chi Yan ran over. "Yang Yang, I''m free now. Let''s go eat first."

    "Okay."

    "When does your event start?" Chu Yang asked during the meal.

    "Swimming is tomorrow afternoon, and the 5,000-meter run is the day after that in the afternoon."

    Chu Yang made a note of it. "Okay, I''ll definitely cheer you on." Not only that, but she would also buy him a gift. Even if his results weren''t ideal, it didn''t matter. Oh, she could get him a sash too, so they could feel awkward together.

    "Mmhmm."

    The next afternoon, thepetition began on time. It was fair to say that Wei Feng and his group, as well as Jin Yang and his group, were on the same wavelength. Perhaps they had even discussed it privately beforehand. In any case, Wei Feng and Zheng Qing also brought a banner that read: Chi Yan is always number one!

    Chi Yan had even more friends and fans. In addition to the banner Wei Feng''s group was holding, there was another one on the opposite side that said: Go Chi Yan!

    There was also another banner that read: Chi Yan, the pride of our department, always striving for first ce!

    The cheerleading squad was alsorge, consisting entirely of members of the basketball team, with the tall male students waving pom-poms in unison.

    Chu Yang: ... She had underestimated the situation.

    Chi Yan''s event was the 400-meter freestyle. He was wearing swimming trunks, his upper body bare, and he even waved at Chu Yang before the start. Chu Yang immediately gave him a cheering gesture in return.

    Thepetition began soon after.

    Cheers rang out from the audience stands, and Chu Yang kept her eyes fixed on Chi Yan, cheering loudly in her heart and clenching her fists tightly, as if trying to swim on his behalf.

    The tall male students beside her were shouting excitedly, "Chi Ge, Chi Ge, faster, faster!"

    "Chi Yan! Faster, faster!"

    "Put more effort! More effort!"

    Chu Yang almost couldn''t hold back when she heard thatst one. Why did it sound so much like giving birth???

    Chi Yan and the swimmer next to him were neck and neck, with Chi Yan in the lead one moment, only for the other swimmer to overtake him momentster. Chi Yan would then regain the lead shortly after, keeping everyone on the edge of their seats.

    Soon, there were only 50 meters left, and the cheers were like they would shatter the entire swimming pool.

    "Beep beep," the two sounds indicating the end of the race rang out, and it seemed like Chi Yan and the male swimmer next to him had reached the finish line almost simultaneously.

    Everyone turned their gaze toward the judges'' table. After a brief discussion, the rankings finally appeared on the big screen: Men''s 400-meter freestyle, 1st ce: Chi Yan, 4:55.29, 2nd ce: Jiang Jing, 4:55.33, 3rd ce: Ding Chenghui...

    "Wow!" A roar of cheers and apuse erupted from the audience stands.

    Chu Yang also pped enthusiastically with a smile.

    Chi Yan took off his goggles, shook hands with Jiang Jing beside him, then jumped onto the pool deck and gave Chu Yang a heart gesture with a smile.

    Everyone in the audience stands looked over, with some even screaming.

    "Ahhh! So handsome!"

    "Oh my god, did you see Chi Yan''s physique?"

    "I already knew about his eight-pack abs."

    "Damn, he''s handsome and has a great body. I''m really jealous of his girlfriend." "Didn''t he just blow a kiss to his girlfriend? Ahhhh, such a sweet romance, I''m dying."

    "Not just the eight-pack abs, did you notice something else?"

    "What do you mean?"

    "Oh my god, you''re right, we didn''t notice that."

    "Oh my god! It looks so big."

    "I''m even more jealous of his girlfriend now. She must be in ecstasy."

    "You''re all so naughty, but we like it. Hehehe."

    Chu Yang beside them: ... Your voices are really loud.

    She actually hadn''t noticed it herself, but was it really big? Well, she had held it in her hands before. What was she thinking? Chu Yang fanned herself, suddenly feeling a bit hot.

    Then she heard more.

    "Did you see? Chi Yan''s girlfriend''s face turned red. She must be thinking naughty thoughts too."

    "Hehehe."

    "I''m so jealous. I want a boyfriend with a big one too."

    "You can look at the guy who came in second. I noticed he''s not bad either."

    "You bunch of naughty girls!"

    Chu Yang paused, not daring to move anymore. Before long, Chi Yan came over after changing into his clothes. Wei Feng quickly made space for him and gave him a thumbs up. "Chi Ge, awesome!"

    Because of what those girls had said earlier, Chu Yang didn''t dare take out the gift she had prepared, lest it lead to more interpretations. Chi Yan''s reputation at B University was truly massive.

    As soon as Chi Yan came over, he leaned in close to Chu Yang, seeking praise. "Yang Yang, how was my performance?"

    Chu Yang: "Super awesome."

    Chi Yan giggled happily. Although he was tired, he pointed at his cheek. "Then give me a kiss, okay?"

    Chu Yang nced around. People would asionally look their way, making her hesitate. "Ah? Here? How about when we get back?"

    Chi Yan: "No, I want you to kiss me now."

    Chu Yang hesitated for a moment before quickly pecking his cheek. Chi Yan''s smile widened as he held her hand and caressed it, even kissing her hand. "When I was swimming earlier, I kept thinking that you were waiting for me up front, so I had to go faster and faster. You''re my motivation." He gazed at Chu Yang with tender eyes.

    Chu Yang felt a bit shy under his gaze and covered his face. "Don''t look at me like that."

 Chapter 137: 5000 Meters

    <h4>Chapter 137</h4>

    Chi Yan pulled Chu Yang''s hand down and leaned closer to her, "So, when I get the medalter, I''ll give it to you." Then, he directly pressed her head with one hand, and leaned in for a kiss.

    "Whoa." There were gasps from all around.

    "Oh my god!"

    "He kissed her!"

    "Ahhh!"

    "Quick, quick, take a photo!"

    "Ahhh, I need a respirator, I can''t breathe! I''m shook!"

    Chu Yang was stunned, she only felt the excitement and passion. After a while, Chi Yan released her, and pressed her head against his chest, not letting others see how she looked after being kissed. She was just a little confused about why Chi Yan was so excited.

    What she didn''t know was that it was just like Chi Yan was now a male in the animal kingdom, having gained honor and then sharing it with his favorite person and iming dominance.

    He did give her the medal, after he got it back.

    After it was over, they also went to celebrate. In the evening, Chi Yan drank a little, but he wasn''t drunk, just feeling particrly energetic, his eyes shining as he kept looking at Chu Yang.

    They took a ride back, to Chi Yan''s ce, not the dorm. Chu Yang was worried that Chi Yan might get into trouble after drinking, so she stayed to take care of him. After all, he looked too energetic, she wasn''t even sure if he was really sober. In theory, he shouldn''t be drunk, since she saw that he didn''t drink much.

    After returning, Chu Yang took a shower first, then Chi Yan went to take one after her. As soon as he came out, he carried Chu Yang, who was sitting on the sofa, and walked into the bedroom, putting her on the bed.

    Chu Yang looked at him: ?

    Chi Yan also pounced on top, covered them with the nket, then grabbed Chu Yang''s hand, "I heard it."

    Chu Yang: ? Heard what?

    Chi Yan chuckled softly, "How''s the size?"

    Chu Yang was startled by his actions, her face instantly flushed red, "You..."

    Chi Yan kissed the corner of her mouth, "Hmm?"

    Chu Yang quickly pulled her hand away, pping his shoulder with a "pop", "No, you have the 5000m race tomorrow, save your energy for tomorrow."

    Then she added, "You have apetition tomorrow, we''ll talk about it tomorrow."

    Chi Yan''s eyes lit up, and he kissed the person in his arms again, "Okay, it''s a deal."

    Then he hugged her, ready to sleep. Suddenly Chu Yang remembered that she bought him a gift, and immediately sat up, "I forgot, I bought you a gift."

    Originally, she wanted to embarrass him too, but in the end, she was the one who felt embarrassed.

    Chi Yan immediately opened his eyes, looking at Chu Yang expectantly. Chu Yang climbed off the bed, "Wait for me."

    Chu Yang took out a headband and a box from her bag, then walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, "Come, let me put it on for you."

    The headband had the words: Champion! And there was also a ne.

    Chi Yan just sat there and let Chu Yang fuss over him. Chu Yang then went to get the camera, "Come, let''s take a photo."

    Chi Yan smiled and made a scissors hand gesture, the moment frozen in time.

    The headband was put away in the cab, and the ne was still on. Chi Yan hugged Chu Yang and quickly fell asleep.

    The next day, the 5000m race was held in the morning.

    The 5000m race tests endurance more than anything, fortunately the weather wasn''t too hot, even a bit cool, at least the risk of heat stroke wasn''t high.

    The gun went off, and the race began.

    At first, Chi Yan ran at a leisurely pace, Chu Yang would run a short distance with him, then she could only wait by the side and keep watching him run. When he ran past her, she would cheer for him. At first, he would still smile at her, butter on, he gradually couldn''t pay attention anymore. But Chu Yang didn''t mind, Wei Feng and Zheng Qing were mostly following him and cheering him on.

    Towards the end, Chi Yan''s clothes were soaked in sweat, and beads of sweat were flowing down his forehead, but Chi Yan had no mind to look around, his gaze was determined, fixed on what was in front of him.

    As it got closer to the end, Chi Yan gradually sped up, he didn''t know what ce he was in either, but just being able toplete the 5000m was already admirable.

    "Lastp, go Chi Yan!" Wei Feng reminded him from the side.

    Chi Yan immediately sped up, there were many spectators surrounding the track, their eyes fixed on his figure. Wei Feng held the academy''s red g and kept running with him, "Go Chi Yan! Go Chi Yan! Chi Yan, the Master is waiting for you at the finish line! After you finish running, she''ll give you a hug, and a passionate kiss, Chi Yan, keep going!"

    Zheng Qing gave Wei Feng a thumbs up from the side, you sure know how to motivate him.

    Chi Yan sped up faster and faster, 50 meters left, 20 meters... 10 meters... reached the finish line.

    "Huff, huff, huff." Chi Yan was panting, he felt okay. Wei Feng and Zheng Qing supported him from each side, the athleticmission and ss president also came over to give him water and a towel to wipe off sweat.

    "Walk slowly, don''t stop."

    "Yes, yes, slowly."

    Chu Yang was also waiting by the side for him to gradually recover.

    Two minutester, Chi Yan recovered slowly, drank half a bottle of water, and then asked the people around him, "What ce?"

    No one had paid attention, as the person was more important.

    "Didn''t pay attention, the ce doesn''t matter, Chi Yan you finishing is already godly to me!"

    "Yes, yes."

    The ss president nced at his phone, "Second ce! Very good."

    Chi Yan nodded, thinking it was eptable. Then he reached his hand out to Chu Yang, who walked over and took his hand, "Super awesome. How''s your body? Need to sit and rest?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "In a bit, apany me for a walk."

    "Okay."

    Seeing that Chi Yan had recovered, no one bothered them anymore.

    Afterwards, Chi Yan went to receive the runner-up medal, smiling and taking photos with Chu Yang.

    The sports meet finally ended.

    In the afternoon, there was a closing ceremony for the sports meet, Chi Yan once again entered with the g raising.

    It wasn''t until after the leader gave a speech saying that this sports meet had ended perfectly that everyone finally dispersed with a "whew".

    That night, under the perfect moonlight shining through the window, casting shadows of furniture onto the floor, on the big bed, Chi Yan had his head buried in Chu Yang''s neck, gently kissing her, "Yang Yang~ Yang Yang..."

    Chu Yang''s face was flushed red, "Enough already?"

    "Just a bit more?"

    ...After a long while, Chi Yan hugged Chu Yang tightly... but not long after he became restless again, gently kissing her all over...

    The next day, Chu Yang stood in front of the mirror, her neck was covered in hickeys, not to mention other ces. Thinking aboutst night, Chu Yang quickly sshed some cold water on her face. This guy was so exhausted during the day but somehow still had so much energy at night.

    Chi Yan was cleaning the sheets and throwing them in the washing machine, then he came up behind Chu Yang, hugging her and giving her earlobe a little bite. Chu Yang shuddered, almost going weak in the knees. She elbowed him, "Behave yourself, how am I supposed to face people today?"

    Chi Yan: "Then don''t go out, let''s just stay in today."

    Chu Yang red at him, making him let go of her, then went to wash up. Chi Yan scratched his nose, feeling a bit sheepish as he followed her.

    In the end, they really didn''t go out that day, but whenever Chi Yan tried to make a move, Chu Yang refused him. At one point, she even yed the Great Compassion Mantra on her phone, "Listen to the music, don''t try anything."

    Chi Yan: ...

 Chapter 138: Sophia is Dead

    <h4>Chapter 138</h4>

    Days passed peacefully and happily as the weather grew colder. Chu Yang had switched to wearing sweaters and coats.

    One day, Chu Yang received a phone call. "Hello?"

    "Hello, Ma''am. This is XX Express delivery. Your package has arrived. Can youe out to receive it?"

    Chu Yang was puzzled. "Huh? Security room? Which security room? I haven''t ordered anything."

    Then the delivery person stated her name and phone number. "You are Chu Yang, and your mobile number is 159XXX, right?"

    "Yes, that''s right."

    "Then there''s no mistake. It was sent from abroad, addressed to XX Residential Community, Building XX, Unit XX. That''s your home address, isn''t it?"

    Chu Yang realized it must be from Chi Yan, but why was her name written on it?

    "Oh, okay, thank you. Please leave it with the security guard and have him sign for me. I''ll pick it up today."

    "Sure."

    After hanging up, Chu Yang sent a message to Chi Yan. "Yan, did you buy something for me? Online or from abroad?"

    Chi Yan hadn''t bought anything recently. "No, I didn''t. What''s up?" He usually bought things for her from physical stores.

    "Nothing."

    Chu Yang hung up, puzzled. In the afternoon after ss, she followed Chi Yan back to his ce, as she typically stayed in the dorms on Mondays.

    Upon arriving at themunity''s security room, Chu Yang called out, "Hey, is there a package for me?"

    The security guard recognized her. "Yes, yes, a rather long package."

    It was indeed quite long, almost as tall as Chu Yang.

    Chi Yan was also puzzled about someone sending Chu Yang a package, especially to this address.

    Once they were back, Chu Yang immediately opened the package. After unwrapping the outeryer, she found a long box, and the patterns on it looked familiar. Chu Yang realized it must be from Sophia.

    Chu Yang carefully opened the box to find a scepter inside, along with a letter. This scepter was the one Sophia had, but she had given it to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang opened the letter: My dear child, by the time you read this, I will have gone to join Alemia. Don''t be sad. I have left a will, and all my possessions, including the castle, belong to you...

    My dear child, I hope you will be blessed with good fortune on your path ahead. Don''t be afraid to move forward. Alemia and I will watch over you.

    Alemia was the name of the earliest witch ancestor.

    Chu Yang copsed to the floor, looking up at Chi Yan in the kitchen with tears in her eyes. In a choking voice, she called out, "Yan."

    Hearing her voice, Chi Yan immediately came out and saw Chu Yang sitting on the floor, crying. He hurriedly ran over, kneeled down, and hugged her. "What''s wrong? What happened?"

    At that moment, Chu Yang''s voice seemed sealed, unable to speak. She handed him the letter. After a while, she cried out, "Sophia passed away. She left the scepter to me..."

    She knew Sophia was very old, but thest time she saw her, Sophia still seemed vigorous, and she thought Sophia would live much longer. She didn''t expect it to happen so soon...

    Sophia had passed away. Was she the only witch left in this world?

    Chi Yan could only embrace her and silentlyfort her.

    Chu Yang cried for a long time in Chi Yan''s arms, soaking his shirt with tears. Gradually, she regained herposure, wiped her tears, and ced the scepter away properly. She remembered Sophia''s words, hoping she would carry on the witch legacy.

    Chu Yang vowed silently in her heart that she would definitely continue the witch legacy.

    For several days, Chu Yang''s mood was not very good. Chi Yan could only silently apany her. Jin Yang and others didn''t know what had happened but noticed that Chu Yang''s mood wasn''t great. However, seeing Chi Yaning to have lunch and dinner with Chu Yang every day, they didn''t think there was any issue between the couple.

    A weekter, someone contacted Chu Yang about an inheritance for her, and she knew it must be Sophia''s arrangement.

    Soon after signing the inheritance documents, Chu Yang said to Chi Yan, "Shall we go and visit Sophia sometime?"

    Chi Yan agreed, "Sure."

    With the final examsing up, Chu Yang and Chi Yan often studied at the library. After their exams, they would fly over to visit Sophia.

    The first snow came early this year, even before the holiday break. It started snowing.

    It was snowing when Chu Yang was in her dorm room. Suddenly, Qian Xin said, "It''s snowing outside!"

    Then many people went to the balcony to look, while others rushed downstairs to the yground to watch. Many took out their phones to take photos and post on social media.

    It quickly became a trending topic.

    #FirstSnow#

    #AreYouWithYourCrushWhenTheFirstSnowFell?#

    "Knock, knock, knock." There was a sound at the window. Zhou Caicai went to open it. "Oh, it''s Ya Ya and another crow."

    Two crows flew in, shaking off the snow on their feathers before flying over to Chu Yang, cawing. The new crow cawed as well.

    Chu Yang took out some bread and tore off pieces for them. The other three girls gathered around. "The new crow has smoother feathers."

    "Let''s name it."

    Chu Yang nced at the pomelo Chi Yan had brought her and said, "How about Small Grapefruit?"

    "Sure, that''s a nice name. Small Grapefruit."

    "Haha,pared to Ya Ya, that was really too casual."

    "Ya Ya seems like a little boy, while Small Grapefruit is a girl?"

    "Who knows? Should we check?"

    Perhaps understanding, the two crows cawed and flew around the dorm room twice, preventing them from peeking.

    Everyoneughed. "Okay, okay, we won''t look. Come down and eat."

    Jin Yang even brought out a bag of beef jerky.

    Soon after, Chu Yang''s phone rang. "Yang, I''m downstairs at your dorm building."

    The moment he saw the first snow, Chi Yan had grabbed his car keys and driven his SUV over, wanting to enjoy this year''s first snowfall with her.

    "Okay, I''ll be right down." Hanging up, Chu Yang quickly grabbed her bag, put on her coat, and said, "I''m heading out first. Take good care of those two."

    "Don''t worry, they won''t starve. Go and have fun. Bye bye."

    "Bye bye."

    Downstairs, she saw Chi Yan leaning against the car, wearing a ck coat. When he spotted her, he immediately smiled. Snowkes hadnded on him, leaving a thinyer of white on his shoulders, but he didn''t seem to mind.

    Chu Yang hurried over and patted the snow off his shoulders. "Why didn''t you wait in the car for me?"

    Chi Yan grabbed her hand. "I wanted you to see me the moment you came out. Let''s get in the car first."

    "Okay."

    The car was warm. Seeing that Chu Yang wasn''t wearing a scarf, Chi Yan took out his ck woolen scarf from the carpartment and wrapped it around her before driving off.

 Chapter 139: Hot Spring

    <h4>Chapter 139</h4>

    "Where are we going?" Chu Yang asked.

    "Let''s eat hot pot. How about that?"

    "Sure."

    Eating hot pot on a snowy day, warm and cozy.

    Chi Yan brought her to a mountain vi, and the two entered a private room on the second floor with a balcony overlooking the snowy scenery. Inside the room wasfortably warm, perfect for a hot pot meal.

    Before the dishes arrived, Chu Yang stood on the balcony, gazing at the snowyndscape. In the distance, the mountains were soon covered with a thinyer of snowkes. Visible breaths formed puffs of vapor in the cold air.

    Chi Yan introduced the ce to her, "Besides the delicious food, they also have hot springs here. Would you like to go soak in the hot springster tonight?"

    "Hot springs? But we have sses tomorrow."

    Chi Yan nodded, "Yeah, we''ll soak in the hot springs and then head back. We won''t stay overnight. But if you want, I can bring you here again next weekend. This is a newly developed resort area, developed by Zheng''s family¡ªthat''s Zheng Tianyuan''s family. Oh by the way, you can''t see the plum blossom forest from here, but there''s one on the other side. The blossoms should still be in bloom. We can go check it outter."

    "But we didn''t bring any clothes."

    "No worries, they have everything here."

    "Okay."

    Soon, the servers brought all the dishes, and Chu Yang and Chi Yan hurried back inside to start the hot pot feast, with all of Chu Yang''s favorite ingredients like beef tripe, pork stomach, duck blood, duck intestines, beef, andmb. The two ate until they were sweating profusely.

    During the meal, they even took off their coats as they ate ravenously. After filling their stomachs, they stepped out onto the balcony to enjoy the scenery for a while, allowing their body heat to dissipate.

    Shivering, they went back inside to put on their clothes, and then Chi Yan took her to the hot springs.

    Unexpectedly, they were volcanic hot springs. Chu Yang, wearing a swimsuit, sat on the rocks in the hot spring as asional snowkes fell and instantly melted.

    Chi Yan sat beside her, embracing her waist as they leaned against each other, savoring this wonderful moment.

    "Look over there, plum blossoms," Chi Yan pointed in a direction.

    Chu Yang turned to look, and indeed there were plum blossoms, their petals dusted with snow. "A touch of red amidst the snow, very beautiful," Chu Yang nodded in agreement.

    Hearing her say this, Chi Yan suddenly thought of something, his ears turning red. He coughed a couple of times, inwardly berating himself for being so sappy.

    Chu Yang turned to look at him, noticing that not only were his ears red, but his entire face was flushed. Hearing that one shouldn''t soak in hot springs for too long, she asked, "What''s wrong? Why is your face so red? Let me take a look."

    Chu Yang turned his head, and Chi Yan''s gaze inadvertently fell downwards, catching a glimpse of a certain crevice through the rather revealing swimsuit provided by the staff. His nose immediately started bleeding.

    Chu Yang panicked, "You''re having a nosebleed!"

    Chi Yan: ...Damn it!

    In the end, Chu Yang realized it was caused by his high body heat and startedughing. She patted his head. Recently, her mood hadn''t been great, and she had been neglecting him.

    Seeing Chu Yangugh, Chi Yan no longer felt embarrassed, at least his darling Chu Yang was happy.

    After soaking in the hot springs, they both felt much more rxed. Chi Yan then took her to see the plum blossoms up close. As Zheng Tianyuan and Chi Jin approached, they saw Chi Yan taking photos of his girlfriend in the distance. The couple seemed to be enjoying themselves.

    Zheng Tianyuan tilted his chin towards them, "Look at your cousin, I think my newly opened resort has be his dating spot with his little girlfriend."

    Chi Jin replied, "You could do the same. But you don''t have a girlfriend."

    Zheng Tianyuan eximed, "Hey! You don''t have to put me down like that... Should we go say hi to them?"

    Chi Jin shook his head, "Nah, let''s not disturb them. Let''s go."

    "Alright."

    On the other side, Chi Yan and Chu Yang were unaware that Chi Jin and Zheng Tianyuan had been there.

    After spending some time together, Chi Yan and Chu Yang left. Zheng Tianyuan watched them leave from the balcony upstairs, "Your cousin just left."

    "Mmm," Chi Jin responded casually. "When are the others arriving?"

    "Soon, in about two or three minutes."

    ...

    Chu Yang quickly returned to the school dormitory, where Ya Ya and Small grapefruit had already left. Chu''s Mom called her, asking when she would be on vacation and when she nned to return home.

    Considering that she had to go abroad after the final exams, Chu Yang said, "It will be a bitter this year. I''ll call you when I''m about to return home."

    "Okay, okay. How have your studies been going? Are you exhausted? Do you have enough money? If not, just tell your dad."

    "I have enough money, no need to worry. The exams areing up, and then it will be vacation after that."

    "Alright, the weather is getting colder, so remember to dress warmly when you go out."

    "Got it, you two take care as well."

    "Mmm, we know."

    ...After chatting briefly about family matters, Chu Yang hung up the phone.

    During exam week, it was difficult to secure a spot in the library, so Chu Yang went to study at Chi Yan''s ce instead. Every morning after breakfast, they would start studying their respective subjects. When they got tired of studying, they would watch TV or movies. Previously, Chi Yan had set up a projector at home to watch horror movies with Chu Yang, but she had never watched another horror movie since then. While she couldn''t handle horror movies, they could still watch other films.

    Sometimes, Chu Yang would practice her witchcraft. Once, she identally conjured a gust of wind that blew towards Chi Yan, who had juste out of the bathroom wearing only a towel around his waist. The towel nearly fell off, exposing his privates, but fortunately, he grabbed it in time, though the towel he had been using to dry his hair dropped to the floor.

    Chu Yang had already covered her eyes, deciding to practice her spells alone in her room from then on to avoid such idents.

    In the evenings, they would go for a run in the neighborhood to breathe in some fresh air. If they didn''t feel like going out, they would use the treadmill. After their run, they would stop by the baked sweet potato stall outside the neighborhood to buy some baked sweet potatoes to share¡ªa simple but happy routine.

    Soon, the final exams were over, and everyone was free to either go out and have fun or return home. Chu Yang had also booked her ticket to go abroad and prepared her luggage.

    The day after the exams ended, Chu Yang and Chi Yan boarded a flight to go abroad.

    After another long flight of over ten hours, they checked into a different hotel this time, without any disturbances at night. The next morning, they set out for Sophia''s vige.

    This time, their mindset was different from the previous visit, and the scenery outside the car window had also changed¡ªpreviously it had been green, but now it was a nket of white snow.

    As they walked along the familiar small vige path, they encountered the same old man who had given them directions before. "Hey, didn''t you twoe here before?"

    Chi Yan replied, "Yes, we''vee to see Sophia."

    "Oh, she has already..."

    "We know," Chu Yang suddenly interjected. "I''m her heir. Could you take us to see her grave?"

    The old man nodded, "Oh, so Sophia left everything to you. I''ll take you there."

    "Thank you."

 Chapter 140: Winter Vacation

    <h4>Chapter 140</h4>

    Uncle brought them to Sophia''s grave, where her photograph from when she was alive adorned the tombstone - a stern expression on her face, dressed in a ck witch''s robe. Yet Chu Yang felt she could see the kind and gentle manner with which Sophia had once taught her.

    Chu Yang ced a bouquet of flowers at her grave, along with a wooden staff she had crafted herself from tools bought online, modeled after the one Sophia had gifted her.

    After paying her respects, Chu Yang went to Sophia''s house, using the key she had. Upon opening the door, everything remained unchanged, as if the old woman were still seated on the sofa, sipping tea and conversing with her.

    The house had been unupied for some time, and felt rather cold. Chi Yan quickly lit a fire in the firece, and soon the entire house was warm.

    That night, they stayed in the same room. After showering, Chu Yang stood on the balcony, and before long, a raven flew over. Chu Yang caught it and nuzzled her face against its feathers before releasing it. "Go on," she said. "Now that the old woman is gone, you need note here anymore."

    That night, as Chu Yang and Chi Yan slept, the entire roof of the house was once again perched upon by ravens, though the couple remained unaware.

    The next day, the two brought flowers to the statue, which remained unchanged. Chu Yang caressed the statue, then left with Chi Yan.

    Back at the house, Chu Yang perused the bookshelves before selecting a few tomes. They then visited the castle, packing important books into boxes to take away.

    After two days, they departed, taking only the books with them.

    Perhaps they would return someday.

    The house never lit up again after their departure, and the ravens never came back...

    Back in Jing City, Chu Yang kept the books at Chi Yan''s ce. After a brief rest, she began searching for tickets home. Noticing this, Chi Yan immediately said, "When are you going home? I''ll drive you there and visit Uncle and Aunt while I''m at it."

    Chu Yang thought it a good idea. "Alright, I''ll go home tomorrow then. Let me tell Chu''s Mom." She was about to call her mother.

    Chi Yan grabbed her hand. "Could you go the day after? I want to spend one more day with you." With the entire winter break apart, it would be too torturous. Why were they still so young? Time passed far too slowly. He wished they could just get married and live together already, so they wouldn''t have to part during school breaks anymore.

    "Okay," Chu Yang agreed, thinking they were already tired from today. She could rest tomorrow, then leave early the day after.

    Chi Yan was delighted. Thest summer break, Chu Yang had insisted on returning home without dy. He hadn''t expected her to agree this time.

    Since they would be parting, that night Chi Yan was particrly mischievous with Chu Yang - touching her here, nudging her there, nuzzling her face. In the end, Chu Yang had to give him a beating before he settled down to sleep. "Chi Yan, were you really such a mischievous child? If you keep it up, I''ll douse you with cold water to wake you up."

    Chu Yang meant it literally, prepared to cast the prank spell from before.

    Chi Yan immediately calmed down. "My apologies. But I wasn''t a mischievous child; I was a good kid. Gao Miao was the mischievous one, always bullying other children. So our future children won''t be mischievous either."

    Chu Yang scoffed, "As if I''d have children with you."

    Chi Yan grinned. "Sure, sure. Let''s just get married first then."

    Chu Yangughed in exasperation. "Just go to sleep. You''re dreaming."

    "Heheh." He did genuinely want to marry her, but Chu Yang would never agree.

    The northern wind howled outside, but it was warm as spring indoors. The next day, the couplezily slept in until noon, ordering takeout for lunch. In the afternoon, Chu Yang felt they couldn''t be so unproductive, so she studied while Chi Yan read, neither forgetting that Zhu Ying still lived and would likelye for Chu Yang eventually.

    If they crossed paths again, Chu Yang vowed to effortlessly vanquish that scoundrel!

    Wielding the staff amplified her spellcasting prowess, making ordinary spells seem mundane. Chu Yang picked up the book ''Forbidden Witchcraft'' and began studying with a dictionary.

    The first spell was one of resurrection - truly, such a spell existed?

    Intrigued, Chu Yang pored over the dictionary entries. The Resurrection Spell, one of the Forbidden Witchcrafts, allowed the dead to be revived. However, not every witch possessed the immense magical power required to cast it. Using this spell could directly reduce one''s lifespan; some even aged overnight or died instantly - essentially, one life traded for another.

    Beyond that, other perils existed, though the book did not specify what they were, only mentioning "other dangers" vaguely, likely unknown even to the author.

    The second Forbidden Craft was Time Reversal, which clearly allowed traveling back through time, but at the risk of being "killed by time" itself. A side effect was potential memory loss. Like the Resurrection Spell, it demanded vast magical reserves, so it was advised to never attempt it.

    The third Forbidden Craft involved summoning the deceased''s corpse - too vile for Chu Yang to read further. Instead, she studied the ''Dark Toxins'' tome, hoping to find ingredients for brewing poisons upon returning home. That evening, as she packed, Chu Yang tucked the book into her luggage.

    The next morning, the couple set off early, though it was snowing, concerning Chu Yang about the road conditions. "Chi Yan, drive slowly. Safety first."

    "Got it."

    They passed several idents caused by slippery roads. At one traffic light intersection, Chi Yan stopped for the red. As it turned green a minuteter, Chu Yang stopped him. "Don''t go."

    Chi Yan paused, his hand on the wheel, as cars behind them began honking impatiently.

    Suddenly, from another street, a vehicle came barreling through uncontrolled, crashing into the barrier with a thunderous impact, shattering it.

    Chi Yan was startled, but Chu Yang gripped his hand reassuringly.

    The honking ceased, and someone exited their vehicle to help the injured. Chu Yang urged Chi Yan to assist as well.

    "Okay," he said, unbuckling his seatbelt.

    As he emerged, one of the drivers behind them patted his shoulder. "Kid, thank you... It''s fortunate you didn''t go, or else..." He trailed off, the one who had been incessantly honking, now stunned into silence.

    Several others echoed their gratitude.

    Chi Yan waved them off. "It''s fine, let''s rescue the injured first."

    The victim was hurt but alive. Soon, police and ambnces arrived, and Chi Yan hastily drove off with Chu Yang.

 Chapter 141: Go to Work

    <h4>Chapter 141</h4>

    The rest of the journey was quite smooth, except that the snow kept getting heavier. Four hourster, they finally arrived at Chu Yang''s family''s door, and Chu''s Mom hurriedly came out when she heard the sound, "Son, Chu Yang is back. Xin Jiu is here too?"

    Chi Yan smiled and greeted Chu''s Mom, "Yes, I sent Chu Yang back."

    Chu''s Mom held his hand, "Thank you for the trouble." She liked this future son-inw more and more, such a good boy.

    Chi Yan didn''t think it was troublesome at all, he would have loved to do it, "No trouble at all. Let me get Chu Yang''s luggage out of the car." He went to the trunk to retrieve the luggage.

    Afterwards, the two entered the living room, and Chu''s Mom quickly poured them some hot water, "Have some hot water to warm yourselves up."

    "Yes, thank you auntie."

    After drinking the hot water, Chu Yang took his luggage to his room to unpack, and Chi Yan followed, "Let me help you."

    After unpacking the luggage, Chi Yan felt there was nothing else to do, so he scratched his head, "Then I... should head back?" Although he was reluctant, he knew he had to return, or else if he didn''t leave soon, it might be nighttime by the time he arrived home.

    Chu Yang beckoned him over, "Come here."

    Chi Yan walked over, and Chu Yang took his hand and ced it on a crystal ball. After a while, she patted his shoulder, "It''s fine, go back. Remember to drive slowly."

    "Okay. Remember to call me, remember to miss me, remember to video chat."

    Chu Yang gave him a kiss, "Alright, alright, I know."

    Then she walked him to the door, watching him get in the car, while Chu''s Mom also came over, "Xin Jiu is going home?"

    Chi Yan rolled down the window, "Yes, auntie goodbye."

    "Goodbye. Be safe."

    "Mmhmm."

    Soon, Chi Yan''s car left Chu Yang''s home, and Chu Yang went back inside.

    When Chi Yan got home, it was already evening. He returned to the old residence, and as soon as he entered, Chi Xin saw him, "On vacation?"

    Chi Yan nodded, changed his shoes, and sat on the sofa, "Yeah."

    "Since you''re on vacation,e to thepany to help out tomorrow."

    Chi Yan: ?

    Chi Bai, who was nearby, also nodded, "Not bad. Come to thepany since you''re on vacation, help grandpa with work."

    Chi Xin saw that Chi Yan wanted to refuse, and said, "Listen, you have nothing but a pretty face, so you might as well start working early, or else..." Chi Xin winked at Chi Yan, implying you know what I mean.

    Chi Bai, who didn''t understand, hit Chi Xin with a cane, "How can you say that to your nephew? Xin Jiu studies well and is good at sports too. I heard he even won a prize at the recent sports meet. What do you mean he only has a pretty face? Xin Jiu, don''t listen to your uncle."

    Chi Yan pondered for a while, "It''s okay, grandpa, I''lle help with work tomorrow."

    Chi Bai was very pleased, patting his hand, "Good boy,e to thepany with grandpa tomorrow, I''ll have someone show you around."

    "Okay. I''ll be sure to learn well."

    Chi Bai was very happy, feeling that he finally had an heir, "Good, good, good!"

    That night, as Chi Yany in bed chatting with Chu Yang, he said, "Chu Yang, I have to go to work tomorrow."

    "What? Where are you working?"

    "At my grandpa''s ce. It''s good to earn some money, I can give you a new year''s red packet next year..." Chi Yan talked about a lot of things, like buying gifts for her next year, wanting to celebrate the new year together, and so on.

    Of course, it would be impossible to actually celebrate the new year together, at most they could video chat on New Year''s Eve.

    Gradually, Chi Yan fell asleep while holding his phone, as he had been driving all day and was tired. Chu Yang called out to him twice but didn''t hear his voice, only his breathing, so she knew he was asleep and gently hung up.

    The next day, early in the morning, Chi Yan got up, put on a suit and tie, and even brought aptop bag.

    Chi Bai saw his grandson looking energetic and nodded approvingly. After the two finished breakfast, the driver drove them to Chi Technology Group.

    Chi Technology Group was located in the CBD area of Jing City, upying an entire skyscraper. As soon as the car arrived at thepany entrance, there were people waiting outside.

    The driver opened the car door, and Chi Bai came out, with a group of people in suits immediately bowing to greet him, "Good morning, Chairman."

    Chi Bai nodded, then introduced Chi Yan next to him, "This is my grandson, Chi Yan."

    "Good morning, Young Master Chi Yan."

    "Hello." Chi Yan nodded slightly, keeping his eyes straight ahead and standing very upright.

    Chi Bai told one of the people, "An Mao, take him to the department he''ll be working in."

    Then he turned to Chi Yan, "Follow him, go to him if you need anything. Grandpa has to go to a meeting first."

    "Okay."

    After that, Chi Bai left with arge group of people, and An Mao stayed behind, "This way, Young Master."

    Chi Yan waved his hand, "No need to call me Young Master, I''m just a regr employee now. Call me Chi Yan. I don''t know what position grandpa has arranged for me?"

    An Mao didn''t insist, "Okay, Chi Yan. The Chairman said to let you start as an intern in the R&D department."

    Chi Yan didn''t mind, "Alright. Let''s go then."

    "This way."

    An Mao took him to the 38th floor, where the entire floor was the R&D department, and brought him to the R&D head, "Manager Zhong, here''s an intern. I''ll leave him with you." An Mao winked at him.

    Zhong Yuan: ? Did An Mao''s eye twitch? And when did their department start taking interns?

    But since An Mao had brought him, Zhong Yuan didn''t say anything and called someone over, "Xin Jiu, there''s an intern here, you take care of him."

    The person named Xin Jiu, wearing a id shirt and ck-framed sses, said "Ah", "Boss, I''m really busy, I don''t have time to take care of anyone."

    Zhong Yuan: "Don''t think I don''t know you''re just cking off."

    Xin Jiu: "...Alright. This... student,e with me."

    Then Chi Yan followed Xin Jiu.

    Afterwards, Zhong Yuan asked An Mao, "What was that about? Did your eye twitch?"

    An Mao said in a low voice, "Didn''t I tell you yesterday? The young master, the young master."

    Zhong Yuan immediately realized, widening his eyes, "Just now..."

    An Mao nodded, "Yeah. Remember to take good care of him."

    Zhong Yuan grimaced, "You should have told me earlier, was my attitude okay just now?"

    An Mao patted him, "No problem, the young master is a good guy, he won''t mind."

    Zhong Yuan: "Alright then."

    ...

    On the other side, Xin Jiu took Chi Yan to the seat next to him, "You can sit here. I see you brought aptop, let me send you some materials to take a look first."

    Chi Yan had no objections.

    "Oh, what''s your name?"

    "My name is Chi Yan, ''Chi'' as in te'', ''Yan'' as in ''banquet''."

    "Oh, I''m Xin Jiu. Ask me if you need anything."

    "Okay."

    Afterwards, Chi Yan started reading the materials Xin Jiu sent him, and finished them in less than an hour, "Please let me know if there''s anything I can do."

    Xin Jiu was still rapidly typing code, "You''ve finished reading already?"

    Chi Yan: "Yes, finished."

    Xin Jiu: "Since you''ve finished, just ck off for now. If you can ck off on the first day, do it, or else you might not get the chanceter."

    Chi Yan: ...Is it that busy?

    Indeed, it was quite busy, as the entire R&D department didn''t leave until after work ended.

 Chapter 142: Rat Poison

    <h4>Chapter 142</h4>

    Chi Yan: "Aren''t you off work? Why aren''t you leaving?"

    Xin Jiu: "Working on a project. You go ahead. It''s fine."

    Chi Yan considered for a moment, "Do you get paid for overtime?"

    Xin Jiu looked at him, "Yes, do you want to stay and work overtime too?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "It''s good if you do. Are all the benefits normal?"

    Xin Jiu thought he was asking about thepany''s benefits, "Everything is normal, Chi Corporation is apany with a good conscience. Our department is just a bit busy, but the pay is good. There are snacks and coffee over there, you can help yourself. There''s also a free cafeteria, it''s pretty good." At least he could ck off.

    Chi Yan nodded, "That''s good then. I''ll head out since you''re busy." He still had to call Yangter.

    "Okay. Bye bye."

    That evening when he got home, Chi Bai asked him, "How was work today?"

    Chi Yan nodded, "Not bad."

    Chi Bai patted his shoulder, "Mm. Study hard."

    "Got it, Grandpa."

    After showering that night, Chi Yan called Chu Yang to tell her about his day at work, "The food in thepany cafeteria is pretty good. If I end up working there in the future, I''ll bring you to eat there."

    He was already imagining their life after they got married.

    The next day, Chi Yan went to work early again. Today, Xin Jiu had him start writing code directly. Before starting, he asked, "You know how to code, right? Oh, wait, I forgot to ask, what''s your major?"

    Chi Yan nodded, "I know how. I studiedputer science."

    Xin Jiu patted his shoulder, "Work hard, aim to get hired full-time. If you don''t know something, just Google it."

    Chi Yan didn''t say anything.

    In the afternoon after work, Chi Yan finished his task and left directly.

    Xin Jiu saw him, "Huh? You''re done already?"

    Chi Yan nodded, "I''ve sent it to you. I''m leaving now, bye bye."

    Xin Jiu took a look and was surprised that he had actuallypleted it! This intern wasn''t bad.

    After working for a week, Chi Yan had more or less understood the work in the entire department and also learned about some of the important people.

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang was currently walking along the edge of a field. For the past few days, she had been reading the book ''Dark Poison'' and today, she decided to go find materials to brew some.

    The materials were quite strange, such as ghost needlegrass, mint, centipedes...

    The nt materials were still fine, but centipedes were harder to find. Chu Yang spent two days searching in the areas where firewood was stacked at home before finally finding a small centipede. For the poison she was making, that was enough, but some poisons in the book even required things like venomous snakes, ck widow spiders, scorpions, etc., which she had no idea how to find.

    The poison she was making was mainly because she had discovered rats in the kitchen after returning home a couple of days ago and decided to make a poison to kill them.

    For the purpose of making this poison, Chu Yang even purchased a batch of equipment. To avoid worrying Chu''s Mom and Chu''s Dad, who wouldn''t understand, she did everything in her own room and instructed them not to enter, afraid they mighte into contact with it.

    Chu''s Mom and Chu''s Dad, of course, would not go against her words.

    After two days of preparation, Chu Yang frowned as she looked at the ck liquid in the ss bottle, which also emitted a nauseating smell. She quickly covered it with a lid to contain the odor. It was her first time making it, and she hoped it would work.

    That night, Chu Yang soaked some peanuts from home in the poison water and ced them in a corner of the kitchen. She also made a sign indicating that the peanuts were poisonous and repeatedly reminded Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom not to touch them.

    "Remember, don''t touch them. I bought rat poison, and these peanuts have been soaked in rat poison. Understand?"

    Chu''s Mom had heard it several times, "I know, I know. Don''t worry, Mom won''t touch them at all. I''ll keep an eye on your Dad too."

    "Good then."

    After one night passed with no rats, Chu Yang wasn''t in a hurry. The peanuts remained where they were. After two nights, Chu''s Mom got up early in the morning and discovered that the peanuts had been moved, leaving only a puddle of water nearby...

    It had a slightly foul smell. Chu''s Mom was about to clean it up but remembered Chu Yang''s warning not to touch anything, so she put down the broom.

    When Chu Yang woke up, her mother told her about it. Chu Yang rushed over to take a look. Good heavens! This poison... it had directly turned the rat into nothing but bones! If her guess was correct, then that puddle of water was what was left after the rat had melted away.

    To verify this, Chu Yang caught an insect to experiment on, and indeed, just a tiny bit of the poison caused the insect to disintegratepletely!

    It was far too dangerous!

    Chu Yang treated the remaining poisoned peanuts with an antidote and spent a long time cleaning the area to prevent anything from getting contaminated.

    Fortunately, she had only made a small amount. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to dispose of safely. She was most afraid of someone taking it away. Chu Yang searched high and low in her room to find a secure ce to seal up the poison tightly. This poison could no longer be used.

    Chu Yang also did not attempt to brew any of the other poisons from the ''Dark Poison'' book, as they were too dangerous! She had brought the wrong book; she should have brought the one on healing potions instead.

    This year was much colder than previous years. It had only been a few days since Chu Yang returned home when it started snowing heavily every day, nketing everything outside in white. Chu Yang was afraid of the cold, so she stayed indoors while Chu Luo, who was on vacation, kept the fire going.

    Chu Yang randomly turned on a TV news channel, "Next up is a news report. A multi-vehicle collision urred today on Guibei Road in Jing City, resulting in 16 deaths and 22 injuries..."

    Chu Yang watched the surveince footage shown in the news report, and suddenly, her eyes narrowed... that person...

    Next to her, Chu Luo found it too boring and changed the channel with the remote. Chu Yang immediately shouted: "Change it back!"

    Chu Luo was startled but still switched the channel back.

    Chu Yang stared intently at a corner of the TV screen. That figure... she couldn''t be mistaken, it was Zhu Ying!

    Although it was only for a brief moment and not very clear, that was definitely Zhu Ying. And judging from the ident, Chu Yang felt that he must have been involved somehow!

    Chu Yang then got up and went back to her room, calling Chi Yan.

    Outside, Chu Luo was confused, looking at the news report. The ident was indeed horrific, but it didn''t seem to have much to do with them. Oh well, after a while, Chu Luo changed the channel again since Chu Yang hadn''te back out.

    On the other end, there was no answer, as Chu Yang figured Chi Yan might be at work and unable to take the call. Alright, she would call him again after he got off work in the evening.

    Chi Yan was in a meeting and had forgotten to bring his phone into the room. When he came out and saw the missed call from his girlfriend, he quickly called her back.

    "Hello? Yang, what''s up?" His tone was so happy and gentle that even Xin Jiu, who was nearby, turned to look at him. Xin Jiu nced at his own arm and thought, damn, he was getting goosebumps.

    Was this the normally reserved Chi Yan???

    Who was on the phone to make a handsome guy act like this?

    Chu Yang answered Chi Yan''s call and told him about seeing Zhu Ying in the multi-vehicle collision news report. Chi Yan immediately turned serious, "I''ll have someone investigate it right away. Don''t worry."

    "Okay. How''s work? Are you tired?"

    Hearing Chu Yang''s concern for him, Chi Yan''s tone softened again, "Not tired, I just miss you."

    Upon hearing those words, even Xin Jiu shuddered in shock as he looked over at Chi Yan, realizing that it must be his girlfriend on the other end who was showing such care for him.

    After Chi Yan hung up, seeing Xin Jiu''s stunned expression, he boasted proudly, "That was my girlfriend. She cares about me."

    Xin Jiu: ... [Smiles]

 Chapter 143: Chrysanthemum

    <h4>Chapter 143</h4>

    Chi Yan went to find An Mao, "Can you help me with a matter unrted to work?" Chi Yan found the news that Chu Yang had mentioned and said, "I want to get detailed surveince footage of this news, can you get it?"

    Although An Mao didn''t know what Chi Yan wanted to do, he could still agree to it, "Okay, Young Master Chi Yan."

    Two dayster, An Mao handed over the surveince video to Chi Yan, and Chi Yan sent the video to Chu Yang, then he also took the video and found Chi Xin in the evening when he returned.

    "Uncle, I have something to discuss with you."

    After dinner, Chi Yan brought the surveince video to Chi Xin''s study.

    "What''s the matter?" Chi Xin was still working.

    Chi Yan yed the video for Chi Xin to watch, then paused it at a certain point, "Look at this person." Chi Yan pointed to the person standing next to the car ident.

    Chi Xin looked carefully for a while and immediately recognized him as Uncle Zhu Ying from the Zhu family, and he was even smiling.

    "Chu Yang said this car ident incident may be rted to him."

    Chi Xin frowned, "Give me the video, I''ll investigate it further."

    "Okay."

    On the other side, Chu Yang was also watching the video. She didn''t see it wrong, that was indeed Zhu Ying, and she had watched it several times, she was very sure that Zhu Ying had made a move after the car ident, but she didn''t know what it was, and she was not in Jing City, so she couldn''t investigate on the spot, she could only hope that Chi Yan''s side could do something.

    As the Lunar New Year approached, several major car idents urred in Jing City, but car idents happened almost every day, especially during the Lunar New Year holiday season when there was a lot of traffic flowing and going, and the weather was cold and snowy, so no one thought much of it, they just felt that it was almost New Year and this kind of sad thing happened, the families of those who died must be so heartbroken, they were supposed to be reunited for the New Year.

    Chu Yang watched the news of the car idents twice and found Zhu Ying''s presence in both incidents, so she immediately told Chi Yan about it.

    Chi Yan''s people investigated and found that not only those two idents, but also the recent major car idents all had Zhu Ying''s presence. Chi Yan told Chi Xin about the news, Chi Xin pondered for a moment, and right before the holidays, he went to find Master Ming Wu.

    After seeing the video, the clear-eyed Master Ming Wu opened his eyes wide, "He has actually cultivated such an evil technique!" Then he counted with his fingers several times, looked at the sky outside, sighed, and shook his head, "I can''t interfere."

    Chi Xin looked at him, took out some money, but he just shook his head, "But just because I can''t interfere doesn''t mean others can''t, just wait and see."

    Chi Xin could only go back and then call Li Yong, but it wasn''t Li Yong''s jurisdiction either, he could only share the matter with his acquaintances.

    Anyway, whether Zhu Ying no longer needed to take lives to cultivate or the police had some new discoveries or measures, there were no more such major car idents in Jing City as the Lunar New Year approached.

    Chi Yan also went on vacation.

    Of course, before the vacation, thepany held a year-end party, at the party, Xin Jiu saw Chi Yan standing next to the group chairman, greeting thepany''s directors and senior executives, and his legs almost went weak.

    The colleague next to him was also very shocked, patting Xin Jiu, "Jiu''er, you''re amazing! Chi Yan is actually the chairman''s grandson!"

    Xin Jiu was also stunned, he thought about how he had told Chi Yan to ck off and assigned him tasks, and how he had addressed him so casually, criticized their department for not having any girls, and basicallyined about thepany''s hical practices of not recruiting girls for their department.

    Chi Yan also saw Xin Jiu and came over to toast him, "Thank you for your guidance these days."

    Xin Jiu stood up abruptly, his hands trembling a little as he held the wine ss, "No... no problem, Young Master Chi Yan."

    In fact, Chi Yan didn''t take Xin Jiu''sints to heart, Xin Jiu really understood the project and was capable, and Chi Yan had truly learned a lot, even though it had only been half a month.

    Hearing Xin Jiu address him as "Young Master", Chi Yan smiled and said, "You don''t have to call me ''Young Master'', I''m just an intern. I really appreciate you." He drank the wine.

    "Cheers." Xin Jiu downed the wine in one gulp.

    After drinking the wine, Chi Yan went back to Chi Bai''s side, and the colleague next to Xin Jiu patted him, "Jiu''er, you''re definitely going to rise up in the future!"

    Xin Jiu was on the verge of tears: You guys don''t understand anything!

    After the year-end party, it was time for the vacation, and the Lunar New Year was also approaching quickly.

    At this moment, Chu Yang was at home roasting sweet potatoes in the fire pit, her parents and Chu Luo had gone to buy New Year''s goods, and she was the only one at home.

    Suddenly, the door was knocked on.

    "Knock, knock, knock."

    Chu Yang called out, "Who is it?"

    "Knock, knock, knock" sounded three more times.

    Chu Yang hurriedly got up and went to the door, calling out again, then thought about it and decided to open the door. The sound of the door opening, Chu Yang poked her head out, but no one was there.

    Huh? What''s going on? She didn''t hear it wrong, someone had definitely knocked on the door.

    Chu Yang thought maybe it was the wind blowing the door, preparing to close it, then looked down and saw a bouquet of flowers, chrysanthemums...

    Chu Yang frowned, directly kicking it to the other side of the road, thinking it''s still not enough, she went over and stomped on it!

    Ominous! Who is ying such a trick?

    The first person Chu Yang thought of was her disgusting aunt... no, that can''t be right, if it were her aunt, she would havee directly to the door to scold and yell.

    Then who could it be?

    Chu Yang stared at the crushed flower petals, unable to figure it out, maybe it was just some kids ying a trick?

    The roar of a motorcycle, it was Chu''s mom and dading back.

    Seeing Chu Yang standing at the door, "Chu Yang, what are you doing out here?"

    Chu Yang finally snapped back to her senses, kicking the now unrecognizable bouquet, "Oh, nothing. Just came out to breathe some fresh air."

    "Come on, mom bought you some new clothes, go try them on and see if they fit."

    Chu Yang hurriedly went over, taking the things her parents had bought, "Why did you buy me clothes? I have plenty of them." She did have a lot of clothes, previously when she went shopping with Chi Yan, he liked to buy her things, and sometimes when he saw nice and suitable clothes online, he would buy them for her, half of the closet in his house was filled with her clothes.

    And she didn''t even know he was buying clothes for her at first.

    "You have to wear new clothes for the New Year." Chu''s mom smiled.

    In the living room, Chu Yang helped organize the things they had bought, there were new clothes, new shoes, and some food and drinks.

    She was still thinking about who sent that bouquet of flowers, when Chu Luo turned on the TV, the news on TV was all about the uing New Year.

    Chu Yang suddenly thought of the car ident incident she had seen before involving Zhu Ying... Zhu Ying? That''s it!

    Zhu Ying!

    Chu Yang''s expression became grave, she directly went into the room, took out the crystal ball and the scepter.

    Soon, the crystal ball glowed brightly, and the gem on the scepter also emitted a dazzling light.

    Chu Yang looked at the images shing in the crystal ball, it was not Zhu Ying, but a strange man, he left the flowers and then left.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes, that''s right, Zhu Ying is in Jing City. This is Jiazhou City.

    Although it was not Zhu Ying, Chu Yang still felt it was rted to him.

 Chapter 144: I Love You So Much

    <h4>Chapter 144</h4>

    Chu Yang did not tell Chi Yan about this matter, and then it was the New Year. She did not want this matter to ruin the mood, but it never appeared again afterwards.

    On the eve of the New Year, Chu Yang''s family had a reunion dinner, then sat in the living room watching TV. The charcoal fire was still burning next to them, the door to the living room was open, but it was not cold, and asionally they could hear the sound of firecrackers outside.

    Chu Luo also took out some fireworks. He was already a high school student now, studying in the city, and got a vacation once a month. Moreover, he had grown taller, already a head taller than Chu Yang, and was now a big boy.

    Some people even thought Chu Luo was the ss flower in his ss, but Chu Luo didn''t know about this. Even in high school, he couldn''t avoid writingpositions, and every week he had to hand in position" homework, which made his head a little bald.

    The door of the Chu family was knocked open, and the neighbor''s children and Chu Luo''s friends came to y with him.

    "Chu Luo."

    "Big brother Chu."

    Chu Luo hurried to let them in. "Come on, I''m about to set off some fireworks."

    The others also brought fireworks. Chu''s dad and Chu''s mom also came out to join in the fun, holding some snacks for everyone to eat.

    Chu Yang also sat under the eaves, cracking melon seeds, ready to watch everyone set off fireworks. Suddenly, the yard was filled with chirping and lively noises.

    Before long, the sound of the fireworks soaring into the sky and then "flushing" open like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, and everyone started "wow wow wow" calling out.

    Chu Yang thought of Chi Yan and quickly opened her phone to record a video, then sent it to Chi Yan.

    The countryside is not as strict as the big cities. In big cities, fireworks can only be set off in designated ces, unlike their countryside, which is not so strictly regted.

    Chu Yang had just sent it, when Chi Yan directly called her for a video call.

    Chu Yang connected and saw Chi Yan''s smiling face in the video, "Central Central, Happy New Year."

    Chu Yang also smiled, "You too. Look, I''ll show you the fireworks." Then Chu Yang switched the camera, focusing on the yard, where a group of children were setting off fireworks, and the fireworks were bursting beautifully in the sky.

    Chi Yan thought it looked very good, but what he wanted to see more was his girlfriend.

    "Central Central, the fireworks look good, but I want to see you."

    Chu Yang felt that this ce was not suitable for whispering with Chi Yan, so she told Chu''s mom and dad and went back to her room.

    Back in the room, Chu Yang turned the camera back to herself. Chi Yan should be on the balcony, "Where are you?"

    Chi Yan turned the camera, "I''m on the balcony of my room. My family is all in the living room."

    Chu Yang nodded, that''s good, she was afraid Chi Yan would be video chatting with her in front of his family, which would be a bit embarrassing if his family saw.

    Chi Yan greedily looked at the camera at Chu Yang, "I miss you."

    Chu Yang counted the days, school starts on the 19th, which is still 18 days away, "In a dozen days we can meet."

    "Can Ie to your house in the second month of the lunar new year?"

    Chu Yang refused, "No! What are you going to do in the second month of the lunar new year?" Married girls only go back to their maiden home in the second month of the lunar new year, what would hee for? "Aren''t you supposed to be with your parents visiting your grandmother?"

    Anyway, this year Chu''s mom was not going to the grandmother''s house, after all, she had previously torn the face with Aunt Wang, at most she would just send some money to Uncle Wang to fulfill her filial piety.

    Chi Yan thought about it, it was indeed the second month of the lunar new year to go to the grandmother''s house.

    "Okay." Chi Yan was a little disappointed, "Then can youe to school early?"

    Chu Yang thought about it, "But I have to wait until after the Lantern Festival."

    Chi Yan: "Then I''lle pick you up on the 16th."

    "Okay."

    Then Chi Yan suddenly smiled, counting on his fingers, 16, 17, 18 days, which means they can be together for three days.

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan were talking, when outside it started "crashing and banging" again, Chu Luo and the others were no longer setting off fireworks, but firecrackers, the "cracking" sound was particrly loud, and Chu Yang could barely hear what Chi Yan was saying, and she could even smell the gunpowder of the firecrackers in the room.

    At this time, Chi Yan suddenly became gentle, and Chu Yang didn''t know what he said.

    After the firecrackers were finished, Chu Yang asked, "What did you say just now?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "Nothing. I said the sound of the firecrackers is so loud and lively." Actually, he had said "I love you so much." But Chu Yang didn''t hear it.

    Chu Yang felt that Chi Yan''s lip movements just now didn''t seem to be saying that much, but oh well, "It''s Luo and some kids in the yard setting off firecrackers."

    Chi Yan was jealous, "That''s great. I also want us to celebrate the New Year together someday."

    Chu Yang thought about it, if they celebrated the New Year together, they might already be at the stage of marriage, so she blushed a little and didn''t say anything.

    Chu Yang looked at the time, "I''m going to wash up, and we''ll video call againter."

    "Okay. Don''t hang up, just stay like this." They had agreed to video call to celebrate the new year together.

    "Okay."

    Then Chi Yan saw on the video that Chu Yang was walking around looking for clothes, and then took off her outer jacket, leaving only the inner undershirt, revealing her beautiful figure, and then walking to the side, she disappeared.

    Chi Yan watched as Chu Yang went to wash up, and he quickly went to wash up too, wanting to be done before Chu Yang came back so she could see him.

    Chu Yang took half an hour to wash up, and when she came back to the room, wiping her hair, she saw that Chi Yan''s hair was slightly damp and he had changed into his pajamas, looking like he had just finished washing up.

    Chu Yang looked at his hair, "Why didn''t you go blow-dry your hair? Go dry your hair first, it''s so cold outside, you''ll catch a cold."

    Chi Yan touched his head, he had forgotten in his hurry just now, "Okay, I''ll go right away."

    In less than five minutes, Chi Yan was back, his short hair dried quickly, unlike Chu Yang''s long hair, which she was still slowly blow-drying while chatting with Chi Yan.

    The time had already reached 11:45 pm, there were still 15 minutes until the new year, Chu Yang''s hair was finally dry, she yawned, feeling sleepy.

    Chu Yangy down on the bed, covering herself with the quilt and leaving only her head exposed, tilting her body to look at the same posture of Chi Yan, "I''m sleepy."

    Chi Yan looked at the time, "Wait a little longer."

    Chu Yang closed her eyes, "I''ll take a nap. Call me."

    "Okay."

    Then Chu Yang closed her eyes, and just as she felt herself slipping into deep sleep, the whole person suddenly woke up, opening her eyes, "What time is it?"

    There was one minute left.

    Chu Yang let out a sigh of relief, then watched the time, 30 seconds, 29 seconds... 8, 7, 6... 3, 2, 1.

    "Happy New Year!"

    "Happy New Year!"

    The two exchanged smiles, and Chu Yang found that her phone had received a lot of Happy New Year greetings.

    Chi Yan also turned around and sent her a red envelope, 10,000 yuan, and Chu Yang sent him 8,888 yuan in return.

    Chu Yang''s door was knocked, and Chu''s mom and dad came in, giving her a New Year''s red envelope. Chu Yang quickly sat up and wished them a Happy New Year.

    Everyone wished each other blessings, and outside it was all the sound of firecrackers going off.

    A new year has arrived!

 Chapter 145: Propaganda Department

    <h4>Chapter 145</h4>

    The New Year had arrived, and many movies were being screened. Since Chu Yang had nothing else to do at home, she went to the city with Chu Luo to watch a patriotic movie.

    First, Chu Yang and Chu Luo went to the library to buy study materials for Chu Luo. After that, the two of them went to the movie theater. Before the movie started, Chu Yang went to the restroom, while Chu Luo waited with two sodas and popcorn.

    When Chu Yang came back, she took the soda, and the two checked their tickets and entered the theater. Li Qinglu and Gu Xiao had also arrived at the same movie theater. The two had previously quarreled and broken up several times, but they had recently reconciled. Li Qinglu saw Chu Yang''s back and said, "Hmm?"

    Gu Xiao asked, "What''s wrong?"

    Li Qinglu shook her head. "I think I saw Chu Yang."

    Gu Xiao snorted. "Why bother paying attention to her? Don''t ruin the mood."

    Li Qinglu nodded, and then they bought sodas and popcorn and went in to watch the movie. Upon entering the auditorium, Li Qinglu''s seat was behind Chu Yang, and she realized that Chu Yang was watching the same movie as them. There was also a male student sitting next to Chu Yang, but the dim lighting made it difficult to see his face clearly.

    After sitting down, Li Qinglu whispered to Gu Xiao, "I saw Chu Yang. She''s over there." Li Qinglu pointed to a spot in front. "There seems to be a male student next to her, not Chi Yan." Li Qinglu recognized Chi Yan, but the male student''s silhouette looked nothing like him.

    Gu Xiao nced over and felt a sense of satisfaction. Ha, so Chi Yan had this day too? Being cheated on!

    As the campus heartthrob at A University, although everyone said he couldn''tpare to Chi Yan, Gu Xiao sometimes doubted himself. But now, he felt he was much better than Chi Yan. At least Chi Yan was terrible at judging people! Who didn''t know what kind of person Chu Yang was?

    Gu Xiao took a photo of Chu Yang and the male student next to her, capturing the moment when they were sharing a bucket of popcorn.

    The movie was a patriotic film that moved people to tears, even Chu Yang was so touched that she took out a tissue to wipe her eyes.

    After the movie ended, Chu Yang and Chu Luo left directly, while Li Qinglu and Gu Xiao followed behind them.

    Soon, Chu Yang and Chu Luo disappeared from their sight, but as the two were walking side by side, Li Qinglu secretly took a photo of their backs.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan was counting the days, feeling that the school break was too long.

    When Chu Yang returned home, she told Chi Yan about her day''s activities. Chi Yan said disappointedly, "I wanted to watch it too, but no one apanied me."

    It was impossible not to have someone to apany him; it was just not the person he wanted.

    "When I return to Jing City, I''ll go with you again."

    "Okay."

    On the eighth day of the New Year, Chi Yan didn''t want to stay at home anymore, so he went to work with his grandfather, joining the Propaganda Department. When the news reached others, they breathed a sigh of relief.

    The Chi Corporation started out as a technologypany, mainly producingputers,munication devices, and other electronic equipment like phones,puters, games, and cars. Previously, Chi Yan had created a small game himself, intending to sell it to anotherpany for some money to buy a gift for Chu Yang. Unexpectedly, heter found out that the Chi Corporation wanted to buy it...

    In the end, he did get the money, which was his grandfather''s allowance. As for the game, he gave it to thepany for free since he had a share in thepany''s profits.

    Recently, thepany hired a new spokesmodel for one of their phone models - a top actress named Lin Yueyue with millions of fans, good reputation, and poprity. However, she was known for frequent online fan wars, but which top star''s fans didn''t engage in fan wars? The more popr the star, the more fan wars. The wealthy Chi Corporation had several people vying for the endorsement deal, but Lin Yueyue eventually secured it through her connections.

    The endorsement deal covered the Greater China region and was worth millions, making it an lucrative opportunity.

    On the tenth day of the New Year, Lin Yueyue and her crew arrived at the 8th floor of the Chi Corporation building, where the Propaganda Department was located, to shoot amercial.

    When Lin Yueyue arrived, many people from the Propaganda Department came out to greet her, as they were quite curious about the big celebrity.

    Lin Yueyue greeted everyone warmly. Jin Xi, the Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department, also came to wee Lin Yueyue and her team, exchanging pleasantries with Lin Yueyue''s manager for a while. Afterward, the crew took Lin Yueyue to the shooting location.

    As a top celebrity with a tight schedule, everyone got busy quickly. Meanwhile, Chi Yan was familiarizing himself with thepany''s spokesperson when a colleague approached him. "Chi Yan, Deputy Director Jin Xi wants you to go to Room 803. They''re shooting amercial there, and she wants you to observe."

    Chi Yan nodded. "Okay. You don''t need to call me Young Master. Just call me Chi Yan."

    Since attending the annual meeting, the entirepany knew that Chi Yan was the grandson of the Chairman, and he was here to learn.

    When they learned about Chi Yan, everyone excitedly discussed him in private.

    "Young Master Chi Yan is so handsome! Ahhh!"

    "Oh my god, this must be the male lead from a novel. My male lead finally has a face!"

    "This must be what the future CEO looked like in his youth."

    "The Chairman asked Young Master Chi Yan toe to thepany to learn. Does that mean he''ll take over in the future?"

    "I heard there''s another grandson too."

    "The other one is working in a government position, I think."

    "Oh, so it might be Young Master Chi Yan who takes over in the future."

    "I heard he''s still in university, so even if he takes over, it''ll probably take a few years."

    "Not necessarily, he might join thepany right after graduating."

    "I wonder if he has a girlfriend? He''s so handsome, I don''t know which youngdy would be worthy of him."

    Hearing this, Jin Xi thought: Don''t even think about it, he already has a girlfriend.

    ...

    When Chi Yan arrived at Room 803, he saw a woman standing in front of a white curtain, holding one of theirpany''s new phone models and posing professionally for the photographer.

    Lin Yueyue''s assistant, Xiao Feng, noticed someone entering and looked over. Damn! She had been in the entertainment industry for a while, but this guy still looked exceptionally handsome. Was he a new artist? What was he doing here? Could it be that the Chi Corporation had invited him to appear in amercial with her boss, Lin Yueyue?

    In an instant, Xiao Feng had many thoughts racing through her mind. She nudged Lin Yueyue''s manager, Elder Brother Chen. "Elder Brother Chen, look at that guy over there."

    Elder Brother Chen looked over, his eyes lighting up. Who was this guy? Sign him immediately!

    Xiao Feng, realizing what he was thinking, quickly said, "You don''t think he''s here to shoot themercial with Yueyue, do you? But we didn''t hear anything about that. Look, he seems quite familiar with Deputy Director Jin Xi."

    Elder Brother Chen considered this and walked over to Chi Yan, asking Jin Xi, "Who is this..."

    Jin Xi was about to introduce Chi Yan as thepany''s Young Master when Chi Yan spoke first, "Hello, I''m a new employee in the Propaganda Department. My name is Chi Yan."

 Chapter 146: The Fans

    <h4>Chapter 146</h4>

    Elder Brother Chen listened and realized it was an employee, so he smiled and said to Jin Xi, "Oh, so you''re from the Propaganda Department of the Chi Corporation. No wonder, you people from the Chi Corporation''s Propaganda Department are all handsome guys and beautifuldies."

    Jin Xi smiled, "Yeah, I brought him here to learn and observe."

    Elder Brother Chen also smiled, then introduced Lin Yueyue to Chi Yan, "This is our artist, Lin Yueyue. I''m sure you know her. She has acted in ''The Great Xia Dynasty'', ''The Rescue'', and oh yes, my Yueyue also has a role in the uing New Year film ''Long Live the Mothend''. Not sure if you''ve seen it."

    ''Long Live the Mothend'' was the movie Chu Yang had watched a few days ago. Chi Yan was somewhat familiar with it. "I know that one. Haven''t seen it yet, nning to watch it in a few days." As for Lin Yueyue herself, he actually didn''t know or follow her, but of course he couldn''t say that out loud.

    "By the way, once Yueyue is done with her workter, if you''d like an autograph or anything, just let me know and I''ll tell her."

    Chi Yan was about to refuse, but then thought that maybe Chu Yang would like it, so he said, "Thanks for the trouble, sure."

    Nearby, Jin Xi thought: Does the young master actually like this sort of thing?

    Elder Brother Chen waved his hand, "No problem. It''s a small thing." He then thought maybe they could take a photo together too, and post it on social media, promoting that Lin Yueyue has such a handsome fan. The more he thought about it, the better it seemed, so Elder Brother Chen added, "We could take a photo together too."

    Chi Yan waved his hand to refuse, "No need." He didn''t want to take photos with other women, only with his Chu Yang.

    Elder Brother Chen thought he might just be shy, so he enthusiastically said, "It''s no trouble. We can take a photo."

    Right at that moment, Lin Yueyue came down to take a break. "What are you guys talking about?"

    Elder Brother Chen immediately said, "This student here says he''s a fan of yours and wants your autograph."

    Lin Yueyue''s eyes lit up when she saw Chi Yan. She had seen many handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry, but this one, just judging by his appearance, could outshine arge number of male celebrities. In the industry, there was marketing talk of the most handsome male actor nationwide, or the male star with the most youthful charm, and admittedly some of them were indeed good-looking. But some of them were really only presentable on TV: without makeup in private, they didn''t look so great.

    But this person was truly handsome. And he looked quite young too.

    Lin Yueyue reached her hand out to Xiao Feng, "No problem, Xiao Feng, pass me a pen."

    With a few strokes, Lin Yueyue quickly signed and handed it to Chi Yan, giving him a wink, "Thank you for your support."

    Chi Yan took it, "Thank you." Later he would show Chu Yang that he got a celebrity''s autograph, and give it to her when she returned to Jing City. She would definitely be happy.

    Elder Brother Chen asked again, "Want to take a photo together too?" He gave Lin Yueyue a look.

    Lin Yueyue nodded, "Sure, we can."

    Chi Yan shook his head, "No need, no need, thank you, don''t trouble yourself."

    Elder Brother Chen was very enthusiastic, "It''s no trouble, really."

    Chi Yan said, "I really don''t need it, thank you. I won''t take photos with other women without my girlfriend''s permission."

    Elder Brother Chen: ???

    Jin Xi: ??? Young Master Chi Yan has a girlfriend?

    Nearby, Lin Yueyue and Xiao Feng were also stunned: ?

    Everyone looked at Chi Yan. He put away the autograph, "The autograph is enough. My girlfriend will love it. Thank you, we won''t take up any more of your time."

    Jin Xi quickly chimed in, "Right, right, right, we won''t bother you any longer. Come,e, Yueyue must be tired, have a seat. Xiao Li, quickly bring over some fruit and drinks."

    "Sure, sure."

    Elder Brother Chen was professional, and his expression quickly returned to normal. "Haha,e, have a seat. No problem."

    They all sat on the sofa, waiting for the other staff to set up for the next advertising shoot.

    Xiao Li brought over drinks and fruit, and when he handed them to Chi Yan, he said, "Your tea, Young Master."

    Elder Brother Chen was stunned, "Young Master?"

    Nearby, Lin Yueyue and Xiao Feng were also surprised.

    Jin Xi quickly smiled and said, "Ah, yes. Chi Yan is the grandson of our Chairman, the Chairman asked him toe learn at our Propaganda Department."

    Chi Yan waved his hand, "For now, I''m just an intern employee."

    It was only then that Elder Brother Chen noticed Chi Yan''s attire. No wonder he looked different from a regr employee: he thought Chi Yan might be a rtive of Vice President Jin Xi. But he turned out to be the young master of the Chi family. It was fortunate that he hadn''t said anything offensive earlier.

    Elder Brother Chen''s eyes shifted around, "I see, my apologies for not recognizing an important figure. No wonder I thought the Chi Corporation''s employee looked so outstanding." As for taking photos together for promotion, he didn''t dare think about it anymore. This was the son of the money tree, or rather, the future money tree.

    Meanwhile, the set was ready, and they called Lin Yueyue over. She stood up, "I''ll head over first."

    Elder Brother Chen also stood, "I''ll go take a look."

    Then Chi Yan and Jin Xi were left sitting, drinking tea. Jin Xi quickly started introducing the day''s work and the endorser Lin Yueyue to Chi Yan.

    "Lin Yueyue is an A-list celebrity with many fans, critically acimed works, and after research and discussion, our department chose her as the endorser. Regarding the concept for today''s phone product, we all felt that Lin Yueyue fits well with the concept..."

    Chi Yan listened attentively, asionally asking questions that Jin Xi answered one by one. Everyone said that Young Master Chi Yan would take over thepany in the future, so she had to make a good impression.

    The morning''s filming tasks were quicklypleted, and Lin Yueyue''s group soon left.

    Chi Yan also went to the cafeteria for lunch and took a photo to send to Chu Yang, introducing the delicious cafeteria food.

    Meanwhile, Elder Brother Chen and Lin Yueyue''s group were in the car. "I originally wanted to do a promotional photo with you having such a handsome fan, but then I realized he might not even recognize you. Some wealthy young masters are like that: no matter how big a celebrity you are, they might genuinely not know you. Luckily our attitude was still okay back there."

    In their line of work, the biggest fear was offending a rich, influential sponsor.

    Nearby, Xiao Feng also looked relieved, "I thought it was going to be a celebrity co-starring with Sister Yueyue in the ad. Turns out it was the young master of the Chi family. He really is very handsome, but he already has a girlfriend."

    Lin Yueyue rested with her eyes closed, "Alright, alright, at least today''s work went well. In the future, we know to be more courteous if we meet people like that."

    "Of course."

    On the other side, after finishing his meal, Chi Yan took a photo of Lin Yueyue''s autograph and sent it to Chu Yang, "Chu Yang, there was a celebrity at thepany today shooting an ad. It was that actress from ''Long Live the Mothend'' that you watched before. I got her autograph, and I''ll give it to you when you return to Jing City."

    Chu Yang was delighted, "Really? Thank you, boyfriend. Muah muah." She wasn''t really into celebrity culture: she was just happy that Chi Yan had her in mind and would think of her whenever he got anything.

    Chi Yan smiled back with a muah, "Just a few more days and I''ll go pick you up."

    "Okay~"

    Chi Yan had already started imagining what he would do once he brought her back.

 Chapter 147: Send Chulo Back to School.

    <h4>Chapter 147</h4>

    The days of vacation always pass by very quickly, especially for high school students, as the vacation is so short that they have to go back to school even before celebrating the Lantern Festival. Chu Luo had already packed his luggage and was ready to go to school.

    "I''ll go with my brother," Chu Yang said. Chu Luo was studying at the Second High School of Jiazhou City, while Chu Yang had previously studied at the First High School. Based on Chu Luo''s grades, he could have also attended the First High School, as the two schools werepeting to recruit students at the time. However, Chu Luo chose to go to the Second High School because he felt that his sister had be too arrogant and disdainful of her family after attending the First High School, and he believed the First High School was not a good choice.

    The Second High School not only waived Chu Luo''s tuition fees but also provided him with a subsidy, as long as he maintained his grades.

    Chu''s parents didn''t understand, but they just let their son decide for himself. As for Chu Yang, she generally respected personal choices.

    "I''ll go with you to your school; I haven''t seen your school yet," Chu Yang said.

    "Whatever," Chu Luo said, indifferently.

    Chu''s dad dropped the two of them off at the town, and then they took the bus to the city and bid farewell to their father.

    Chu''s dad: "If you have no money, just call home. Chu Yang, when youe back, call your dad, and I''lle pick you up."

    "Okay."

    After saying goodbye to their father, the bus headed towards the city, and most of the passengers were students going back to school.

    "Oh, Chu Luo, you''re here too," suddenly a voice from behind called out.

    Chu Luo looked back and recognized his middle school ssmate, "Xu Zhaoling?"

    "It''s me. School is starting soon, and I''m so sad. I didn''t expect we''d be on the same bus." Xu Zhaoling then noticed the beautiful woman sitting next to Chu Luo, his eyes lighting up. "And who is this..."

    Chu Luo gave him a look, "This is my sister."

    Xu Zhaoling grinned widely, "Hello, sister, hello, sister."

    Chu Yang also greeted him, "Hello."

    Xu Zhaoling leaned in and whispered to Chu Luo, "So this is the sister who''s studying at A University? Your sister is so beautiful, even more beautiful than the school belle at our school. You and your sister both have such good looks."

    Chu Luo pushed him away, "Of course we look alike, we''re siblings."

    "I''m so envious of you, having such a beautiful and high-achieving sister. Your sister is at A University, so you''ll probably go to A University too, right?"

    Chu Luo pondered for a moment, "We''ll see, not necessarily." By the time he went to university, his sister Chu Yang would have already graduated, and he still hadn''t decided what he wanted to study, so he just wanted to focus on getting through his three years of high school first, as the future was uncertain.

    "I see. But your grades are good, so you can probably get into any school you want."

    Xu Zhaoling and Chu Luo chatted away, while Chu Yang was reading a book.

    About an hourter, they arrived in the city, and Xu Zhaoling and Chu Luo parted ways. Chu Yang followed Chu Luo to the Second High School.

    There were many cars parked outside the school gate, with many parents sending their children to school. There were also many small shops around the school gate, making the area very lively.

    Chu Yang pointed to the stationery store, "Do you still need any school supplies? I''ll go buy some for you."

    Chu Luo shook his head, "No need, I have everything."

    "Okay then."

    Chu Luo then noticed the fruit and snack vendors, "Wait here, I''ll go buy you something to eat."

    Before Chu Luo could say anything, Chu Yang had already squeezed through the crowd and soon came back with a carton of milk and a bag of fruit snacks, "Here, drink more milk so you can grow taller."

    Chu Luo gave her a nk look, and Chu Yang, realizing that she was now shorter than him by a head, sheepishly said, "Anyway, you''re already taller than Chyan Yan now, so you can help me bully him back if he bullies me in the future."

    Chu Luo: ... He wanted to say that with Chyan Yan''s sycophantic personality, Chu Yang wouldn''t need him to bully Chyan Yan back.

    They went through the registration process and went to the dorm room. Chu Yang inspected the dorm, with bunk beds and two bathrooms, and it seemed alright.

    The dorm room was empty at the moment, and Chu Yang saw a mop and immediately went to get water, nning to help Chu Luo wipe down the bed, to show her sisterly love. However, Chu Luo immediately snatched the mop from her, "Don''t do anything, just sit here. I''ll do it. Mom said I''m supposed to take you around and y with you, not let you do any work."

    Chu Luo made Chu Yang sit on his chair.

    "Okay then."

    Chu Yang was sitting and observing when suddenly there was amotion in the hallway, and a few people noisily barged into the dorm room. The first guy who came in immediately locked eyes with Chu Yang and yelled "Fuck!" as he took a step back.

    The people behind him also stepped on each other''s feet, "Li Xian, what are you doing? Fuck!"

    Several "Fucks!" and several pairs of eyes were now staring at Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang nodded at them, these must be her brother''s roommates, and they seemed alright.

    Chu Luo came over from the balcony, "What''s going on? This is my sister, she''s sending me to school."

    "Hello, sister."

    "Hello, sister."

    They all politely greeted Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang smiled and waved her hand, "Hello."

    Chu Luo looked at them and felt they were being too silly, so he threw the mop aside, washed his hands, and said, "Let''s go, I''ll show you around the school."

    Chu Yang immediately followed him.

    After they left, the roommates started eximing, "Fuck! That was Chu Luo''s sister? She''s an angel! My heart is racing, I think I''m in love."

    "We didn''t even know Chu Luo had a sister! His sister looks so young, is she a student at our school?"

    "I don''t know. But I think Chu Luo''s sister is much prettier than Zheng Xinger, and they say Zheng Xinger is the school belle."

    "Bullshit, I think Cai Sheng Sheng is the real belle."

    "I know you like Cai Sheng Sheng."

    ...

    Chu Luo took Chu Yang on a tour of the campus, and Chu Yang reflected on her own high school days, where she had just focused on studying and had none of the teenage love and drama that the other students seemed to be experiencing.

    Chu Yang patted Chu Luo''s shoulder, "Little brother, your youth is in your own hands. If you encounter someone or something you like, be sure to seize the opportunity and have no regrets."

    Chu Luo: ... He had no idea what his sister was thinking.

    After the tour, it was gettingte, so Chu Yang said goodbye to Chu Luo, "I''m going back now, you study hard at school." She also gave him a few hundred dors, "Buy some more food."

    Chu Luo: ... She was really worried he wouldn''t have enough to eat.

    "Be careful on your way back."

    Chu Luo saw Chu Yang off at the school gate and then went back to the dorm.

    When Chu Luo returned to the dorm, his roommates immediately surrounded him, "Chu Luo, what''s your sister''s name?"

    "Chu Luo, is your sister also a student at our school?"

    "Chu Luo, how old is your sister? Does she have a boyfriend?"

    Chu Luo just gave them a look, "My sister is a sophomore, she has a boyfriend, so don''t even think about it."

    "Ahhh!" The roommates let out disappointed cries, their hopes clearly crushed.

 Chapter 148: Return to Beijing

    <h4>Chapter 148</h4>

    "No problem, just let me know if your sister breaks up."

    "You don''t have to think about it," Chu Luo said as he packed his things. "My sister''s boyfriend has alreadye to our house, and my parents really like him." He didn''t think the two would break up.

    "Ah, it seems the beautiful flowers are all taken."

    "I didn''t expect you to have such a sister. Your sister is truly a fairy in the mortal world."

    "She''s much prettier than the girls I''ve seen."

    Chu Luo: "That just means you haven''t seen enough girls."

    ...

    On the other hand, Chu Yang went straight to the bus station and headed home. When she was about to reach the town, she called Chu''s Dad to pick her up.

    Chu Yang thought they could buy a car, but the issue was where to get the money. Moreover, Chu''s parents didn''t have a driver''s license, Chu Luo was underage, and she didn''t need one either as she hadn''t gotten her license yet.

    Never mind, they could wait a little longer. But she could n to get her driver''s license.

    On the 16th, early in the morning, Chi Yan left. He had told his grandfather the day before: "Grandpa, school is starting soon, so I have something to do tomorrow. I won''t be going to thepany after that."

    Chi Bai nodded, not forcing him, for Chi Yan was still young. Letting him go to thepany was just for him to learn. Everything could wait until after he graduated.

    Chi Yan got up at 6 a.m. and left for Jiazhou City at 7 a.m. sharp, while Chu Yang was still asleep.

    Chu Yang woke up after 8 a.m. and saw Chi Yan''s message. Thinking that he was driving, she didn''t want to distract him, so she didn''t reply.

    Chi Yan arrived after 11 a.m. Chu Yang heard the car and immediately went to open the door. Chi Yan had just parked at the entrance.

    After parking the car, Chi Yan saw Chu Yang standing at the door. He quickly unbuckled his seatbelt, got out, and took big strides towards her. He hugged her tightly, and if they weren''t at the main entrance, he would have kissed her right away, fearing that Chu''s parents mighte out.

    Chi Yan took a deep breath at Chu Yang''s neck before letting her go. "I''ve brought New Year gifts for your uncle and aunt." He opened the trunk and took out two New Year gift boxes and a crate of fruit.

    Chu Yang helped him carry them. "Dad, Mom, Chi Yan is here."

    Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom, who were busy in the kitchen, quickly wiped their hands and came out. The night before, Chu Yang had told them that Chi Yan would pick her up the next day to go back to Jing City, and she needed to return early.

    Chu''s Mom took the things from Chi Yan''s hands. "Xiao Yan is here. Happy New Year. You don''t need to bring anything next time. This is too much trouble."

    Chi Yan smiled back, "It''s no trouble, just a small gift. I also wish you a Happy New Year and good health."

    "Good, good." Chu''s Mom nodded with a smile, then gave Chu''s Dad a look.

    Chu''s Dad understood and went into the room. Shortly after, he came out with two red envelopes and handed them to Chu''s Mom, who then gave them to Chi Yan. "Here, New Year''s red envelopes. I hope Xiao Yan has a smooth journey and a sessful academic life."

    Chi Yan epted the red envelopes from the elders. "Thank you, Uncle and Auntie."

    Not long after lunch, Chu Yang came out with her luggage. She hugged Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom and said, "Call me if you need anything at home."

    Chu''s Mom: "What could happen at home? Just take care of yourself. If you need money, tell us. Call us if anything happens." As parents, they weren''t very capable and didn''t know how to help their children, but they could at least support them financially when needed.

    "Okay. Goodbye, Dad and Mom."

    "Alright, goodbye."

    After the car was out of sight, Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom stood there for a while before going back inside. "The kids have grown up. It might just be the two of us in the future," Chu''s Mom sighed.

    Chu''s Dad patted her shoulder tofort her. It''s just how it is - children grow up and leave their parents, they''ll start their own families, and the parents will grow old. In the end, the couple is the one who apanies each other the longest.

    "How''s the car ident case going?" Chu Yang asked Chi Yan.

    "My uncle has spoken to the police. I''ve also investigated, and there were traces of Zhu Ying in several major car idents. My uncle said he learned from Mingwu Daoist that Zhu Ying had practiced some evil arts. Later, ording to the information from Uncle Li Yong, it seemed to get better. I don''t know if it was because Zhu Ying didn''t need to do it anymore or if the police uncles did a good job, but I didn''t see Zhu Ying in any more car idents in Jing City after that."

    "Hmm." Chu Yang pondered, tapping her fingers on the armrest. After a while, she spoke, "I have a feeling he''lle after me."

    Chi Yan nced at her before looking back at the road. "I''ll ask my uncle to find you some bodyguards."

    Chu Yang refused, "No need for bodyguards for me. Get them for yourself instead. I''m afraid he''ll go after you." After all, Zhu Ying knew about their rtionship.

    Chi Yan thought that since they were together, getting bodyguards for him or for her made little difference.

    "Then I''ll tell my uncle when we get back."

    "Hmm."

    After 4 p.m., they finally returned to Jing City. Chi Yan went straight to the ce near B University.

    He hadn''t been there since Chu Yang went home over a month ago, so the ce was cold from being uninhabited.

    Chi Yan turned on the heater right away and started cleaning and tidying up the ce. Chu Yang helped him too.

    After a busy two hours, they were both hungry and ordered hotpot for delivery.

    After eating for over an hour, the two finally copsed on the couch to rest.

    "Aren''t you going home tonight?" Chu Yang asked him.

    Chi Yan held her hand tightly, looking pitiful. "We just met. I don''t want to go home."

    Chu Yang: "...I was just asking. Did you tell your family?"

    Chi Yan: "I did." His parents had flown off somewhere to do research on the 8th day of the New Year. His cousin was also working and didn''t live at the old house. His uncle had only stayed for a day during the New Year before flying abroad to be with his wife.

    As for his Uncle Chi Xin, he should understand.

    On the other side, when Chi Xin returned home and didn''t see Chi Yan, he asked, "Where''s Xiao Yan?"

    The butler: "The young master said he wouldn''t being home today. It seems he went out with friends."

    Chi Xin was suspicious at first, but then remembered that Chi Yan had asked him for bodyguards around 4 p.m. He figured Chi Yan must have gone to see his girlfriend, so he let it go.

    Meanwhile, after Chu Yang had finished washing up, she immediatelyy down on the bed, feeling quite tired from the day''s activities. When Chi Yan came out after washing up, he went straight to Chu Yang''s bed, lifted the covers, and got in.

    Soon, there were soundsing from inside, and things were being thrown out.

    "Smack!" That was the sound of Chu Yang pping Chi Yan''s back. "Your hand..."

    Chi Yan''s voice was gentle like water, "I''m just giving you a light massage. You worked hard today too."

    Chu Yang''s hand that was outside was firmly grabbed by Chi Yan... Soon, Chu Yang covered her eyes with both hands and let out a word...

    From inside came Chi Yan''s voice, "Noyuezhuang, so sweet."

 Chapter 149: Whitehead

    <h4>Chapter 149</h4>

    Last night was a bitte, and the next morning around 10 o''clock, the two slowly opened their eyes. Chu Yang''s head was nestled in Chi Yan''s embrace, with one of Chi Yan''s hands wrapped around her.

    Chu Yang rubbed her eyes and sat up, patting Chi Yan''s chest, "Ah Yan, get up, I''m hungry."

    Chi Yan quickly pulled her back into the quilt, leaning in to gently nibble on her shoulder, and the two of them yed around a bit more before finally getting up.

    For lunch, they ordered takeout, as there was nothing in the fridge except water, since they hadn''t gone out to buy anything the day before.

    In the afternoon, they got dressed in matching outfits - long ck down jackets, ck pants, and striped scarves - and went out. They first went window shopping, then nned to watch the movie "Long Live the Mothend" in the evening, which they had previously arranged.

    With plenty of time, they also strolled through the park and took some photos together.

    Around 6 pm, they went to have dinner, then walked a bit to aid digestion before heading to the cinema around 8 pm. The movie was quite popr, with the theater packed even on a weekday.

    This was Chu Yang''s second time watching it, and she was still deeply moved. After the film ended, Chi Yan carefully wiped her tears with a tissue.

    "Don''t cry, our mothend is already strong, and it will only grow stronger in the future."

    "Mm-hmm," Chu Yang responded with a slightly nasal voice.

    A couple sitting nearby saw them and the woman poked the man, "Look at them."

    The man pointed to his own tears, "You see, even I''m crying, you shouldfort me too."

    The woman: ...

    It was past 10 pm when the movie ended, but the two were in no rush to go back. They went to the supermarket, then slowly walked hand-in-hand on the almost-deserted sidewalk, with trees providing a tranquil, serene atmosphere. In this peaceful setting, Chi Yan felt like they could walk together forever.

    As they were walking, it suddenly started snowing.

    Chu Yang held out her hand to catch a snowke, then looked up, "Ah Yan, it''s snowing."

    Chi Yan also looked up, "Mm-hmm."

    They stood there gazing at the snow falling on them, not minding it at all. Then Chi Yan looked down at Chu Yang, gently brushing the snow off her head, and smiled tenderly, his eyes sparkling like stars. "Central?"

    "Mm?"

    "Do we look like we''ll grow old together?"

    Chu Yang looked into his eyes, feeling like she could get lost in them. There was a dusting of white on his head as well. "Mm."

    Chi Yan leaned down towards her, and Chu Yang closed her eyes. Their noses brushed first, then their lips met in a deep, passionate kiss.

    ...

    As the snow grew heavier, they decided not to linger outside any longer and returned to the car to drive home.

    "When school starts, I''ll get my driver''s license," Chu Yang mentioned her n. Her face was still flushed, her eyes slightly reddened, and her lips somewhat swollen.

    "Okay, I can teach you when we have time," Chi Yan said.

    "Mm-hmm."

    By the time they got home, it was already past midnight. They freshened up and went to bed.

    The next day, Chu Yang suddenly remembered the poison she had made during the winter break, and took it out to exin to Chi Yan, "This drug is so terrifying, if you get even a little bit on you, it could be fatal. You absolutely cannot touch it." She hadn''t left it at her home, mainly because she was worried that if Chu''s Mom cleaned her room, she might identally find it.

    Chi Yan understood, "Okay, I won''t go near it."

    Chu Yang said, "I need to hide it really well, I''m so afraid of someone getting their hands on it."

    Chi Yan found a small lockbox, "Put it in here, I''ll give you the key. No one else can open it except you."

    "Okay."

    After safely storing the poison, Chu Yang started reading the book on making elixirs. The elixirs had some impressive effects - healing skin and bones, beautifying, even treating certain male issues. But the ingredients were so rare and expensive, some may not even exist in this world - things like snow crystals from the peak of Mount Everest, lotus seeds from the rare bloom of a century flower, or seaweed from a thousand meters under the sea.

    While Chu Yang studied the book, Chi Yan worked out. It was already the 18th, and Chu Yang would have to return to school the next day.

    Time flew by quickly, and Chu Yang was packing her things. Chi Yan hovered nearby, hesitating, wanting to say something but holding back. Chu Yang noticed, "If you want to say something, just say it."

    Chi Yan came closer, resting his head on her shoulder, "What if you don''t go back? Can you move in with me instead? I don''t want to be apart from you."

    Chu Yang paused her packing. She had already been spending about half her time at Chi Yan''s ce, and they were practically living together. It was more convenient there, since the witch''s books were all kept at Chi Yan''s. But she was still a bit hesitant about fully cohabiting - the saying goes that distance makes the heart grow fonder, and she worried that being together all the time might lead to more friction.

    Chi Yan wrapped his arms around her waist, looking at her pleadingly, "Please? Will you do it?"

    Chu Yang continued packing, "Let me think about it. But I do need to go back to the dorm tonight."

    Hearing that she would consider it, Chi Yan was already pleased. He no longer insisted, and instead helped her pack. "Central, do you need to take this?" he asked, pulling a small piece of lingerie from his drawer.

    Chu Yang covered her eyes, her ears instantly reddening, "Put that down!"

    Chi Yan ced it in her suitcase, "Okay, it''s packed."

    Chu Yang lowered her hand, her blush still not faded, "It''s gettingte, you go make dinner, I''ll finish packing."

    "Okay."

    Chi Yan went to the kitchen, and Chu Yang hurried to his closet, pulling out all her other clothes - underwear, pajamas, and more. Goodness, how did she umte so much here?

    What she didn''t know was that every time, Chi Yan would neatly fold her clothes and put them away in his own closet, mixing them in with his own.

    After finishing the packing, Chu Yang went to the kitchen to help Chi Yan. They spent half an hour cooking, then it was time to eat.

    After the meal, they rested for a bit before Chi Yan drove Chu Yang to the campus. They kissed for a long time at the dorm building, and Chi Yan only let her go when she disappeared into the dorm.

    Chu Yang pushed open the door, and Jin Yang and the others looked over, "We thought you might note back tonight!"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No, I came back a couple days ago already."

    She didn''t say the whole truth, but Jin Yang and the others could guess that Chu Yang had spent the extra time with her boyfriend Chi Yan.

    After all, they couldn''t see each other during the entire winter break, so Chu Yang must havee a little earlier to apany Chi Yan, her doting boyfriend. And Chi Yan doted on Chu Yang just as much in return - that''s just how their affectionate rtionship is.

 Chapter 150: Photo

    <h4>Chapter 150</h4>

    School was quite busy - course selection, club activities, and various school events. After everyone adjusted from the vacation mood about half a monthter, the Literature Society decided to organize a spring outing and held a meeting for people to share suggestions.

    Chu Yang also attended the meeting.

    Someone proposed going to the outskirts to appreciate the rural scenery, someone suggested visiting famous historical sites like the Forbidden City or the Summer Pce, someone proposed going hiking, and someone even suggested going abroad for the spring outing.

    The president rolled his eyes: "...will you sponsor the trip abroad? This is a spring outing, not an overseas trip." This was simply outrageous.

    The one who proposed going abroad said: "...I was just kidding. Haha."

    The president sighed, "Let''s all vote. Qingqing, please prepare some paper slips for everyone to write on."

    "Okay."

    Soon, everyone had a paper slip and began discussing with those around them.

    "Where would you like to go?"

    "Let''s go hiking. I''m tired of the rural scenery back home, and I''ve been to the famous historical sites in the city before."

    "You''re right. I''ll choose hiking too. It''ll be fun to hike as a group."

    The girl next to Chu Yang nudged her arm, "Yang Yang, where would you like to go?"

    Chu Yang also chose hiking, "Let''s go hiking. I''ve been to the Forbidden City and the Summer Pce before." Chi Yan had apanied her to many ces, including hiking trips, though not many. As for the rural scenery, her family''s countryside was quite nice, so there was no need to go elsewhere.

    "Alright then, I''ll choose hiking too."

    In the end, hiking won by andslide.

    Then a girl raised her hand, "I''d like to ask if we can bring family members?"

    As soon as she finished speaking, everyone looked at her. The girl smiled sheepishly, and the president waved his hand, "Of course! We love it lively and bustling. Whoever wants to bring family members can do so."

    "There are no restrictions on who we can bring, right?"

    The president adjusted his sses, "If you want to bring your 80-year-old grandmother, I may have to refuse."

    Everyone burst intoughter.

    They had chosen hiking, but they still needed to decide which mountain to climb.

    "How about North Looking Mountain? The night view from there is great."

    "But the hotels on North Looking Mountain are quite expensive, and our budget isn''t very high."

    "Okay then."

    "What about Guanyun Mountain in the suburbs?"

    "Isn''t Guanyun Mountain too far? Plus, there was a dog abuse incident there before, I heard that ce is quite eerie."

    Upon hearing "eerie," everyone became excited, "What happened? What happened? How was it eerie?"

    "Didn''t they say someone abused dogs there before? And they found many dead dog bodies? Thenter, some people went hiking there, and they were a bitteing down the mountain. As they were descending, they heard a lot of dog howling sounds, and some even said they saw dogs."

    "Maybe it was the lingering spirits of those dead dogs."

    "Oh gosh, that''s so creepy."

    The president tapped the table to interrupt the discussion, "Alright, alright, we''re college students, we should believe in science. Don''t spread unverified stories. And we''re discussing where to go hiking right now."

    "How about Lingqiu Mountain? The spring outing should be in March, right? The peach blossoms will be in full bloom in March, so Lingqiu Mountain will be covered in beautiful peach blossoms. There are also barbecue spots there, so we could go have a barbecue. We could even bring tents and camp overnight, then watch the sunrise in the morning."

    "I think Lingqiu Mountain sounds good."

    "Lingqiu Mountain? I''ve never even heard of that mountain before."

    "Part of Lingqiu Mountain hasn''t been opened to the public. I heard someone illegally entered the undeveloped part of the mountain before, so it was closed for rectification after that. It only reopened recently before the new year, and they''ve set up some barriers to prevent people from entering the undeveloped areas. But Lingqiu Mountain is indeed very beautiful."

    "I think it''s a good choice."

    Finally, the president made the decision, "Alright then, let''s go with Lingqiu Mountain. Next, let''s discuss the specific process."

    ...

    The meetingsted two hours, and everyone was tired, but they had more or less settled on the details. After this would be the division ofbor and preparation of specific items. There was no rush, as the spring outing was scheduled for March, and they still needed to pick a suitable date with good weather.

    The president asked everyone to check if they would bring family members and register their names.

    After returning, Chu Yang thought about it and told Chi Yan, since it seemed they would be camping this time, "Would you like toe with me?"

    Of course Chi Yan would go, "Sure. When is it? I''ll drive us there."

    Chu Yang: "Okay, I''ll register your name. I''ll let you know the detailster."

    "Great."

    There was still some time before the spring outing. Chu Yang''s days were filled with either attending sses,muting to sses, or going to the library. She rarely encountered the main characters in the library anymore, partly because she intentionally avoided them.

    However, what Chu Yang didn''t know was that a photo had suddenly appeared on the forum of the neighboring B University.

    It was a picture of Chu Yang and a male student watching a movie at the cinema, and the male student''s appearance couldn''t be clearly seen. But everyone knew it definitely wasn''t Chi Yan.

    "No way, has the campus idol Chi Yan been cheated on?"

    "Is that really not Chi Yan?"

    "The content is all made up based on one photo. As intelligent and cultured talents of B University, we shouldn''t blindly follow rumors, right?"

    "You''re early, let''s see what the nextment says."

    "That''s definitely not Chi Yan, but that girl is definitely Chi Yan''s girlfriend. Is someone trying to frame her?"

    "Surely Chi Yan''s campus idol girlfriend didn''t actually cheat on him, right?"

    "They seemed so loving atst semester''s sports meet. How did things change after just one new year?"

    "Did they break up? And she moved on seamlessly?"

    "Although Chi Yan''s girlfriend is from the neighboring A University, everyone knows that a high academic record doesn''t necessarily mean high moral standards. (PS: The truth isn''t clear yet, and I''m not saying his girlfriend cheated on Chi Yan, just expressing an opinion.)"

    "Quick, someone tag Chi Yan, I want to see the drama."

    "I was feeling down since the start of the semester, but after seeing this gossip, I immediately jumped down from my three-meter-high bed."

    "Wow, the person above is impressive. I didn''t know our school had three-meter-high beds."

    "Chi Yan doesn''t check the forums, find his roommates."

    ...

    The forum was abuzz with discussion. Wei Feng and the others weren''t in the dorm room - only Chi Yan was there, chatting with Chu Yang about taking her out to y tomorrow, since it was the weekend.

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing had juste from the gymnasium with a basketball when they ran into an acquaintance. "Wei Feng! You need to quickly tell Chi Yan the campus idol that something big has happened!"

    Wei Feng was puzzled, "What happened?"

    The acquaintance: "Chi Yan has been cheated on!"

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing thought they had heard wrong, so they dug their ears. "What did you say? Who got cheated on?"

    The acquaintance: "Chi Yan! Your roommate Chi Yan, the campus idol!"

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing looked at each other and shook their heads in unison. "Impossible! Absolutely impossible." The big guy wasn''t like that.

    The acquaintance: "Just check the forum."

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing opened the forum and saw the photo.

    The two immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "One photo can''t prove anything. This is definitely just a rumor to nder our big guy."

    Zheng Qing agreed, "Exactly. What cheating? Someone is definitely trying to frame our big guy."

    "Plus, the photo could have been photoshopped."

 Chapter 151: Clarification

    <h4>Chapter 151</h4>

    Although both Wei Feng and the others believed in Chu Yang, when they saw that many people had already posted on the forum, they immediately called Chi Yan. However, the other end of the line said that he was on the phone and requested that they call backter.

    The two decided to immediately return to the dormitory.

    Zheng Qing rode the electric bike and carried Wei Feng, "Ah Feng, you first send a message to Yan Ge and the big shot. Then post on the forum that spreading rumors is illegal."

    "Okay."

    Wei Feng immediately forwarded the post''s message to Chi Yan and Chu Yang. After thinking for a moment, he also forwarded the message to Chu Yang''s roommates. Then he directly posted the legal provisions under the discussion post.

    On the other side, Jin Yang and the others soon saw it and immediately gave feedback to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang was still on the phone with Chi Yan when Jin Yang walked over to her, pointing at the phone message and showing it to her.

    Chu Yang said to Chi Yan, "Wait a moment, I have something to do."

    "Mm-hmm."

    Chu Yang quickly understood the course of events. She had an expression like an old grandfather looking at his phone, then handed the phone back to Jin Yang, "Help me reply, that''s my brother."

    Jin Yang nodded, "Okay." However, before she could reply, the post had already been deleted.

    Jin Yang cursed, "The post has been deleted, they must be afraid of the rumor! What kind of people are these, spouting nonsense without even understanding what''s going on! The cost of spreading rumors is really too low. I''ll open a new post to help you rify."

    On the other side, Chi Yan heard everything, and he didn''t know about it yet, "What happened?"

    Chu Yang didn''t take this matter to heart at all, "It''s just a silly rumor."

    "Oh, then I''lle pick you up at 8 o''clock tomorrow morning, okay?"

    "Okay."

    Not long after hanging up the phone, Wei Feng and Zheng Qing hurriedly returned to the dormitory, "Yan Ge, did you see the post I sent you?"

    Chi Yan still didn''t know, "What happened?" He opened his phone messages and saw the post Wei Feng had sent him, but the post had been deleted.

    Wei Feng looked angry, "It was actually deleted! They must be guilty! But I took a screenshot! Hehe!" Wei Feng then sent the screenshot to Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan looked at it, and it was the same old grandfather-like expression of looking at the phone as Chu Yang, "This is my younger brother-inw." His girlfriend and younger brother-inw were just watching a movie, so how could they say he was being cheated on???

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing heaved a sigh of relief, "We told you, the big shot couldn''t possibly be that kind of person! What kind of people are these, a single image as rumor, the rest is all fabricated."

    Chi Yan immediately opened hisputer, "Let me find out who posted it."

    His long fingers quickly typed a series of codes on theputer keyboard, and soon Chi Yan found the source - it was a new ount, and it was posted from an inte cafe near the A University gate.

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing watched from behind him, "It''s the inte cafe near the A University gate, let''s go check the surveince cameras."

    Chi Yan closed theptop, then grabbed the car keys and left, with Wei Feng and Zheng Qing following.

    Driving quickly, they soon arrived at the inte cafe near A University. After going in, Chi Yan and the others quickly exined their purpose.

    The inte cafe manager said, "This is our customer''s privacy, we can''t just let anyone see it."

    Wei Feng took out a hundred-dor bill and hugged the manager, "Bro, give us a favor, our brother is being ndered and cheated on, who can endure this? You''re also a man, you understand, good brother. Next time I''ll bring friends to take care of your business, you can ask around about my name, Wei Feng, who doesn''t know me? I have a lot of brothers, they all y games, I can even rent out the whole ce for you anytime."

    Wei Feng patted the manager''s chest.

    The manager thought for a moment, "Okay, but you can''t tell anyone about this."

    "Understood."

    The manager quickly pulled up the surveince footage, and then Chi Yan and the others saw a strange young man sitting at aputer, who left the inte cafe about half an hourter.

    Wei Feng and the others took a photo of him, but they didn''t recognize him.

    After leaving the inte cafe, Wei Feng carefully examined the photo of the person, "Yan Ge, we don''t know this person."

    Zheng Qing said, "Since you have so many friends, why don''t you post on your friend circle and find out?"

    Wei Feng nodded, "You''re right."

    Chi Yan said, "Ah Feng, you ask around first, I''ll go find Chu Yang."

    Wei Feng and the others nodded, "Okay, you gofort the big shot first."

    The big shot Chu Yang, who neededforting, was currently feeding a crow. Jin Yang had already posted a rification.

    Soon there werements under the post.

    "Ah, I thought there was some big gossip."

    "Dispersed, dispersed, it''s just her brother."

    "I knew it, just a single image, the rest is all fabricated."

    "I don''t even see them as very intimate."

    "Gosh, being ndered for just watching a movie with their sister and brother."

    "Itchy Yan is so handsome, I can''t imagine he would do something like that. Just looking at his face, I''d even p myself if he did something wrong."

    "Well, who can understand love? Remember that celebrity before, didn''t she cheat on a handsome guy with an ugly one?"

    "That''s true."

    "So who spread the rumor in the end? And the previous post was deleted, looks like they were guilty."

    "It''s either because they don''t like the girl or they don''t like the campus idol. Or maybe they just don''t like the two of them."

    "That''s a typical victim-ming mentality..."

    ...

    On the other side, Wei Feng and the others quickly saw the rification post.

    "Seems like it''s the big shot''s people who posted the rification. Let''s find the rumor-spreader and give them a beating!"

    Downstairs, Chi Yan called Chu Yang, and Chu Yang went out after washing her hands.

    "Chi Yan is looking for me, I''ll go out for a bit."

    "Okay, go ahead."

    Downstairs, Chi Yan saw Chu Yang and immediately grabbed her hand, then told her about going to the inte cafe to find the person.

    "Look, this is the person."

    Chu Yang looked at the photo and shook her head, "I don''t know this person. But since they were able to take a photo of me during my winter vacation, they should also be from Jiazhou City." She wasn''t sure if it was one of the original owner''s old acquaintances, but she had seen some of the original owner''s old ssmates in Jiazhou before, and she couldn''t recall this person.

    "It''s okay, Wei Feng''s side has already gone to find the person. They should find out soon."

    "Mm-hmm. It''s fine. Jin Yang has already posted a rification post for me, take a look."

    Chi Yan opened the university forum, and the first post was the rification post, and thements underneath looked fine.

    On the other side of the A University dormitory, Li Qinglu also saw the post. When the rumor post first started, she had a bit of a secret joy, though she knew she shouldn''t feel that way. But in the past two years, she had seen Chu Yang be the top student in the department and also win various awards. Moreover, sometimes she would even hear people say that Chu Yang was better looking than her.

    There were times when peoplepared her and Chu Yang - in terms of grades, appearance, and boyfriend. They actually said that she was not as good as Chu Yang?

    They probably didn''t know that back in high school, Chu Yang was just her little follower. But for some reason, after entering university, Chu Yang just started shining brightly. She felt that it shouldn''t be this way. How could Chu Yang be so outstanding?

 Chapter 152: Apology Note

    <h4>Chapter 152</h4>

    It turned out that the post was deleted afterwards and there was a rification post, was that Chu Yang''s younger brother? She didn''t even know Chu Yang had a younger brother, and everyone had always thought she was an only child.

    Wei Feng soon found someone, a male student from the Economics and Management Department of A University, named Chen Meng.

    Chen Meng was walking on the school road, when suddenly a group of people blocked him, a group ofrge men over 180 cm tall, each looking fierce and ferocious. Chen Meng tried to walk to the side, but was blocked, and when he tried to walk to the other side, he was blocked again. He was already feeling uneasy, so he could only dodge and ask, "What are you doing? This is the school."

    Wei Feng smiled, "What are we doing? We want to ask you what you are doing. Don''t you know that spreading rumors will bring divine retribution?"

    Chen Meng immediately realized that his actions had been discovered. He turned and tried to run, but was quickly caught.

    Chen Meng was directly taken to an empty ssroom at A University, and Wei Feng called Chi Yan, "Brother Yan, we''ve got the person, in Room 108 on the first floor of the Dehai Building at A University."

    "I''ll be right over with Yang."

    Wei Feng hung up the phone and then smiled at the people next to him, "Did I just look like a mafia boss? With the ck clothes I''m wearing today, am I cool?"

    Zheng Qing: "You look like a spy!"

    "Hahaha."

    While they were allughing, Chen Meng was already sweating with fear, even though the weather today was only around 10 degrees Celsius.

    Soon, Chi Yan and Chu Yang arrived, and Jin Yang and the others followed.

    Jin Yang looked him over, "So this is the one who spread rumors about our Yang?"

    Wei Feng: "Yes, it''s him. But we feel there''s someone behind him."

    Zhou Caicai: "We don''t know him, and Yang doesn''t know him either. He must have done it because he knows us."

    Chi Yan pulled up a chair and sat down, narrowing his eyes at Chen Meng, "Tell us, what have we done to offend you?"

    Chen Meng fearfully shook his head.

    "If not, then why did you secretly take photos of my girlfriend? And spread rumors? Are you a pervert?"

    Chen Meng shook his head, "I... I''m not. I''m sorry. I''m sorry. I won''t do it again."

    Wei Feng mmed his hand on the desk, "Ouch!" Wei Feng cried out in pain, "Is this desk so hard?"

    The others allughed. But Chen Meng became even more afraid.

    Next to him, Zheng Qing gently tapped the desk, "Just tell us, who told you to do it? You''re not from Jiazhou City, so you couldn''t have taken those photos. Come clean and you''ll be treated leniently, otherwise... we found out you wet the bed until you were 7, and were dumped by a girl when you were 12, and then..."

    "Hahaha." Before Zheng Qing could finish, Wei Feng and the others were alreadyughing.

    Zheng Qing: "Alright, what are youughing at? He got dumped by a girl at 12, and you still don''t have a girlfriend."

    "Ugh~" Wei Feng burped, then immediately stopped, "Looks like... I''m the more pitiful one."

    The others also paused, realizing they didn''t have girlfriends either, and then they all red menacingly at Chen Meng.

    Chen Meng''s legs were shaking with fear.

    "Why are you shaking? Hurry up and tell us."

    Chen Meng started crying, "It was Gu Xiao who told me to post it. I don''t know anything, he told me to post it, I know nothing."

    Chi Yan heard this, Gu Xiao?

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan, they both knew who Gu Xiao was, but they hadn''t had any contact with him in a long time.

    They let Chen Meng go, and everyone snorted, "Who knew he was so weak?"

    "After all, we were so intimidating!"

    "How dare a coward spread rumors?"

    "With such a small amount of courage, he actually dared to do bad things."

    Wei Feng looked at Chi Yan, "Brother Yan, should we go catch that Gu Xiao and finish him off?" Wei Feng made a throat-cutting gesture.

    Chi Yan shook his head, "No need, I''ll handle it."

    "Okay." Everyone trusted Chi Yan''s abilities.

    Chi Yan checked the time, "I''ve booked a meal at the Yuehua Hotel, you all go ahead and eat."

    The group was thrilled, "Brother Yan is awesome! Hehe, we can eat big lobsters and roast suckling pig again."

    "I''m already drooling. Let''s go."

    "Let''s go, let''s go."

    Chu Yang also told Jin Yang and the others to go, "You all go as well."

    "Okay, we''ll go first then."

    "Alright."

    Chi Yan took Chu Yang''s hand and left, "I''ll take care of the person. Don''t worry."

    Chu Yang nodded, "I just don''t understand why he''s been targeting me? I haven''t bullied him or Li Qinglu, I don''t know why he''s always staring at me?"

    Chi Yan: "Some people are just inherently evil, without any reason."

    Chu Yang thought about it, "Is it because he''s jealous of me? Or you?"

    Chi Yan wasn''t sure either, "Maybe, but spreading rumors is not a valid reason."

    "You''re right."

    Gu Xiao and Li Qinglu were walking on the road, when a ck car suddenly pulled up beside them. The driver rolled down the window, "Fellow student, our young master has invited you toe sit with us and chat."

    Gu Xiao paused, because the back window had just opened, and Chi Yan was looking out, sitting next to a man in a ck suit. The man got out of the car and opened the door, gesturing for Gu Xiao to get in.

    Gu Xiao''s pupils contracted, he hesitated for a moment, but then got into the car, telling Li Qinglu, "You stay here, if anything happens, call the police."

    Li Qinglu was scared, but she nodded.

    Gu Xiao got into the car, the door closed, and the tinted windows went up, so Li Qinglu couldn''t see what was happening inside.

    Once Gu Xiao was seated, Chi Yan directly handed him a stack of documents.

    Gu Xiao took them and looked through them - they were documents from his family''spany, including their recent ns to coborate with a certain enterprise.

    Gu Xiao looked at Chi Yan, he was only just now realizing that this wasn''t Jiazhou, this was Jing City, where powerful families were everywhere, and he had heard that Chi Yan''s family was not to be trifled with.

    "What do you want?" Gu Xiao said after a moment of silence.

    Chi Yan: "Directly post an apology on the forum for me and my Yang, and admit it was your doing."

    Gu Xiao: "You..."

    Chi Yan: "Don''t try to deny it, Chen Meng has already confessed everything."

    Gu Xiao had no words.

    Chi Yan''s expression was cold and threatening as he said, "I don''t have the patience for this."

    Gu Xiao''s hand clenched into a fist, his nails digging into his flesh, but he felt no pain. "Alright."

    Chi Yan gestured to the driver to open the door, "You can go now."

    The door opened, Gu Xiao got out, the bodyguard went in, the door closed, and Chi Yan left.

    Gu Xiao tightly held the stack of documents in one hand, staring at the disappearing car.

    Li Qinglu quickly came over, "What happened? Are you okay?"

    Gu Xiao shook his head, and pulled Li Qinglu, "Let''s go!"

    The next day, an apology post appeared on the B University forum, with Gu Xiao''s real name.

    "Hello everyone, I am Gu Xiao, a student from A University. Regarding the previous rumors I spread about Chu Yang..."

    This post quickly went viral, and was also reposted on the A University forum.

    Then the students of both schools knew that the student council president of A University, Gu Xiao, had spread rumors about Chu Yang.

 Chapter 153: Spring Outing

    <h4>Chapter 153</h4>

    "Oh my god, it''s actually him."

    "What the hell! What''s your beef with him?"

    "It can''t be because of that thing, can it?"

    "What thing?"

    "At first, everyone said CHY liked GX, but then GX got together with LQL. After that, CHY became CY''s girlfriend. Could GX be trying to win CHY back?"

    "Nonsense!"

    "What''s going on here? Who are CHY and CY? Can''t we just speak English since we''re all Chinese?"

    "I heard Chu Yang, Gu Xiao, and Li Qinglu used to be from the same school, you know."

    "¡¾Perks up ears¡¿ Gossiping time."

    "So everyone''s got a partner already, why spread rumors?"

    "Maybe Li Qinglu spread the rumors, and Gu Xiao took the me?"

    "Hey hey hey, you''re no different from Gu Xiao if you spread rumors about girls, are you?"

    "A guy spreading rumors about a girl, how disgusting."

    "And he''s the student council president too. He should resign after something like this."

    "Exactly."

    "Damn, how embarrassing. Everyone knows A University and B University are rivals, and now we''re aughingstock to them."

    "Poor Chu Yang, honestly. She was just going to watch a movie with her family and got dragged into this mess. Ridiculous."

    "Li Qinglu should just break up with that ssless guy."

    ......

    The forum erupted in chaos, while Gu Xiao smashed his phone. Li Qinglu hugged him, "Xiao, I won''t leave you."

    ......

    The incident was discussed for several days before dying down. As for the consequences for Gu Xiao and Li Qinglu, Chu Yang didn''t follow up or care to - she felt they deserved it.

    That evening, Chi Yan and Chu Yang were jogging on A University''s track. "Yang Yang, did you sign up for the driving test yet?"

    Chu Yang: "Yes, I''m preparing for the written exam now."

    "When will you start driving lessons? Want me toe along?"

    Chu Yang declined, "No need, there''s an instructor. You''d just be in the way. I''ll practice driving after passing the written exam."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang remembered their uing spring outing. "Oh right, the spring outing is set for this Saturday the 15th. I''ll send you the notester. Will you be driving us there?"

    "Yeah."

    "Great, pack some food and supplies then. We''ll be camping overnight."

    Chi Yan gazed at her intently. "Are you going with the group or riding with me? I don''t want you carpooling with others."

    "I''ll go with you, of course. If there''s not enough space, we might have to take two more people along."

    Chi Yan smiled. "No problem."

    After threeps around the track, they sat down to rest. Chu Yangy on Chi Yan''sp, opening her phone to check for client messages. If any work came up, she''d handle it once back in the dorm. Otherwise, she''d just respond to her fans.

    Chi Yan yed with her hair, braiding it then undoing it, over and over, never tiring of the simple pleasure. He felt content just being with her like this in quiet tranquility.

    "By the way, have you thought about it?"

    "Huh?" Chu Yang nced at him. "Thought about what?"

    Chi Yan pouted. "At the start of the semester, you said you''d consider living together. Well, have you?"

    He took her phone, leaning in close. "What did you decide?"

    Their faces were almost touching, appearing as if they were kissing from an onlooker''s perspective. A girl nearby quickly signaled to her friend, "Look over there."

    "Whoa."

    "Even so, isn''t that a bit inappropriate in public?"

    "True, it''s not very nice to rub it in everyone''s faces like that."

    "Haha yeah."

    Chu Yang finally remembered and felt a little embarrassed. After considering, she replied, "Let''s wait until next semester." They''d be juniors then.

    "Okay." Chi Yan was delighted. It might not be this semester, but there was no real difference.

    Chu Yang continued responding to fans, then sent Chi Yan the spring outing notes. "Take a look first, let me know if you have any questions. Oh, and I''ll add you to the group chat too."

    "Sure."

    ......

    Before the spring outing, Chu Yang was busy studying for her driver''s license exams. Once she felt ready, her instructor helped her register.

    The written test was pretty straightforward for Chu Yang, and she passed it quickly.

    Next up was preparing for the road test, but first - it was time for the spring outing.

    They gathered at the school gate at 8am sharp, then piled into cars to head out. Students with cars could drive themselves, and quite a few did.

    The Literature Society had many members, though not everyone signed up for the outing. In total, there were nearly 30 people going.

    Chi Yan soon arrived at A University''s gate and texted Chu Yang. She came shortly after, hopping into his car.

    Two other girls asked to carpool with them, not wanting to endure the stuffy buses. Chu Yang didn''t think much of it and let them join.

    Chu Yang took the front passenger seat while the two girls sat in back. The trunk was loaded with supplies for their camping trip.

    For some reason, Chu Yang felt uneasy that early morning. After considering it, she asked Chi Yan to bring her divining rod, just in case. She did a quick divination before leaving and didn''t foresee any issues on the road.

    The drive went smoothly, and everyone arrived at their destination, Lingqiu Mountain, by 9:30am. There was an entrance fee - 10 yuan per person, or 5 yuan for students, a reasonable price.

    The guys carried the heavier loads while the girls took lighter items. Chi Yan had arge backpack plus an extra bag that Chu Yang originally carried. He insisted on holding it so they could walk hand-in-hand.

    Chu Yang: ...

    Hand-in-hand, they strolled leisurely up the path, no need to rush. It was the weekend, and many hade to visit. The trail was lined with peach trees, some blooming while others still budding, their soft pink hues drawing admiration from the girls.

    "Want to take pictures?" Chi Yan asked Chu Yang, his camera slung around his neck.

    Chu Yang shook her head. "Let''s go set up first, then we can take picturester. We have plenty of time."

    "Okay."

    They walked at a rxed pace, and by the time they reached the midpoint, Chi Yan''s forehead was covered in sweat. Chu Yang quickly had him sit and rest. "Let''s take a break here and get some water."

    They sat on a nearby bench as Chu Yang handed him a water bottle, using tissues to dab the sweat from his brow. Some tired students also stopped to rest on the rocks, enjoying the cool breeze.

    It was still a bit chilly during the day. Chu Yang had on a shirt with a knit sweater over it, while Chi Yan wore a hoodie over a t-shirt.

    Chu Yang tugged at his clothes, realizing he hadyers on underneath. "Why don''t you take the hoodie off for now? I can put it in my bag."

    Chi Yan nodded and started to remove it, but Chu Yang quickly held his undershirt down to prevent it from riding up and exposing his body.

    She neatly folded his hoodie and ced it in her bag. Now just in his t-shirt, Chi Yan felt much better. He raised his camera and snapped a photo of Chu Yang.

 Chapter 154: Spring Outing 02

    <h4>Chapter 154</h4>

    After a short rest, the two set off again. Around half an hourter, most people had gradually arrived at the summit. There was a grassy area at the top, used for camping and barbecuing, though they had to pay extra for that.

    The President went to pay for it, while the rest prepared for lunch. They had brought their own ingredients and water, though buying supplies at the top was much more expensive.

    Everyone worked together - some set up the tents, while others prepared the barbecue...

    Chi Yan put down his things and went to set up the tent first. Their spot was secluded in a corner, so they wouldn''t disturb others too much.

    Chu Yang was already helping the other girls thread skewers of vegetables and meat for the barbecue. Some had even started on the charcoal. Everyone was bustling around happily.

    Soon the barbecue kicked off, with someone ying guitar and singing to liven up the mood. Joyful expressions were on everyone''s faces.

    Chi Yan sat next to Chu Yang, deftly grilling a chicken wing, then some squid, duck intestines - clearly skilled at it. Of course, Chu Yang didn''t let him do all the work, grilling greens and eggnts for him too.

    Plus, whenever Chi Yan grilled something, Chu Yang would eat half and give him the other half, asionally wiping the sweat from his brow. Sometimes Chi Yan would look up at Chu Yang and smile, before going back to cooking.

    Two girls nearby held each other''s hands, and with one look they knew they were of the same persuasion, screaming internally!

    Ahhh it''s too sweet!

    I''m going to die from their sweetness!

    After a hearty lunch, everyone cleaned up their trash - being university students, they at least took care of that. The President reminded them, "Everyone, remember to clean up your own trash. We''ll take it down the mountain tomorrow, can''t let down our school''s reputation."

    "Got it, President."

    The afternoon was free time, with most people going to the peach blossom forest to take photos and y around. Some went back to nap in the tents. Chi Yan brought a camera as he and Chu Yang went to the peach blossom forest.

    Seeing Chu Yang wander through the peach blossoms, Chi Yan suddenly thought of getting her a traditional Han dress - she''d definitely look beautiful in it. Maybe next time.

    The two yed here and there, and before long it was time to prepare dinner.

    For dinner they not only barbecued, but also cooked with pots they had brought.

    After filling their bellies, everyone sat around together. Some went up to perform - dancing, ying guitar, and they even sang the national anthem together joyfully.

    Chi Yan was egged on to perform too, and sang a love song while looking at Chu Yang, leading to even more raucous cheering as she was pushed up to sing with him.

    Not just them - other couples were egged on too, like the girlfriend sitting on her boyfriend''sp as he did push-ups.

    Everyone was overjoyed, and theyter yed games like Werewolf and Truth or Dare.

    When the bottle pointed to Chi Yan, everyone shouted, "Quick, ask a naughty one!"

    The girls blushed while the guys hooted and snickered.

    "Okay, when was your first time?"

    "Woahhh..." Everyone eximed, staring at Chu Yang and Chi Yan.

    Chu Yang''s ears turned red, not expecting them to go that far.

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, his face flushed too, and scratched his head. "Not yet." It was true they hadn''t fully done it yet, though they had been intimate before, just not all the way. Even without going all the way in this day and age, there were many methods, ahem.

    Everyone was shocked. One guy gave Chi Yan a thumbs up, "Damn, mad respect for being able to hold back for so long with a girlfriend."

    A girl sitting next to Chu Yang whispered, "Whoa, that means your boyfriend really loves you. You should make a move soon."

    Chu Yang: ???

    They hadn''t gone all the way, but were close.

    After that, it was others'' turns for truth or dare. For truth, people were quite open, but for dares they kept it mild out of respect for the girls present - unless the dare involved couples, they definitely wouldn''t ask strangers to kiss for a minute or anything.

    Once they got bored of truth or dare, someone started telling ghost stories, which had the girls clinging in fear to whoever was beside them. Those with boyfriends quickly huddled into their embraces, like Chi Yan holding his girlfriend tightly.

    "Did you know? There have been spooky things happening at Lingqiu Mountain before. I heard people have seen will-o''-the-wisps here before."

    "What''s so spooky about will-o''-the-wisps? Didn''t they exin it''s because of phosphorus - human bones contain phosphorus which has a low burning point and can self-ignite."

    "Ah, so there are graves at Lingqiu Mountain?"

    "Yeah, over on that side of the mountain there are a lot of graves. I''ve also heard there used to be a mass grave here with thousands of bodies. Not many people know about it now though. Oh, and with all those graves, I''ve heard they''re suppressing something."

    "Ah? That scary? Then where we''re lying down is..."

    "No wonder the peach blossoms bloom so beautifully!"

    Everyone shuddered thinking they were lying on a pile of corpses.

    Someone knowledgeable quickly said, "No no, not here. The open areas are all fine - they''re talking about the undeveloped areas. The graves are on the other side of Lingqiu Mountain, about a kilometer from where we are. Lingqiu Mountain is huge, and this scenic area is just a tiny part of it. Lots of areas haven''t been developed yet."

    "How do you know so much about it, Su Su?" everyone asked the knowledgeable guy named Su Su.

    Su Su: "My home is right near Lingqiu Mountain. I heard it from the elders in my family when I was little. But there''s nothing to be scared of - our great Chinesends, so many years of history, what ce hasn''t had people die? Didn''t they say every school used to be a graveyard too?"

    "Yeah, I heard that about my middle school too, that it used to be a graveyard."

    "Hahaha, seems like every school has that story."

    "Saying how with lots of people around, the positive energy suppresses evil spirits and stuff. Hahaha."

    "Right, and how some school has a spot that''s suppressing an evil spirit or something."

    "Or like the legend of the ghost student in red shoes who can never leave room 404 and stuff."

    "Yeah, all kinds of rumors, who knows where they started."

    "Probably because with lots of people around, all sorts of things can happen at schools, so the rumorse up."

    "Su Su''s right, where in our vast Chinesends hasn''t had people die before?"

    "Exactly."

    With that topic, everyone didn''t feel so scared anymore.

    The conversation went on until almost midnight, and many were getting tired, so they quickly went to the bathrooms for a wash before returning to their tents, which had already been assigned with couples sharing of course.

    As Chu Yang went to the bathroom, a guy nudged Chi Yan with a wink, "Brother, make your move tonight. Time to lose that V-card!"

    Chi Yan: ...

 Chapter 155: Zhu Has Won

    <h4>Chapter 155</h4>

    Although Chi Yan was eager, he felt it wasn''t a good idea to have ate-night rendezvous at this location.

    Soon, Chu Yang returned and saw Chi Yan standing outside the tent, dazed. "What are you doing? Come inside."

    "Ah? Oh." Chi Yan hurried into the tent, his heart pounding. Although they had slept together before, he felt a bit nervous tonight for some reason.

    Chu Yang quickly crawled in too. It was still quite cold at night, but they had brought an electric nket.

    Chu Yang slept on the inside, while Chi Yan slept on the outside. Chi Yan hugged her without making any moves. After all, they were just nning to sleep. Outside, it was peaceful and quiet, with only the streetmps standing guard.

    There was another couple near Chi Yan. As he was about to fall asleep, he heard a strange sound. Chi Yan immediately perked up!

    Chu Yang frowned and opened her eyes, only to see Chi Yan staring at her intently: ?

    Chi Yan quickly pulled up the nket, cautiously testing the waters first. Chu Yang didn''t refuse, so Chi Yan took advantage...

    Chi Yan was sweating as he endured, "No, not that. And this ce isn''t suitable."

    Chu Yang looked at him, fearing he might lose control. She decided to lend a hand.

    The next day, before the sun had risen, someone outside was calling for those who wanted to see the sunrise to wake up.

    Chu Yang heard the voice and struggled to get up. Next to her, Chi Yan sat up too, feeling around here and there.

    Chu Yang whispered, "What are you looking for?" She nced around, her face reddening, with tissues strewn on the floor from the night before.

    Chi Yan covered his face, "My underwear." It had gone missing; he had beenpletely naked the previous night.

    Chu Yang pulled his boxer shorts from under the nket and handed them to him. Chi Yan quickly took them and put on his pants and shirt.

    After furtively gathering their belongings, the two exited the tent and breathed in the fresh air. They first went to the restroom to freshen up, then Chi Yan took out bread from his bag. "Here, breakfast."

    The two ate a slice of bread and waited for the sunrise. The couple''s tent nearby showed no signs of movement or anyoneing out, probably tired from the night before.

    Soon, the sun peeked through the clouds and slowly emerged in its entirety. Chu Yang had witnessed the sunrise many times, but each time filled her with awe. At that moment, the boss chimed in, "Everyone, remember this scene and write a reflection essay, okay?"

    Followed by collective groans...

    That was about it; everyone got up and prepared to head back down the mountain. Last night''spanion discreetly approached Chi Yan, winking and whispering, "Hey man, were you sessfulst night?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, and the guy looked shocked, as if to say, "You couldn''t do it?"

    Chi Yan replied, "The location wasn''t suitable."

    The guy understood, giving him a thumbs-up. "Good man."

    After packing up, everyone was ready to descend. Before leaving, Chu Yang went to use the restroom, and her phone lit up with a message from a stranger, who also sent her coordinates: "If you don''te, I''d be happy for your ssmates to serve as fertilizer for the peach blossoms."

    Chu Yang''s pupils constricted. Zhu Ying! No wonder she had felt uneasy, sensing that something would happen! He was here!

    Chu Yang frowned, exiting the restroom to see everyone almost ready to go. The boss did a headcount. "Alright, let''s head down the mountain. Those who drove, let me know when you get home safely."

    Two girls approached Chu Yang. "Chu Yang, we won''t trouble you anymore. Someone else is taking our stuff back, and we''re going shopping today, so we''ll take a cab down the mountain. Thank you."

    Chu Yang smiled, "No problem, be careful on your way back."

    "Sure, bye."

    Then everyone carried their luggage and gathered trash and began descending, with Chu Yang carrying her backpack and a bag alongside Chi Yan, but she seemed distracted.

    Halfway down, Chu Yang suddenly said, "I think I left something behind. I''ll go back and get it; you go on ahead."

    Chi Yan asked, "What is it? I''ll go with you." He thought he had packed everything.

    Chu Yang replied, "I left something in the restroom. It''s fine, I''ll go alone. It''ll be quick. You have so much to carry; go ahead to the car and wait for me. I''ll be right back. Can you give me my staff? You can carry it for me. Love you."

    The staff was wrapped up, looking like a hiking stick.

    Chu Yang took the staff and returned to the mountain top.

    Chi Yan pondered for a moment but decided to stay and wait, setting down his belongings and sitting nearby. He figured it would take no more than ten minutes, but Chu Yang didn''t return.

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang reached the top with the staff and followed the coordinates to an undeveloped area of Lingqiu Mountain, which was fenced off and had surveince cameras, making it inessible.

    Just as Chu Yang was about to turn and leave, thinking Zhu Ying couldn''t possibly do anything, thick smoke suddenly rose from within the undeveloped area - it seemed to be on fire!

    Chu Yang didn''t believe it was a coincidence; it had to be Zhu Ying''s doing!

    Someone had already called 119 (emergency services), and Chu Yang received another message: "Hurry up, or you know what''ll happen. By the way, did you like the chrysanthemum I gave youst time?"

    Chu Yang frowned; it was indeed him causing trouble! After circling around, she finally found a gap in the fence and entered the undeveloped area, getting her hair caught and losing a hairpin, though she didn''t notice. She continued forward, her physical fitness much improved from her regr exercise. Passing through the woods and a stream, Chu Yang finally reached her destination.

    Zhu Ying appeared from the side, his face looking younger but strange, exuding an aura of darkness, which should have meant he didn''t have long to live under normal circumstances.

    Chu Yang suddenly recalled the car ident during the Chinese New Year, which must have been rted to those lost lives.

    The two made eye contact, and Chu Yang unwrapped her staff. "I''m here."

    Zhu Ying smiled, "Since you''re here, you might as well stay." As soon as he finished speaking, he charged at Chu Yang. She saw that his fingernails were long and ck, like a zombie''s from TV.

    Chu Yang sidestepped Zhu Ying''s attack and chanted a spell, freezing his feet in ice.

    Unable to move his feet, Zhu Ying took out talismans from his pocket and ced them near his feet, melting the ice. He then charged at Chu Yang again, throwing talismans at her.

    Chu Yang couldn''t dodge in time and was bound by vines. She chanted another spell, causing the vines to age and wither, allowing her to break free and escape.

    Realizing Chu Yang''s abilities had grown stronger, Zhu Ying knew he needed to use more powerful magic...

 Chapter 156: The Bodies Are Coming Out.

    <h4>Chapter 156</h4>

    Zhu Ying took out a talisman, closed his eyes and muttered some words, then threw the talisman on the ground and made a hand gesture, pressing it against the ground. Soon, there was a tremor, a feeling of an earthquake.

    The firefighters rushing to put out the fire felt the ground shake, thinking it was an earthquake. They hurriedlyy down and covered their heads, "What''s going on? An earthquake? Lingqiu Mountain isn''t on a fault line, how could there be an earthquake?"

    The team leader ordered everyone to stay down for a while. After a long period of inactivity, they continued toward the fire.

    On Chu Yang''s side, seeing the bugs crawling out from underground, her hair stood on end! Grass! This pervert Zhu Ying!

    Chu Yang turned and ran, with Zhu Ying and the bugs chasing after her.

    This wasn''t going to work. Chu Yang waved her staff and chanted one spell after another - earth cover, water flood, then fire extinguish. The bugs were burned, giving off a meaty aroma that was quite delicious.

    Chu Yang finally stopped to catch her breath. This dead pervert! Seeing the bugs exterminated, Zhu Ying grew enraged. He drew the soft sword from his body and thrust it at Chu Yang.

    In her panic, Chu Yang simply blocked with her staff, but having little martial prowess, she stumbled back a few steps, nearly falling over.

    She suddenly remembered what Sophia had said - that such scum could be easily defeated. She couldn''t let Sophia down. If that was the case, she''d go all out.

    Chu Yang closed her eyes and chanted a spell: "Hope from the darkness, rules from hell, evil should be imprisoned, lock!"

    Zhu Ying, who had intended to thrust forward, suddenly felt his body locked in ce by some unknown force,pletely immobilized. No matter how hard he struggled, it was useless.

    Zhu Ying couldn''t see it, but Chu Yang could - dark energy coiled around his body, wrapping around his limbs. The more he struggled, the tighter the dark energy bound him.

    ...

    On the other side, after waiting for a long time, Chi Yan sensed something was off. Why had Yang been gone for so long? He grew worried, and when his calls went unanswered, he set aside his things, slung a small bag over his shoulder, and hurried up the mountain.

    When he reached the summit, he inquired at the restrooms and searched the camping area, but found no one. He realized something must have happened.

    Then he noticed smoke rising from the other side of the mountain - a fire. Could Yang have gone over there?

    Chi Yan began searching the surrounding area, and near the fencing, he found a hair clip - Yang''s hair clip that he had bought for her. She had seemed so happy about it this morning when he helped her put it in her hair. For that, Yang had even given him a kiss, saying, "Thank you, boyfriend."

    But now the hair clipy on the ground, and Yang was nowhere to be seen.

    Chi Yan immediately squeezed through the fence, knowing it wasn''t right but too worried about Yang''s safety to care.

    Following the footprints, Chi Yan arrived at the spot where Chu Yang and Zhu Ying had initially fought. From the small andrge prints, he deduced there had been two people, one likely a man. A thought shed through Chi Yan''s mind - Zhu Ying! It must have been him!

    ...

    After restraining Zhu Ying, Chu Yang wondered how to deal with him. Kill him directly? That didn''t seem right - killing was illegal, even if he was evil and deserved legal punishment rather than her dispensing it.

    Chu Yang considered calling Chi Yan to have his uncle send someone over. That would probably be better.

    She took out her phone from her bag and saw several missed calls from Chi Yan. She had almost forgotten - he was still waiting for her at the foot of the mountain. Chu Yang prepared to call him back.

    At that moment, however, Zhu Ying suddenly pricked his palm with his finger, drawing fresh blood. He began chanting, his eyes turning red, his whole face bing ferocious.

    "Come forth, here is delicious fresh blood, a body brimming with spiritual energy!"

    Chu Yang sensed something wasn''t right. How could this man, despite being restrained, still cause such trouble?

    Then the nearby trees began shaking as if in a strong wind, leaves falling, small branches swaying, not to mention the bushes, which also trembled. Chu Yang realized the area seemed surrounded by graves.

    Suddenly, there was a sound of digging from the ground, as if something was emerging from beneath.

    Chu Yang felt her body stiffen as she saw the distant graves shifting, something emerging from within. No, it couldn''t be...

    Chu Yang broke out in a cold sweat. What she feared most was ghosts!

    Not ghosts per se, but rotten, decaying corpses crawled out from underground! Their bodies were covered in wriggling maggots, eyespletely white, some eyeballs dangling from their faces, mouths agape and panting.

    What the hell was this!

    Chu Yang was petrified! This was the 21st century - how could such things still exist! And weren''t they supposed to be just bones after being dead for so long? What were these creatures? Ahhhhhhh!

    Not just one corpse, but many emerged, crawling toward Chu Yang with long, extended nails.

    "Ahhhhh!" Chu Yang turned and ran.

    On the other side, following the trail of the fight, Chi Yan finally found the spot where Chu Yang and Zhu Ying had been. He arrived to see Zhu Ying standing motionless, blood dripping from his palm, an eerie smile on his face.

    Chu Yang was running and screaming, a horde of disgusting corpses chasing after her.

    Despite his fear at the sight of the corpses emerging from underground and pursuing Chu Yang, Chi Yan''s greater fear was of Yang being harmed.

    He immediately grabbed a stick from the ground and struck the grinning Zhu Ying with it, knocking him to the ground with a cry. Zhu Ying hadn''t expected anyone else to be there and was caught off guard.

    Chi Yan hurried to find Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang ran ahead, but soon corpses appeared in front of her too, surrounding her.

    Out of breath from exhaustion, Chu Yang stopped. Suddenly, one of the corpses leapt into the air, reaching for her back. Chu Yang didn''t notice, but Chi Yan, who had just arrived, did. He shouted, "Yang!" Before she could react, he trampled over several corpses, running up from behind and embracing her.

    The corpse grabbed Chi Yan''s back, but he was unharmed. Smoke rose from the corpse''s hand as if burned!

    Chi Yan opened his eyes. Huh? No harm?

    Seeing Chi Yan, Chu Yang immediately jumped into his arms, hugging him tightly. "Wah wah wah! Yan!"

 Chapter 157: To Die

    <h4>Chapter 157</h4>

    Chi Yan was also frightened for a moment, "Don''t be afraid, I''m here."

    However, in that instant, the corpses were already at their feet. A corpse immediately grabbed Chi Yan''s foot, but the corpse''s hand quickly started smoking as if it was burning. The corpse screamed and instantly retracted its hand, not daring to touch him again. Many corpses did not dare to approach, as if there was something about Chi Yan that made them afraid.

    Chu Yang saw this: ???

    Was her Chi Yan really that powerful?

    Chi Yan didn''t know what was going on either and exchanged nces with Chu Yang. But now was not the time to think about that. Chu Yang quickly thought, waving her scepter and taking out a crystal ball. She chanted a spell: "Hellfire, extinguish all evil,e forth."

    Instantly, those corpses were set aze, screaming "Ahhhh!" All the corpses were burning and screaming, even emitting a nauseating smell.

    "Ugh!" Chu Yang and Chi Yan both vomited.

    After a while, all the corpses had burrowed into the ground, and all the evil beings had disappeared.

    But the trees nearby had caught fire.

    Chu Yang chanted a water spell to extinguish the mes, and everything returned to normal.

    Both of them breathed a sigh of relief. Chu Yang was so exhausted that she copsed onto the ground. She looked at Chi Yan and said, "Why did youe here? Didn''t I tell you to wait for me at the foot of the mountain?"

    Chi Yan hugged her, "I was worried about you. You didn''te back for a long time. I called, but you didn''t pick up." The more he thought about it, the more distressed and scared he felt.

    Chu Yang hugged him back, "I''m sorry for worrying you."

    Now was not the time to rest, as Zhu Ying was still over there. The two quickly stood up and headed towards Zhu Ying. "Call your uncle and ask him to send people over. Tell him Zhu Ying has been captured."

    "Okay."

    Just as Chi Yan finished the call, somehow Zhu Ying broke free from his restraints and emerged from the bushes, holding a sword. He thrust it directly at Chu Yang.

    Without hesitation, Chi Yan pushed Chu Yang aside and threw himself on top of her. Zhu Ying thrust again, but Chi Yan rolled and kicked him away. Chu Yang quickly stood up and flung her scepter at Zhu Ying, hitting him hard and causing him to be dizzy. The scepter circled back into Chu Yang''s hand.

    Chu Yang was about to chant a spell to restrain Zhu Ying, but he quickly charged at them again, throwing talismans that exploded with loud bangs. Chi Yan hurriedly embraced Chu Yang tightly to protect her from harm.

    In the smoke, Zhu Ying suddenly burst out and thrust his sword directly at Chu Yang. Chi Yan spun around and shielded Chu Yang with his back. "Shick!" A sound rang out as the sword pierced Chi Yan''s chest.

    As the sword was pulled out, blood spurted forth.

    Chu Yang''s heart shattered as she stared wide-eyed, tears streaming down her face.

    Chi Yan wanted to say something but coughed up a mouthful of blood instead.

    "Yan!" Chu Yang cried out.

    Chi Yan copsed to the ground. Chu Yang calmed herself down; now was not the time to panic. She chanted another spell: "By mymand, summon the divine. Dear Sarawaso,e forth."

    The earth shook violently, and a powerful, dark shadow appeared, different from before. This one was even stronger, holding a scythe in its hand.

    Chu Yang''s face was pale and cold as she pointed at Zhu Ying andmanded, "Destroy him!"

    The shadow swung its scythe in a sweeping motion. Zhu Ying had no way to defend himself as he coughed up blood and copsed. As he tried to struggle, another swing of the scythe cut him, making him feel as if his internal organs would shatter.

    His limbs also went numb, as if they had been severed and no longer obeyed him.

    Zhu Ying spat blood, refusing to die here. He tried to reach into his pocket, but the shadow swung its scythe down again!

    "Shick!" With that sound, Zhu Ying convulsed, his body shuddering before his wide-open eyes became still.

    There were no visible external wounds, but the man was dead.

    Soon after, the shadow disappeared, and Chu Yang copsed weakly to the ground. But she still thought of Chi Yan and quickly crawled over to him, calling "Yan, Yan."

    On the other side, Chi Yan''s breath was faint, his chest covered in blood. His consciousness was hazy, but he saw Chu Yang crawling towards him. He tried to reach out his hand, but found he couldn''t move. He wanted to speak, but moving caused him to cough up more blood. He felt that he might make his beloved Yang sad, but as long as she was okay, that was enough.

    It was just that he might not be able to stay by her side anymore.

    He silently prayed in his heart, "I''m sorry... If possible, please let the heavens bless my Yang. I know I''m not very useful and couldn''t do much when Yang was in danger. In fact, she always had toe and save me."

    But what could he do? He truly loved her too much. In Chi Yan''s mind, he recalled the first time they met, then memories of Yang eating,ughing, studying diligently, and rescuing people during various incidents. She was too good; sometimes he felt he didn''t deserve her. That''s why he became increasingly clingy, because he knew that if Yang broke up with him, he might go crazy.

    That wonderful Yang could only belong to him alone. But now he felt he might not be able to stay by her side anymore. "I''m sorry, Yang. And no matter what, please don''t forget me. Even if you meet someone else in the future, don''t forget me."

    Chi Yan felt his possessiveness was still quite strong. His usual gentle demeanor was just an act. Even if he was gone, he hoped he could be a thorn in Chu Yang''s heart, something that would cause her pain if she tried to remove it. Yes, he was that selfish.

    Chi Yan''s consciousness gradually faded, and his eyes soon grew dark.

    When Chu Yang crawled to Chi Yan''s side, she could sense his life force fading. She could only call out, "Yan! Yan!"

    ...

    When Chi Xin arrived with people, the scene was in disarray. Zhu Ying was lying on the ground, seemingly dead. There were signs of burned trees in the area. And his nephew was lying on the ground, covered in blood, with Chu Yang weeping over his body.

    Chi Xin''s legs went weak, and his assistant quickly supported him. Chi Xin pushed the assistant away and ran over, kneeling beside Chi Yan. Although he knew the oue, he still clung to a shred of hope.

    Chi Xin trembled as he ced his hand under Chi Yan''s nose, then his body went limp as he copsed to the ground, his eyes reddening. "Yan!"

    Chu Yang''s face was as white as a ghost''s. Suddenly, she remembered, "There''s a way, there''s a way."

    Chu Yang took out a crystal ball from her bag. "There''s a way."

    Chi Xin looked at her, sensing something was off. "What method?"

    His nephew had ended up like this, but he didn''t me her. He knew that in the past, Zhu Ying had always wanted to match that Zhu family girl with his nephew for some purpose. Later, he had consulted the enlightened Dao master, who said that if Zhu Ruxin and Chi Yan were together, Zhu Ruxin would definitely undergo a positive change. Apparently, Zhu Ruxin was meant to be Zhu Ying''s "food," so it would be better for Zhu Ying if she was with Chi Yan.

 Chapter 158: Back in Time

    <h4>Chapter 158</h4>

    Chu Yang had seen the Forbidden Technique before, the time reversal technique. During the reversal process, Chu Yang might be killed by time itself. The lighter consequence would be losing her memory, but other possible consequences were unknown.

    Chu Yang had previously expended a tremendous amount of magic power summoning deities, so using this Forbidden Technique would likely be too much for her. But Chu Yang no longer cared about the risks. Chi Yan was not meant to die, and if she acted rashly, Chu Yang felt it would be her fault. No matter what, Chi Yan absolutely had to live!

    Chu Yang told Chi Xin to take the others to the outskirts. "All of you, stand aside!" Chu Yang thought that if time was reversed, Zhu Ying would alsoe back to life.

    Chi Xin looked at the deceased Zhu Ying, not understanding what Chu Yang meant bying back to life, but he nodded and led the others away.

    Then everyone witnessed the most astonishing scene of their lives.

    They saw Chu Yang sitting cross-legged on the ground, chanting something iprehensible, seemingly in an ancientnguage. The crystal ball emitted a blinding light, and the gems on her staff shone brilliantly.

    The surrounding dust swirled and whirled, as if all objects were spinning... spinning... spinning...

    Blood trickled from the corner of Chu Yang''s mouth, her face growing paler, but she continued chanting.

    A furious wind arose, and slowly Chi Xin felt as if he had forgotten something, his memories shattered and then reassembled...

    After about half an hour, out of everyone''s sight, Chi Xin''s wounds gradually healed, the blood disappeared, and hisplexion became rosy. Everything was rewinding...

    Time reversed to the moment when Zhu Ying was about to stab Chi Yan with his sword. Chu Yang directly pushed Chi Yan aside and summoned deities to y Zhu Ying!

    The instant Zhu Ying fell, Chu Yang copsed, coughing up a mouthful of blood as she lost consciousness, her life force fading.

    The pushed-aside Chi Yan was dazed, frowning at his surroundings... why was he here?

    Then he felt a sharp pain in his head and passed out!

    At this moment, Chi Xin rushed over, seeing Chi Yan and Chu Yang lying on the ground, while Zhu Ying had no breath left.

    "Quick! Call an ambnce!"

    The bodyguard checked Zhu Ying. "Boss, Zhu Ying is dead."

    Chi Xin didn''t want to deal with him. "Take him away and hand him over to the police."

    "Yes."

    Then Chi Yan and Chu Yang were carried down the mountain.

    ...

    At the hospital, the doctor told Chi Xin, "This young man is fine, just some abrasions, nothing serious."

    Chi Xin breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was okay, that was good. "What about thedy?"

    The doctor sighed, frowning. "She has severe internal injuries, especially severe mental trauma. Her vitality is extremely weak. Her life is not in danger, but she needs thorough rest and cannot exert herself in the slightest."

    Chi Xin was also relieved. As long as she was alive, it would be fine. His family had money, so he could afford whatever care she needed.

    "Thank you, doctor."

    However... what happened next surprised everyone. When Chi Yan woke up and saw Chi Xin, he said, "Uncle? Why are you here?"

    Chi Xin: "Hm? Do you know where you are right now?"

    Chi Yan looked around. It seemed to be a hospital, but- "Hm? Why am I in the hospital?"

    Chi Xin grew puzzled. "Don''t you remember what happened?"

    Chi Yan: "Wasn''t I in ss at school?"

    Chi Xin: ??

    Chi Xin quickly called for the doctor, who examined Chi Yan and ordered a brain CT scan and consultation with a neurologist. The final result was, "It appears he has amnesia."

    Chi Xin: ...

    After the doctor left, Chi Xin asked, "Do you remember someone named Chu Yang?"

    Chi Yan didn''t know who his uncle was referring to. "Your girlfriend?"

    Chi Xin: ... If he could say that, he definitely didn''t remember.

    Chi Xin sighed and asked, "Do you remember Wei Feng?"

    Chi Yan: "Ah Feng? My roommate, what about him? Oh, Uncle, why am I in the hospital?"

    Chi Xin deadpanned, "Ah, you fell while ying basketball."

    Chi Yan looked disbelieving. "No way, I''m really good at basketball. How could I fall?"

    Chi Xin gave him a "believe it or not" look.

    "Then why don''t I remember? Wasn''t I in ss?" Chi Yan still didn''t believe it.

    Chi Xin: "You hit your head and forgot that part. You only remember being in ss before ying basketball."

    Chi Yan nodded. "Oh oh, I see. Well, I feel fine. Can I be discharged?"

    Chi Xin: "Wait a bit." He would wait until Chu Yang in the next room woke up.

    In the room next to Chi Yan''s, Chu Yang remained unconscious.

    The next day, Wei Feng heard that Chi Yan was hospitalized and immediately visited, bringing fruits and flowers. "What happened? How did you end up in the hospital?"

    Chi Yan: "My uncle said I fell while ying basketball."

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing looked shocked. "No, you went on a spring outing with your girlfriend, didn''t you? How could you have been ying basketball? We haven''t yed basketball recently."

    Chi Yan: ??

    He heard an unfamiliar term - "girlfriend"?

    "Who''s my girlfriend? Who did I go on a spring outing with? Why would I go on a spring outing? My uncle said I fell ying basketball. Why is what you''re saying different?" Chi Yan asked three questions in a row. He wouldn''t have gone on a spring outing before - there was nothing fun about that.

    Wei Feng, Zheng Qing, and Yuan Zhi exchanged nces!

    "Doctor!!!"

    ...Soon, the three of them learned about Chi Yan''s amnesia.

    They cautiously asked, "You really don''t remember your girlfriend?"

    Chi Yan was eating grapes. "Who''s my girlfriend?"

    Wei Feng: "You don''t even remember your girlfriend!!!"

    Chi Yan was speechless. "So who is my girlfriend?"

    Zheng Qing: "Your girlfriend is the one you love most!"

    The grapes fell from Chi Yan''s hand onto the bedsheets as he froze, looking up in disbelief. "No way! How could I have a girlfriend? You must be mistaken." He didn''t even have female friends.

    Yuan Zhi: "Your girlfriend seems to be in the next room."

    ...The four of them went to the next room, but since the doctor didn''t allow disturbances, they could only look through the window. Chi Yan ced his hand on his chest, his heart beating rapidly as he gazed at the person lying in the bed. She was quite attractive, but he didn''t think he would like a girl like that.

    Wei Feng pointed at Chu Yang inside. "That''s your girlfriend. Remember her now?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, still disbelieving. "No way, no way. I don''t have a girlfriend."

    Wei Feng, Zheng Qing, Yuan Zhi: ... A major incident had urred! Yan Ge had actually forgotten his beloved girlfriend!

    What would they do about his girlfriend?

    Soon, Jin Yang and the others arrived at the hospital to visit and care for Chu Yang, who had not yet regained consciousness. She was more severely injured and the doctor said she might wake upter.

    The group had red eyes from crying, and Wei Feng informed them that Chi Yan had amnesia and had even forgotten Chu Yang, making them even more upset.

    "Central will be so heartbroken when she wakes up."

    "So what exactly happened?"

    "What should we do?"

 Chapter 159: Iâ€™ve lost my memory.

    <h4>Chapter 159</h4>

    The istion ward of Chu Yang was finally open to visitors. Chi Yan sat by the bedside, carefully examining the appearance of the person on the bed. The person on the bed did not look bad, with a pitiful and delicate appearance, like a gentle and innocent young woman. Her lips were colorless, peeling due tock of water.

    Everyone said this person was his girlfriend, but Chi Yan could not believe it. He did not think he would have a girlfriend in college, and there were many girls who admired him, some of whom were even more beautiful than the person in front of him. He did not think the person before him had any particr advantage.

    Moreover, in the words of Wei Feng and the others, he was a maniacal show-off of his girlfriend? So, was he madly in love with the person in front of him?

    Chi Yan could not believe that was him.

    He also opened his phone and looked at his Moments (social media feed), from the beginning of his freshman year in college, all of his Moments were rted to the person in front of him. Not only that, he looked at their chat records, and the records showed how clingy he was, and they even lived together!

    Is this really him? Could it be that someone has taken over his body?

    Moreover, in everyone''s eyes, the two were indeed a couple, and a very affectionate one. All the evidence showed that they were a couple.

    Now, the main thing is to wait for the girl in front of him to wake up.

    While Chu Yang was still unconscious in the hospital, Chi Yan had already returned to school and continued his sses. The people were still the same, and he had not forgotten, but he had simply forgotten about the girl named Chu Yang?

    After school, Chi Yan returned to his house near the school. As soon as he went in, he felt many different things, softer things, like the fresh flowers on the table, the tablecloth that was not his style, and the pink slippers. Finally, he also found a photo of him and the girl on the bedside, as well as the girl''s paintings hanging on the wall.

    Not only that, when Chi Yan opened the closet, there were also the girl''s clothes, including her underwear.

    Chi Yan blushed and quickly closed the closet door.

    He then went to the study, and on the bookshelf, he saw many strange books that he could not understand. Maybe they belonged to the girl.

    All the evidence showed that they had a deep rtionship, but he had forgotten everything!

    Chi Yan sat on the sofa, pondering...

    He had never thought he would like someone, and he didn''t know what it was like to like someone. He had encountered too many girls showing interest in him since he was young, and he had even thought about the possibility of an arranged marriage in the future, but he didn''t expect to have a girlfriend in his freshman year? It was all like a dream.

    Just as Chi Yan was sitting on the sofa, lost in thought, the phone suddenly rang. The other side said that the girl had woken up.

    "I''ll be right there."

    ...

    When Chu Yang woke up, she found herself lying on a hospital bed. What happened? Her crystal ball had exploded and blown her into the hospital? Her 20,000 yuan in the bank should be enough, right? But why did this hospital room look so luxurious?

    Jin Yang and the others happened toe in. "Oh, Yang Yang, you''re finally awake!"

    Soon, Chu Yang found a group of people gathered around her bed, chattering.

    "Boss, you''re awake?"

    "You''re finally awake. How are you feeling? Is there anything particrly ufortable?"

    "Your boyfriend Chi Yan is fine, we''ve already notified him. He just had a minor issue, but you must stay strong."

    "Boss, it''s good that you''re fine. I''m sure Yan Ge will still like you."

    Chu Yang: ???

    Who are these people? Who is Chi Yan? What "boss"? What are they talking about?

    Chu Yang did not speak. She definitely did not know these people in front of her. Suddenly, Chu Yang thought of something...

    "Do I have a mirror?"

    Jin Yang paused, thinking Chu Yang was worried about her appearance, "Yes, yes, yes, your face is fine. It''s still good." Then she took a small makeup mirror out of her pocket.

    Chu Yang took it and looked, her pupils widening in shock, then quickly returning to normal... This was not her, so she must have... transmigrated.

    Chu Yang did not reveal anything, she observed the people, then thought of something, "Where''s my phone?"

    Jin Yang felt Chu Yang was a bit strange, but didn''t think much of it, thinking her mind was still not fully awake after the illness.

    "It''s in the drawer." She took Chu Yang''s phone from the drawer next to her.

    Chu Yang turned on the phone and began to look for clues about the identity of the body she had transmigrated into.

    This body is called Chu Yang, a sophomore student at A University...

    After a while, Chu Yang realized she had transmigrated into the novel she had previously foreseen, "Campus Prince''s Sweet Wifey", and she was an extra character, but she didn''t know what plot she had transmigrated into.

    "Is Qinglu here?" Chu Yang pondered and asked.

    Jin Yang and the others were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other in confusion. "Qinglu? Yang Yang, are you talking about Li Qinglu?"

    Chu Yang thought about it and nodded. The female protagonist should be Li Qinglu.

    Jin Yang and the others were even more puzzled. "Yang Yang, before Gu Xiao ndered you, howe you''re asking about them?"

    Chu Yang: ???

    Chu Yang lowered her eyes, then tentatively asked, "How is Gu Xiao doing now?"

    Jin Yang and the others became even more strange. "Yang Yang, do you still remember us?"

    Chu Yang didn''t say anything, she really didn''t remember.

    Everyone suddenly realized that Chi Yan, the campus prince, had forgotten Chu Yang, but Chu Yang had actually forgotten everyone else! Moreover, she even remembered Gu Xiao and Li Qinglu, those bad people!!!

    Everyone felt like the sky was going to copse!

    Just at this moment, Chi Yan arrived. Everyone looked at him with sympathy.

    Chi Yan paused, "What''s going on?"

    Everyone shook their heads in unison.

    Chi Yan walked to the bedside, then made eye contact with Chu Yang. Somehow, he suddenly felt his heart pounding violently. Then he didn''t dare to make eye contact and sat down on the chair next to the bed, asking, "Hello, how are you feeling?"

    Wei Feng: "Bro, why are you using such formalnguage?"

    Chu Yang looked him over, she didn''t know him, but she still nodded, "I''m fine, thank you for your concern."

    Chi Yan: "That''s good."

    Then the two of them fell silent, the silence spreading.

    The others didn''t know what to do... Finally, Zheng Qing thought of it, "We seem to have forgotten to call the doctor."

    Soon the doctor came and after an examination, the result was revealed - they had both lost their memories.

    Everyone: ...

    Chi Yan had lost his memory, and Chu Yang had lost her memory even more severely.

    Chi Xin arrived at the hospital and heard this news. Everyone didn''t expect this result, and Chi Xin also didn''t know what happened. His memory only went as far as seeing the three of them unconscious on the ground at Lingqiu Mountain, the rest he didn''t know.

    But fortunately, both of them were fine, which was already very good.

    Then Chu Yang received a series of information, that Gu Xiao and Li Qinglu were not good people, and she had broken off rtions with them. And that she had a boyfriend, that Chi Yan.

    Chu Yang heard this and directly said, "Impossible!" How could she have a boyfriend? Men were not good at making money, men would affect her ability to make money. She was a witch after all, and the body she had transmigrated into was only a sophomore, how could she have a boyfriend? She should be focusing on making money and studying hard.

    "Absolutely impossible!"

 Chapter 160: The Breakup

    <h4>Chapter 160</h4>

    Chu Yang looked at the young man in front of her. He was indeed very handsome, and she heard that he attended B University next to her A University, and was even a campus heartthrob. Chu Yang felt that she was not someone who would get to know such a person. A campus heartthrob¡ªwas that someone an ordinary girl like her could befriend?

    Moreover, judging by this young man''s appearance, his family must be quite wealthy. She knew that in the novel, Chu Yang''s family situation wasn''t good. With such a vast difference between them, how could they possibly meet and date?

    Lastly, wasn''t the Chu Yang in the book in love with Gu Xiao? Wasn''t she constantly waiting by Li Qinglu''s side, trying to sabotage their rtionship and take her ce?

    Chi Yan also kept ncing at Chu Yang from time to time. He himself felt it was unlikely, but after hearing from everyone else, he started to believe it a little.

    "Would you... like some water?" Chi Yan said hesitantly.

    Chu Yang''s mouth was indeed dry, so she nodded.

    Chi Yan quickly poured her a ss of warm water. After drinking the water, Chu Yang thought for a moment. Her body was still quite weak at the moment, and although her few roommates had told her a lot of information, she hadn''t fully digested it all. Regardless, she decided to wait until she felt better before figuring things out.

    Chu Yang recuperated in the hospital for a week, and her health finally improved significantly. Although she was still a bit weak, she could be discharged. During this time, her three roommates told her a lot of information, starting from her freshman year up until the present, mainly about how she and Chi Yan met, as well as things involving Li Qinglu and Gu Xiao, such as her fallout with Li Qinglu and Gu Xiao, how Gu Xiao had previously spread rumors about her, and then how she met Chi Yan. Apparently, they all often ate together, and everyone even knew about her predictions.

    They also mentioned her microblog.

    Chu Yang logged into her own microblog to check, and indeed, everything was true. Not only that, the chat history and moments on her phone showed that she and Chi Yan were in a romantic rtionship.

    It seemed that she must have transmigrated into this novel long ago, drifted away from the original male and female leads, and met new friends.

    But the problem was, when she saw that Chi Yan boy, she didn''t feel any sense of affection for him. She also didn''t know what qualities he possessed that could make her, as a witch, trust him wholeheartedly.

    Moreover, that boy named Chi Yan had actually forgotten her as well. ording to the information she received, they went on a spring outing to Lingqiu Mountain with members of the literary society, and then something happened that caused them both to lose their memories. Chi Yan forgot about her, while she forgot everyone. Not only that, she was severely injured, while Chi Yan only suffered minor injuries.

    After being discharged from the hospital, Chu Yang returned to the university. Students from the neighboring dorm, including Liang Huan and others who were quite close with her, came to visit her. "Yang Yang, how are you doing? We heard you were sick before?"

    "Didn''t you guys go on a spring outing? How did you suddenly get sick?"

    "Everyone says it''s because of Lingqiu Mountain, that ce has heavy yin energy."

    "Psh, but many people went there."

    Chu Yang didn''t expect to be so popr. "I''m fine, thank you all for your concern."

    "That''s good, the professor was asking about you a couple days ago."

    After returning to the university, Chu Yang was warmly visited by everyone throughout the day, with people from her dorm room constantlying and going. She didn''t recognize any of them, but she could tell they had good intentions, so she didn''t act like she didn''t know them.

    Aside from her roommates, no one else knew about her memory loss.

    Afterwards, Jin Yang and the others kept introducing people to her, showing her photos if they had any, and exining all the big and small things to her, like her exam scores, previouspetitions she participated in, and even the swimming events she took part in during the sports meet.

    "Oh right, you also signed up for the driving test. Check if your instructor has contacted you," Jin Yang said.

    Chu Yang opened her WeChat and indeed found the instructor''s contact. He had already sent her many messages asking why she hadn''te for practice.

    Chu Yang quickly replied, exining that she had been hospitalized due to illness. Soon after, the instructor messaged back and scheduled a practice time with her.

    In the following days, Chu Yang practiced driving, attended sses, and studied. As for Chi Yan, she seemed to have forgotten about him. Once when she was eating in the cafeteria, she identally bumped into a girl and said sorry.

    That girl red at her, intending to scold her, but then seemed to think better of it and just snorted before walking away.

    That re made it clear she knew Chu Yang, but Chu Yang didn''t remember her. Chu Yang just shrugged¡ªshe didn''t care. If she remembered, she would have known that girl was Lin Shushu.

    On Chi Yan''s side, it was more or less the same. He attended sses, yed sports, went to the library, and so on. He hadn''t gone to the neighboring A University, nor had he mentioned Chu Yang again, which made Wei Feng and the others feel ufortable.

    "Yan-ge, you..."

    Chi Yan looked up. "What?"

    Wei Feng: "Aren''t you going to A University to find that girl? I mean Chu Yang, your girlfriend."

    Chi Yan paused. Based on all the information, she was indeed his girlfriend, but now they had both forgotten each other. Plus, she didn''t seem to have contacted him either. Everyone was busy, so they hadn''t met.

    Wei Feng: "Have you guys chatted?"

    Chi Yan shook his head.

    Wei Feng was shocked and held his head. "Oh my god! You guys... no way! You need to go find her quickly, your rtionship can''t have problems! You used to be such a shameless braggart, and now we''re not used to seeing you like this."

    Chi Yan: ...Is he a romance maniac?

    In the end, Chi Yan still sent Chu Yang a message: "Hello, would you like to meet?"

    After a long time, Chu Yang didn''t reply.

    Chi Yan tossed his phone aside,y on the bed, covered himself with the nket, and closed his eyes to rest.

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang was learning the second subject while enduring her instructor''s scolding. Although the instructor''s words were unpleasant, Chu Yang''s emotions remained unaffected. She even impassively retorted: "Instructor, your voice is too loud, it scared my feet."

    "If I knew how to drive, why would I need you, right?"

    "I paid you, I''m the money daddy, Instructor, you should respect the money daddy."

    The instructor: ...This was the first time he met someone so blunt.

    After finishing the driving practice, Chu Yang finally saw Chi Yan''s message and replied: "Okay. At the milk tea shop by the A University gate."

    Soon after, Chi Yan replied: "Got it, I''ll be right there."

    ...

    The two of them sat across from each other in the milk tea shop. Each ordered a cup of milk tea. The staff at the milk tea shop seemed to recognize them and directly asked, "The usual sunburn and west peach, half sugar, no ice, two cups?"

    Chu Yang paused for a moment, then nodded, "Yes."

    After the milk tea was served, they still didn''t speak.

    Chi Yan nced at the girl across from him, then lowered his head again. Chu Yang didn''t say anything either. After they had both drunk about half of their milk tea, Chu Yang sighed and said, "Since we don''t remember each other anymore, how about we break up? There''s no real feeling between us anyway, so let''s just break up."

    Upon hearing this, Chi Yan felt a sudden pang in his heart, but he quickly recovered. Looking at the expressionless and calm girl in front of him, her eyes showed no affection or love towards him whatsoever, as if he were a stranger.

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan: "What do you think? Let''s break up?"

 Chapter 161: Part Two

    <h4>Chapter 161</h4>

    Chi Yan remained silent...

    Chu Yang didn''t let him dwell on it any longer. She picked up her milk tea and stood up, "Let''s just end it here." Although there were many traces suggesting that they were a couple before, she knew herself¡ªfeelings and such weren''t actually that important to her. Now that they had both forgotten each other, being together would only waste each other''s time. It was better to break up directly.

    Chi Yan was stunned for a moment. His heart told him that this wasn''t right, this wasn''t how it should be.

    He immediately stood up and called out to stop her, "Wait."

    Chu Yang turned around, "Hmm?"

    Chi Yan tightly gripped the hem of his shirt, "Can''t we not break up? Can we try again?"

    Chu Yang sounded callous, like an icy woman, "But it would be such a waste of time. I don''t have that much time to spare. Let''s just end it."

    Chi Yan watched as Chu Yang walked out of the milk tea shop, leaving a void in his heart. He wanted to call out, but no matter how much he opened his mouth, nothing came out. This was wrong, this wasn''t how it was supposed to be. Chi Yan suddenly grabbed his head, feeling short of breath.

    At the neighboring table were two girls who stared at each other wide-eyed. Finally, they gasped, "Oh my god! They broke up?"

    ...

    It didn''t take long before most people at the two universities knew¡ªChi Yan, the B University campus heartthrob, and Chu Yang from A University had broken up!

    Wei Feng read the news on the forum, looked at Chi Yan lying on the bed, and shouted, "Bro Yan!!!"

    Zheng Qing next to him was so startled that he almost fell off his chair. "Dammit! Feng, why are you yelling so loud? You scared me!"

    Wei Feng showed Zheng Qing the news. Initially calm, Zheng Qing almost dropped his phone after reading it. "Holy crap! Bro Yan!!!"

    Chi Yan looked at them, still somewhat dazed. "Hmm?"

    "Bro Yan, you... you... you broke up with the big shot? No way? Bro Yan, Chu Yang is your everything! How could you break up with her? You''re going to regret this, bro. Quick, go rify things! You two absolutely can''t break up. Let''s just say you forgot, it''s no big deal. If you keep being together, the feelings wille back."

    Chi Yan''s voice sounded muffled, "It was her idea."

    Wei Feng looked exasperated. "Bro, the big shot said so, and you just agreed? You should have persisted relentlessly, no matter what, to make the big shot change her mind!"

    Zheng Qing nodded vigorously, "Bro Yan, Feng is right. You should have persisted relentlessly. Women fear clingy men!"

    Even Lian Yuanzhi chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes!"

    Chi Yan sat up, pondering, "Was I a whipped boyfriend before?" He didn''t think he was.

    Wei Feng said, "Bro, you weren''t a whipped boyfriend. You were just lovesick!!! But it''s more or less the same."

    Chi Yan: ...

    On the other side, Chu Yang was also being bombarded by Jin Yang and the others.

    "Yang Yang, you broke up with Campus Heartthrob Chi Yan?"

    "Ah ah ah, no way! Yang Yang, what were you thinking? You two were so good together."

    "Although you''ve forgotten each other now, the feelings should still be there, right?"

    "Chi Yan was so good to you. We won''t believe in love anymore if you two break up, wah wah wah!"

    "This must be a rumor, this has to be a rumor!!"

    Chu Yang remained unmoved, "It''s not a rumor, it''s true. We don''t remember each other, and I don''t have any feelings for him in my heart. Plus, I''m very busy and don''t have the energy to deal with a rtionship like that. I said I wanted to break up, and he agreed. It''s a win-win for everyone, isn''t it great?"

    Jin Yang and the others didn''t understand. "But you two loved each other so much before. You used to always go find each other, you even lived together."

    "Yes, yes, look at your chat history, look at your social media posts. You two were so in love before, how can you deny the past just because of memory loss?"

    "Imagine how terrible it would be if you regained your memories!"

    "What if Chi Yan likes someone else during this period of memory loss?"

    Chu Yang replied, "Then it means we were never meant to be."

    Everyone exchanged nces, eventually resigning with a sigh.

    But privately, in the small group chat without Chu Yang and Chi Yan, Jin Yang, Wei Feng, and the others whispered about how to get the two back together.

    As for the other people who heard about Chu Yang and Chi Yan''s breakup, some were shocked and in disbelief, some thought it might be a false rumor. But when a day passed and neither came out to rify, some rejoiced over their misfortune, some felt it had nothing to do with them and didn''t care.

    "I heard it was Chu Yang who initiated it, right at the milk tea shop by the school gate. Someone overheard them."

    "So the previous rumors weren''t actually rumors?"

    "Chi Yan really got cheated on?"

    "They already issued an apology letter, saying the previous rumors were fake. Don''t you people have any ability to discern truth from fiction?"

    "Exactly. I think something must have happened afterwards."

    "Maybe they had a fight. Maybe they''ll get back together in less than a month? Couples fight all the time, don''t they?"

    "True. It''s pretty normal for couples to break up and get back together."

    "Why are you so concerned about their rtionship? You''re all adults. What''s the big deal about breaking up?"

    "I guess this is what happens when you unt your rtionship too much."

    "I''m shocked that Chu Yang is so badass! To actually break up with Chi Yan! Chi Yan, of all people, and yet there''s someone who finds him unworthy?"

    "I agree. Even though Chu Yang seems very capable too, but still, it''s Chi Yan we''re talking about."

    "I''m not kidding, Chi Yan getting dumped is honestly the funniest joke I''ve ever heard."

    ... Discussions raged online, but Chu Yang didn''t see them. When she went out and people asked if she had broken up, Chu Yang simply nodded and admitted it. She didn''t think there was anything to hide¡ªshe just didn''t realize that so many people knew about her previous rtionship with Chi Yan.

    Then she realized, of course, Chi Yan was after all a campus heartthrob and very good-looking. It made sense that he would know a lot of people, while she was just an ordinary person.

    That night, Chi Yan had a dream.

    In the dream, he should have still been a freshman. He was returning to school from home by bus, but when the bus reached the elevated highway, for some reason, it seemed like the driver had a medical emergency and the bus fell off the highway bridge.

    After that, he didn''t know what happened.

    He was in aa at the hospital for two months before finally waking up. His grandfather was so worried that he got sick himself.

    Then Chi Yan suddenly felt that something was off. Why would the bus fall off the elevated highway? That shouldn''t have happened. How could a bus just fall off a highway bridge?

    The incident resulted in many deaths. He narrowly escaped death himself, sustaining severe injuries and being admitted to the ICU multiple times. Only after consulting many top experts was his life finally saved.

    Afterwards, he stayed in the hospital for a year, undergoing rehabilitation. A yearter, he returned to campus. Everything had changed.

    His former ssmates had be his seniors, but no one had forgotten him. Everyone was happy to see him back on campus, and he quickly reintegrated into campus life, studying as usual, participating inpetitions, going to the library. Although he couldn''t engage in strenuous physical activities or y basketball anymore and could only watch from the sidelines, he also couldn''t do things like boxing or skateboarding.

    But it didn''t matter. For him, being alive was already a blessing.

 Chapter 162: The Original Book

    <h4>Chapter 162</h4>

    And so, life went on peacefully and serenely. Butter, Chi Yan felt that something was off, everything felt amiss. When he was sitting alone in the library reading, he felt that someone should have been sitting beside him. When he was driving, he felt that someone should have been sitting in the passenger seat. When he returned to the house near the school, he found himself cooking for two.

    Everything felt wrong. That''s right, he should have had a girlfriend. Where was his girlfriend?

    He asked Wei Feng and the others, "Where is my girlfriend?"

    Wei Feng looked puzzled. "Chi Yan? Have you gone crazy? Where would you have a girlfriend from? You''re a single dog."

    No, that''s not right. He did have a girlfriend.

    Chi Yan then asked his uncle, "Where is my girlfriend?"

    Chi Xin then took him to the hospital for a check-up, and the conclusion was, "That must be someone you imagined. It''s probably caused by the ident before."

    Chi Yan was certain that he wasn''t imagining things. He was perfectly fine, and he should have had a girlfriend. But where was she? He couldn''t recall her at all.

    Chi Yan was anxious. He knew that he had forgotten someone very important. He had a girlfriend, but why was everyone saying he didn''t?

    He did have a girlfriend. They had been together all the time. She was very beautiful and gentle. They held hands, kissed, went to the library to study together. There were traces of them all over the campus. Why was everyone saying there wasn''t?

    One day, he went to a neighboring university for an event. There, he overheard two people discussing, "That Chu Yang is so awful."

    "Yeah, what a disgusting cheater."

    "How could our university have someone like her?"

    "I heard she even wanted to drug the school heartthrob Gu to get ahead. Didn''t expect her to harm herself instead. Hahaha."

    "She deserved it. Someone like her is so disgusting."

    "I heard she came to school today. How does someone like her still have the face toe to school? So disgusting."

    ...

    Chu Yang?

    Chi Yan felt that this name sounded very familiar. He went up and asked, "Where is this Chu Yang?"

    The two girls looked at him strangely. "Student? Why are you looking for Chu Yang? She''s a cheating bitch who came here. A disgusting woman."

    Chi Yan didn''t say much else. "Just something."

    "We don''t know where she is either. Probably in the dorms."

    "Okay, thanks."

    Then Chi Yan went to the girls'' dorms at A University. When he arrived, he saw a girl being pushed to the ground, surrounded by people pointing and whispering at her. From their words, he knew that girl was Chu Yang.

    Chi Yan looked over. The girl called Chu Yang looked pale and frail, a pitiful sight. But her overall appearance didn''t evoke any sympathy. Chi Yan frowned slightly. This person wasn''t right, it wasn''t her.

    After that, Chi Yan rarely heard about this person anymore. When he did hear news, it was always bad news. Eventually, he happened to hear that the girl called Chu Yang was found dead in a rental house.

    There was no more news after that.

    Time passed until Chi Yan graduated. He then joined the Chi Corporation. A long timeter, he took over his grandfather''s business. But he knew that he had been searching for someone all this time, a phantom person.

    He searched for so long, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn''t find her... He asked so many people, but everyone said he was imagining it. Only he knew that he truly wasn''t imagining it, that there really was such a person. So how could he find her?

    ...

    Early one morning around 5 AM, Chi Yan woke up from his sleep, gasping for air. It seemed like he had a dream where he was searching for someone, but he didn''t know who that person was. The rest of the dream''s content escaped him. Sitting on the bed, Chi Yan checked his phone. It was just past 5 AM.

    Outside was pitch ck. In the dorm, Wei Feng was still grinding his teeth in his sleep. Chi Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead.

    He opened WeChat and his note-taking app, which only had one entry:

    Yangyang likes fish but can''t eat too spicy food. She loves apples and peaches and isn''t too picky. Her period is around the 15th of each month. She likes purple and white clothes. And her measurements are AA.BB.CC. She likes half-sweet milk tea. Her birthday is...

    The entire note was over a thousand words, all about a girl named Chu Yang.

    Chi Yan then looked at his Moments, all filled with photos of that same girl. Chi Yan couldn''t help but smile, but then he suddenly froze...

    After staring for a long time, Chi Yan put down his phone. He kept his eyes open until daybreak. At 6:30 AM, his phone calendar reminded him: Today is Yangyang''s ss schedule in the morning...

    Chi Yan sighed. All his traces and feelings, as well as his physical reactions, told him that he truly liked her very much.

    ...

    Chu Yang and Jin Yang had just left the Literature Building and were heading to the cafeteria when they saw Chi Yan approaching from the opposite side. Jin Yang quickly moved away from Chu Yang. "Yangyang, I''ll leave you two alone." Then she ran off.

    Chu Yang stood there as Chi Yan walked up to her. "I need to talk to you about something."

    Chu Yang hugged her books, her expression cold. "What is it?"

    Chi Yan noticed the gossiping and whispering around them. "Can we find somewhere else to talk? You haven''t eaten yet, right? Let me treat you to a meal."

    Chu Yang also noticed that the entrance wasn''t a good ce for conversation, so she got into Chi Yan''s car.

    They went to a restaurant near the school gate and got a private room. When ordering, Chu Yang only picked one dish, but Chi Yan remembered what he saw in the note that morning and ordered Chu Yang''s favorite dishes.

    Before the food arrived, Chu Yang asked, "So what is it?"

    Chi Yan poured her a cup of tea. "I wanted to say... we..."

    Chi Yan took a deep breath and finally spoke his mind, looking intently at Chu Yang. "What I wanted to say is, can we not break up? All the evidence shows that we like each other. Since we like each other, why separate? Even if I forget, my heart tells me that I like you."

    But Chu Yang shook her head. "But my heart doesn''t feel like I like you."

    Chi Yan looked into her eyes. "Really? You really don''t like me? Have you seen our Moments? There are many of your belongings at my house near the school, including clothes, shoes, bags, and your books."

    Chu Yang paused. Her clothes? She looked into Chi Yan''s eyes. His eyes were beautiful, filled with something she couldn''tprehend. Chu Yang lowered her gaze, unable to look any longer. But her hands unconsciously clenched. What was going on? Then her heart skipped a beat.

    Suddenly, Chi Yan grabbed her hand. "Do you feel repulsed?"

    Chu Yang tried to pull away but couldn''t. She looked at Chi Yan. "Let go."

    Chi Yan suddenly looked pitiful. "No."

    At that moment, the server brought the dishes in. With great effort, Chu Yang managed to pull her hand free and turned her head away.

    Chi Yan lowered his head despondently. After a while, he still proceeded to remove the bones from the fish, as if he had done it countless times before. "Let''s eat. You like fish."

    Chu Yang watched his movements and sighed. No matter what, food still needed to be eaten. She picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

 Chapter 163: Passing

    <h4>Chapter 163</h4>

    After finishing their meal, Chi Yan continued to assert his stance stubbornly, "No matter what, I don''t agree. As long as I don''t agree, we''re not breaking up." He didn''t dare look at Chu Yang, still feeling afraid.

    Chu Yang didn''t care whether he agreed or not, picking up her bag intending to leave directly, "As long as I agree, that''s enough."

    Chi Yan immediately grabbed her hand, "Your... your clothes are still at my ce. You can see our ''love nest'' and you''ll know that we loved each other so much, we shouldn''t break up. Even if you''ve forgotten me, I can pursue you all over again!"

    Love nest?

    Chu Yang felt so cringed that she shuddered. Turning around, "Take me there." She intended to bring her belongings back to the dormitory.

    Chi Yan immediately took her to themunity entrance, where the security guard greeted them. Chi Yan greeted him back, then looked at Chu Yang, "See, even the security guard knows we''re a couple." Chu Yang ignored him.

    Walking all the way to Chi Yan''s house, Chu Yang felt quite familiar with it, possibly because she had frequently visited before?

    After entering, she found that what Chi Yan said was true - the shoes in the foyer, the photos on the wall all showed that she must have stayed here often.

    What made her even more embarrassed was that her clothes, big and small, inner and outer, were kept together with Chi Yan''s. On the bedside table were photos of the two of them, with Chi Yan kissing her on the corner of her mouth. Chu Yang''s face immediately reddened.

    "This book, you should take a look. It seems to be yours, I don''t understand it," Chi Yan picked up a book. These days, his close friends all told him that his girlfriend was a renowned figure, a Witch who could even predict the future. She had saved him many times and helped his friends too.

    As soon as Chu Yang saw the book in his hand, the embarrassment on her face vanished immediately. She grabbed the book and started flipping through it. This was a book that only a Witch could read, the one she held was about the history of Witches.

    Chu Yang looked up at Chi Yan with a serious expression, "Any more?"

    Then Chi Yan took her to the study, where Chu Yang saw many books about Witchcraft on the bookshelf. Two of them had slightly different text, but she could still understand them. One was called ''Forbidden Witchcraft''. Chu Yang flipped through it and saw the second time-reversal Witchcraft that could cause memory loss. So had she used this Witchcraft back then?

    "But how were we sent to the hospital?" Chu Yang asked. About how they ended up in the hospital, Jin Yang and the others didn''t seem to know either. They only knew that she was sent to the hospital after the spring outing, but not the process. The club members who went together didn''t know either, because they didn''te down the mountain together at that time. She and Chi Yan were together, but no one knew what happened afterward.

    Chi Yan scratched his head, "At first, my uncle said I had fallen while ying basketball, butter everyone said we were sent to the hospital after the spring outing. Then a series of events happened, and I forgot to ask my uncle about the real situation. He was the one who sent us to the hospital. Let me call my uncle."

    When Chi Xin received the call, he immediately said, "You and your little girlfriende over here."

    During this period, he had been busy with Zhu Ying''s case. When Chi Yan was admitted to the hospital, Chi Xin didn''t dare let the elders in the family know either, as it wasn''t a big deal. Zhu Ying had died, but there were still many follow-up matters, such as finding Zhu Ruxin, who had be a vegetative state. Her body looked drained, shriveled like an old woman, with a head full of white hair and self-harm scars on her hands. It was unknown what Zhu Ying had done to her.

    The Zhu family had been overthrown. When Zhu Ruying saw her sister, he broke down in tears.

    Apart from Zhu Ruxin, they also found that Zhu Ying had been involved in organ trafficking. Chi Xin had been in contact with the police about this. Subsequently, his men discovered several more lives at the ces where Zhu Ying had hidden after escaping, as well as some evil books, which were all taken to be destroyed by Mingwu Daoist. Although Zhu Ying was dead, some of his associates were still alive.

    Chi Yan told Chu Yang about this, and after some thought, Chu Yang decided to go with Chi Yan. Having lost her memory wasn''t a pleasant experience. Chu Yang even found that she couldn''t use her Witchcraft anymore. She had a crystal ball and a scepter, but she didn''t remember how she obtained these two items, as they didn''t seem to be inherited from her family. Moreover, she had transmigrated into this book world, so how could she have brought these items with her?

    The original Chu Yang wasn''t a Witch.

    Soon, the two arrived at the lobby of Chi Xin''spany building, and the receptionist led them to Chi Xin''s office.

    "Have a seat. Asheng, bring some drinks and snacks for the young ones."

    "Yes."

    Chi Yan protested, "...Uncle, we''re not little kids."

    Chi Xin waved his hand dismissively, "In my eyes, you''re still little kids."

    After the drinks and snacks were ced in front of them, Asheng left, leaving only Chi Yan and the other two in the office. Chi Xin then spoke, "You want to ask what happened back then, don''t you?"

    Chi Yan nodded and pursed his lips, "You lied to me before, saying I fell while ying basketball?"

    Chi Xin smiled, "Well, you had just woken up then, it wouldn''t have made sense to you."

    He recalled the events and continued, "Actually, I didn''t know what happened either. When I arrived with my men, you two were already unconscious on the ground, and Zhu Ying was dead nearby. No one knew what had happened, except you two, or rather, except you." Chi Xin looked at Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang instantly thought of the time-reversal Witchcraft from the ''Forbidden Witchcraft'' book, but she wasn''t sure either. "What about that Zhu Ying, what happened to him?"

    Chi Xin then realized that Chu Yang had also lost her memory. Not only had she forgotten his nephew Chi Yan, but she had forgotten everyone. Since that was the case, he would re-exin everything to her.

    "Zhu Ying was the uncle of the Zhu family, which you should know, little Yan. The matter should start fromst year when... After that, Zhu Ying disappeared. Then,st month, you two went on the spring outing. I don''t know what happened during your outing either. It was little Yan who called me, and when I arrived with my men, I saw you like that. After you two woke up, you had both lost your memories."

    Listening to Chi Xin mention her and Chi Yan, Chu Yang clearly understood that he was referring to herself. "Was there anything unusual happening around us at that time?"

    Chi Xin nodded, "Yes, not far from where you were unconscious, there was a fire. But the fire department had arrived, so nothing major happened. I heard there was also a small tremor and strong winds, so I thought it was an earthquake at first, but it turned out not to be. Oh, and our men also discovered that the graves in the area seemed to have been dug up."

    Chu Yang couldn''t figure out what had happened either, and Chi Yan was even more clueless.

    Chi Xin noticed that the two didn''t have the same intimacy as before. If it were the past, his love-struck nephew would have already pulled her into an embrace tofort her. But now, he didn''t dare make a move.

    Sigh!

 Chapter 164: To Find the Master of Enlightenment

    <h4>Chapter 164</h4>

    "If you''re free, I''ll take you to see Mingwu Daoist and see if he has any way to help you regain your memories," Chi Xin said.

    Chu Yang looked puzzled, "Mingwu Daoist?"

    Chi Yan knew of this, "Mingwu Daoist is the Daoist priest of Wenjue Temple, a great master."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Okay. Sure." No matter what, she still wanted to regain her memories. After all, she needed to know why she had lost her Witchcraft abilities.

    Afterwards, the three of them arranged a time, and then Chi Yan and Chu Yang left.

    After leaving Chi Xin''s ce, Chi Yan asked, "Where are you going, Yang Yang?" He stopped as soon as he said it, wondering why he had called her Yang Yang so naturally. Then he remembered that they used to be boyfriend and girlfriend, so what''s wrong with calling her Yang Yang? People usually call their loved ones pet names like ''honey'' or ''baby.''

    Chu Yang also gave him a strange look, "I want to go to your ce to gather my things." She wanted to move all her belongings back to her dorm room.

    Chi Yan''s heart sank, "Don''t take them yet. What if you regain your memories? We agreed to go see Mingwu Daoist, didn''t we? Mingwu Daoist will definitely have a solution." He absolutely couldn''t let her take her things away, or else he would have no excuse to see her in the future. "Besides, there are too many things, you can''t take them all at once. Take it slow, no rush."

    Chu Yang thought about it and agreed. After all, her things had been there for so long, there was no hurry. Plus, she had ss soon, so she should head back to school first.

    "Alright, I''ll go back to school first."

    Chi Yan hurried after her, "I''ll walk you."

    ...

    Over the next two days, Chi Yan checked in on her every day, either taking her out for meals or going to the library together. As for how he knew Chu Yang''s schedule, someone must have been helping him secretly. As for who, it was easy to guess - none of their friends wanted them to break up, and they all thought that if the couple regained their memories, they would definitely regret it. As their good friends, of course they had to help get them back together.

    Chu Yang: "Don''t you need to study?"

    Chi Yan''s inner thoughts: Losing my girlfriend is more important than studying.

    "My grades are excellent, I can still get good scores without studying." Chi Yan said confidently, though in reality, he still worked hard every night.

    Chu Yang was getting annoyed, "Stop following me around."

    Yet the next moment, Chi Yan''s eyes turned red, "No."

    Chu Yang: ...Alright, alright, a grown man is crying here. Chu Yang waved her hand dismissively, "Do whatever you want."

    The next second, Chi Yan''s expression changed instantly as he smiled again.

    Chu Yang: ...

    Jin Yang, who was watching from the side, thought that even though Yang Yang had forgotten everyone, she still had no qualms about Chi Yan, the school heartthrob. Chi Yan the heartthrob was about the same.

    The two walked in front of and behind each other, and everyone saw it. Then people started gossiping again, "Didn''t they say they broke up?"

    "It''s normal for couples to break up and get back together."

    "Who started that rumor anyway?"

    "Who said they broke up? Don''t they look the same as before?"

    "Then why didn''t they rify it?"

    "Do you think they''re online looking at gossip like you all day? The world of top students only has studying. And why would they go online to announce their rtionship to you?"

    "I actually think they did break up before, but they just got back together."

    "Break it up, break it up. You''re all discussing their rtionship every day when you''re a bunch of single dogs with nothing to do."

    "That hurts."

    ...

    On the weekend, Chi Xin took them to Wenjue Temple. From the rearview mirror, Chi Xin noticed that the atmosphere between the two in the back seemed much more familiar than before. At least they were sitting closer, not leaving as much distance between them as before.

    And his nephew kept ncing at her from time to time. Chi Xin shook his head. This nephew of his really had a severe case of being lovesick.

    As soon as they met Mingwu Daoist, he looked at Chu Yang and said, "Oh? You were able to endure it?"

    Chu Yang: ??

    Chi Yan: ?? Endure what?

    Afterwards, Mingwu Daoist took their pulses. Chi Yan was fine, his body was healthy and brimming with energy.

    When it was Chu Yang''s turn, Mingwu Daoist took her pulse for a long time, his brow slightly furrowed. In the end, he even wrote her a prescription, "Take this for two months, and you should be fine."

    Chu Yang took it, "What''s wrong with me?" The doctor had told her she was fine and just needed to rest and recuperate at home.

    Mingwu Daoist looked at her, "Your body is too depleted. Haven''t you noticed that you can''t use your Witchcraft abilities anymore?"

    Chu Yang immediately remembered that she indeed couldn''t use her Witchcraft, "Yes."

    Chi Yan, standing beside her, became anxious, "What''s wrong? Is it serious?"

    Mingwu Daoist said, "Not too serious, you just need to rest and recuperate properly."

    Chi Yan felt relieved.

    "They''ve both lost their memories. Do you have any way to help with that?" Chi Xin suddenly spoke up.

    This made Mingwu Daoist study Chi Yan and Chu Yang more closely, "Lost their memories?" After calcting with his fingers several times, he looked at Chu Yang, "You used The Art of Space-time, so there are aftereffects."

    Neither Chi Xin nor Chi Yan understood, but Chu Yang did, "I forgot, but I did read about it in the books. Is there any way to fix it?"

    Mingwu Daoist shook his head, "There is always a price to pay. Your price is rtively small - some may have even died. I think it''s because of the good deeds you''ve umted that you were spared. It''s not a big deal, you just forgot. Your mind is fine, and that''s good enough. Perhaps some day, under certain circumstances, you may regain your memories."

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, "But... Yang Yang doesn''t remember our rtionship." Although he didn''t remember either, he still really liked her.

    Upon hearing this, Mingwu Daoist said, "Hmm?" Then he calcted again, "It''s fine, you two are destined to be together."

    Chi Yan was delighted and looked at Chu Yang, but Chu Yang didn''t say anything.

    And so, they left with some talismans and the prescription.

    "Yang Yang, give me the prescription, I''ll get the medicine for you," Chi Yan had already gotten used to calling her Yang Yang.

    Chu Yang put the prescription away, "It''s okay. I can get it myself."

    Chi Yan''s lips quivered as if he was about to cry. Chu Yang immediately handed it to him - she couldn''t stand him being like this.

    Chi Yan was happy.

    Chi Xin, who had watched the whole thing: Tsk! This kid!

    After that, Chi Yan would decoct the medicine himself and then bring it to Chu Yang, "Yang Yang, time to take your medicine."

    Chu Yang remembered the line: "My dear, time to take your medicine..."

    Mingwu Daoist''s prescription seemed to be quite effective. After taking it for a week, Chu Yang felt much more energized, no longer feeling drained and unable to muster any strength like before. Not only that, she used to feel chills throughout her body when sleeping at night, but now she slept much better. Although she still couldn''t use her Witchcraft abilities, Chu Yang felt that if she continued taking the medicine, her powers would eventually return.

    One day, Chi Yan''s roommate Wei Feng called her, "Big shot, Yan is drunk and keeps calling for you."

 Chapter 165: Drunk

    <h4>Chapter 165</h4>

    Chu Yang: "Then why don''t you just send him back?"

    Wei Feng: "Oh dear, oh dear, Zheng Qing is also drunk, I need to send him back to the dorm, and Yan-ge said he won''t go back to the dorm. I''m at my wit''s end, and the others won''t pick up their phones. Oh dear, I can''t do this anymore, I''ll hang up first, they''re about to get rowdy."

    After hanging up the phone, Wei Feng gave the others a look, and then they all hurriedly left. Wei Feng patted Chi Yan on the shoulder, "Yan-ge, I can only help you this much, good luck!"

    Chi Yan, his face flushed red, was sitting in the seat. He had really drunk alcohol and was a bit drunk. Even if he had to act, he had to do it properly. However, he still had some awareness.

    Chu Yang looked at the hung-up phone and still decided to go over. She arrived at the location Wei Feng had sent her, and when she entered the private room, she saw that only Chi Yan was there, the rest had disappeared.

    When Chi Yan saw her, he gave her a big smile, looking almost like a silly dog, "Central Central~hic~".

    Chu Yang wrinkled her brow at the smell of alcohol on him, but still went over to support him, "Can you stand up?"

    Chi Yan stood up unsteadily, leaning on Chu Yang, "Yes, hic~".

    Chu Yang supported him and walked out of the restaurant, then directly called a taxi, "I''ll send you back to the dorm."

    Chi Yan waved his hand, "No, not the dorm, back to my ce, it''s closer here."

    Chu Yang knew where he was talking about, but she refused.

    "No, back to the dorm, let Wei Feng and the others take care of you." Chu Yang didn''t want to take care of a drunkard.

    Chi Yan looked aggrieved, his eyes glistening, "Back to my ce, you apany me."

    Chi Yan buried his head in Chu Yang''s neck, nuzzling back and forth.

    "p!" Chu Yang directly gave him a p on the shoulder, "Behave. Listen to me."

    Chi Yan didn''t dare to speak anymore, his expression only bing more aggrieved.

    Chu Yang didn''t look at him, and when the car arrived, she shoved the person into it, and then got in herself, telling the driver, "Go to A University."

    "Okay... Ah, it''s you two?" The driver seemed to recognize them, "Wow, we have such a fate. Little sister, do you still remember me, that time I caught the drug dealers?"

    Of course Chu Yang didn''t remember, but she heard that it must have been something she did before, so Chu Yang gave a slight smile.

    The uncle driver kept chatting as he started the car, not caring whether Chu Yang responded or not, "Last time was really thrilling, but no pain, no gain, haha. Is this your boyfriend? He''s drunk?" Last time, I was puzzled why you went to such a remote ce, andter you even brought your boyfriend out, luckily I drove fast and shook off those people, haha, it was really heart-pounding at the time..."

    The uncle driver was still immersed in the most glorious and climactic moments of his life. Meanwhile, Chi Yan had snuggled back into Chu Yang''s embrace, his arms wrapped around Chu Yang, his head buried in her shoulder, then slowly sniffing back and forth. He suddenly raised his head and smiled at Chu Yang, then cupped her face with both hands, trying to kiss her.

    Chu Yang directly used her hand to block his mouth, "Sit still!"

    Chi Yan directly kissed the palm of her hand, but he was still smiling foolishly, directly taking her hand and kissing it twice. Chu Yang disgustedly retracted her hand, pushing the person to the side, "Chi Yan, sit properly, if you don''t behave, you''re not allowed to find me again."

    Chi Yan immediately sat properly, sitting upright, his eyes never leaving Chu Yang, and whenever she looked over, he would smile.

    Chu Yang: ...

    The driver saw this scene: "Ah, your boyfriend is so obedient. Not like the couples I''ve picked up before, some drunk boyfriends not only vomit all over, but also talk nonsense and act up. Little sister, I see your boyfriend listens to you, this kind of boyfriend is rare, you should cherish him well..."

    The uncle driver started babbling about the cruelties of the world, other people''s love and hate stories. Chu Yang felt this uncle driver was a chatterbox.

    They soon arrived at the entrance of the male dormitory of A University. Chu Yang supported the person down, and was about to call Wei Feng, when suddenly someone nearby looked over, "Yan-ge? How did you get back?"

    Chu Yang immediately told the person, "Since you know him, then you send him up. I''m going back to school."

    Chu Yang threw the person to that guy, then waved her hand and left.

    The guy: ...

    Chi Yan: ...

    After Chu Yang left, the guy only then said, "Yan-ge, do you still need me to support you?"

    Chi Yan nced at him and walked up by himself, but his footsteps were a bit unsteady, the guy hurriedly followed. When Chi Yan entered the dorm, Wei Feng, who was ying games, saw him, "Damn! Yan-ge, how did you get back?"

    Chi Yan nced at him, the meaning very clear, it didn''t work.

    Wei Feng patted his shoulder, "Brother, it''s okay. Next time we''ll call the big boss right before curfew, that way you won''t be able toe back, and can only go to your ce, and then hehe hehe."

    Chi Yan: "So why didn''t you do that today?"

    Wei Feng was stuck, "...Forgot."

    Who would have thought the big boss would be so heartless? Sigh.

    Chu Yang had already passed her driving test, and was now preparing for the next test. Today was the day she had scheduled with the instructor to practice driving. Over there, Chi Yan had brought a warm cup, inside was the medicinal soup he had boiled, he also brought sour plums and sugar, afraid that Chu Yang would find the medicine bitter, but every time Chu Yang blinked her eyes without saying a word and directly drank it, not even saying it was bitter.

    Chu Yang had just got off the practice car and was resting on a chair to the side, Chi Yan immediately came over, "Central Central, you forgot to take your medicine today."

    Chu Yang nced at him and took it, directly gulping it down. After she finished drinking, Chi Yan took out the plums, "Here, the medicine is bitter, eat one."

    Chu Yang took it, but didn''t eat it, "Thank you."

    Chi Yan sat next to her, and the two didn''t say anything. Soon, Chu Yang went to practice again, and then it was almost time to leave, and she left with Chi Yan.

    Chu Yang felt that her spiritual power had recovered somewhat, but she didn''t know how much. She thought about it and held Chi Yan''s hand, Chi Yan was delighted that she was finally getting close to him, but then he saw Chu Yang''s serious expression, "What...what''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang frowned at him, "Where are you goingter?"

    Chi Yan: "Ah, I''m going back to the apartment." If Chu Yang went to the library, he would follow her, but if Chu Yang went back to the dorm, he could only go back to the apartment.

    "I''ll go with you. I''m going to get my books."

    Chi Yan immediately became very happy, just getting books, but he had her books and more at his ce, "Okay, let''s go."

    Chi Yan didn''t drive today, the two of them walked out of the A University gate and went to the nearby bus stop to take the bus, but the bus didn''te. Suddenly, a van stopped in front of the two of them, and three men got out and rushed towards Chi Yan, trying to grab him and drag him into the van.

    Chi Yan saw something was wrong, and directly kicked out with one foot, then wanted to pull Chu Yang and leave, but Chu Yang suddenly muttered a few spells, and the three men in front were immediately frozen in ce.

    Chu Yang: "Knock them out!"

    The driver saw something was wrong and quickly drove away.

    Chi Yan quickly knocked out one by one, then called the police.

 Chapter 166: Donâ€™t be Unhappy

    <h4>Chapter 166</h4>

    The two of them directly went to the police station and were being questioned by the police.

    "We were waiting for the bus, and then those people came and grabbed us. We werepletely clueless." Chi Yan narrated the incident.

    At this point, Chi Xin came over. "What''s going on?"

    Chi Yan retold the story, and since they were the victims and some were students, the police let them go after questioning. As for the other people, they still needed to investigate to see why they had tried to grab Chi Yan.

    The police station leaned towards the idea of a kidnapping for money, as they found out that Chi Yan was the young master of the Chi Corporation and his family was wealthy, but it was just spection.

    Chi Xin took the two away. "Where are you two going next?"

    Chi Yan: "Back to my ce."

    Chu Yang: "I''m going back to school."

    Chi Yan immediately looked at her. "Didn''t we say we''d go to my ce to get the book?"

    Chu Yang: "I don''t feel like going anymore." That was just an excuse in the first ce.

    Chi Yan muttered, "But we had already agreed to it."

    Chi Xin didn''t say a word, just gave a signal to the driver, and finally dropped them off at the entrance of Chi Yan''s residential area. "I have something to do, so I''ll just drop you off here."

    Chi Yan cheerfully waved goodbye to Chi Xin. "Okay, thank you, uncle."

    Chu Yang: ...

    She suspected that her personal qualities were not that great, because when it came to Chi Yan, everyone was always helping him, while her wishes were always ignored.

    After Chi Xin left, Chi Yan immediately grabbed Chu Yang''s hand. "Let''s go."

    When they arrived at Chi Yan''s ce, Chu Yang found that he had too many books. She decided to just take two back to the dorm to look at, since the things here were truly too much.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan was already in the kitchen washing bottles, humming a song. After finishing that, he saw there was fruit in the fridge, so he started making juice, his mood very joyful. Even though he had almost been taken away earlier, it didn''t affect his mood at all, probably because she was by his side, and thinking of that made him feel very happy. Chi Yan thought that he had truly super liked her before, even if his brain couldn''t remember, his body still did.

    Chi Yan brought the juice out and ced it in front of Chu Yang. "Here, have some juice."

    Chu Yang was still flipping through a book, trying to find if there was a method to regain her memory in it. Although her body had no problem, she still preferred to get to the bottom of things. After all, she just wanted to remember.

    The book was very thick, and it would take a lot of time to finish. Chu Yang gulped down the juice in one go, then stuffed the book into her bag. "It''s gettingte, I should head back now."

    She stood up and went to the entryway to put on her own shoes.

    Chi Yan immediately followed. "Wait for me, I''ll go to school with you." He was just going to keep following her.

    Chu Yang said she was in a hurry, but still waited for Chi Yan at the door. The two of them then left the residential area and went to the bus stop to wait for the bus. This time, it went smoothly without any incidents, and the two of them boarded the bus.

    There were no seats avable, and it was a bit crowded. The two of them stood together, looking at the tall buildings outside. Chu Yang felt a sense of familiarity, but just couldn''t recall it. Her brow was furrowed the entire time.

    Because she couldn''t remember anything, and she knew she had transmigrated into a novel, Chu Yang always felt ack of security. She hadn''t been able to rx this whole time, with her brow usually creased.

    Seeing her like this, Chi Yan reached out and gently stroked her brow. Looking down at her, he spoke softly, "What''s wrong? Why are you frowning all the time?"

    Chu Yang pushed his hand away. "Don''t touch me. I''m fine."

    Chi Yan sighed. "But you''ve been unhappy the whole time. Is it because of me?"

    He became dejected, knowing that he had been a nuisancetely, using all kinds of clingy and whiny tactics just to stay by her side. But he knew he couldn''t just sit back and do nothing, or else they would have no future.

    Chu Yang shook her head. "It''s not because of you." It really wasn''t his fault. If she truly didn''t want to see him, there was nothing he could do. Even though she had forgotten, her heart was still soft towards him. Her words said no, but her body was honest.

    Chi Yan caressed her face. "Then don''t be unhappy anymore. How about we go watch a movie this weekend? I heard there''s a newedy out, we can watch something fun."

    Chu Yang shook her head and pped his hand away. "No, I need to practice driving on the weekends."

    This guy, always trying to touch her.

    Chi Yan was dejected. "Okay, fine."

    He''ll go keep herpany while she practices driving then.

    Behind them, two girls exchanged nces.

    "Didn''t they break up?"

    "I heard someone was spreading rumors about that before."

    "Look how gentle Chi Yan is, he doesn''t look like someone who just broke up."

    "Yeah, they''re even holding hands."

    "Ah ah ah, he''s caressing her face now!"

    "Damn, they must have been bullied by too many people and then got rumors spread about them."

    "Yeah, yeah, yeah."

    "Sob sob, I''m so jealous of Chu Yang."

    ...

    After dropping Chu Yang off at her dorm, Chi Yan also went back to B University.

    Chu Yang sat at her desk looking at the book. Soon, the dorm window was knocked on. Qian Xin quickly went to open it. "It must be Ya Ya and Small Grapefruiting."

    Then Chu Yang saw two little crows fly in through the window, straight to her desk. One of them even let out a "caw caw" sound.

    Qian Xin hurriedly said, "I forgot to tell you, this is Ya Ya, and this is Small Grapefruit. Small Grapefruit''s name was even given by you."

    Chu Yang felt a sense of familiarity when she saw the two little ones. She couldn''t help but open a drawer and take out a small bun, as if she had done this many times before.

    Realizing her own actions, Chu Yang quickly believed Qian Xin''s words. She tore open the bun and fed it to the two little ones in front of her.

    The two little ones ate and drank their fill, and one of them even rubbed against her finger, then let out a few caws.

    Chu Yang understood what it was saying: "I heard you''ve lost your memory? Wait, I''ll go find some information for you."

    Chu Yang patted its head. "Okay, thanks."

    The crow picked up a small piece of bread with its beak and flew away with Small Grapefruit. Qian Xin was a bit stunned, because she just realized that Chu Yang had been talking to the crow.

    "Chu Yang, were you just talking to it?"

    Chu Yang nodded.

    Qian Xin''s eyes widened. "So crows can really understand us? Ah ah ah, I have to tell Jin Yang and Cai Cai about this."

    She quickly opened her phone and started calling out in the group chat.

    After that, every time the crows came, the three of them would be chattering away with Ya Ya and Small Grapefruit. Ya Ya: These three women are a one-man show, they''re really too noisy.

 Chapter 167: The Bodyguard

    <h4>Chapter 167</h4>

    On the other side, the people who wanted to capture Chi Yan quickly investigated and found out that it was the Zuoyou Group. Otherwise, they wouldn''t have been able to brazenly kidnap someone. It should be rted to the previous incident. Anyway, the Zuoyou Group felt that because of Chi Xin, several of their operations in the city had been destroyed by the police, and arge number of their people had been arrested, so they set their sights on him.

    Chi Xin is always surrounded by bodyguards, and he is also very capable himself, so they cannot retaliate against him directly. But his family members are still possible targets. They heard that his nephew is the most important person in the family, and it was because of his nephew that their people were previously arrested, so they decided to start with his nephew.

    But what they didn''t expect was that they couldn''t even catch a young man, and instead, they ended up being sent to the police station. Moreover, they encountered something like a ghost on the way, and they couldn''t move. Could it be that they have been punished for killing too many people?

    The fleeing driver said.

    "Screw you." The driver was thrown aside, as they didn''t believe in any retribution.

    "What exactly happened at the time? Exin clearly."

    The driver recalled, "It was that young man and a girl waiting for the bus, and we just went over..."

    "A girl? Was he with a girl? What was that girl like?"

    "She seemed to be from the same school, and she looked gentle and weak."

    "Go, find out about that girl''s situation."

    "Yes."

    ...

    Qiaoqiao asked Old Crow, but Old Crow didn''t know either. Chu Yang was a little upset, but she quickly regained herposure. She still went to look at the books, to see if there was any way to deal with this.

    As for Chi Yan''s side, there were a few more bodyguards. Unlike before, when they only followed him from a distance and didn''t go into the school, only staying outside, and didn''t disturb Chi Yan and Chu Yang''s dates, this time the bodyguards were always closely following Chi Yan.

    Even when Chi Yan was in ss, they were in in clothes, standing in the corridor.

    Then there was this strange scene. Chi Yan was sitting outside the practice field waiting for Chu Yang, and a few burly men in ck clothes were sitting around him. The ssmates who were practicing with Chu Yang were shivering.

    When Chu Yang got out of the car, she saw this scene and directly called out, "Chi Yan, let''s go."

    Chi Yan hurriedly stood up. "Have you finished practicing?"

    Chu Yang nodded. Even if they hadn''t finished, they would have to end it today. The coach was looking at those few burly men, and his voice had be much gentler.

    "Oh, then let''s go eat."

    Then in the school cafeteria, Chu Yang and Chi Yan sat on one side, and a few burly men were also sitting around them, eating.

    None of the surrounding ssmates dared to go over.

    When Chu Yang was reading in the library, Chi Yan was also typing on theputer next to her, and a few burly men were sitting behind them, each reading a book, and one of them was even holding the book upside down.

    One of the burly men whispered, "Boss, I can''t understand it."

    Then the one called the boss hit him, "I told you to read more books before, but you insisted on raising pigs. Look what you''re holding."

    The bald burly man next to him looked at the cover of the book, which clearly showed the words "University Physics Textbook".

    "Pfft!" The bald burly manughed, and then he was also hit by the one called the boss, "Keep it down."

    Afterwards, the one called the boss handed out a book to each of them, "Postpartum Nursing of Mother Pigs".

    The three of them: ...

    Chu Yang nced over and asked Chi Yan, "How long will they follow you?"

    Chi Yan thought for a while, "Uncle said it might be for a very long time, at least until the threat ispletely removed. Previously, several of Zuoyou Group''s operations in Jing City were dismantled, butter the police found that they hade back, so..."

    Chu Yang sighed, "Can''t we just destroy the entire group?"

    Chi Yan scratched his head, "We can, but the group seems to be overseas. In our country, they are only in the development stage. But it''s very difficult topletely destroy them. Even if we destroy them, they wille back again. As long as there is profit, it''s just a matter of changing people. And this kind of transnational crime probably also requires a rtively long deployment time. From what I know, Zuoyou Group has already been hit many times in our country. They are now just cleaning up some of the aftermath."

    Chu Yang: "Is there any difficulty?"

    Chi Yan also didn''t know, "Probably just that the clues are a bit difficult to find. After all, they are in the dark while we are in the light."

    Chu Yang nodded, "I see."

    Chu Yang has been taking the medicine for a while, and her body has already recovered quite well. The prescription from the Ming Wu Master is indeed very effective. Then, in the dorm at night, Chu Yang''s crystal ball lit up several times. The next day, Chu Yang handed Chi Yan a note, "Give this to your uncle."

    Chi Yan wanted to open it, "What is it?"

    Chu Yang stopped him, "Don''t open it. The more you know, the worse it will be for you. Give it to your uncle, he''ll know."

    Chi Yan immediately stopped, "Oh, okay."

    Chi Yan directly had someone give it to his uncle, Chi Xin. As soon as Chi Xin opened it, he immediately became serious and went to find Li Yong. "Here you are."

    Li Yong was still puzzled as to why this busy man hade. "Huh, what is this?"

    But as soon as he opened it, his expression became serious, and he immediately started gathering people. "Have everyonee to the meeting immediately!"

    Chi Xin, "You''re busy, I''ll leave first."

    "Okay, thank you. Oh, you can tell me about this informationter."

    Chi Xin gave him a thumbs up and then left.

    Then, the Jing City news reported several cases of drug dealers being arrested. Not only that, but high-ranking officials were also arrested with solid evidence. Later, it was cross-border cooperation, and even Zuoyou Group''s overseas bases were implicated.

    Chu Yang passed by the school newsstand and bought a copy.

    Chi Yan finally realized what Chu Yang had done. He admired her while also feeling happy. "Did you do this for me?"

    It''s not exactly for him, but she can''t tell him that, or he would get ahead of himself.

    So Chu Yang shook her head, "No, it''s for myself."

    Chi Yan was also very happy, "Then it''s for me, because what''s for you is for me."

    Chu Yang: ...

    After observing for a while, they knew that the other side would no longere to retaliate against Chi Yan. And Chi Yan alsoined to Chi Xin that when he and Chu Yang were together, there were four big "light bulbs" around them, and they couldn''t do any intimate things at all. It was too difficult.

    "Uncle, please withdraw the people."

    Chi Xin refused: "No. Let''s change it, they will follow you from a distance, in ces you don''t know about. Anyway, they won''t appear in front of you."

    Chi Yanpromised: "Alright then."

    Then Chu Yang noticed that the four burly men were gone. When she asked Chi Yan, he only knew that the people were still there, just not as close.

    After all, they were there to protect Chi Yan, so Chu Yang didn''t say anything.

    A lot of things happened this semester. Chu Yang has already passed her driving test, but she doesn''t have a car yet. As for her rtionship with Chi Yan, they are just taking it slowly, not too intimate, but in the eyes of others, the two of them are still together. At least Jin Yang and the others heaved a sigh of relief, because it''s not like they became strangers.

    The two of them were originally not from the same school, and now with their memory loss, they were really afraid that if one day they remembered, the other would have someone else by their side. That would be a bad ending, and that''s absolutely not allowed.

    Now they can have meals together, and sometimes Chu Yang can even see Chi Yan holding her hand, though not as romantic as before, but it''s still pretty good.

 Chapter 168: What to Do in Summer Vacation

    <h4>Chapter 168</h4>

    The final exam period was approaching, and the teacher had highlighted the key points for everyone in ss. Then, Wei Feng nudged Chi Yan, "Yan-ge, the vacation ising up, isn''t it? You and your girlfriend are going to be apart again. Do you think your rtionship will have any problems after you separate?"

    Chi Yan just realized that Yang was not from Jing City, so what if problems arose between them after she went back home? And the summer vacation was two months long.

    On the other side, Chu Yang was also thinking about going back home. From the chat history, she could see that she had a good rtionship with her family, and she would often send money home. Moreover, her younger brother Chu Luo would regrly send her his essays for her to review, which she found a bit strange at first, butter realized it was a regr urrence, probably some kind of an agreement they had made earlier for Chu Luo''s studies.

    Chu Yang had already started looking at train tickets.

    Chi Yan then asked Wei Feng, "How did we spend the past summer vacations?"

    Wei Feng shook his head and looked at Zheng Qing, who also shook his head, and then at Yuan Zhi, who shook his head too.

    Finally, Yuan Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Probably just video calls and stuff. Oh yeah, you did post something on Moments before about going to your girlfriend''s ce."

    Chi Yan pondered, so he had already been to Yang''s home? Her parents must like him then.

    Chi Yan felt happy thinking about it. He knew that Yang''s family lived in a vige in Jiazhou City, about a 4-hour drive from Jing City, so it would just take half a day for him to drop her off.

    Chi Yan scrolled through their chat history for a long time, and it seemed like their conversations could fill a thick book.

    The chat history showed that he had indeed been to Chu Yang''s home, and not just once. He even found photos of him with Chu Yang''s family - two rather in-looking but amiable-looking parents, and a young boy who must be her younger brother Chu Luo, probably taken in the summer.

    Chi Yan also found Chu Luo''s WeChat, and they had chatted a bit, mostly Chi Yan trying to bribe his future brother-inw.

    Chi Yan immediately messaged Chu Yang, "Yang, shall I drop you off at home for the vacation?"

    The moment the message was sent, Chu Yang had just bought her train ticket, and she replied, "No need, I''ve already bought my ticket home."

    The hopeful Chi Yan instantly became dejected, staring nkly at his textbook, mindlessly flipping the pages.

    The key points the teacher had highlighted didn''t really matter to Chi Yan, as the entire book was important.

    After school, Chi Yan went back to the dorm andy on his bed, staring listlessly at the ceiling.

    After buying her ticket, Chu Yang thought she should let her family know, so she posted in the family group chat, "I''ll be going home around XX date."

    It didn''t take long before Chu''s Mom asked, "Will Xiao Yane along as well? The watermelons at home are almost ripe, let him bring back some, as I remember he likes them a lot."

    Chu Yang: ?

    Then Chu''s Dad also chimed in, "The rice is also almost ready."

    Chu Yang felt like she was missing something, so she started going through the previous messages. It turned out thatst year, Chi Yan had already been to her home, not just once, but had even helped with the farm work, going up and down the mountains, not afraid of hard work, and had also tutored her younger brother, winning over Chu''s parents.

    Moreover, he had been the one to pick her up and drop her off at school, even during the winter break.

    Her family was already used to it. No wonder.

    However, this time, Chu Yang decided not to bother him. How could she keep troubling him? Even in a rtionship, it should be mutual. Constantly bothering someone is not good.

    On the other side, Wei Feng and the others also sensed that Chi Yan was not in a good mood. "Yan-ge, what''s wrong with you?"

    Chi Yan didn''t respond, just waved his hand, pretending to be asleep.

    The others looked at each other, knowing that the only one who could make Yan-ge unhappy was his girlfriend. They must have had some unknown issue.

    Wei Feng quickly went to ask Jin Yang, "Little Jin Yang, have you noticed anything unusual with your sister?"

    Jin Yang looked over at the diligently studying Chu Yang and replied, "No, nothing. Yang is just studying."

    Wei Feng said, "Oh, I thought something had happened. Please keep an eye on the situation and let me know if you notice anything off, because Yan-ge seems a bit down. He was fine earlier, but after I asked about the summer vacation, he became upset. Probably because he and his girlfriend will have to be apart during the vacation, so he''s feeling down."

    Jin Yang then realized, oh right, the final exams are over, so Yang and Chi Yan the campus celebrity will have to separate for the two-month summer vacation.

    She then asked Chu Yang, "Yang, after the final exams, it''s summer vacation, right? What are you and Chi Yan going to do?"

    Chu Yang replied, puzzled, "What to do? We''ll each go back to our own homes, of course. It''s just a rtionship, we still have to go back home, right?"

    Jin Yang "Ah?"ed in surprise, and then cautiously asked, "But the vacation is 2 months long, won''t you two being apart for so long cause problems in your rtionship, especially since it''s only just recently stabilized?"

    Chu Yang thought for a moment and replied rationally, "If any problems arise, then we''ll just cut our losses. A person can still live without love."

    Jin Yang: ... Looks like Yang has be a cold and heartless Yang.

    On the other side, Chi Yan was in a mncholy mood all night, but the next day he still went to find Chu Yang, not showing any signs of unhappiness on the surface. He followed Chu Yang to the library to study, asionally even making sarcasticments about how the teacher had highlighted the entire book as key points.

    The two were studying in the library, but Chi Yan would often prop his head on his hand and just stare at the diligent Chu Yang beside him. As he looked, he seemed to see a scene unfold.

    It was the same Chi Yan and Chu Yang studying in the library, but the atmosphere between them seemed much more intimate. Sometimes they would make eye contact, their eyes filled with joy, and Chi Yan would even secretly grab her hand and bite it, only to have Chu Yang pinch his cheek...

    Chu Yang noticed the sudden silence next to her and looked up, only to see Chi Yan staring at her, no, not at her, but through her, as if his eyes were unfocused.

    Chu Yang waved her hand in front of his face, "What''s wrong? Are you tired? Should you go back first?"

    Chi Yan snapped out of it, shaking his head, "No, I''m fine. No, I can still keep going." He then went back to studying, but soon found himself looking at Chu Yang again, and the "Chu Yang" he was seeing now seemed different from the one in front of him, as if they were not the same person. Was that how they were before, when they were more intimate?

    But he was certain it was the same person, just that their current closeness wascking.

    At 10 pm, the two left the library, and as Chu Yang was about to enter her dorm, Chi Yan bravely grabbed her hand, and before she could react, he nted a kiss on her cheek.

    "Good night."

    Chu Yang was taken aback for a moment, then she just nodded, "Good night."

 Chapter 169: Go to the Movies

    <h4>Chapter 169</h4>

    The next few days, whenever Chi Yan had free time, he would go to the library to study with Chu Yang, or they would go out for meals together. In the two days before the break, Chi Yan even invited Chu Yang to watch a movie. "Yang Yang, want to watch a movie? I have tickets for tomorrow evening." Chi Yan held up two tickets.

    Chu Yang saw that he had already bought the tickets, so of course she would go. "Let''s go then."

    Chi Yan smiled. "Great."

    The next day, after finishing theirst exam, Chi Yan came to find Chu Yang. Today, Chu Yang was wearing a puff-sleeved blouse with a ck id pleated skirt, boots, her hair tied in a half-bun with a little yellow duck hair clip, and a small bag on her back. She had a bracelet on her wrist, looking youthful and beautiful.

    She stood under a tree, waiting for Chi Yan. He drove over, and as soon as he stopped the car, he spotted the figure under the tree and felt his heart beating rapidly.

    Recognizing his car, Chu Yang hurried over and got into the passenger seat, fastening her seatbelt. "I''m ready, let''s go!"

    Chi Yan let out an "mm," not daring to look at her. He turned the car around and headed towards the cinema downtown.

    The two first went for a meal. After eating, they still had time before the movie started, so Chi Yan took Chu Yang to an arcade. Since some schools had already started their break, the arcade was quite crowded.

    Chi Yan exchanged for some game tokens, then they yed shooting games, bumper cars, basketball hoops, and more, until it was almost time for the movie to start. Only then did they reluctantly make their way to the cinema.

    Chu Yang actually had no idea what movie they were watching, since Chi Yan had kept the tickets with him. However, as soon as the ominous sounds started and the blood-red title ''Vige Ghosts'' shed across the screen, she shuddered and looked at Chi Yan. He blinked innocently at her. "Hmm?"

    Chu Yang pinched his side.

    Chi Yan grimaced in pain. "It was... Wei Feng who bought the tickets."

    Chu Yang let out a "humph" and turned to watch the movie.

    But soon, Chu Yang wasn''t calm anymore, for the opening scenes were terrifying: a pitch-ck deste vige, gaunt elders asionally shing through dark doorways, burning joss paper in house corners, and the wailing of a child... The atmosphere was truly chilling.

    Girls with boyfriends had already hidden in their partners'' embrace, while groups of friends held each other''s hands tightly.

    But Chu Yang''s hands were clenched into fists, despite the fear in her eyes.

    Then, the climax hit, and the whole theater erupted in screams. Chu Yang also let out a "wah" before burying herself in Chi Yan''s arms.

    Chi Yan hurriedly held her close. "Don''t be scared, don''t be scared."

    After that, Chu Yang didn''t leave his embrace. She was still terrified, and Chi Yan suddenly regretted his decision. He shouldn''t have listened to the others about watching a horror movie: Chu Yang was so frightened. What if she med him?

    Chu Yang clutched at Chi Yan''s shirt tightly, her usual cool, aloof demeanor nowhere to be seen. Now, she was just a poor, frightened thing, tears welling up in her eyes from fear.

    Chi Yan gently wiped her tears away. "Don''t cry, it''s not real," he soothed in a low voice.

    Chu Yang red at him, though with tears still in her eyes, it looked more like a pout.

    Chi Yan inwardly berated himself, then said in a coaxing tone, "There''s a way to stop you from being scared."

    Chu Yang looked at him with wide, innocent eyes, unaware of the trap she was falling into. "What way?"

    Chi Yan closed his eyes briefly in self-reproach, then opened them and covered Chu Yang''s eyes with his hand. "Close your eyes."

    Chu Yang obediently closed her eyes. As terrifying sounds continued from the movie, hershes fluttered, but then her chin was tilted up, and her soft lips were pressed against...

    Then her mouth was pried open, invaded...

    Chu Yang immediately opened her eyes to screams all around them. Her hands, previously clutching Chi Yan''s shirt tightly, released, leaving creases. She tried to push him away, but her hands felt weak. After another feeble push, her hands were caught, and she was pulled firmly into his embrace as he fervently continued his assault.

    When it ended, Chi Yan murmured huskily in her ear, "Still scared?"

    Chu Yang pushed him away and turned back to the screen, which happened to show a ghastly face at that moment. She quickly hid in Chi Yan''s embrace again, able to hear his racing heartbeat, almost as fast as her own. Listening to the rhythm, Chu Yang gradually stopped feeling afraid. This person... seemed quite nervous, actually.

    Chu Yang looked up at him, and Chi Yan covered her eyes with his hand. "Don''t look at me..." He was afraid she would see the desire in his eyes.

    "You..." Chu Yang''s mouth moved, but in the end, she didn''t say anything. Instead, she turned her head, pushed his hand away, and watched the screen.

    Chi Yan leaned his head on her shoulder, also watching the screen. The movie was nearing its conclusion, but he hadn''t really paid much attention.

    When the movie ended, the two walked out of the cinema hand-in-hand.

    Only after checking her phone did Chu Yang realize that it was toote to return to campus that night. She didn''t believe that this wasn''t intentional on Chi Yan''s part!

    Although it was quitete, the streets were still crowded. The two slowly made their way hand-in-hand towards the parking lot. Just as they reached it, they saw in a corner a girl being pressed against a car by a guy kissing her fervently. Chu Yang turned her head away, only to catch Chi Yan staring at the scene. She immediately straightened his head. "What are you looking at?"

    Chi Yan was just envious. "Nothing... nothing."

    Chu Yang got into the car. "Let''s go."

    "Oh, okay."

    Chi Yan drove back to the residential area and led Chu Yang into that familiar room. As soon as they entered, they took off their shoes, then Chi Yan went to the kitchen to get Chu Yang a ss of water. He also brought out a full set of sleepwear for her from the bedroom. "Pajamas. You''ll sleep in the other room tonight." He busied himself, afraid that Chu Yang might suggest going to a hotel instead. He even forgot that if she really wanted to stay at a hotel, she would have said so when they were driving back, not wait until now.

    Chu Yang didn''t say anything. She drank some water, sat for a bit, then took the clothes and went to the bathroom. After about half an hour, she came out, grabbed a book from the study, and went into the bedroom.

    Chu Yang read for a while, theny down to sleep when it gotte enough.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan paced around the living room after showering, ncing hesitantly at the bedroom door but ultimately returning to his own room.

    Chu Yang was in a daze when she felt a presence by her bedside. She opened and closed her eyes, thinking she was seeing things, but when she opened them again, she almost screamed. "What are you doing?"

    Chu Yang was now fully awake and quickly turned on the light.

    Chi Yan was also startled, then immediately apologized. "Sorry, sorry."

    Chu Yang asked, "Are you a pervert?"

    Chi Yan replied dejectedly, "I was just scared." He had had another dream where she disappeared.

    Chu Yang felt his forehead, which was damp with sweat. Understanding dawned, and her voice softened. "What''s wrong?"

    Chi Yany his head on Chu Yang''sp. "I dreamed that you were gone."

 Chapter 170: On the Train

    <h4>Chapter 170</h4>

    Chu Yang stroked Chi Yan''s other areas, his neck and back were covered in sweat. "This won''t do, you''ll catch a cold easily," she said gently pushing him. "You go take a hot shower first, thene back."

    Chu Yang got off the bed and went to his closet to fetch his clothes for him. "Hurry up."

    "Oh."

    About ten minutester, Chi Yan came out, his hair still dripping wet. Chu Yang helped dry him with a towel. Chi Yan lowered his head, silently watching her focused expression, her lips tightly pursed. He said in a low voice, "I dreamed that you went missing, and I couldn''t find you no matter how hard I looked."

    Chu Yang''s hand paused for a moment before continuing to dry his hair. "It was just a dream. I''m right here."

    "But you wanted to break up with me before," Chi Yan said, growing sad at the thought, hunching over like a dejected puppy.

    Chu Yang walked over to grab the hairdryer and dried his hair. "But we didn''t end up breaking up in the end, did we?" It was mainly because of Chi Yan''s persistent clinging.

    Chi Yan''s hair was short, so it dried quickly after a brief blow-dry. Chu Yang put the hairdryer away. "Alright. Time to sleep now."

    Chi Yan nced at her, then suddenly scooped her up and plopped her onto the bed before immediately following and holding her tightly, using his other hand to pull the covers over them.

    Chu Yang struggled but couldn''t break free. "What are you doing?"

    "I''m scared, so I want to sleep while hugging you. I won''t do anything, I just want to hold you. If you don''t let me, I''ll cry," Chi Yan said.

    "Chi Yan... you''re so childish."

    "I''m going to hug you while sleeping no matter what. You''re leaving tomorrow, and you won''t even let me see you off home."

    Chu Yang sighed. "Whatever, whatever. After all this fuss, sleep is the most important thing. I''ll just ignore him."

    She settled down. It was already past 2 AM, and she was exhausted.

    Chi Yan finally loosened his grip and poked Chu Yang''s cheek. When she didn''t react, he leaned over and nted a kiss on her lips, resulting in a "smack" from Chu Yang hitting his body. "Behave yourself."

    "Oh."

    Not daring to move again, Chi Yan soon fell asleep too.

    The next morning when Chi Yan woke up, Chu Yang was no longer in bed. Hearing noises outside, he went barefoot to the living room and saw Chu Yang making breakfast in the kitchen. Spotting him, she immediately said, "You''re up? Let''s eat breakfast first."

    Still in a daze, Chi Yan replied, "Okay."

    After washing his face, Chi Yan felt more awake. They ate breakfast, then he drove Chu Yang back to her dorm andter to the train station.

    It was still early when Chi Yan parked, but he didn''t open the car door. Chu Yang tried pushing it but couldn''t, then looked at Chi Yan, who gazed back at her reluctantly.

    Finally, Chu Yang sighed. "Come here."

    Chi Yan leaned over, and Chu Yang kissed him on the lips. Chi Yan immediately pulled her closer, deepening the kiss... Gradually losing control, Chu Yang was trapped in the seat as Chi Yan''s advances became overwhelming. After briefly parting for air, Chi Yan covered her lips again before she could catch her breath...

    Chi Yan wore a white shirt today, the top buttons initially fastened but now with the top two undone, exposing his sensual adam''s apple and corbones. His slender hands gently caressed Chu Yang''s waist as he held her tightly...

    The confined car filled with heated, breathless sounds...

    But time waits for no one, and eventually Chu Yang entered the train station with her luggage. However, she wore a face mask, certain that without it, anyone who saw her would think something must have happened.

    Entering the station, getting her ticket checked, boarding the train... Seated by the window, Chu Yang touched the area around her corbone where Chi Yan had bitten her, leaving a mark.

    The journey was an hour. Chu Yang closed her eyes to rest when someone nudged her awake. "Miss? Miss?"

    Chu Yang opened her eyes to see a woman holding arge child, asking her, "Miss, can you give up your seat? Show some respect for elders and children."

    Chu Yang was stunned by the woman''s thick skin before quickly responding, "No, I paid for this seat. If you want to sit, go ask the attendant if there are any seats left to buy a ticket for."

    The woman scoffed, "Ugh, you have no manners! You look like a college student, tsk." As she clicked her tongue, Chu Yang saw the man next to her wipe his face.

    Chu Yang scooted closer to the window and nodded. "Yes, I have no manners. So don''t disturb me. After all, I have no manners, so who knows what I might do."

    The woman continued ranting and raving, "How dare you talk like that, you little bitch! You''re dressed so nicely but have no shame. Which school are you from? I''ll report you to your school."

    At that moment, the bear-like child in her arms threw a half-eaten lychee at Chu Yang, who dodged it. The fruit hit the window before falling, nearly rolling onto Chu Yang''sp had she not moved her feet.

    The attendant soon arrived. "What''s going on here? What''s all this racket?"

    Chu Yang exined the situation. The attendant immediately understood that the woman was just trying to take advantage of the situation and bully a young girl who likely wouldn''t stand up for herself. But unexpectedly, this girl refused to be bullied.

    "Enough, enough, what do you want? Your ticket is for a non-reserved seat, so it''s a non-reserved seat. And you still want someone to give up their seat for you? How is that any different from robbery when they refuse?" The attendant scolded her.

    Seeing the tall, imposing attendant, the woman didn''t dare shout insults anymore, but her expression suggested she would make Chu Yang pay once the attendant left.

    The attendant consoled Chu Yang before leaving to patrol other areas.

    Once the attendant was gone, the woman began making snide remarks, implying that someone dressed like Chu Yang in a skirt was likely a prostitute and so on. Other passengers frowned upon hearing this but didn''t speak up.

    Chu Yang cleaned up the litter before calmly stating, "Some people are about to have a bad day."

    "What do you mean? Are you cursing me?" the woman retorted.

    Chu Yang ignored her and closed her eyes again... 3, 2, 1!

    Suddenly, the child in the woman''s arms started choking, unable to vomit...

    "My grandson!!" the woman cried hysterically. "My poor grandson, what''s wrong? What''s wrong? Help, someone help!"

    No one on the train dared to move. One person tried to stand and help but was immediately pulled back down. "Don''t go."

    Amidst the frantic wailing, the attendant rushed over and performed the Heimlich maneuver, finally dislodging the obstruction and saving the child.

    The woman copsed on the floor, cradling her grandson and insisting they get off at the next stop to go to the hospital.

    Then, a small voice spoke up, "This is karma."

    The woman immediately snapped at the voice, "What did you say?" She suddenly remembered Chu Yang and approached her. "This is all your fault for what you said earlier. If not for you, my grandson wouldn''t be like this. You''ll pay for this."

    Chu Yang opened her eyes and looked at the woman. "You''ll have bad luck."

    Enraged, the woman tried to strike Chu Yang with an object, but the attendant barely held her back. In the next moment, however, the woman slipped on something and fell hard, her teeth knocked out... The bear-child wailed loudly beside her.

    Chu Yang said ominously, "I told you so."

    No one in the entire train car dared speak up. This girl had twice stated someone would have bad luck, and both times, that person suffered misfortune immediately after...

 Chapter 171: You Are Too Weak

    <h4>Chapter 171</h4>

    Chu Yang soon arrived at her station. As soon as she exited, she was met with bright sunshine - it was quite hot. Chu Yang first went to the bus station to catch a ride, then transferred to get home. When she arrived home, there was no one there, and no one answered when she knocked on the door.

    Chu Yang tried the key she had with her and managed to open the front door and enter. She surveyed the courtyard, then entered the living room with its sofa, television, and air conditioner.

    The first thing Chu Yang did was turn on the air conditioning to get some airflow, since it was so hot.

    Before long, she heard voicesing from outside, "It must be Yang Yanging back. Yang Yang?" Chu Yang hurried out to find a man and a woman, each carrying a basket on their back, returning home.

    "Dad, Mom," Chu Yang called out. These were her parents.

    "Ah, I almost forgot you wereing back today. Just wait a bit, I''ll go make you something to eat. There''s fruit in the baskets, you can have some first," her mother said, setting down her basket before heading to the kitchen to cook.

    Chu''s Dad did the same.

    ...

    Chu Yang ate the noodles made by Chu''s Mom while listening to Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom tell her about this year''s bountiful harvest, how the peach trees wereden withrge, sweet fruit that sold very well at market.

    "Should we send some things to Chi Yan in a couple of days?" Chu''s Mom asked.

    Chu Yang was briefly confused, remembering this was likely an annual urrence, so she nodded, "Sure, in a couple of days."

    "Okay. I thought Chi Yan mighte this year too."

    Chu Yang didn''t say anything to avoid raising suspicions.

    Her parents only mentioned it in passing. Once Chu Yang had eaten her fill, they went about their business, leaving Chu Yang alone at home. She wandered through the whole house to re-familiarize herself with her family home, lest she give away her memory loss - her family was unaware of her condition.

    In Jing City, at the Chi Family residence.

    With Chu Yang having returned home, Chi Yan felt rather dejected,cking energy despite being at home. Even when his brothers invited him out, he had no desire to go. Noticing his mood, Chi Xin called him to the study.

    "Do you know why you lost your memory?" Chi Xin asked directly.

    Chi Yan shook his head, "How would I know? I don''t remember."

    Chi Xin shook his head, "Because you''re too weak. Look at me, your uncle - I always have people around me, no one can harm me. But you, just an ordinary college student - you may have fighting skills but can''t fend off multiple assants. You have no power or money. I had you intern to help you grow..."

    Chi Yan interjected, "I have money." He received dividends from the Chi Family fortune.

    Chi Xin held up his little finger, "Just a tiny bit."

    Chi Yan rolled his eyes - that was not a tiny bit!

    Chi Xin continued, "So you need to be stronger. You know the young master of the Lin Family, right? He started managing apany at 24, a PhD graduate from a prestigious university. Look at yourself."

    Chi Yan protested, "I''m only 20."

    Chi Xin sighed, "Why don''t you understand? No matter your age, one must be powerful to protect those around them. Think about your little girlfriend - if you were powerful enough, always having people around you, so formidable that no one dared provoke you, then neither of you would have lost your memories, understand?"

    Chi Yan nodded, "So?"

    Chi Xin patted his head, "So you''ll work at thepany this summer to gain experience, very different from studying. You''ll take on major responsibilities to cultivate yourself."

    Chi Yan considered this, "Got it, I''ll go to thepany tomorrow."

    Chi Xin nodded approvingly, "The child is teachable."

    The next day, Chi Yan woke early, donning a suit and tie. Looking at his reflection, his eyes shone with determination. His uncle made sense - had he been stronger, perhaps neither of them would have lost their memories.

    "Recently, the gaming division has been preparing for a new project. How about taking this on to practice?" Chairman Chi Bai said to his young grandson.

    Chi Yan nodded, "Sure, I''ll work hard."

    Chairman Chi Bai summoned the gaming division manager. "Jian Cheng, the division manager - you''ll be his vice manager and mentor. Jian Cheng, train him well."

    "Yes, Chairman."

    The new project was developing a new game, though nothing was decided yet. So in the following days, Chi Yan apanied Jian Cheng to meetings, providing input, making decisions, attending more meetings, offering suggestions, more decisions...

    He frequently had to field questions from employees as well.

    "Vice President, we''re introducing a female boss monster and selected a few candidates - please take a look?"

    Chi Yan was shown four options: Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, Dragon Lady of the East Sea, Dark Elf, and Goddess of Light. Reminded of Chu Yang by the dark elf, he pointed, "This one."

    "Got it. We were leaning towards that one too."

    The game they were making was a fantasy role-ying game with elves, witches, dwarves, gods of light and so on. Beyond raiding dungeons, it hadpetitive yer-vs-yerbat, home building, marriage and childrearing, and more. Fashion designers were even involved in costume design.

    ...

    With this new project, Chi Yan became extremely busy, often unable to leave work on time and sometimes staying up until dawn. But his abilities grew tremendously as well.

    "Young Master, you have a package," the butler said one night when Chi Yan arrived home around 10 PM.

    "What package?" Chi Yan wasn''t expecting anything.

    "It''s from Jiazhou."

    "Jiazhou? Where''s that?" Then Chi Yan realized it must be from Chu Yang, the only person he knew in Jiazhou.

    Opening the package revealed a box of fruit. Chi Yan smiled - though exhausted from work, all his fatigue melted away.

    He washed a piece of fruit and took a big bite - so sweet. Not just the fruit but his heart felt sweet too.

    After having the butler put the fruit away properly, Chi Yan returned to his room and messaged Chu Yang, "Awake?"

    Of course Chu Yang was still up, researching ways to cure their memory loss.

    "Yes."

    "Want to video chat?"

    "Sure."

    Chi Yan immediately called, his heart softening at the sight of Chu Yang.

    He rambled about receiving the sweet fruit, how tired he was from his new job at thepany but also how rewarding it felt. He spoke about everything and anything.

    Chu Yang just listened quietly on her end.

    Before long, Chi Yan''s voice trailed off as he dozed off, slumped over from sheer exhaustion.

    Chu Yang didn''t disturb him, simply hanging up in silence.

    As soon as she ended the call, Chu Yang picked up her book and turned the page, immediately drawn to a new spell that allowed using a crystal ball to view shbacks of past events, though only brief snippets. For Chu Yang, that was more than enough.

    She immediately took out her crystal ball and began testing the spell, channeling her magic power while chanting the incantation. Soon, the crystal ball showed a scene of her and Chi Yan holding hands while queuing up, likely at an amusement park judging by the surroundings. They appeared to be lining up for the ferris wheel, Chi Yan''s ears reddening as he thought about something.

    The vision quickly faded.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes, clutching her chest...

 Chapter 172: The Reasons for Amnesia

    <h4>Chapter 172</h4>

    Chu Yang rested for a while, then tried again. This time, however, the scene in the crystal ball was shocking.

    In the crystal ball, Chi Yan rushed over and shielded her. Then a man stabbed Chi Yan in the chest, and he fell to the ground. Afterwards, she performed witchcraft, and everything returned to normal. Chi Yan did not die, and the man was killed by her. Then the two of themy on the ground.

    The scene disappeared.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes, her legs went weak, and she copsed to the ground. Her heart was pounding hard, her face slightly pale, and she was ovee with sadness, anguish, and fear. Chu Yang suddenly remembered what Chi Xin, Chi Yan''s uncle, had said before - when he arrived, he saw the two lying on the ground, and Zhu Ying had already died.

    So, that man was Zhu Ying, and the reason she had amnesia was because Chi Yan had died for him. She had performed the witchcraft of time regression for Chi Yan, causing them both to lose their memories.

    Chu Yang''s deductions were correct, but she still did not remember. However, she knew everything was true.

    Chu Yang suddenly felt guilty, guilty towards Chi Yan. Thinking of how tired he must have been to fall asleep earlier, she felt pained. She should treat him better in the future.

    The next day, Chu Yang sent Chi Yan another batch of food. Upon receiving it, Chi Yan was very delighted, "Why did you send me more things?"

    Chu Yang: "To reward you for your hard work."

    Chi Yan: "[Happy] Thank you, my dear Chu Yang."

    The two had been apart for almost a month. As Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang on the video call, he missed her so much. Although these days had been busy, every time he thought of Chu Yang, he was filled with tremendous energy. He had to be more mature and stronger to protect his beloved Chu Yang.

    At home, Chu Yang was not idle either, helping with chores. Even with her amnesia, after starting, she quickly became familiar with everything.

    Chu Yang, wearing a straw hat, looked up at the sky, "Time to harvest the rice."

    On the other side, Chu Luo hurried to get to work, having learned his lesson from the previous year. However, when he returned home for vacation, he was puzzled - why didn''t thatckey Chi Yane over this summer?

    At first, he was puzzled and asked his sister about it. But Chu Yang''s expression was strange, and he thought the two had quarreled.

    So he immediately went back to his room and messaged Chi Yan, who replied after over an hour: "What quarrel and breakup? We''re still good. I''m working to earn money now. Once I get my sry, I''ll buy food and drinks for your sister. If you want anything, I can buy it for you too."

    It was good that they hadn''t quarreled. He didn''t want anything, so he didn''t ask Chi Yan further.

    Chu Yang did farm work, fed the chickens and ducks. The family''s three-wheeled vehicle allowed her driver''s license to be put to use - at least she could drive the three-wheeler to transport the farm produce.

    The only issue was that whenever her aunt by marriage, Wang Aunt, came over, Chu Yang''s impression of her was not good, even though she did not remember the previous incidents.

    Wang Aunt didn''t even greet them and just took away arge sack of fruit from the house, cursing at Chu''s Mom: "Yi Jiao, do you even remember you have a mother? Don''t you know to be filial and give your mother some gifts? I have toe and take things myself. Truly, you country bumpkins are useless."

    Chu''s Mom didn''t like Wang Aunt either, especially since they had already had a falling out before. But upon hearing Wang Aunt mention her own mother, and remembering that she hadn''t even returned home for the New Year and had only sent some money, she did feel somewhat unfilial. Oh well, let Wang Aunt take the fruit.

    After taking the fruit, Wang Aunt left. As she was leaving, she red at Chu Yang, but didn''t dare say anything, perhaps because she still remembered that Chu Yang had a wealthy boyfriend, and that boyfriend didn''t even dare offend Elder Brother Li.

    After Wang Aunt left, the house returned to normal, and even the air felt fresher.

    On the other side, in the conference room, Chi Yan was currently wearing only a white long-sleeved shirt, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing his strong and powerful arms. He wore a ck watch on his wrist, and the topmost button of his shirt was undone. Holding a pen in one hand, he was asionally writing on the whiteboard and discussing aspects of the game with the people below.

    Everyone was listening attentively, asionally taking notes.

    After about two hours, it was lunchtime, and the meeting ended. Everyone left the conference room to go to the cafeteria for lunch, leaving Chi Yan still in the conference room, typing rapidly on theputer.

    In the cafeteria, several colleagues sat together, eating and chatting.

    "At first, when Deputy General Manager Chi first came, I thought: ''Herees a spoiled rich kid who got in through connections, I hope he won''t hold us back with his ipetent orders!'' But now: ''Ah, Deputy General Manager Chi is really handsome! And he truly understands games. His aesthetics are also super good, and he''s so capable!''"

    "I heard Deputy General Manager Chi will be a junior in college next semester."

    "The young master of the Chi family, eh? Their education is different from ours, they get elite education bought with money."

    "Heard that ourpany previously acquired a small game, and when it came time for the signing, everyone realized it was actually made by Deputy General Manager Chi himself. So Deputy General Manager Chi really understands games - that game of his is still constantly being updated and has quite a fan following."

    "I heard Deputy General Manager Chi had interned at ourpany before."

    "Seems he was in the R&D and marketing departments, though not for long."

    "Not only is he capable, he''s also very hardworking. Last night when I was leaving work, Deputy General Manager Chi was still working hard in the office. If it were me, I would have left on time. He''s already so wealthy, why does he still need to grind so hard?"

    "Shh, keep it down! What if Deputy General Manager Chies to eat?"

    "Wonder who the lucky girl will be in the future. Deputy General Manager Chi is super handsome!"

    "I heard from Xin Jiu in R&D that he has a girlfriend."

    "Ah! Tell us more?"

    Everyone started gossiping, but Chi Yan was oblivious as he got up from his seat. It was almost lunchtime, so he should go eat first.

    That night, as usual, Chi Yan returned home and video called Chu Yang. In the video, Chu Yang saw that he was wearing almost the same outfit as the day he had sent her gifts. Suddenly, Chi Yan became thirsty in the video and picked up a cup, tilting his head back to drink water. Chu Yang then saw his slender neck, his protruding Adam''s apple moving as he swallowed, and his corbones...

    Chu Yang suddenly recalled that frenzied moment in the car, and her face instantly flushed red, from her neck all the way up to her head.

    After finishing his water, Chi Yan looked at the camera, puzzled, and asked, "Chu Yang, what''s wrong? Are you okay? Your face is so red."

    Chu Yang lowered the air conditioning by two degrees. "Ah? Oh, it''s just a bit hot."

    Chi Yan looked at the person on the other side of the camera without blinking, "When are youing to Jing City?"

    Chu Yang nced at the calendar, "I''ll be there on the 20th. Come pick me up then." September 1st was the start of the semester, so she was going ten days early to spend time with him, after all, she owed him.

    Upon hearing her say that, Chi Yan excitedly asked, "Really? Can I really go there?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "Yes, you can."

    Chi Yan let out a cheer, "I''ll be there on time, you wait for me."

    "Okay."

 Chapter 173: Go back early

    <h4>Chapter 173</h4>

    Employees at thepany suddenly noticed that Vice President Chi seemed to be in a very happy mood recently, and he would asionally take out his phone andugh at something he was looking at. An assistant saw him circle a big circle for a certain day and draw five stars, indicating that today was very important.

    Because of the spell that allowed her to reflect on the past, Chu Yang had recently been reflecting asionally. She found that apart from some scenes of attending sses or school activities, most of the scenes were actually ones where she was together with Chi Yan.

    There was even one time when Chu Yang reflected and saw an exceptionally shy scene. Anyway, it was a dimly lit room with just a small night light left on, and the two of them were about to engage in intimate activities, which made Chu Yang blush for an entire day. After that, she didn''t dare reflect again for several days.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan was counting down the days, taking leave a week in advance and taking three days off.

    Time flew by quickly, and the next day they would be going to Jiazhou City. On that day, Chi Yan got off work on time, went to a hair salon to get a new hairstyle, and then went home to pick out clothes. He even wondered if he would be spending the night there, so he prepared another set of clothes and a pair of shoes.

    Oh, yes, he would also be meeting Chu Yang''s parents. Although he had met them before, he was still a little afraid. He also needed to buy gifts, including one for his future little brother-inw.

    After getting his hair done, Chi Yan went to the mall and bought a bunch of gifts for the meeting, filling up the trunk of his car. Finally, he went to tidy up his ce.

    That evening, after a video call with Chu Yang, Chi Yan went to bed early as he needed to be in a good state the next day.

    The next morning at 6 a.m., Chi Yan was already up. The butler was surprised to see him, "Young Master, why are you up so early?"

    Chi Yan had a joyful look on his face, "I have something to do today. Oh, and I won''t being back today. Hmm, I probably won''t be back for the next three days."

    The butler could sense his happiness, "Is there some joyous asion?"

    Chi Yan nodded, "Yes. But you''ll know about itter."

    The butler recalled how happy Chi Yan was when he received a package sent from Jiazhou City before. Recalling that Chi Yan had mentioned having a girlfriend, the butler figured he must be going to see his girlfriend. After all, Chi Yan had been working throughout the summer vacation and rarely went out with friends on weekends.

    After finishing breakfast and preparing himself, Chi Yan set off at 6:30 a.m.

    He hummed all the way, and even if someone cut him off on the road, Chi Yan maintained a good mood: nothing could ruin his mood today.

    Around 10:30 a.m., Chi Yan arrived.

    Inside, Chu''s Mom heard the car and went to open the door. Upon seeing the familiar face, she smiled and went forward, "Little Yan has arrived!"

    Chi Yan shyly rubbed his head, "Hello, Auntie."

    "Good, good. Chu Yang is in her room getting ready. She told us earlier that you wereing today. Come in quickly."

    "Oh, okay. Wait a moment, I brought gifts." He opened the trunk and took out bags of gifts.

    Chu''s Mom said, "Why did you bring gifts again? And so many of them. Don''t bring any next time."

    "It''s fine, Auntie."

    Chu''s Mom called out towards the inside, "Little Luo,e and help out."

    "Okay." A young boy came running out from inside. He looked very youthful, but his appearance was quite decent. Chi Yan immediately knew this was Chu Yang''s younger brother, Chu Luo. Recalling that he had met Chu Yang''s family before, Chi Yan remained calm and said, "I also brought a gift for Little Luo."

    Chu Luo red at him, then went to help carry the bags.

    As the group walked into the living room, Chu Yang came out of her room. Upon seeing Chi Yan, she said, "You''re here?" Then she looked towards Chu''s Mom, "Mom, have you started cooking yet?"

    Chu''s Mom patted her head, "Oh no, I haven''t. But the timing is just right. I''ll go cook now. Little Luo,e help out."

    "Okay."

    After that, only the two of them were left in the living room. Chi Yan took big strides towards Chu Yang and hugged her, "I missed you so much."

    Chu Yang hugged him back briefly, then pushed him away and pulled him into her room, "You must be tired from driving so far. Rest on my bed first."

    Chi Yan was indeed a bit tired, but he was also very excited. He looked around Chu Yang''s room, feeling that everything was very familiar. Hazy images even shed in his mind, but no matter how he tried, he couldn''t remember. His head even started to ache a little, so Chi Yan didn''t dare think about it anymore.

    Chu Yang noticed Chi Yan frowning, "What''s wrong?"

    Chi Yan rxed his brow, "Nothing. I haven''t changed clothes or showered yet. Will I dirty your bed if I lie on it?"

    Chu Yang waved her hand dismissively, "It''s fine. After all, I''ll be leaving with you today. After we leave, Mom will help me take the sheets to be washed and cleaned, then put everything back in order. You rest first."

    "Okay." Chi Yan took off his shoes andy down. Chu Yang picked up the remote control and lowered the air conditioning temperature by two degrees.

    As Chi Yany down, Chu Yang was about to leave the room, but he immediately sat up when he saw her leaving, "Where are you going?"

    Chu Yang pointed towards the kitchen, "I''m going to help with the cooking. Be good and rest first. We''ll have plenty of time together anyway."

    "Okay." Chi Yan obedientlyy back down, "Then remember to call me."

    "Mm-hmm."

    After Chi Yan closed his eyes, Chu Yang went to help in the kitchen. Early that morning, Chu''s Dad had gone to buy ingredients, and he had also prepared some free-range chicken and duck for Chi Yan to take home, just like the previous year.

    Chi Yan probablyy down for about an hour before Chu Yang called him to eat.

    Chi Yan went to the washroom to freshen up, then followed Chu Yang to the dining table. The meal was sumptuous, with chicken, duck, and fish. Chi Yan recalled hearing that when visiting a girlfriend''s family, the morevish the meal prepared by her parents, the more they liked and valued him.

    Since the meal was sovish now, it meant Uncle and Auntie were very pleased with him. Chi Yan secretly rejoiced in his heart, then nced at Chu Yang. If Uncle and Auntie were pleased with him, then Chu Yang must be very pleased with him too.

    After finishing the meal and chatting for a while, Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom prepared some things for the two of them: fruits, dried fruits, as well as one chicken, one duck, and one goose each, all ughtered and prepared. There were also corn, carrots, vegetables, and more.

    Chi Yan was a little shocked when he saw everything. Chu Luo said from the side, "You didn''t even feed them this year, but you still get to eat all this."

    Chi Yan blinked, so he had done thisst year as well?

    A little after 1 p.m., Chu Yang bid farewell to her family and left with Chi Yan.

    At around 5 p.m., the two arrived at Chi Yan''s ce. Since Chu''s Mom had prepared so many things for them, they didn''t need to buy any groceries.

    Chi Yan simply used the ready-made ingredients to cook two dishes and one soup, and the two of them ate everything.

    Then the two of them snuggled on the couch to rest, Vice President Chi holding Chu Yang tightly in his embrace as the projector yed a recently released ancient puppet show.

    "Why don''t you stay here until school starts again?" Chi Yan nuzzled her neck.

    Chu Yang didn''t hesitate, "Okay." Since she needed to make it up to him, Chu Yang wouldn''t object to anything that didn''t go against her principles.

    Chi Yan was delighted, kissing her cheeks twice, and then seeing that Chu Yang didn''t push him away, he became even more emboldened, nuzzling here and there.

 Chapter 174: Untitled

    <h4>Chapter 174</h4>

    After eating and drinking their fill, and having sat in the car for so long today, Chu Yang was feeling a bit drowsy and didn''t pay attention to Chi Yan''s little gestures.

    Chi Yan, full and warm, began to indulge in those thoughts, starting with kisses¡ªkissing her forehead and cheeks. Chi Yan was quite restless, bing a big wolf pup. His hands were constantly stroking Chu Yang''s hair, which was very smooth and easy to brush through.

    Originally, Chu Yang was nestled in Chi Yan''s embrace, but now she was lying on the sofa. She was wearing a dress with a cardigan today, a typical fairy-like outfit, though now it seemed to have taken on a disheveled appearance. Chi Yan really liked this look on her...

    After a long while, Chu Yang felt a bit tired, opened her eyes, and nced at the clock on the wall¡ªit was already past nine.

    Chu Yang pushed him, "Time to shower."

    Chi Yan rested his head on her shoulder, "Yeah, but... wait a bit."

    Chu Yang''s entire body looked as if it had been painted with rouge, "Let''s just go shower."

    Chi Yan raised his head pitifully to look at her, while Chu Yang averted her gaze, as if saying, "It''s not my fault, don''t look at me, I don''t know anything."

    Suddenly, Chi Yan startedughing, stood up, and picked Chu Yang up... even twirling her around once.

    Chu Yang: ???Her expression asked what he was doing.

    Chi Yan just smiled, not saying a word, and then Chu Yang understood.

    Chu Yang''s eyes instantly widened as she stared at him. She was about to refuse, but then she remembered the scenes she had seen when she traveled back in time, and looking at Chi Yan''s joyful expression now, she ended up not refusing him after all.

    They loved each other, were boyfriend and girlfriend, and had been together for so long. It seemed alright, so she decided not to refuse!

    After a while, Chi Yan carried the exhausted Chu Yang out, but he was still unsatisfied, and the two headed back to the bedroom to continue... Chu Yang suddenly remembered something and forcefully pushed him away, "No! Not happening."

    Chi Yan realized it too, immediately getting up to fetch some clothes, "I''ll go buy them! Wait for me."

    Chi Yan rushed out in a hurry. On the way, the security guard asked him what he was up to. "Buying some things."

    The security guard found it strange. What did he need to buy sote at night? After thinking about it, he understood. Ah, I see, I get it.

    When Chi Yan returned, the security guard said, "You could have just asked me, you know!"

    Chi Yan muttered a few words.

    Security guard: ???Mind your manners?

    About half an hourter, he returned, but as soon as he entered the room... he found that Chu Yang had fallen asleep.

    Chi Yan: ...

    Originally, he had been super excited about finally being able to give his virginity to the girl he loved! From now on, he would no longer be a virtuous family man!

    Chu Yang could never leave him again, she would have to take responsibility for him!!!

    But... everything was ruined. Oh heavens, oh earth!

    In the end, he tossed the items onto the bedside table, crawled into bed, hugged Chu Yang, and of course, gave her a couple of kisses before lying down to embrace her.

    The next morning, around nine, Chu Yang woke up from her sleep. The first thing she saw was a handsome face. She immediately turned her head away and sat up, rubbing her forehead. Last night... after Chi Yan went out, she felt a bit sleepy, and then... she fell asleep.

    Last night...? Forget it, don''t think about it, it''s no big deal.

    Chu Yang''s face turned a bit red... She turned her face toward the window. Outside, the sun was already high in the sky. Chu Yang suddenly remembered Chi Yan saying he had been working recently, and the time now seemed quitete. She immediately shook Chi Yan awake, "Don''t you have to go to work? Get up and go to work."

    Chi Yan woke up right away, rubbing his eyes as he sat up, then hugging Chu Yang and speaking with a hint of sleepiness, "I took three days off. I''ll be with you today and tomorrow."

    Chu Yang let out a sigh of relief, "That''s good then."

    The two sat leaning against each other for a while, and then their stomachs started growling. They were hungry!

    They had to get up. Chi Yan went to cook, while Chu Yang cleaned the room. The two looked like a young married couple.

    After eating their fill, the two went out to the supermarket to shop.

    Chi Yan pushed the shopping cart behind, while Chu Yang walked in front, looking for things they needed to buy¡ªvegetables, meat, snacks... The toothpaste was almost gone, so they bought two tubes. They also needed to buy towels, kitchen supplies, and all sorts of household items...

    They ended up buying quite a lot of misceneous items. Thankfully, they had driven here.

    "Let me drive," Chu Yang suggested on the way back. She had gotten her driver''s license, but had only ever driven a three-wheeled vehicle.

    Chi Yan agreed, "Take it slow, rx, I''ll be watching."

    "Don''t worry."

    After familiarizing herself with the car, Chu Yang started the engine. She had passed her driving test on the first try, so she quickly got the hang of it, with Chi Yan asionally offering a reminder.

    They made it back to the neighborhood smoothly. The two carried the bags back home, then started organizing everything.

    By the time they were mostly done, they were both tired and sat on the couch to rest. The TV was on, ying thetest variety show. Chu Yangy down, resting her head on Chi Yan, watching TV while he carefully stroked her hair, which was quite long and easy to brush through.

    Chu Yang also realized her hair had gotten a bit too long and difficult to manage. "I''ll go to the hair salon to get it trimmed a bit tomorrow."

    "Yeah. I''ll go with you."

    "Okay."

    While watching TV, Chu Yang felt sleepy again and let out a big yawn.

    Chi Yan checked the time¡ªit was past one o''clock. "Want to take a nap?"

    Chu Yang nodded.

    Chi Yan carried her to the bedroom, but still went to get her some pajamas to change into first.

    The two embraced each other as they napped. Outside, it was hot, but the air conditioning inside was set to afortable 26 degrees Celsius, just a bit cool.

    Since they had nothing else to do, they ended up not wanting to get up. Although they woke up once during that time, neither of them got out of bed. Gradually, when they woke up again, holy crap! It was already dark outside!

    Chu Yang opened her eyes to a pitch-ck room. She tapped Chi Yan beside her, "Chi Yan, what time is it?"

    Chi Yan checked his phone, "...7 p.m."

    Chu Yang: "..."

    Silence...

    After a while, Chi Yan spoke up, "Should we cook or order takeout?"

    Chu Yang agreed immediately, "Let''s order takeout, it''s toote to start cooking now."

    "Okay, let me see what to get."

    "Mmhmm."

    After the takeout arrived and they finished eating, it was already almost nine o''clock. Just like that, the day had passed. More importantly, because they had slept so much during the day, neither of them could fall asleep that night.

    It was past eleven, and Chu Yang was still reading The ck Magic, while Chi Yan was working on hisptop, asionally stepping out onto the balcony to take a call. It seemed to be work-rted, as he was muttering professional terms like games, nning, promotion, and so on.

    After hanging up, Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, who was still reading, "Chu Yang, it''s gettingte. Shall we go wash up and then sleep?"

 Chapter 175: Interruption

    <h4>Chapter 175</h4>

    Chu Yang froze for a moment, "Ah, you go ahead." Last night''s events were too embarrassing for her to want to experience again.

    Chi Yan smiled slightly, without saying anything. He obediently went to take a shower first. When he came out from the shower, he was only wrapped in a towel, drying his head, with water droplets dripping from his hair onto his chest and flowing down, disappearing under the towel at his abs...

    Chu Yang swallowed hard, not daring to look any further. She put down her book and stood up, "I''m going to take a shower."

    "Mm."

    Chu Yang absent-mindedly grabbed a nightgown and entered the bathroom. Half an hourter, Chu Yang emerged with her clothes, feeling a little regretful. She had grabbed the wrong clothes¡ªnot only that, she had even forgotten to bring underwear.

    Oh well, she would figure it out when she went out. After all, she was wearing a long dress that reached her knees. As for asking Chi Yan to get her panties? No way, too embarrassing.

    After putting on the dress, Chu Yang opened the door and walked out. She wasn''t wearing anything underneath, feeling bare and insecure with the breeze. She was heading to her bedroom to put on pants when Chi Yan suddenly came over and swept her up in a princess carry, "Where are you going? Stay here." Then he proceeded to carry her into his bedroom.

    Chu Yang: ...

    Chu Yang patted his chest, "Put me down first, I need to change clothes."

    Chi Yan looked her over, "Your dress looks great, no need to change." With that, he pushed open the door to his room and ced her on the bed. Chu Yang quickly pulled down the hem of her dress to cover herself properly, her heart pounding. Should she tell him she needed to go put on pants?

    However, Chi Yan''s next move was to simply pull off the towel around his waist, exposing himself fully. Chu Yang''s eyes widened as she stared at him, oh... my!

    The next second, Chi Yan pounced on Chu Yang, "Mmm..."

    Gasps and moans, frantic movements, rolling around, over and over again...

    "Hm? Not wearing anything? Waiting for me?"

    Chu Yang''s face flushed red, "I said I was going to change clothes."

    "No need to change, this is perfect... Mmph!" Chi Yan let out a yelp as Chu Yang bit his chest.

    As they were getting into it, Chi Yan reached for a condom on the nightstand, tore it open, and positioned himself tightly...

    "Ring..." The phone rang.

    Chu Yang nudged him, "The phone."

    Chi Yan put on the condom, "Ignore it!"

    The phone kept ringing urgently. Chu Yang noticed the caller ID said "Uncle" on her phone. "It''s your uncle, it must be something important."

    Chi Yan snatched up the phone, his voice tinged with annoyance, "Hello?"

    On the other end, Chi Xin was taken aback by his nephew''s irritated tone, but now wasn''t the time to dwell on it. "Xiao Yan,e to the First Hospital immediately. Grandpa has been admitted."

    Chi Yan froze for a moment, then scrambled to get dressed, "What? What happened? I''ming right away."

    Chu Yang heard it too and quickly calmed down, helping Chi Yan get his clothes ready. "Hurry up."

    Chi Yan hurriedly put on his clothes. Chu Yang nced at his crotch area, "Quickly take care of that, you''re still wearing it."

    Chi Yan took a deep breath and freed himself. Today wasn''t going to happen. After getting dressed, he gave Chu Yang a big kiss, "Sorry, something came up at home. I have to go first. I''ll be back."

    "Mm, go ahead. I''ll be fine."

    "Okay, bye bye."

    "Bye bye."

    After Chi Yan left, the room quickly fell silent. Chu Yang hurried back to her own bedroom to get dressed, then returned to Chi Yan''s room and covered the bed, ready to sleep... However, since she had slept too much during the day, she couldn''t fall asleep right away. Oh well, she opened her phone to check the news.

    But as soon as she opened her phone, a headline popped up: Chi Corporation in Crisis! Chi Bai, Chairman of Chi Corporation, Hospitalized!

    Chu Yang knew that Chi was Chi Yan''s family. She clicked on the news article to read more. It reported that Chi Bai, the chairman, had been hospitalized, but the reason was unknown. Thepany''s stock had started dropping as soon as the news broke, although not by much.

    In addition, the article provided background information on Chi Corporation and introduced the Chi family members.

    Reportedly, Chi Bai had three sons, but none of them showed any interest in inheriting the Chi Corporation business. None of the three sons held any positions in thepany; they only received dividends. Currently, Chi Bai was the sole person keeping Chi Corporation afloat. Rumor had it that Chi Corporation intended to have the son of their second son, their young grandson, inherit the massive business empire, but the young grandson was still in school and not yet capable of taking over such a huge operation.

    Furthermore, Chi Bai also had another elder grandson, but that grandson had no ambition for the business either, instead choosing to serve the people by joining the government.

    As for Chi Bai''s health condition, further details were needed.

    "So this is what it''s like to be rich? No interest in inheriting the family business."

    "If they don''t want to inherit, can I take over instead? QAQ"

    "What are you thinking? Didn''t it say there''s still a young grandson?"

    "Chi Corporation, and there are people who don''t want to inherit it."

    "I don''t know about all that, as long as the games under Chi Corporation are still running."

    "Chi Corporation''s technology dominates arge portion of the national gaming market. I wonder if anyone will try to take advantage of the situation if something happens to the old Mr. Chi."

    "Definitely."

    ...

    Chu Yang frowned as she read, then decided to use her crystal ball to look into the future. She saw an elderly man sitting on a hospital bed, looking quite energetic, with people standing around the bed, seemingly conversing with him.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes. It seemed he was fine, still lively enough to lecture people.

    Chu Yang immediately sent Chi Yan a message: "I took a look, he''s safe. Don''t worry, focus on driving."

    On his way to the hospital, Chi Yan felt relieved after seeing Chu Yang''s message. He knew Chu Yang had the ability to see into the future, so if she said everything was fine, then it must be true.

    Soon, Chi Yan arrived at the hospital and saw Chi Xin and a group of people waiting outside the ward. He hurried over, "Uncle, what''s wrong with Grandpa?"

    "Young Master." The others greeted him respectfully.

    Chi Xin shook his head, "I don''t know, the doctor is still examining him."

    "What happened?" Chi Yan turned to Chi Bai''s personal secretary, Lu Shu.

    Lu Shu wiped his sweat, "The Chairman was sitting at his desk signing documents, then suddenly stood up and copsed without any apparent reason."

    Chi Yan frowned, recalling that his grandfather seemed to have returned home quitete as well recently. "Has Grandfather been busy at thepanytely?"

    Lu Shu nodded. "The Chairman''s schedule has indeed been extremely tighttely, one can say it''s been packed. He even went on a business trip to the southwest for a week not too long ago. The weather there was rather cool in the mornings, and the Chairman caught a cold at the time. But the Chairman said it was nothing serious, and then he threw himself back into work again..."

    The doctor also came out. "Mr. Chi has a minor heart issue, but it''s not a major problem as long as he doesn''t overexert himself. He just needs to rest more. This time, it red up because of too much strain. He needs to be admitted for observation. You can go andplete the admission formalities."

 Chapter 176: I Will Keep Going

    <h4>Chapter 176</h4>

    It''s just that when people get old, they tend to develop various minor ailments, and on top of that, the exhaustion means they need to rest.

    However, rest is impossible, as a vast conglomerate still needs him.

    Everyone else looked to Chi Xin, waiting for him to make decisions, as the current head and second-inmand of the Chi Family were still on their way home. It all depended on Chi Xin now.

    Chi Xin remained calm andposed. "It''s good that the old man is alright. Alright, there''s no use for you all to stay here. Just carry on with your duties. Issue an announcement to say that all is well, and I''ll ask my father how to proceed once he wakes up. With so many of you, surely the conglomerate can still run without my father?"

    "Yes."

    Except for Lu Shu, everyone else left. Chi Xin patted Chi Yan on the shoulder. "Do you understand why I''m asking you to grow up quickly? Your grandfather is old now. At his age, he should be enjoying his twilight years, but the three of us sons have been useless. You''ll have to take over in the future!"

    Chi Yan felt the weight of a heavy burden on his shoulders, but it was a burden he was meant to bear. "I understand. I''ll work hard."

    "Mmm."

    Soon after, Chi Jin arrived, apanied by Zheng Tianyuan.

    "How''s Grandfather doing?"

    Chi Yan repeated what the doctor had said. Chi Jin heaved a sigh of relief. "That''s good. You''ll have a tough time ahead of you."

    Chi Yan shook his head.

    Chi Yan and the others stayed at the hospital overnight. The next morning, the rest of the Chi Family members had returned, except for the eldest aunt who was serving the country on the frontlines abroad.

    Each of them felt a twinge of guilt. They had all grown up, each pursuing their own dreams, seldom staying home to keep the old manpany. They seemed to have forgotten that the old man had aged.

    At noon, Chi Bai woke up. Seeing the circle of concerned faces around him, he felt reassured. "Why have you all returned? Not working anymore? I''m fine." He tried to sit up.

    Chi Yan quickly helped him raise the backrest and adjust the pillows.

    Chi Bai patted his hand. "My little Yan is still the best, knowing how to help his grandfather."

    The eldest uncle, Chi Lei, agreed. "Father, I''m sorry I can''t be of more help."

    Chi Bai shot him a nce. "At least you''re aware of it. I''m already grateful that you can help Xia Qin." He turned to Chi Xin. "How are things at thepany?"

    "No issues. The stock prices only dipped slightly after you were hospitalized but bounced back today."

    Chi Bai nodded. "That''s good. Where''s Lu Shu? Ask him toe in."

    Lu Shu, who had been waiting outside, immediately stepped forward upon hearing the chairman''s voice. "I''m here, Chairman."

    Chi Bai nodded. "Brief me on thepany''s situation, then have someone organize a meeting."

    "Yes, sir."

    From the side, Chi Yan said, "Grandfather, the doctor says you need more rest."

    Chi Bai waved his hand dismissively. "Don''t worry, this old man values his life. Oh, Chi Xin and little Yan, stay and listen."

    "Yes."

    Soon, arge group of well-dressed, tie-wearing senior managers from the Chi Corporation arrived, standing by Chairman Chi Bai''s hospital bed to receive his instructions.

    "While I''m resting in the hospital, all management decisions will be made by the Deputy Director. If there''s anything you''re unsure about,e to me. Oh, little Yan, you''ll be shadowing the Deputy Director to learn how to be a good senior manager."

    Chi Yan: "Yes."

    Suddenly, Chi Bai remembered that Chi Yan was still working on a project. "By the way, how''s your project going?"

    Chi Yan: "Everything is proceeding smoothly."

    "Good. You''ll still need to oversee that project, you know? Once it''spleted, you can then go and learn from the Deputy Director."

    "Yes."

    Chi Bai then made several more decisions. After about an hour, the doctor came and told him to rest. Chi Bai asked everyone to leave, leaving only a couple of people behind.

    "You should all go back and rest too. Leave one or two people here. Lu Shu, you''ve been here long enough. Go and rest first, then work with Chi Yanter."

    "Yes, Chairman."

    Chi Yan was also told to go and rest, as he had stayed up all night. The hospital did have a resting area, but mainly because he had slept too much during the day, he couldn''t sleep at night. Plus, he was worried about his grandfather, so he didn''t get any sleep that entire night and was quite tired.

    Zhao Yun was also concerned about her son. "You should go back first. Your uncle and father will stay here. Come back after you''ve rested properly. I''ll ask the butler to prepare some food to be brought over." She looked at Chi Yan. "Do you want toe back with me?"

    Chi Yan thought of Chu Yang, as he had originally nned to spend quality time with her. But now, that wasn''t possible. "I won''t be going back to the old residence. I''ll go to my own ce."

    Zhao Yun didn''t pry. "Alright, get some good rest."

    "Mmm."

    Chu Yang didn''t know he wasing back. She had sent him a message in the morning, but Chi Yan had only replied that he didn''t know when he would be back, and then nothing more.

    Unexpectedly, he returned around 1 PM. Chu Yang immediately got up from the sofa. "You''re back? How''s your grandfather?"

    Chi Yan shook his head. "He''s fine. He''s awake now, but he may not be able to overexert himself anymore."

    "That''s good. Have you eaten? Let me cook you some noodles."

    "Sure."

    Chu Yang made a bowl of chicken noodle soup with two poached eggs in the kitchen while Chi Yan went to take a shower.

    After his shower and meal, Chi Yan felt refreshed.

    "Thank you, my precious Chu Yang." Chi Yan kissed Chu Yang''s cheek.

    Chu Yang pushed him away. "Hey, your mouth is oily."

    Chi Yan smiled and quickly wiped his mouth before going to rinse.

    "I need to rest a bit. Will you keep mepany?"

    Chu Yang set her book aside and nodded. She hadn''t slept well the previous night and had woken up early, so she was indeed feeling sleepy.

    Chi Yan quickly carried her into the bedroom and kissed her for a long while before finally settling down to sleep. Soon, Chu Yang could hear his steady breathing as he slept. Gradually, she too drifted off to sleep.

    They didn''t sleep for too long, only about two hours, as Chi Yan''s leave was just for today. With his grandfather ill again, he had to return to thepany tomorrow. So he could only apologize to Chu Yang. "Sorry, I had nned to take leave to spend time with you properly."

    Chu Yang covered his mouth. "It''s fine. I''ll be here until before the semester starts anyway. Just focus on your work. It''s not easy for your grandfather, so you need to work hard."

    "Alright! I might have to go visit my grandfather tonight as well."

    Chu Yang tilted her head. "Sure, go ahead. Should I prepare some chicken soup or something?"

    Chi Yan shook his head. "No need, my mother will instruct the butler." Then his eyes lit up as an idea struck him. "Actually, why don''t youe with me? You can meet my family."

    Chu Yang declined. "No need. Let''s do that another time. Now is not a good time."

    Perhaps the Chu Yang before losing her memory would have agreed, but now that she didn''t know much, she decided against it.

    Chi Yan didn''t insist. "Okay, then how about youe pick me up when I get off work on time?"

    Chu Yang agreed, "Sure. By the way, do you want me to make you lunch?"

    Chi Yan didn''t want her to trouble herself by waking up early. "No need, thepany has a free cafeteria. You don''t have to go through the trouble of making lunch."

    "Okay, then."

 Chapter 177: I Will Accompany You

    <h4>Chapter 177</h4>

    After dinner, Chi Yan went to the hospital. Chu Yang stayed at home and continued reading, exercising asionally, or checking if any clients needed her services, keeping herself simple but fulfilled.

    Around 10 or 11 p.m., Chu Yang had just taken a shower andin down when Chi Yan returned.

    "You''re back?" Chu Yang sat up groggily after hearing the sound.

    Chi Yan bent down and kissed her. "Go back to sleep, I''ll take a shower."

    "Mmhmm." Chu Yangy back down as Chi Yan quietly took his clothes and went to wash up.

    About ten minutester, Chi Yan returned, crawled into bed, kissed the person in his embrace, and slowly fell asleep.

    ...

    The next morning, Chu Yang woke up with Chi Yan. She went to prepare breakfast for him while he got dressed.

    Breakfast was simple: fried eggs, milk, and bread.

    After Chu Yang prepared the meal, Chi Yan beckoned her over. "Yang Yang,e help me with something."

    Chu Yang walked over, and Chi Yan handed her a tie. "Help me with this."

    Chu Yang obediently tied his tie for him. Chi Yan lowered his head and gazed at her tenderly, his long eyshes, a rosy tint on his face from sleep, his hair casually tied back with the asional stray strand falling forward.

    Chi Yan brushed back the stray strand of hair, then pulled Chu Yang into a long, gentle embrace after she finished tying his tie, nting a lingering, tender kiss on her lips.

    Desire shed in Chi Yan''s eyes, but he held back. "Let''s eat breakfast first."

    Not long after breakfast, Chi Yan grabbed his bag and headed to work, stealing one more kiss at the front door before reluctantly leaving.

    At thepany, Chi Yan became busy with meetings, meetings, and more meetings... During the asional free time, he would text Chu Yang.

    "Yang Yang, I''ve arrived at thepany."

    "Yang Yang, I have a meeting now."

    "Yang Yang, I miss you."

    "Yang Yang, another meeting."

    "Yang Yang, during the meeting, one of the managers kept spraying spit while talking. I feel sorry for the people sitting in front."

    "Yang Yang, it''s lunchtime. I''m eating at the cafeteria [picture]."

    "Yang Yang, just a few more hours until I''m off work. Wait for me."

    "...Yang Yang, sorry, I have to work overtime. You can eat first."

    "Yang Yang, I''m off work!!! Wait for me toe home!"

    Chu Yang: My boyfriend is truly the epitome of manliness!

    Around 8 p.m., Chi Yan arrived, and Chu Yang had prepared the meal, as she had told him she would wait for him.

    After eating, the two snuggled on the couch, with Chu Yang massaging Chi Yan''s head. "Was it a busy day?" Chi Yan had kept mentioning having meetings in his texts, so she didn''t know how many he had attended.

    Chi Yan closed his eyes, relishing Chu Yang''s massage. "Yeah, it was quite busy, but it''s fine. Grandpa''s health isn''t good, and I might inherit thepany in the future, so it''s only right that I''m busy now."

    After saying this, Chi Yan suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Chu Yang with ack of confidence. "Do you think I can do it?"

    Chu Yang gave him an encouraging, trusting look. "You definitely can. You''re Chi Yan; you excelled in all aspects at school, so even at work, you''ll undoubtedly seed. A man can''t say he can''t do it!"

    Chi Yan smiled. "You''re right, I''ll work hard."

    "Mmhmm, I''ll be with you."

    Chi Yan sat up, caressing her face. "I love you so much. Even without our previous memories, I feel like I love you more and more." He then leaned in...

    Chu Yang closed her eyes as well...

    The items on the bedside table remained unopened, as the timing wasn''t right.

    The next day, Chi Yan was able to leave work on time, so he asked Chu Yang to pick him up. "Yang Yang, I can leave on time today. Can youe pick me up?"

    "Sure, wait for me."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang got ready, tying her hair into two small braids and wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans, carrying a bag as she left. About half an hourter, she arrived at the Chi Corporation building. Checking the time, Chu Yang saw that Chi Yan wouldn''t be off for another ten minutes, so she went to the cake shop across the street and bought some small cakes and two milk teas.

    After the purchases, it was almost time.

    Chi Yan asked if she had arrived.

    Chu Yang replied, "I''m downstairs."

    "Okay, wait for me. I''ll be down soon."

    "Mmhmm."

    Chi Yan soon bid farewell to his colleagues and left work, exuding a joyful aura.

    Those in the same elevator with him exchanged nces. "Why does Vice President Chi seem so happy?"

    "I don''t know."

    ...

    Chi Yan quickly made his way to the parking lot, drove out, and parked in front of the Chi Corporation''s main entrance, texting Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang had already spotted his car and hurried over, opening the door and getting in.

    "I bought small cakes and milk tea. Here, have a sip first." Chi Yan took a sip from the drink Chu Yang held out for him. "Thanks, baby Yang Yang."

    After drinking, Chi Yan drove off. Some colleagues leaving work recognized Chi Yan''s car and saw a girl getting in, with the window open. They also witnessed Chi Yan drinking from the girl''s hand and smiling as he talked to her.

    "That must be the young master''s girlfriend."

    "She looks quite pretty."

    "The young master is a wealthy and handsome guy, so of course he''d have a beautiful and rich girlfriend. Maybe not rich, but at least beautiful."

    "Not necessarily, it depends on whether he likes her."

    "No wonder Vice President Chi seemed so happy when leaving work - his girlfriend came to pick him up!"

    "Envious."

    ...

    Meanwhile, after driving off, Chi Yan asked, "Should we go out for dinner first?"

    Chu Yang didn''t mind. "We can walk around after eating."

    "Okay, whatever you want."

    They went to a restaurant first. After eating, they strolled hand-in-hand, with Chi Yan''s suit jacket draped over one arm and the other hand holding Chu Yang''s.

    As they walked, a microphone suddenly came towards them, causing them to step back.

    The interviewer was surprised by their good looks but professionally and politely asked, "Hello, could you spare some time for an interview? We''re from the ''Couple Matters'' program."

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, who nodded after a moment. "Okay."

    The host was delighted. "Great, thank you. I''d like to ask, are you two a couple? How long have you known each other?"

    Chu Yang thought for a moment, recalling they had known each other since freshman year and were now juniors. "Yes, we''re a couple. We''ve known each other for two years."

    The host: "Could you share how you met?"

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, and Chi Yan answered, "We''re alumni from neighboring schools. We met through a school event." That should be more or less urate.

    The host said, "Oh, from the way you look, have you already started working?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "No, I''m just interning at apany. I''m a junior in college."

    The host said, "Okay, here''s thest question. Please tell us three things you like most about each other, and if possible, exin why."

    Chi Yan thought for a moment, smiled, and embraced Chu Yang, "She has more than just three good qualities. I like everything about her. I like every aspect of her as a whole person."

    Chu Yang nodded as well, "He has quite a lot of good qualities too, and I like them all."

    The host: ...ate a mouthful of grain.

    "Alright, thank you both."

 Chapter 178: Little Devil

    <h4>Chapter 178</h4>

    Having finished the interview, Chi Yan and Chu Yang left. The host took another nce at them as they walked away. She saw the young man gently whispering something into the girl''s ear. Chu Yang yfully tapped him, their hands tightly interlocked. It was a sight that incited envy.

    After a stroll, they returned home. The next day was a weekend, so there was no work. Yet, Old Master Chi had to return home for rest, so the next morning Chi Yan left early for the hospital, then followed Chi Bai back to the old house.

    As everyone was at home during this time, they decided to have a meal together. So, Chi Yan spent the entire Saturday at the old house, not leaving until after nine in the evening when Chi Bai retired for the night. Everyone else also returned to their respective homes, and Chi Yan hurriedly drove back to find Chu Yang.

    However, when he arrived, Chu Yang was already asleep. He carefully washed up, gave Chu Yang a gentle kiss on her forehead, and then cuddled her to sleep.

    When Chu Yang woke up the next day, she saw Chi Yan still in bed and asked, "Aren''t you going out today?"

    With his eyes still closed, Chi Yan pulled her into his arms and replied, "Hmm, I will apany you well today." They remained in bed for another half hour, not getting up until around nine. After breakfast, Chu Yang began to study the book "Dark Magic". The spells in this book were quite ominous, involving witchcraft, curses, secret rituals, and the kind that could silently eliminate a person. It even had the power to summon evil spirits or demons for control.

    Chu Yang wasn''t interested in witchcraft or curses, but she was somewhat intrigued by the concept of controlling evil spirits and demons. The word "control" was also curious to her; besides hitting people, it should be able to do other things, right?

    Chu Yang decided to give it a try.

    Chu Yang took out her crystal ball and wand, readying herself. Chi Yan, who was typing on his keyboard, suddenly said, "I found another Witch Robe. Do you want to try it on, Yang Yang?"

    Chu Yang also thought about it, so she decided to give it a try.

    Chi Yan quickly went to the room to get the robe. Because it had been stored in the closet for a while, it had some creases. Only after Chi Yan ironed it t with a steam iron did he give it to Chu Yang.

    "Here, give it a try."

    Chu Yang put on the Witch Robe and also wore the matching hat. Her entire figure was hidden under the ck robe, her face barely visible underneath. In her hand she held a crystal ball and wand, looking exactly like a witch.

    The sight immediately reminded Chi Yan of the Dark Witch character in his game. He immediately took out his phone to take a picture of Chu Yang. He even got some paper and a pencil to sketch the person before him.

    Chu Yang didn''t notice his actions. Her face was hidden under the hat. The worst part about using dark magic is that it requires one''s own blood. She bit her finger with her sharp teeth until it bled. Chu Yang used her blood to draw a symbol in the air and then muttered a few spells, driving the wand. The ruby on the wand lit up.

    Suddenly, a gust of wind blew in from the window! The curtains flew about, and the hem of Chu Yang''s robe fluttered. The symbol Chu Yang drew in the air suddenly distorted, creating a ck hole from which a small demon fell.

    A tiny, ck, "plop"-sounding demon fell onto the carpet. He had threerge eyes on his head and two bovine horns, with long, slender limbs. His long, slender fingers and toes were particrly noticeable. He walked like a duck, appearing adorably ugly.

    He knelt before Chu Yang, "Master."

    "Plop" ¡ª this time it was a pencil falling from Chi Yan''s hand. He was stunned to see Chu Yang using witch skills for the first time since his memory loss. The sight of the little demon shocked his world views, leaving him in a daze.

    The little demon heard the noise, turned to Chi Yan, and snarled at him in a threatening manner. His teeth were long and sharp, his head was small but his mouth was exceptionally big, making Chi Yan step back.

    Chu Yang was also a bit stunned, seeing the little demon make a move towards Chi Yan, she immediately pointed her wand at it, "Halt."

    The little demon dared not move, lowering his head.

    The spell said she could summon andmand the demon, but there were no viins around at the moment... Chu Yang''s eyes scanned the room andnded on a broom in the corner. Her eyes lit up, "Clean the room for me!"

    The little demon was taken aback. Clean the house? Wasn''t the master supposed to order him to kill?

    Seeing it didn''t move, Chu Yang frowned and pointed at it, "What are you doing? Get moving."

    The little demon quickly snapped back to reality, hurried to the corner to pick up the mop, and started mopping the floor. His movements were super fast, and in no time, he had cleaned more than half the room, even finding a strand of hair that had fallen into the corner.

    Not only that, he easily lifted the sofa, and all the dust and debris under it were cleaned up. He could even climb walls, the light fixtures on the ceiling were polished till they shone.

    Half an hourter, the entire living room was spotless, even the broom was clean.

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan: Wow!!!

    After the little demon finished cleaning, he looked at Chu Yang with an expression that seemed to be seeking praise.

    "Cough. Very good." Chu Yang praised.

    The three eyes of the little demon were glistening. Chu Yang didn''t recognize this little demon, so she said, "Wait here for a moment."

    Then she went to the study to look for a book, leaving Chi Yan and the little demon in the living room. Once Chu Yang entered the study, the little demon turned to Chi Yan and snarled, making strange noises from its mouth. Chi Yan didn''t know what it was trying to express, but he felt like he was being warned.

    Chi Yan didn''t dare to move, he was quite shocked by what he had just witnessed.

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang finally found information about the little demon from a book: Three-Eyed Demon, fast, sharp teeth, good at killing, likes to eat chicken.

    Chu Yang: ... Good at killing? She felt it was quite good at cleaning.

    Chu Yang quickly came out and said to Chi Yan, "Chi Yan, isn''t there a chicken in the fridge? Give it to him."

    Upon hearing Chu Yang''s instructions, Chi Yan immediatelyplied. There was indeed a chicken in the refrigerator. He took it out only to see a little demon fixated on the chicken, its mouth watering. Chi Yan instantly threw the chicken towards it. The little demon caught it swiftly and put the whole chicken into its mouth. Crunching sounds were heard as the entire chicken was quickly masticated and swallowed down into its belly, causing its small stomach to bulge.

    After finishing the meal, it even licked its fingernails.

    Chu Yang immediately recited the recall spell: "....Go back."

    The ck hole reappeared and the little demon crawled in. All traces vanished, except for the sparkling clean living room and a missing chicken in the refrigerator.

    Chi Yan finally approached Chu Yang and spoke, "What was that just now..."

    Chu Yang exined, "That was a demon summoned through ck magic. I was just trying it out, but it''s quite dangerous. I won''t summon it again in the future." She had underestimated the situation. What if the demon had attacked Chi Yan?

    However, Chi Yan seemed interested, "I recently participated in a game that also has a dark witch as a boss. Can I incorporate the setting of the little demon that was just summoned?"

    Chu Yang didn''t mind, "Sure, feel free to."

    Chi Yan was delighted and immediately started sketching.

 Chapter 179: Contract

    <h4>Chapter 179</h4>

    The next day when Chi Yan went to work, he brought the sketches he had drawn as well as some settings for the game to the meeting and shared them with everyone. Everyone flipped through them and thought they were quite good.

    "So during the battle with the Witch BOSS, we could summon this kind of three-eyed creature, and the yer must defeat the three-eyed creature before they can continue to attack the Witch BOSS," someone suggested.

    Most people thought it was feasible.

    "By the way, Vice President Chi, we need to promote this game soon, and we n to invite some cosyers to make promotional videos for each key character. However, there are two characters we haven''t been able to find suitable people for - one is the Dwarf n Leader, and the other is the Dark Witch character. We have selected several people but didn''t feel any of them were quite right." They couldn''t really pinpoint what was not suitable, but they just didn''t get that feeling.

    Chi Yan suddenly remembered how Yang looked yesterday wearing the witch robe, holding a staff and a crystal ball. He had even taken a picture of her.

    After some thought, Chi Yan took out the picture. "What about this?"

    In the photo, a girl whose face couldn''t be seen was wearing a ck witch robe, with the hood attached to the robe covering her facepletely. Her slender hands were holding a crystal ball, and in the other hand was a staff with strange floral patterns engraved on it, topped with a red gemstone. Only her faintly reddish lips could be seen from under the hood, giving her an aura of mystery.

    Everyone was quite surprised.

    The person in charge of promotion had shining eyes. "Vice President Chi, who is this? She looks absolutely perfect!"

    "That staff looks amazing. I''ll check online if there are any simr ones for sale. I really want to buy the same one."

    "That crystal ball really exudes a dark aura."

    "The whole outfit is great. We could have the procurement department purchase it and sell it as a figurine."

    Everyone was chattering excitedly, but Chi Yan poured cold water on their excitement, taking back his phone. "Forget it, it''s not for sale! This is one of a kind."

    Everyone looked at Chi Yan, who said, "This is my girlfriend."

    Everyone: ...Did they just get a mouthful of dog food?

    The person in charge of game promotion pondered for a moment. "If it''s not too much trouble, Vice President Chi, could you perhaps ask your girlfriend if she would be willing toe and take some promotional photos for us? Of course, we would follow proper procedures."

    Chi Yan replied, "I''ll have to ask her first. I can''t guarantee it." But in truth, Chi Yan really wanted Chu Yang toe, even if she didn''t show her face.

    "Thank you, Vice President Chi."

    That evening, when Chi Yan went home, he told Chu Yang about this matter. At first, Chu Yang wanted to refuse since she wasn''t a cosyer, but then Chi Yan said she could earn several thousand yuan by taking a few photos, and she wouldn''t need to show her face. Chu Yang thought about it and immediately agreed - who would pass up money?

    The next morning, Chu Yang, wearing a white shirt and a ck pleated skirt, went to thepany with Chi Yan. Chi Yan was also dressed in ck and white, looking like they were wearing a couple outfit. They entered the elevator one after the other, and many people were secretly ncing at them.

    After they got off the elevator, the people inside started whispering to each other. "Who was that girl?"

    "The young master actually brought a girl here?"

    "I wonder if the chairman knows."

    "Maybe she''s someone from the game department or a new employee."

    "Could be. But it''s interesting that the young master brought her."

    ...

    In the office, Chi Yan and Chu Yang sat on one side, while the person in charge of game promotion and another employee sat facing them. "Miss Chu, hello, here is the contract."

    Chu Yang took the contract and studied it for a while, then handed it to Chi Yan. "Yan, could you please take a look at this for me?"

    Chi Yan read it carefully, then told Chu Yang, "It''s fine."

    Chu Yang nodded. "I trust you."

    After signing the contract, Chu Yang asked, "When will we start?"

    The promotion person looked at Chi Yan, who asked Chu Yang, "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang said, "Don''t sses start again in a few days? If school is in session, I won''t have much time."

    Chi Yan asked the person in charge, "When was this originally scheduled? Can we do the shooting before sses start?"

    The person checked the schedule and nodded. "How about the day before sses start? Would that day work?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "That''s fine."

    "Then let''s schedule it for that day."

    "Thank you."

    After they were done, Chi Yan took Chu Yang downstairs. On the way, they encountered some people who were secretly ncing at Chu Yang, but she paid them no mind. After getting off the elevator, she said to Chi Yan, "I''ll head back first."

    Chi Yan held her hand. "Why don''t you stay for a bit and have lunch with me in an hour?"

    Chu Yang checked the time and looked around. There was a mall nearby. "I''ll go shopping at that mall first, and I''lle back when it''s time for lunch." Chu Yang straightened Chi Yan''s cor. "Work hard, I know you can do it."

    Chi Yan smiled and patted her head. "Okay."

    The two parted ways, with Chu Yang going to the nearby mall while Chi Yan returned to work.

    In the office, people were whispering.

    "That was Vice President Chi''s girlfriend."

    "She''s so pretty."

    "And very gentle. Her smile is so lovely."

    "Long, straight legs with no excess flesh."

    "No wonder the young master took a liking to her."

    "I wonder if they''ll end up together in the end."

    "It''s possible. I saw how gentle the young master was with his girlfriend. Their chemistry is amazing."

    "Shh, Vice President Chi ising back. Don''t say anything more."

    ...

    The mall was quite upscale, with all kinds of high-end brand-name stores as soon as you entered. Chu Yang walked into one of the stores, but the staff didn''t approach her, probably thinking she couldn''t afford their merchandise. They were instead attending to another well-dresseddy.

    Chu Yang didn''t mind. Such things were quitemon.

    Besides, she wasn''t necessarily there to buy anything, just to browse.

    Chu Yang went through several more stores, and finally saw a men''s clothing store. Thinking of Chi Yan, she decided to go in and take a look.

    There was anotherdy browsing the clothes inside as well. Chu Yang picked out two shirts and a tie. "Could you please wrap these up for me?"

    The otherdy had also selected some clothes and said, "Could you please wrap these up for me as well?"

    The two nced at each other, then smiled at each other. Chu Yang noticed that she looked a bit familiar, but she knew she didn''t know her.

    Chu Yang saw that she had picked out two suits and a tie, and that tie was actually the same as the one she had chosen.

    After checking out and leaving the store, Chu Yang was about to leave when she suddenly noticed the ck aura on the shoulder of thedy from before, which meant that she was about to have an ident.

    Chu Yang thought for a moment and followed her. Although thedy was wearing high heels, she walked very quickly and turned a corner into an elevator. Chu Yang hurried after her.

    As the elevator doors closed, Zhao Yun inside was about to take out her phone to call her son when the elevator suddenly shook and stopped! The lights inside the elevator also went out.

    Zhao Yun panicked for a moment, but she was at least someone who had experienced major events, so she quickly calmed down and pressed the emergency button, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"

    On the other side, the security room was empty with no one there.

 Chapter 180: Late Dinner Mom

    <h4>Chapter 180</h4>

    Zhao Yun listened to no sound, then hurried to make a call. Before she dialed, she heard someone outside asking, "Is anyone in there?"

    Zhao Yun quickly answered, "Yes, yes, yes."

    "Don''t worry, I''ve already called the fire department. Just wait a moment. Don''t be afraid."

    "Okay, okay, thank you. I''m fine."

    Fifteen minutester, the fire department arrived, and Chu Yang shouted, "Over here!"

    About ten minutester, thedy was finally rescued. She wasn''t hurt and thanked the rescue team and Chu Yang, "Thank you so much."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No problem, I just happened to be here."

    Zhao Yun was still very grateful to her. At that time, she was alone in the elevator and was a little scared. Chu Yang''s voice made her rxpletely. The scariest thing about being trapped in an elevator is not being discovered. There weren''t many people around during workdays.

    "It''s lunchtime now. Why don''t I treat you to a meal? Are you busy?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "Sorry, I''m having lunch with my boyfriendter."

    "Okay then. Here''s my card. You can find me if anything happens."

    "Alright."

    Then Chu Yang received a call from Chi Yan, saying he was downstairs. Chu Yang quickly said goodbye to thedy and went to meet Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan took Chu Yang to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Chu Yang told him about the incident, "I feel like I''ve seen thatdy somewhere before." After saying that, she nced at Chi Yan, huh? Then she looked at him again and finally realized why thedy looked familiar.

    Thedy was very elegant, probably in her 40s. Her facial features were somewhat simr to her boyfriend''s. "Oh, I think she looks a bit like you. Is she rted to you?"

    Chi Yan smiled, "I don''t think so."

    Just as he finished speaking, Chi Yan received a call from his mother, "Son, are you at thepany? Your mom is nearby and bought you two suits of clothes. Would you like to have lunch with your mom?"

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang and said, "Mom, I''m not avable today."

    Chi Yan''s Mother didn''t insist, thinking he was busy at work. "Okay then, take care of your health. Don''t overwork yourself. By the way, school is starting in a few days. Have you prepared everything?"

    Chi Yan: "Don''t worry, I''m all set. And I''ll probably stay at my ce from now on, not at the school dorm much." After all, he would often need toe to thepany.

    "Alright then, I''ll hang up now."

    "Okay."

    After hanging up, Chi Yan told Chu Yang, "My mom originally wanted to have lunch with me. She said she just came over to buy me some clothes, but I declined."

    Chu Yang suddenly thought of thedy from earlier. How coincidental, thatdy was also buying clothes, and she looked a bit like Chi Yan. Could it be Chi Yan''s mother?

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan''s Mother was about to head back when she turned the corner and saw through the ss that her son was having lunch with a youngdy. The two seemed to be chatting happily, and the youngdy was none other than the one from earlier.

    Chu Yang seemed to sense someone''s gaze and looked over, meeting eyes with thedy.

    Chi Yan looked over in confusion, then immediately stood up, "Mom!"

    Chu Yang widened her eyes and quickly stood up as well.

    ...

    In the end, Chu Yang and Chi Yan sat on one side, while Chi Yan''s Mother sat on the other.

    Chi Yan introduced them, "Mom, this is my girlfriend, Chu Yang. Yang Yang, this is my mom."

    Chu Yang immediately greeted her with a smile, "Hello, Auntie. I didn''t expect it to be you."

    Chi Yan''s Mother also smiled, "I didn''t expect we''d have such a connection."

    Chi Yan only then realized that thedy Chu Yang had mentioned being trapped in the elevator was his own mother. "Mom, are you okay? Yang Yang told me ady was trapped in the elevator. I didn''t know it was you. Why didn''t you call me?"

    Chi Yan''s Mother: "It wasn''t a big deal, so I didn''t want to bother you. Oh, I said I bought you some clothes, didn''t I? Here you go."

    "Thank you, Mom."

    Chu Yang then realized that she and Chi Yan''s Mother had simr tastes since they had bought Chi Yan the same patterned tie.

    Chi Yan''s Mother then learned more about Chu Yang, that she was from A University, majoring in literature, and had previously won second ce in a national Chinesenguagepetition. Overall, she was an outstanding student. Combined with the earlier incident, Chi Yan''s Mother was quite satisfied with Chu Yang.

    However, even if she wasn''t satisfied, she wasn''t the type of mother to interfere with her child''s choices. As a university professor, she had progressive thoughts and respected her son''s decisions.

    Soon after, Chi Yan''s Mother left, but not before telling Chu Yang, "If my son ever mistreats you, you cane to me." She also gave Chu Yang the bracelet she was wearing. Chu Yang wanted to decline, but Chi Yan told her to ept it. In the end, the two even added each other on WeChat.

    Chu Yang nodded, "Thank you, Auntie."

    "Alright, I''ll be going now."

    "Goodbye, Auntie."

    After his mother left, Chi Yan hugged Chu Yang, "My mom really likes you."

    Chu Yang was also happy, "Hmph, what if your mom didn''t like me?"

    Chi Yan: "What would we do? At most, we''d live separately if we got married in the future. Anyway, I don''t really live with my parents now. They''re quite busy. Although my mom is a professor, she often has to go somewhere for research, sometimes even going on business trips for a year or half a year. Even if she didn''t like you, we''d just see each other less often in the future. It''s us who have to live our lives. As for my mom, she has my dad."

    Chi Yan had studied the mother-inw and daughter-inw rtionship. It mainly depends on the son''s attitude. He would never leave his Yang Yang, no matter what. As for his mom, he would just be filial to her. After all, it was his Yang Yang who saved his life. From now on, he belonged to her.

    After lunch, Chi Yan returned to thepany, while Chu Yang went home with bags of clothes.

    The day before school started, Chi Yan brought Chu Yang to thepany''s promotional photoshoot location early in the morning. The marketing department''s manager was also present.

    "Would you like to wear your own clothes or the ones we''ve prepared?" the manager asked Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang did bring clothes, mainly because Chi Yan said that she felt Chu Yang''s clothes had more of a vibe. Chu Yang thought about it and still brought them along. Not only that, she also brought her staff and crystal ball, although no one really knew if they were real or not. In everyone''s eyes, these were probably just props.

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan: "What do you think?"

    Of course, Chi Yan felt that Chu Yang looked better in her own clothes. "Then just wear your own clothes."

    Chu Yang went to change her clothes and came back with makeup on. The photographer was super excited when they saw her. "Is this the dark witch? It looks so much like one! Come,e, stand over here."

    "Click, click..."

    Following the photographer''s suggestions, Chu Yang struck several poses. Meanwhile, Chi Yan kept staring at her intently. Finally, when the photoshoot ended, Chi Yan quickly handed Chu Yang some water and fruits.

 Chapter 181: I Remembered

    <h4>Chapter 181</h4>

    Chu Yang took a sip of water, "I''ll go change my clothes first."

    "Okay."

    After changing her clothes, Chu Yang found that there were more people in the photo studio, dressed as cosyers, all here to take promotional photos.

    Chu Yang walked up to Chi Yan, "Are we done? Can I leave now?"

    At that moment, the person in charge suddenly came to find Chi Yan, "Vice President, could youe here for a moment?"

    "Sure, Yang Yang, you wait here for me. I''ll be right back."

    "You go ahead and take care of it."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang sat aside, drinking water and eating fruit, watching the photo shoot on the other side. Suddenly, a young man dressed as a cosyer sat down next to her, "Are you here for the shoot too? I''m Yi Ran, the n Leader of the Human Race."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Yeah, but I''ve already finished my shoot."

    The young man was a bit surprised, "Finished already?" He thought she was also waiting for the shoot. "May I ask what character you cosyed?"

    Chu Yang: "A Witch, the Dark Witch."

    "Ah, so it''s you!" We were just discussing who would cosy the Witch. There were actually a few people who wanted to portray this character, and some unpleasantness happened between them. But I didn''t expect that the Chi Corporation didn''t choose any of them and said they had already found someone."

    News usually spreads fast in themunity, but no one knew who it was. Never expected it to be the person in front of him.

    "Are you a cosyer? I don''t think I''ve seen you before."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No, I''m not." She wasn''t a cosyer, she was an actual Witch.

    As soon as Chi Yan finished handling the matter, he saw Chu Yang chatting with a male cosyer and immediately strode over, "Yang Yang, I''m done. Let me take you back now."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Okay." Then she politely nodded at the male cosyer, not noticing the ck aura suddenly emanating from Chi Yan''s back.

    However, the young man''s eyes widened when he saw the two holding hands. When he arrived, he had learned that the young man was the young master of the Chi Corporation and the person in charge of this game project. He never expected... that girl...

    As Chi Yan was about to leave with Chu Yang, the staff were carrying a prop and identally bumped into a shelf nearby, causing it to fall straight towards Chu Yang.

    Chi Yan immediately pulled Chu Yang into his arms and they fell to the ground. His head hit the hard floor with a loud "thump" and started bleeding.

    Chu Yang was unharmed in his embrace.

    "Yan!"

    Everyone was startled by the scene, but quickly snapped out of it. "Quick, call an ambnce!"

    The publicity department head broke out in a sweat. He didn''t even call Chi Yan "Vice President" anymore, "Young Master, are you okay?"

    Chi Yan felt a sharp pain in his head, and Chu Yang''s image seemed to split before his eyes. His head throbbed intensely, and a flood of memories rushed back to him. Yang Yang... Before passing out, Chi Yan still called out Chu Yang''s name.

    At the hospital

    The doctor examined him and said, "It''s nothing serious. He''ll wake up soon."

    The publicity department head wiped his sweat, "That''s good, that''s good. Thank you, doctor."

    Chu Yang had been watching Chi Yan the whole time, and when she saw the bloodstains on his forehead, a flurry of memories shed through her mind. She didn''t know if they were memories she had revisited or ones she had forgotten.

    Chi Yan soon regained consciousness and immediately hugged Chu Yang, "Yang Yang!"

    His head still throbbed, "Yang Yang, it hurts."

    Chu Yang recalled a new spell she had recently learned. She ced her hand on Chi Yan''s head and released her Witch powers, "Don''t worry, the pain will go away soon." Then she closed her eyes and chanted silently.

    Before long, Chi Yan finally felt much better, but a series of memories rushed back, making his heart ache.

    It seemed like he had regained his memories. Everything - their chance encounter on the bus, their debatepetition, their dates, movies, and idental rescues.

    The night view of North Looking Mountain, their kiss on the Ferris wheel, the summerbor at Chu Yang''s home - everything came flooding back into his memory.

    He tightly gripped Chu Yang''s hand, "Yang Yang?"

    Chu Yang: "I''m here."

    Chi Yan''s eyes reddened, "I think I remember now. I''m sorry." He had actually forgotten his most precious love, and they had almost broken up. Although in the end, he still followed his heart and they reconciled, it wasn''t the same as before he lost his memory.

    Chu Yang stroked his face. "It''s good that you remember."

    Chi Yan looked distressed, "What about you?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "I have a few bits of memory, but notpletely."

    Chi Yan hugged her tightly, "Then you can never say we should break up again. When you said that before, it hurt so much, I almost died."

    Chu Yang promised, "Okay, okay, I''ll never say we should break up."

    When the person in charge came back from paying the fees, he saw the two hugging each other. They shouldn''t be on the floor, but in a bed.

    Soon, Zhao Yun and Chi Feng arrived. "What happened?"

    Chu Yang quickly separated from Chi Yan, "Auntie." Then she saw a man who looked very simr to Chi Yan and called out, "Uncle."

    The two nodded at her, and Chi Feng already knew about the situation since Zhao Yun had told him.

    The person in charge immediately looked apologetic as he exined what had happened.

    Chi Yan interrupted him, "It''s fine, I''m okay. You go back and clean up the mess first. The photo shoot task isn''t finished yet, and that''s more important. As for the ident, we can review itter and see if there''s any negative news online that needs to be dealt with. But wait until the task isplete before the review, it''s not toote."

    "Yes, yes, Young Master. I''ll go handle things first."

    "Mmm."

    After the person left, Chi Yan said, "Mom, Dad, I''m fine. Grandpa doesn''t know about this, right?"

    Zhao Yun sat down, "No, we didn''t tell him." The old man was getting old, and they didn''t want to worry him as it could be bad for his health.

    "That''s good."

    Afterwards, Zhao Yun and Chi Feng inquired about Chi Yan''s injury and found that it was just a minor head wound with some bleeding, but no major issues. However, it would be best for him to stay in the hospital for two to three days for observation.

    So Chi Yan would have to stay in the hospital for two to three days.

    Zhao Yun: "I''ll go inform your teacher about your leave of absence."

    "Okay."

    Afterpleting the hospital admission procedures, Zhao Yun said to Chu Yang: "Chu Yang, you should go back first. We''ll stay here and take care of him. You have sses tomorrow, so go back and prepare. Thank you for your hard work earlier."

    Chi Yan was reluctant to let Chu Yang leave, but he couldn''t do anything about it with his parents there.

    "Okay, I''ll head back then."

    Chi Yan watched her leave with longing eyes.

    Zhao Yun: "What are you looking at? Chu Yang is just a young girl. Don''t tell me you wanted her to stay with you all night?"

    Although Chi Yan wanted that, he knew it wouldn''t be good for Chu Yang, so he didn''t object. "No..."

    "Alright, I''ll have your dad go back and bring you some things. I''ll get you some water."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang went back, packed her things, and then saw in the dorm group chat that Jin Yang and the others had arrived, asking if Chu Yang would be returning to the dorm that day.

    Chu Yang replied: "Yes, I''ll be there soon."

    Then she finished packing and prepared to return to school. Time really flew by - when sses resumed, she would be a junior!

 Chapter 182: Roommates

    <h4>Chapter 182</h4>

    The new school year began, and new junior and senior students entered the university, while Chu Yang and the others moved up a grade.

    Course selection, club activities, and various events marking the start of the semester wereing in full force...

    Chi Yan was discharged from the hospital after staying for three days. He returned to the university, and Wei Feng and the others showed concern: "Yan-ge, why did you take a leave of absence?"

    Chi Yan replied, "Something came up. By the way, I won''t be staying in the dorm this semester. I mighte back asionally though."

    Previously, Chi Yan would go back and forth between home and the dorm, so the others weren''t surprised.

    "Yan-ge, did things go well with thedy over the summer?" Zheng Qing asked.

    Chi Yan smiled, "Not bad."

    Seeing his delighted expression, everyone knew the rtionship between the two was good, which was great.

    "Oh, I just remembered, thanks for everything before. You guys can go eat wherever, just put it on my tab."

    "Hooray! Thank you Yan-ge, you really remembered? How did you remember?" Wei Feng and the others were puzzled.

    Chi Yan pointed to his head, "I got my memory back after hitting my head."

    "Yan-ge, are you okay?"

    "I''m fine, since I''m standing here."

    "That''s true. Congrattions Yan-ge."

    "Congrattions."

    "What about thedy?" Zheng Qing asked. Thedy''s amnesia was far more severe than Chi Yan''s. At least Yan-ge still remembered them, but thedy didn''t remember them at all.

    Chi Yan pondered for a moment, "She might have some memories, but not many. However, I think she''ll eventually remember."

    "Even a little bit is good news. As long as you two are doing well, that''s what matters."

    ...

    Chi Yan''s main purpose for returning to the university was to pack up his things. True to his word, he didn''te around much after that, and even stopped going to the club. Some people messaged him, "Yan-ge, why aren''t youing to y basketball at the club anymore? There''s apetition this year too."

    Chi Yan replied, "I won''t be going this year. I need to help out with the family business."

    Everyone suddenly remembered the incident with the Chi Corporation''s chairman over the summer and expressed their understanding.

    Then everyone knew that Chi Yan started helping out at thepany in his third year of university.

    "As expected of Yan-ge, the future tycoon!"

    "Woman, you''ve caught my attention! Saying that while picturing Yan-ge''s face is quite amusing."

    "Haha."

    Some timeter, Chi Yan suddenly recalled that before losing his memory, he had asked Chu Yang about moving out and living together. However, this n was canceled due to their amnesia. Now that he remembered, he wanted to follow through with the agreement.

    So when he came over to have dinner with Chu Yang, he brought up the topic.

    "You said back then that you would move in with me in our third year," Chi Yan served Chu Yang a piece of pork ribs.

    Chu Yang didn''t recall that memory, "Really? What did I say at the time?"

    Chi Yan immediately said, "Yes! I remember it clearly. You said to wait until our third year." Chi Yan blinked his big eyes, looking like he could burst into tears if Chu Yang refused.

    Chu Yang took a sip of water, "Well, if I promised you, then okay. But I still need to pack my things, so how about this weekend?"

    "Sure, I''lle help you then." Chi Yan grabbed her hand, not hiding his excitement.

    When Chu Yang returned to the dorm, she told Jin Yang and the others about it. They didn''t object but did have some things to say.

    "Close proximity breeds contempt. If any conflicts arise, remember to call us. We''re your family!"

    "Yes, yes, I''ve heard that couples who live together often end up fighting a lot. And some disgusting guys even kick the girl out. Of course, I don''t think Chi Yan the campus heartthrob would be like that."

    "Although Chi Yan the campus heartthrob is great, you''re even better, Yang-yang. If he bullies you, don''t hold back. Give him a good beating, and we''ll support you."

    Chu Yang said, "Don''t worry, if he bullies me, I''ll give him a good thrashing."

    "Exactly, that''s how it should be."

    "Hahaha."

    "Oh, do you need to bring all your stuff over? I''m worried you won''t have anything to use if youe back to the dorm."

    Chu Yang understood, "No, I''ll just bring some clothes. I have everything there." Chi Yan had everything, and she already had many belongings there.

    Early Saturday morning, Chi Yan drove to the female dorms at A University and messaged Chu Yang, "Yang-yang, I''m downstairs."

    Chu Yang, who was still sleeping, woke up to the message...

    She got up, washed up, and went downstairs in her slippers. She had breakfast in Chi Yan''s car. "Why did youe so early?"

    Chi Yan smiled, revealing his bright white teeth, "Didn''t I say I''de help you move today?"

    Chu Yang: ...

    After breakfast, Chu Yang returned to her dorm room, packed her belongings, and then brought them downstairs.

    Chi Yan drove them back to the residential area. When Chu Yang entered the apartment, she found it had been cleaned spotlessly. She had lived there for a while before the semester started, so she was familiar with it, but now she noticed many couple-rted items. The shoes and towels were new, and there were many other additional items. Chi Yan had even moved her belongings there and changed the bedding to a new set.

    Everything smelled of sunshine, likely having been washed and dried in the sun. It was clear how excited and eager Chi Yan was.

    Chu Yang emerged from the bedroom and saw Chi Yan carefully unpacking and folding each item of clothing she had brought, separating them, apparently nning to put them in the wardrobe together.

    Then, the next second, she saw Chi Yan taking out her undergarments... Chu Yang''s face instantly turned red, and she rushed over, "I''ll do that myself."

    Chu Yang hastily gathered all her undergarments and put them aside to handle herself.

    Chi Yan unpacked the rest of her clothes. One after the other, Chu Yang opened the drawers and found that the left side contained Chi Yan''s underwear, while the right side was reserved for her.

    After finishing the unpacking, it was almost noon, so Chi Yan went to cook. Chu Yang felt awkward just sitting there, so she went to help. The two of them cooked three dishes and a soup together.

    ...In the afternoon, Chu Yang started "working," and Chi Yan studied too, neither disturbing the other. Sometimes, Chi Yan would look up and see Chu Yang sitting nearby, propping her chin and watching her for a moment before returning to his studies. The curtains on the balcony fluttered in the breeze, the sun shone brightly outside, and it was a beautiful and joyful scene.

    That evening, Chu Yang and Chi Yan naturally fell asleep together. Chi Yan did not make a move on her; he had regained his memories, and he was thinking of waiting until Chu Yang had fully recovered...

    Previously, a rtionship column had released a video interviewing several couples, including Chu Yang and Chi Yan. Thements on the video praised them, and Qian Xin, an inte celebrity, quickly noticed it.

    She immediately shared it with everyone.

    "Aww, it looks like Chu Yang and the school heartthrob Chi Yan''s rtionship is finally worry-free!"

    "I feel like they''re perfect for each other in every way."

    "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, indeed."

    ...

    This rtionship column didn''t have a huge following, so not that many people would see it.

 Chapter 183: Car Delivery + Sinkhole

    <h4>Chapter 183</h4>

    The days passed quickly for the two of them together. Chu Yang soon adapted to this lifestyle. On workdays, Chi Yan would drive her to A University in the morning, then go to B University himself. Sometimes if he didn''t go to B University, he would go to thepany, but he would still drop her off first.

    If Chi Yan didn''t get off work in time, Chu Yang would go home herself. Sometimes she would cook, but Chi Yan would always do the dishes. On weekends, Chi Yan usually cooked, and sometimes they would eat out. Either way, they didn''tin about the housework.

    One day, Chu Yang was writing her assignments in the study when Chi Yan came back. He quietly pushed open the door and ced a small box in front of Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang looked up, "What did you buy again?" Since they had been living together, Chi Yan often brought her little surprises, like a bouquet of fresh flowers, a pair of earrings, a lipstick, a perfume, etc. Her vanity table was filled with her things, while Chi Yan''s only had a razor that Chu Yang had bought for him.

    Chi Yan sat opposite her, propping his face with his hands expectantly, "Open it and see?"

    Chu Yang picked up the box and opened it. It was a set of car keys.

    Chu Yang held the car keys and looked at him quizzically.

    Chi Yan exined, "I bought you a car. It just arrived today. Do you want to go take a look?"

    Chu Yang stood up, "Why did you buy me a car?"

    Chi Yan took her hand and walked out the door, "I just want you to drive and pick me up from workter." In fact, he just wanted to buy it for her.

    They went to the parking lot, and next to Chi Yan''s car, there was a new car, a pink Maserati.

    Chi Yan opened the car door, "Try it out?"

    Chu Yang tapped his head, "Next time you buy something expensive, remember to tell me."

    Chi Yan nodded, but he always let it go in one ear and out the other.

    Chu Yang sat in the driver''s seat, and Chi Yan opened the other door and got into the passenger seat, fastening his seatbelt, "Shall we take a spin?"

    Chu Yang nodded and started driving the car...

    There were many luxury cars in Jing City, so the one she was driving didn''t stand out too much, except for its bright pink color. On the way, some people stopped to take photos of it. After driving around for a while, they stopped to eat barbecue for ate-night snack before heading home.

    The security guards of their residential area looked at them enviously as they entered. This homeowner is really rich, handsome, with a beautiful girlfriend. A true winner in life.

    It was almost 12 o''clock when they got home. Chu Yang hadn''t finished her assignments, but it wasn''t urgent. She could do them tomorrow.

    As theyy in bed, Chi Yan hugged her and said, "I''ll depend on you from now on."

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chi Yan: "Pick me up from work when you have time."

    Chu Yang asked curiously, "Is thepany very busytely? It seems like you''ve been going there often. What about your studies at the university?"

    Chi Yan: "I''ve already mastered that knowledge. As long as Iplete the assignments given by the professors, they don''t mind me going to thepany. In fact, they support me because what we learn is meant to be put into practice, and that''s what I''m doing."

    Chu Yang poked his cheek, "That''s what the Versailles Master said about you."

    Chi Yan smiled and shared his n, "I n toplete all my credits this semester, and after that, I''ll probably be at thepany more often. Sorry, I might not be able to apany you to the library to study as often."

    Chu Yang didn''t mind, "It''s okay. Work hard." She smiled, "I''ll depend on you from now on."

    Chi Yan was delighted and snuggled closer, "Don''t I get a reward?"

    Chu Yang gave him a big kiss, making Chi Yan even happier. He pulled the sheets over them and whined yfully, "I want more."

    ...

    Since the car was bought, it had to be driven. Two dayster, Chi Yan asked Chu Yang to drive and pick him up from work. Chu Yang didn''t have sses that afternoon, so she drove over. The pink Maserati moved steadily through the traffic, crossing the main road and turning onto a smaller street. It was a two-way street, and Chu Yang was driving in the front when suddenly she felt something was wrong...

    With a "swoosh" sound, Chu Yang stopped the car abruptly, nearly causing the car behind her to crash into her. The other driver immediately honked and cursed, "What are you doing!"

    "Honk honk honk!" The sound of car horns filled the air.

    But Chu Yang didn''t move. Something was wrong up ahead! She couldn''t drive any further!

    The Audi driver behind her saw that the Maserati ahead wasn''t moving, so he got out of his car to see what was going on. Who was being so reckless as to block the road? As he approached, he saw it was a beautiful youngdy. Well, since she was a beautifuldy, he should be gentle.

    "Hey, beauty!"

    But Chu Yang didn''t look at him. She was counting down, "3, 2, 1..."

    "Rumble!" A terrifying sound startled the Audi driver. He looked ahead and saw a huge sinkhole had suddenly appeared in the middle of the previously smooth road! The Audi driver was too shocked to speak, and he felt a chill down his spine, his whole body stiffening...

    At this speed, both he and the Maserati would have been fine, but what about the line of cars behind them?

    The incident quickly drew the attention of people nearby, and Chu Yang had already calmly called for help.

    The drivers behind them were still honking their horns incessantly.

    The driver who had been standing by Chu Yang''s car door immediately regained his senses, rushed to the back, and shouted, "Stop honking! There''s been an ident ahead, the road has sunk!"

    The drivers behind soon learned what had happened. Some felt a chill down their spines, realizing that at this time, it could have been them falling into the hole. Some got out of their cars and rushed to the front to see. Damn! What a huge sinkhole! If they had fallen in... the consequences would have been unimaginable!

    Five minutester, the traffic police arrived. They first blocked off the road, then started removing the barriers on one side to allow the stranded cars to make a U-turn and take another route.

    Chu Yang checked the time. Taking the detour would make herte.

    On the other side, Chi Yan was wondering why Chu Yang hadn''t arrived yet after he got off work, so he called her.

    "I''m driving, I''ll be there soon. Wait for me."

    "Okay, no rush. Drive safely."

    "Mmm."

    About fifteen minutester, Chu Yang finally arrived and called Chi Yan.

    When Chi Yan got in the car, Chu Yang told him about the sinkhole incident, "So today we''ll have to take another route home. It probably won''t be fixed by tomorrow. If you''re going to work, remember to take a different route. Oh, did you leave your car at thepany? Should I drop you off in the morning?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "Tomorrow, the assistant wille and pick me up in my car. By the way, I may need to go on a business trip to Cangrong City for two days tomorrow."

    "Then I''ll go back and pack some things for you."

    "Okay."

    When the Audi owner returned home today, he told his family, "Wife, I met a divine person today."

    His wife was folding clothes absentmindedly, "What''s up?"

    "When I wasing back, I passed through that section of Maple Leaf Road, right? Today, it copsed! Originally, there was a Maserati in front of me, and it was driving just fine but suddenly stopped! I almost crashed into it. She just stopped and didn''t move, so I thought about getting out to ask if her hand was broken, or her leg, or if she was sick or something. Then I heard her murmuring ''321,'' and after that, the ground copsed! I was really scared at the time."

    The Audi owner still seemed quite frightened as he recounted the story.

    "If it wasn''t for her, I might have been fine, but I don''t know about the drivers behind me. A divine person!"

 Chapter 184: Business Trip

    <h4>Chapter 184</h4>

    This surveince video clip wouldter be shared online and discussed by people in the following days. People spected that the owner of the vehicle behind the Maserati must have been blessed by their ancestors, while the Maserati''s owner was surely a kind person!

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan returned home after having dinner outside. As soon as they arrived, Chu Yang took out a suitcase and packed Chi Yan''s belongings for his business trip, including shirts, suits, and some essential medications since it was an official trip.

    "Where''s your lucky charm?" Chu Yang had noticed Chi Yan''s lucky charm on the table earlier.

    Chi Yan opened a drawer and took it out. Chu Yang ced it in the suitcase too. "Remember to bring it with you next time." Her boyfriend sometimes had a streak of misfortune.

    Chi Yan felt warm in his heart at Chu Yang''s caring gesture. "Okay!"

    Since it was only a two-day trip, he didn''t need to pack much; a single suitcase was sufficient.

    "Will anyone be apanying you on this trip?"

    "Yes, there will be several others."

    "Then it should be fine."

    Chi Yan had an early morning flight the next day, so when he tried to get frisky that night, Chu Yang tly rejected him. "Go to sleep now! You need to wake up early tomorrow. You won''t have energy if you don''t sleep well. Look, your abs have even be loosertely due to your busy schedule."

    Chi Yan: ...

    Chi Yan touched his abs, and indeed, they seemed to have loosened somewhat. This wouldn''t do; how could he seduce his girlfriend without well-defined abs?

    "I''ll go to sleep right away. I''ll make sure to take time to work out in the future."

    Chu Yang said, "It''s alright. I understand that it''s normal for people to lose their physique when they''re busy with work. As long as you don''t be a greasy, pot-bellied man while you''re still young, it''s fine." The thought of Chi Yan bing a greasy, pot-bellied man made Chu Yang shudder. "No, you still have to make an effort to never be a greasy, pot-bellied man for the rest of your life."

    The idea of bing a greasy, pot-bellied man made Chi Yan shudder as well. "I''ll definitely make an effort to work out whenever I have time!" Even if not for Chu Yang, he wouldn''t allow himself to be like that.

    The two whispered softly to each other, and before long, the sound of talking in the room was reced by the sound of their breathing as they fell asleep.

    The next day, around 5 a.m., Chi Yan got up quietly, washed up, made two sandwiches, leaving one for Chu Yang, changed his clothes, kissed his girlfriend goodbye, and then left with his suitcase. Lu Shu and the driver were already waiting for him.

    At 8 a.m., Chu Yang woke up to find Chi Yan already gone. When she went to the kitchen, she saw the note Chi Yan had left on the table.

    After getting ready, she went to school, but she didn''t drive as her car was too conspicuous on campus.

    Afternding, Chi Yan sent Chu Yang a message to update her on his itinerary. He had arrived in Cangrong City, and as Chu Yang had informed him the previous day, it was raining all day in that city. Sure enough, it was drizzling outside the airport when he exited, and Chu Yang had thoughtfully prepared an umbre for him.

    However, he didn''t need it at the moment, as the people who came to pick him up had everything prepared.

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang was diligently attending sses, asionally ncing out the window and thinking about Chi Yan, who was on a business trip, hoping that everything would go smoothly for him.

    After sses ended at 3 p.m., Chu Yang nned to do some cleaning since the weather was nice for the next couple of days. She changed the bedsheets, pillowcases, and other linens. As she removed the pillowcases, she recalled the online ims that men tend to be dirtier than women and indeed found a noticeable difference when shepared her pillowcase to Chi Yan''s.

    She tossed all the old linens into the washing machine to be cleaned, then proceeded with the rest of the cleaning. She tidied up the kitchen and reorganized the refrigerator as well.

    When she was almost done, the washing machine should have finished its cycle too. Chu Yang walked over, but the floor was still a bit wet and slippery after cleaning. She lost her footing and slipped, hitting the ground with a thud. She banged her head on the floor, though thankfully without drawing blood, but it was painful, and she briefly shed back to a memory fragment.

    Her bottom also hurt, and the back of her pants was wet.

    Chu Yang sat up, rubbing her head, and crawled over to the sofa. She felt her head, which seemed to be swelling slightly, but her plump bottom had cushioned the fall to some extent.

    After resting for a while, Chu Yang recollected the resurfaced memory, realizing that her memories were slowly starting toe back, though she didn''t know why. It was a positive development nheless.

    She applied some muscle rub to the swollen area, let it soothe for a bit, and then went to check on theundry. After taking the clean clothes out to dry, she ordered takeout for dinner as she didn''t feel like cooking alone.

    At 10 p.m., Chi Yan video called her. On the screen, he was wearing a robe, his hair slightly damp as he dried it with a towel.

    Chu Yang told him about her fall. "Look, it''s swollen here." As she spoke, she nearly teared up, perhaps because the restored memory made her feel more familiar with Chi Yan, and being in front of her boyfriend made her feel somewhat vulnerable.

    Chi Yan leaned closer to the camera, concerned. "Does it hurt? I can have someone deliver some medicine for you to apply."

    Chu Yang replied, "No need, I have some at home and have already applied it. I just wanted to let you know."

    Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief. "Don''t do any chores next time. Wait for me toe back, or I can arrange for a maid to help out. You just stay put at home from now on."

    Chu Yang said, "I was just stretching my muscles a bit. Alright, I''ll be more careful next time. By the way, how was your day?"

    "We''ve been in meetings all day. I had some alcohol with dinner tonight, but don''t worry, I didn''t drink too much." In fact, he had drunk a bit more than he let on, but his alcohol tolerance was decent.

    Chu Yang stared at the screen intently. "Then you should get some proper rest..." She trailed off as she noticed a dark aura emanating from Chi Yan''s back.

    "Step away from the camera! Let me see your full body!" Chu Yang suddenly turned serious.

    Caught off guard, Chi Yan quicklyplied, standing up. "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang watched as the dark aura around Chi Yan grew more intense. She grabbed a nearby crystal ball and started divining.

    "Don''t open the door for anyone at all costs, and if there''s a stranger, remember to call the police! Call the police immediately! That person is not good, I''m on my way to you right now. Understood?" Chu Yang warned.

    Although Chi Yan didn''t know why, he still nodded, "Okay."

    Chu Yang didn''t even take his luggage, he directly booked the nearest flight ticket, and rushed to the airport in haste.

    On the other side, Chi Yan was resting in bed. He actually remembered his previous memories, but he didn''t know why he had amnesia. He also didn''t know that he had died once before. He only knew that when he went to find Chu Yang, it seemed like he saw a lot of monsters, and there was also Zhu Ying. Afterwards, it seemed like he passed out, and then he didn''t know anything after that.

    Chi Yan fell into a daze and fell asleep, then suddenly woke up with a start. Someone was knocking on the door. Chi Yan suddenly remembered Chu Yang''s words, he carefully got out of bed, and peeked through the peephole, it was a man...

 Chapter 185: Come Over

    <h4>Chapter 185</h4>

    The man wore a mask and a hat, with his face obscured. Chi Yan checked the time - 2:48 am, almost 3 o''clock. The man knocked on the door twice, but no one answered. Then he took out a lock-picking tool from his pocket.

    !!!

    Chi Yan immediately recalled Chu Yang''s warning: call the police immediately if a stranger knocks on the door! Chi Yan first barricaded the door, then hurried into the bathroom and dialed 110. "Hello? Is this 110? I''m at the Guiling Grand Hotel. There''s a strange man trying to break into my room door."

    "Yes, pleasee quickly."

    On the other side, the door had been forced open, but the man couldn''t push it further and seemed perplexed. Meanwhile, Chi Yan ran to the bedside and tried to call the hotel service, but the line was busy.

    This was a targeted attack!

    Chi Yan quickly realized that the man soon realized someone was barricading the door from the inside and started violently ramming the door! The noise was loud, but no one from the neighboring rooms came out.

    Chi Yan then remembered that when checking in, the staff had arranged for him to stay on the 7th floor, while other guests were on the 6th floor. Everything had been arranged in advance.

    The man outside kept ramming but couldn''t break the door. Then another man appeared, carrying a silenced handgun. After two "pops", the door was sted open. As the two men tried to rush in, a chair came flying at them, catching them off guard. Chi Yan then kicked each of them, and when he saw one man holding a gun, his eyes narrowed and he quickly snatched it away while the man was distracted!

    "Don''t move!"

    The two men on the floor instantly raised their hands.

    Chi Yan kept the gun pointed at them, his expression tense and focused.

    When he heard peopleing - the police - Chi Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

    The two men were arrested by the police, and Chi Yan was taken in for questioning as well.

    At that moment, Chu Yang was still on the ne.

    Chi Yan''s questioning was still ongoing when Lu Shu hurried over, showing the police his ID card and bringing awyer along.

    "Young Master!"

    "Yes. Please take care of the rest."

    "Understood."

    Having been attackedte at night, Chi Yan immediately suspected two forces were involved. The first was their business rival, the Ji Company, but Ji Company would never dare such a brazen attack. So it must be the second force, the Zuoyou Group, which had tried to capture him multiple times before. Chu Yang had previously provided some information to the police, severely damaging Zuoyou Group''s influence domestically.

    But they hadn''t beenpletely destroyed, so now they were trying to strike back? Targeting him?

    Chi Yan''s guesses were correct. With Zuoyou Group''s power crippled in Jing City, they hadn''t expected Chi Yan toe to Cangrong City, where they still had some influence left. So they quickly nned this operation.

    What they didn''t expect was that the target seemed to have been forewarned, reporting to the police in advance and having such formidablebat skills, catching thempletely off guard. Their mission failed, and they ended up being the ones to suffer losses instead.

    Afternding, Chu Yang rushed to Chi Yan''s new hotel. In the car, she kept calling him, "How are you? Are you hurt?"

    Chi Yan was still a bit shaken, but reassured Chu Yang, "I''m fine. Lu Shu has already arranged bodyguards for me. Don''t worry. When will you get here? Are you tired?"

    Chu Yang: "I''ll arrive around 5:30 am."

    "Okay, I''ll wait for you."

    "Mm-hmm."

    When Chu Yang arrived at Chi Yan''s room, two men in ck suits were standing guard. One of them asked, "Are you Miss Chu Yang?"

    Chu Yang nodded, and they knocked on the door. Chi Yan opened it and pulled her inside, closing the door and embracing her. "You''re here."

    "Yes." Chu Yang hugged him back briefly, then let go to examine him. The negative energy around him hadn''t dissipated yet, meaning those bad people would likely strike again.

    However, Chu Yang was very tired now. She pulled Chi Yan to the bed. "I''ll sleep for a bit first. Call me if you''re going out."

    Chi Yan climbed into bed and hugged her. "I''ll sleep too."

    Meanwhile, Lu Shu had returned from the police station and wanted to update Chi Yan, but the bodyguard told him, "Miss Chu Yang is inside."

    Lu Shu had known since working for Chi Yan that Chu Yang was the young master''s girlfriend. As for why she was here now, she was probably worried about the young master.

    Lu Shu didn''t knock and decided to wait until the next day. He rubbed his eyes, never expecting such an incident during a business trip, and went to rest.

    Chu Yang slept until after 9 am, only waking up when she heard some voices. She saw Chi Yan bringing in breakfast.

    Seeing Chu Yang sitting up, Chi Yan set down the breakfast and kissed her cheek. "You''re awake? Wash up and have breakfast."

    "Okay."

    After eating, Lu Shu came to report onst night''s events. "It was indeed Zuoyou Group''s people. The police have formed a special task force to root out their remaining influence in Cangrong City... By the way, the meeting originally scheduled for this morning has been postponed to 2:30 pm, and there''s a cocktail party in the evening."

    Chi Yan thought for a moment. "I''ll skip the party. We can head over a little after 1 pm." He wanted to spend the evening with Chu Yang.

    "Very well."

    After Lu Shu left to prepare the materials, Chu Yang asked, "You have to go out this afternoon?"

    Chi Yan nodded. "Yes, there''s a meeting." After the meeting and signing the contract, the business here would be concluded. Suddenly, an idea urred to him. "Would you like toe with me? I can have someone bring you a formal outfit."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "I''ll skip your meeting." She wasn''t directly involved, so there was no need to attend, but...

    "When you go out this afternoon, I''lle along. I sense there will be more troubleter. Once everything is settled, I''ll go out on my own." There was no point in hiding - those people were waiting for her! She absolutely wouldn''t allow anything bad to happen to Chi Yan again!

    Hearing there would be more trouble, Chi Yan said seriously, "From those same people?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Probably."

    Chi Yan picked up his phone. "Then I''ll call in some more bodyguards."

    Chu Yang agreed. "You should stay close to your bodyguards from now on."

    Chi Yan didn''t say it, but Chu Yang also felt the need. He felt like he really did tend to find himself in dangerous situations often.

    After finishing their meal, because they were afraid of potential danger outside, Chi Yan didn''t take Chu Yang out to y. Chu Yang also didn''t feel like ying, "You go ahead and work, I''ll just keep youpany."

    "Okay. If you get bored, you can y games on my phone. Mypany has some small games on it that I actually think are quite fun. This one, I actually made it myself when it first started."

    Hearing that Chi Yan had made it, Chu Yang got a little excited, then took Chi Yan''s phone and started ying the game, while Chi Yan looked over some materials and typed on his keyboard next to him.

 Chapter 186: Wipe Out in One Fell Swoop

    <h4>Chapter 186</h4>

    In the afternoon around 1 PM, Chi Yan put on his clothes and set off, with Chu Yang by his side, and Lu Shu noticed Chu Yang push up his sses before following beside Chi Yan.

    There were three cars in total. Chu Yang and Chi Yan were in one car, with bodyguards sitting in the front, while the other two cars carried bodyguards andpany staffbined.

    The three cars traveled to the destination, with Chu Yang and the others in the lead car, as per Chu Yang''s request.

    On the way, the cars encountered a red light. Originally it was still red, but Chu Yang directly ordered them to stop. Although the bodyguard didn''t know what was happening, he still slowed down the car. Just as the car came to a halt, arge truck passed straight through the intersection at an angle. If they hadn''t stopped, the consequence could have been a devastating collision.

    Even the bodyguard was startled.

    Without paying attention to the potential ident, Chu Yang calmly said, "Drive on."

    The bodyguard quickly drove the car away, with the other cars following closely behind. The rest of the journey went smoothly, and they arrived at their destination within half an hour. However, they couldn''t let their guard down yet. As the cars were about to enter the underground parking garage, Chu Yang instructed them to stop. "Don''t go in."

    The bodyguard immediately reversed the car. Watching the surveince footage, the people on the other side cursed under their breath, "What''s going on? Why aren''t they going in?"

    "I don''t know."

    The cars stopped outside instead. Chi Yan and the others got out, while Chu Yang remained in the car. "You go ahead, I''ll wait for you in the car."

    Chi Yan checked the time. It was almost time. "Then wait for me here. I''ll leave a bodyguard with you."

    Chu Yang didn''t object.

    After Chi Yan entered the building, Chu Yang looked at the time and was about to get out of the car and go into the parking garage. However, the bodyguard stopped her. "Miss Chu Yang, the young master asked you to wait in the car."

    Chu Yang simply said, "I have something to do."

    The bodyguard had no choice but to follow her.

    Chu Yang went straight into the parking garage, with the bewildered bodyguard trailing behind her. Suddenly, she walked up to a ck car parked there and knocked on the window. "Come out."

    The car window rolled down, revealing a man''s head. "Who are you?"

    Chu Yang didn''t say a word. She reached out, grabbed the man''s cor, and with a burst of supernatural power from her hands, mmed him against the car, knocking him unconscious.

    The bodyguard: ... [Shocked expression]!

    Chu Yang: "Call the police. This person is a criminal." If they had entered the parking garage earlier, they would have been met with an explosion!

    The bodyguard immediately made the call.

    ...

    When Chi Yan came out of the meeting, the bodyguard told him that his Chu Yang had captured several criminals...

    Chi Yan got into the car and saw Chu Yang holding a crystal ball in her hands.

    "What happened?" he asked.

    Chu Yang shook her head. "Nothing, just those people again. I gave the police some leads. There should be good news soon."

    Chi Yan held her hand. "Don''t face danger alone next time." He was still a little afraid.

    Chu Yang squeezed his hand in return. "Don''t worry, the bodyguards were with me. And now I know my limits."

    "That''s good then."

    Back at the hotel, Chi Yan immediately took off his jacket and loosened his tie, getting ready to change clothes. Chu Yang was sitting on the couch holding the crystal ball, trying to foresee if there would be any incidents that night or the next day. When she opened her eyes, she saw Chi Yan wearing only a pair of underwear. Chu Yang quickly shut her eyes again. "What are you doing?"

    Chi Yan was about to put on his pants when he saw Chu Yang, who was tightly closing her eyes in a flustered manner. Suddenly, he got the idea to tease her, so he didn''t put on his pants. Instead, he walked up to Chu Yang. "I''m dressed."

    Chu Yang opened her eyes, only to be greeted by the sight of Chi Yan''s abs. "Pow!" The sound of her hand pping his body rang out as Chu Yang quickly closed her eyes again. "Put your clothes on quickly!"

    Chi Yan grabbed her hand. "It''s not like you haven''t seen it before, and you''ve even touched it. It''s no big deal." He ced her hand on his body.

    Chu Yang''s cheeks flushed red as she felt the smooth sensation against her hand. This man''s shamelessness was growing. She hit him again. "Hurry up!"

    Without further teasing, Chi Yan quickly put on his clothes. "There, all done."

    Chu Yang opened her eyes to see him wearing casual attire.

    Chi Yan sat down beside her. "Shall I take you out to y tonight?" His task wasplete, and he could return home tomorrow.

    Chu Yang nodded. "Okay, I''ve seen that there won''t be any trouble tonight or tomorrow." Instead, it would be those people who would have trouble.

    "Oh, by the way, I''ll be going back to school tomorrow."

    Chi Yan was also nning to return, but he said, "Yeah, I''ll go too. The mission isplete, and I''ve already booked your ticket."

    "That''s great then."

    That evening, the two of them went out with their bodyguards. They explored some ces in Cangrong City, bought local specialties to send back home, and enjoyed the local cuisine.

    While Chu Yang and the others were out having fun, on the other side of the city, a voice called out, "Boss, there are police outside everywhere!"

    "Damn! Who leaked our location?"

    "It must be an insider!"

    "We should force our way out!"

    "Boss, we... we can''t get out."

    Outside, the police were swarming everywhere. In ces they couldn''t see, there might even be snipers...

    "We... we surrender..."

    ...

    After carrying bags and bags of goods, they returned to the hotel. Chu Yang''s feet were aching from all the walking, and she finally rxed when she sat down on the couch.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan was already packing their luggage. When he finished, he saw Chu Yang dozing off on the couch. He walked over, brushed her hair behind her ear, and couldn''t resist nting a few kisses. "Want to wash up before resting?"

    Chu Yang nodded but didn''t want to move.

    Since she didn''t want to move, Chi Yan decided to help her. He picked her up in his arms, chuckling to himself.

    ...After a while, Chi Yan emerged carrying Chu Yang, wearing only a towel around his waist while she was in a bathrobe on his back. There were several red scratches on his back from her hands, but he didn''t feel any pain at all, especially when the person in his arms had even more marks in ces covered by the bathrobe.

    As soon as they reached the bed, Chu Yang hid under the covers, trying to avoid any further inappropriate actions or words from a certain beast.

    But her resistance was futile, as Chi Yan soon joined her under the covers... and even threw away the towel he was wearing...

    Beast!

    The next day, in the first-ss cabin of the ne, Chu Yang was sleeping the whole time... while Chi Yan sat quietly beside her, reading the newspaper...

    In the afternoon, they finally returned to Jing City. Chi Yan first dropped off Chu Yang, then went back to the old residence to report some matters to his grandfather.

    In the study, Chi Bai handed a invitation to Chi Yan. "The banquet tomorrow evening, you and your uncle will attend on my behalf."

    Chi Yan received the invitation, which was for the 80th birthday celebration of the elderly mother of Chairman Ji of the Ji Corporation. "Got it, I''ll have Lu Shu prepare a gift."

    "Alright, go ahead."

    With the invitation in hand, Chi Yan first called Lu Shu, then prepared to return to his own residence. The butler saw him heading out, "Young Master, you''re not staying here tonight?"

    Chi Yan shook his head, "I''ll be back in a couple of days to keep Grandfatherpany."

    The butler didn''t think too much of it, assuming he was busy with work. "Very well, Young Master. See youter."

    "Yeah. Goodbye, Uncle Butler."

    More than half an hourter, Chi Yan returned to the Forest Garden Community. Chu Yang didn''t expect him to be back so early, so she hadn''t prepared his dinner. "You''re back so soon?"

    Hearing this, Chi Yan felt aggrieved. "Ah? Is it not good for me toe back early?"

    Chu Yang realized she had misspoken and immediately apologized, "No, sorry, I thought you''d eat out beforeing back, so I didn''t make your dinner. Let me boil some noodles for you."

 Chapter 187: The Ji Family

    <h4>Chapter 187</h4>

    Chi Yan pushed his luck, "You give me a kiss first before you go fetch noodles for me."

    Chu Yang nced at him and threw a scarf to him, "Fetch it yourself."

    Chi Yan held the pink scarf in his hand: ...

    In the end, he obediently made and ate the noodles himself.

    The next evening, Chi Yan came to the Ji Family with Chi Xin. Many luxury cars were parked at the entrance of the Ji residence. The two got off the car and walked in. Ji Si, the eldest son of the Ji Family, hurried over to wee them.

    "Hello, Uncle Chi. This must be Chi Yan, right? Hello, I''m Ji Si." Ji Si extended his hand and secretly sized up Chi Yan. As expected, he had a dragon and phoenix aura. Thinking of his father''s n, he thought it might work.

    "Hello." Chi Yan shook his hand briefly before letting go.

    "Pleasee this way. My father has been waiting for you both inside."

    Chi Xin led Chi Yan inside while Ji Si continued to greet other arriving guests.

    As soon as they entered, they saw Ji Qi, the current chairman of the Ji Corporation, and his wife Lin Qin surrounded by a crowd of people.

    Chi Xin forced a smile and walked over, "Chairman Ji, it''s me, Chi Xin from the Chi Family. Wishing the elderly madam good health and all the best. Lu Shu, bring the gift over."

    Lu Shu quickly handed over a box.

    Ji Qi immediately smiled and shook hands with Chi Xin, "Thank you, thank you. I also wish the old master of the Chi Family good health." Then he noticed Chi Yan beside Chi Xin and paused for a moment, "So this is Chi Yan. Truly a talented individual. I heard you''ve been making waves at thepany already. So aplished at such a young age."

    Chi Yan shook his hand, "Hello, Chairman Ji."

    Then Ji Qi waved at someone, and a young woman in a ck evening gown walked over gracefully, "Father."

    Ji Qi introduced her, "This is my elder daughter. You young people should have plenty to talk about. Ke, why don''t you take the young master Chi and show him around? This is my daughter Ji Ke."

    Ji Ke greeted Chi Yan and Chi Xin.

    Chi Yan looked at Chi Xin, who waved his hand and gave him a signal, "Go ahead."

    Chi Yan nodded and followed Ji Ke.

    Ji Ke brought Chi Yan to where the other young people were gathered. When they saw Ji Ke with Chi Yan behind her, some gasped in surprise upon seeing Chi Yan, "Who is that?" How could there be someone so handsome in their circle?

    Ji Ke introduced him, "This is Chi Yan from the Chi Family."

    So this was the one from the Chi Family that everyone had been talking abouttely, saying that the young master Chi Yan would inherit the Chi Corporation. Originally, with the three sons in the Chi Family, everyone thought Chi Xin would be the heir since he was the only one running apany. They didn''t expect the second branch''s grandson to inherit instead. They heard he was already learning to manage thepany.

    At first, they thought the main branch of the Chi Family and Chi Xin would make a fuss, but it was all quiet. Not only that, Chi Xin, as Chi Yan''s uncle, fully supported his nephew Chi Yan. As for the main branch, they didn''t seem to care at all, with their son serving the people in the government.

    "Hello, I''m Xiao Ying from the Xiao Family."

    "Hello, I''m..."

    Everyone greeted Chi Yan, maintaining a friendly appearance on the surface, but whispering in private about how the Ji Family and Chi Family were rivals, and didn''t interact much before. So why were they inviting the Chi Family this time?

    And why did they have Ji Ke entertain him? Shouldn''t it be Ji Si and Ji Yu? Even if Ji Si was greeting guests outside, what about Ji Yu?

    Some nced between Ji Ke and Chi Yan, wondering if the Ji Family wanted to make peace and be friendly with the Chi Family.

    These people were quite close to the Ji Family but also had ties with the circles associated with the Chi Family, although not many connections. Some were even meeting Chi Yan for the first time. They didn''t expect him to be so handsome and exude an air of confidence, likely from spending time at thepany recently.

    Chi Yan only maintained a polite demeanor and didn''t engage much in their conversations since he wasn''t familiar with them.

    Ji Ke secretly nced at Chi Yan, thinking of her father''s n and that it might work.

    "Brother Yan, what are you doing here?" a familiar voice called out. It was Hou Sheng.

    Chi Yan looked over, "Monkey, what are you doing here?"

    Hou Sheng scratched his head, "Ah, my family was also invited by the Ji Family. I didn''t want toe, but my parents said they''d cut off my allowance. I also saw Zhang Yuan here. Let''s go find him."

    Chi Yan told Ji Ke, "Excuse me for a moment." Then he nodded to the others and followed Hou Sheng.

    After they left, the others quickly asked Ji Ke, "Ke, what''s going on? Your family invited the Chi Family?"

    Ji Ke smiled gently, "It was my father''s idea. There''s no deep enmity between our two families. Although we have conflicts asionally, that''s just business. Privately, we can still interact. Maybe we''ll even cooperate in the future?"

    "That''s true."

    "There are no permanent enemies in business."

    "Actually, I don''t understand. Everyone says your two families don''t get along, but what''s the issue? If it''s just business, is it really that serious?"

    Ji Ke shook her head, saying she didn''t know. There were indeed many business conflicts, but she heard the rift stemmed from the previous generation, mainly between herte grandfather and the current old master of the Chi Family. However, no one knew the exact grievance.

    After all, the old master of the Ji Family had passed away, and while the old master of the Chi Family was still alive, who dared to ask?

    Chi Yan and Hou Sheng quickly found Zhang Yuan. "Zhang Yuan, you''re here too. It''s good to have some familiar faces, or else I wouldn''t know who to hang out with," said Hou Sheng, feeling awkward around the other people at the party.

    However, Zhang Yuan pulled them aside, "Brother Yan, you''re really here. I just heard that the Ji Family wants to form a marriage alliance with your family. Although this is the elderly madam''s birthday celebration, it''s also for selecting a husband for the eldest daughter Ji Ke. I heard the Ji Family is quite interested in your family."

    Chi Yan: ???What nonsense?

    Chi Yan said expressionlessly, "Our two families don''t get along."

    Hou Sheng was stunned, "Impossible, right? Isn''t it well known that the Chi Family and Ji Family are at odds?"

    "That''s just hearsay from outsiders. We don''t know anything on the inside. But Brother Yan, is there really some bad history between your Chi Family and the Ji Family?"

    Chi Yan didn''t know either, "Maybe it''s rted to business."

    Hou Sheng did not understand: "What kind of business could be a matter of life and death for us? Howe we don''t know about it?"

    Chi Yan tapped his head, "I don''t know either, my grandfather mainly managed it before, how would I know? Anyway, I feel like my grandfather didn''t like the Ji Family."

    "So the Ji Family still wants to..." Hou Sheng held up two index fingers and put them together.

    Chi Yan: "Don''t pay attention to them, they can want what they want, my family won''t agree. Besides, I have a girlfriend now."

    "That''s true. Actually, it''s just hearsay, after all, there are so many guys in the circle, perhaps you''re just one of the options."

 Chapter 188: Marriage

    <h4>Chapter 188</h4>

    They chatted for a while, and soon the banquet was about to begin. The three of them hurried to the banquet hall.

    Old Madam Ji was already standing in the middle, nked by Chairman Ji and his wife, with Ji Family''s children beside them. The Ji Family had good genes, with the men looking handsome and the women attractive.

    First, Chairman Ji gave the opening speech, and then the banquet officially began.

    The opening dance was performed by Ji Ke and the eldest son Ji Si, after which other couples entered the dance floor.

    In the middle, Zhang Yuan was even invited to dance by a youngdy. After finishing one dance, Ji Ke returned to her sisters.

    "Ke Ke, why don''t you invite Young Master Chi to dance? We just saw several girls invite him, but they were all rejected. You should try, he would definitely ept your invitation."

    Ji Ke looked over at Chi Yan, who had just rejected another girl''s invitation.

    Hou Sheng sighed beside him, "Standing next to Brother Yan, no one can see me." As he spoke, a small hand extended in front of him, "Hello, may I have this dance with you?"

    Hou Sheng was stunned, "Yes, yes, of course." Finally, someone was attracted by his good looks.

    Chi Yan felt a bit bored, wondering what his beloved Chu Yang was doing at home.

    "Chi Yan, would you like to dance?" Ji Ke stood in front of Chi Yan, inviting him.

    Chi Yan nced at her and then took a step back.

    Ji Ke: ?

    Chi Yan: "I''m sorry, I only dance with my girlfriend."

    Ji Ke: ??

    Ji Ke felt a bit embarrassed, but soon regained her smile, "No problem. It''s all for fun."

    Then Ji Ke invited another young man, who quickly epted. Ji Ke finally relieved her embarrassment, as she had doubted her charm for a moment.

    After the banquet ended, Chi Yan and Chi Xin left quickly.

    In the car, Chi Xin revealed the Ji Family''s intention, "They want to form a marriage alliance with our family, tsk! What a preposterous dream! Don''t think that just because I came to the banquet, it means I''m trying to break the ice with them. Think again!"

    This was the first time Chi Yan had seen Chi Xin in this state, "Uncle, is there any feud between our family and the Ji Family?"

    Chi Xin said matter-of-factly, "Of course there is! The old patriarch of the Ji Family once tried to steal my mom, your grandma."

    Chi Yan: ??? What the hell?

    Chi Xin continued, "It''s all about those love and hatred stories. You just need to know that Grandpa doesn''t like the Ji Family."

    "So the Ji Family still wants to form a marriage alliance with us?"

    Chi Xin: "The old patriarch of the Ji Family is long dead. Now it''s Chairman Ji in charge of Ji Company. Who knows what he thinks? That must be his idea, but he underestimates how much our family dislikes his. Anyway, a marriage alliance is impossible. Don''t you fall for their daughter, alright?"

    Chi Yan immediately refuted, "Of course not! I''m utterly loyal to my Chu Yang! I even rejected dancing with her tonight. Anything that could jeopardize my rtionship with Chu Yang is out of the question!"

    Chi Xin scoffed, "Tsk," forgetting that his nephew was a loyal, lovesick puppy.

    "Oh, I''m going back to the Forest Garden Community tonight. You can tell Grandpa about the banquet. And mention my grievance too."

    Chi Xinughed, "What grievance do you have?"

    Chi Yan: "I was almost forced into a marriage alliance, that''s the grievance!"

    Chi Xin: "You silly rabbit!"

    ...On the other side, at the Ji Family, Ji Qi asked Ji Ke, "What did you think of Chi Yan from the Chi Family?"

    Ji Ke''s face turned a bit red. To describe Chi Yan, she felt he was the most outstanding among their peers. She hadn''t met anyone better than him, and he would inherit Chi Company in the future, a definite potential catch. Ji Ke would definitely marry the best man.

    But...

    Ji Ke suddenly recalled Chi Yan''s words, and her expression turned calm again, "But, it seems Chi Yan already has a girlfriend."

    Ji Qi frowned, "Is that so? Which family is she from? Does anyone know which family his girlfriend is from?"

    Ji Si: "It doesn''t seem to be someone from our circle. I heard before that the youngdy from the Zhu Family had tried to cause trouble for him. But I haven''t heard of her being from our circle."

    Ji Qi rxed a bit, "Well, as long as she''s not from our circle, it''s fine. Those girls are just for ying around. Which young man hasn''t yed with a few girls before?"

    Ji Yu, who had been nonchnt, suddenly spoke up, "What are you talking about? Do you want our big sister to be a mistress?"

    Ji Ke''s face instantly turned pale.

    Ji Qi was so angry that he wanted to hit him, "Watch your words! Those outside girls are just ythings. And it''s not even confirmed yet. Ji Ke doesn''t have to marry him if she doesn''t want to."

    Ji Yu rolled his eyes, "You want to sell your daughter, but he might not even want her. What do you mean by ''doesn''t have to?'' Do you think he''ll definitely choose her just because you chose him?"

    Ji Qi clutched his chest, "Shut up! If you weren''t so ipetent, why would I have to do this?"

    Ji Yu: "What ipetence? The projects Inded, weren''t they sessful for Ji Company? Ourpany is doing so well, why can''t we find a suitable son-inw?"

    Ji Qi: "You don''t understand. The Chi Family has a top-secret technology. If they master that technology, our Ji Company will forever be suppressed by them."

    Ji Yu: "So you want to marry our big sister over there to steal their top-secret technology?"

    Ji Qi mmed the table, "What stealing? It''s just friendly sharing after the marriage alliance, cooperation!"

    Ji Yu stood up, scoffed, and left, not wanting to talk to him anymore, thinking he was delusional.

    Ji Ke stood by the side, feeling that her second brother was right, but ultimately, she had to follow Ji Qi''s decision.

    Ji Qi patted her hand, "Don''t listen to your second brother''s nonsense. You''re so beautiful, and all thedies in our circle praise you. The Chi Family will definitely be satisfied with you."

    Ji Ke: "Dad... maybe we should find someone else?"

    Ji Qi: "Ke Ke, our family has raised you so well. Don''t you want to consider the Ji Family''s interests?"

    Ji Ke lowered her head, "I understand, Father."

    "Good, you may go now."

    ...

    On the other side, Chi Yan returned to the Forest Garden Community. Chu Yang was sitting on the bed reading a book, not yet asleep. Chi Yan immediately went to the bathroom to freshen up, then pounced on her, "Chu Yang!"

    Chu Yang freed one hand to pat his head, her eyes not leaving the book, "Hmm, what''s up?"

    Chi Yan grabbed one of her hands, their fingers tightly intertwined. "Shall we get married right after we graduate in our senior year?"

    Chu Yang felt that he was just saying it casually. "Why?"

    Chi Yan: "I''m too attractive, you''d better let me into your family soon, so others won''t covet me anymore." Then Chi Yan talked about going to the banquet today.

    "I will never marry anyone else, only you," Chi Yan blinked his big eyes.

    Chu Yang pinched his face, measuring how thick his face could be. "Good to know you''re obedient."

    Chi Yan: "Then give me a kiss."

    Chu Yang put down her book and gave him a gentle kiss, but Chi Yan was not satisfied. He took the initiative and gave an intense kiss.

    A long whileter...

    Chu Yangy down. "Time to sleep, no more kissing." Her lips were swollen.

 Chapter 189: Play 02

    <h4>Chapter 189</h4>

    The days passed uneventfully for a week, and then Chi Yan received an invitation from Ji Si, the young master of the Ji Family, who had heard that Chi Yan was a skilled driver and invited him to join their private racing and recreational activities.

    "I''ve also invited Hou Sheng, Zhang Yuan, and others. You can bring some friends and join us."

    Originally, Chi Yan wanted to decline Ji Si''s invitation, but then he thought he might as well see what they were up to, so he epted. He also nned to bring Chu Yang along, as he had promised to take her racing before, but hadn''t had the chance.

    "Chu Yang, would you like to apany me to a private gathering this weekend? I said I''d take you racing before, so let''s go racing this time."

    Chu Yang was working on her thesis and didn''t look up. "Sure!"

    Chi Yan was delighted. "I''ll get some clothes ready for you."

    Chu Yang waved her hand dismissively, indicating he shouldn''t hover around her as she was quite busy with assignments and exams recently.

    On the weekend, Chi Yan drove Chu Yang to a club where Hou Sheng (also known as Monkey) and Zhang Yuan had already messaged him to say they had arrived, and Xiao Lin and Yuan Zhi had been called over too.

    When Chi Yan led Chu Yang inside holding her hand, everyone instantly looked their way, with many people sizing Chu Yang up. Chu Yang felt two people''s gazes lingering on her, but they quickly averted their eyes when she nced over.

    One was a young man and the other a young woman, both strangers to Chu Yang.

    Chi Yan introduced Chu Yang to everyone, "This is my girlfriend, Chu Yang." He then introduced the others to her, "This is Hou Sheng, the one who live-streamed me racing before, you can call him Monkey. This is Zhang Yuan, Xiao Lin... and you know Yuan Zhi."

    Chu Yang nodded in acknowledgment to each of them.

    Then Chi Yan introduced Ji Si to her. Ji Si extended his hand to Chu Yang, "Hello, I''m Ji Si, the ''Si'' from ''judicial''."

    Chu Yang shook his hand lightly and immediately withdrew it. "Hello."

    After the introductions, Ji Si led Chi Yan away, "Let''s have the guys y a round first? Just something casual to get familiar with the track."

    "Sure," Chi Yan agreed nonchntly.

    The men then went to change clothes, leaving Chu Yang sitting alone. Ji Ke nced at Chu Yang, unable to discern any special qualities about her. She approached Chu Yang and asked politely, "Miss Chu, may I sit beside you?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "As you wish."

    Ji Ke sat down and inquired, "May I ask which university Miss Chu attends?"

    "A University," Chu Yang replied.

    Ji Keughed lightly. "What a coincidence, my second brother graduated from A University as well, just a year ago."

    Chu Yang smiled without responding.

    The girl beside Ji Ke rolled her eyes and suddenly asked, "If I may ask, Miss Chu, which renowned family are you from? I don''t recall hearing of a Chu Family in the capital city."

    Chu Yang gave her a piercing nce that sent a chill down the girl''s spine. What was that about?

    Without a word, Chu Yang took a sanitary pad from her bag and handed it to the girl.

    The girl blinked in confusion. "I... uh..." She was about to say she didn''t need it, but her face changed, and she hastily epted it. "Thank you, excuse me for a moment." She hurried away, deeply embarrassed.

    Ji Ke watched in bewilderment. What just happened?

    She quickly regained herposure and said with a smile, "Zhen Zhen didn''t mean any offense."

    Chu Yang didn''t seem bothered. "I''m not from any renowned Chu Family. ording to my ancestors, we descended from the ancient State of Chu during the Warring States period. Some of my ancestors even ruled as emperors back then. But that was ages ago, and we''ve fallen from grace since. Anyway, we''re just the Chu Family, nothing special."

    Whether it''s the Ji Family, the Chi Family, the Lin Family, the Zhang Family, or any other renowned n - didn''t all their ancestors have to be influential figures to have their lineages survive until today?

    Ji Ke thought Chu Yang was making a tasteless joke. "Heh heh..."

    Soon, Chi Yan and the others emerged in their racing suits. Chi Yan hurried over when he saw Ji Ke sitting in his spot beside Chu Yang and squeezed her aside. "Chu Yang, how do I look? Handsome, right?"

    Ji Ke, nearly falling over from being shoved aside, thought indignantly, Don''t you have any manners?

    She walked over to Ji Si''s side. Her father had talked about an alliance through marriage? With that lout? Not a chance.

    Chu Yang appraised Chi Yan and patted his cheek. "Handsome!"

    Chi Yan grinned widely, showing his teeth. Ji Si turned and saw Chi Yan''s goofy smile. Is that really Chi Yan?

    "I''ll go y a round first, and teach you how to driveter," Chi Yan told Chu Yang.

    "Okay."

    After exchanging those words with Chu Yang, Chi Yan went to take his ce. He put on his helmet, got into the car, and the others followed suit.

    When the referee blew the whistle, several cars sped off. Chu Yang took out her phone to record a video of Chi Yan.

    The ck car initiallygged behind but soon overtook two cars in front within ap. It then rapidly caught up to the car in first ce.

    After anotherp and a half, the ck car took a sharp turn and surpassed the white car in front, bing the new leader. Half a minuteter, Chi Yan''s ck car crossed the finish line, and he removed his helmet, giving Chu Yang a thumbs-up.

    Chu Yang smiled and returned the gesture.

    Soon, everyone had reached the finish line. Ji Si approached Chi Yan. "I''d heard you were an excellent racer, but seeing it for myself today was something else. Impressive."

    Chi Yan remained modest. "It''s nothing, I''ve just had a lot of practice."

    The others also gathered around Chi Yan, seeking advice on some racing techniques.

    Chi Yan only interrupted them when Chu Yang walked over. "Enough questions, we''ll talk about itter. I''m going to take my girl for a spin first."

    Chi Yan patted the passenger seat, inviting Chu Yang, "Coming along?"

    Chu Yang nced at the car. "Let me change my clothes first."

    "Sure, I''ll wait for you."

    Shortly after, Chu Yang emerged in a ck racing suit matching Chi Yan''s, her hair tied back. She got into the car and fastened her seatbelt.

    Chi Yan immediately sped off.

    Exhrating! That was Chu Yang''s impression.

    After twops, Chi Yan asked her, "How''s it going? Are you okay?"

    Chu Yang''s eyes sparkled. "Not bad."

    "Let''s switch ces, and you can take the wheel for a bit."

    "Okay."

    Chi Yan then guided Chu Yang through operating the vehicle...

    Over there, the monkey was talking to Zhang Yuan and the others, "In the past, Brother Yan wouldn''t even let girls touch his car, but after getting a girlfriend, he''s not only letting her touch it, but also letting her drive it? Tsk tsk tsk!"

    Yuan Zhi said, "What''s the big deal about touching a car? You haven''t seen anything really surprising yet."

    The monkey sidled up to Yuan Zhi, gossiping, "What else? What else?"

    Yuan Zhi replied, "What else? Boyfriends and girlfriends, what can''t they touch?"

    The monkey''s thoughts instantly turned mischievous, "I see, heh heh heh."

    On Chu Yang''s side, she first tried driving around a circle, finding it not too bad. Then she elerated and drove around two more circles, her eyes sparkling the whole time, making Chi Yan beside her feel like she was glowing.

 Chapter 190: Kiss

    <h4>Chapter 190</h4>

    When Chu Yang stopped and took off her helmet, she smiled and said to Chi Yan, "Exhrating!"

    Chi Yan smiled and drew closer to her, "Yeah." Then he pulled her into an embrace, pressing her against the seat, and kissed her. He had wanted to do that earlier.

    The wind blew Chu Yang''s hair around, shielding their intimate moment, but everyone outside could see what they were doing.

    Hou Sheng covered his eyes with his hands, though his fingers were spread wide apart. "Damn! Chi Yan is the man!"

    Ji Ke and Ji Si also witnessed the scene. Ji Ke looked at Ji Si, "Brother, I think... never mind." Just as her second brother had said, she was a distinguisheddy; why would she want to be the third party? Seeing their strong feelings for each other, Ji Ke thought she could have any man she wanted.

    "Is Chi Yan the only son in the Chi family?"

    Ji Si shook his head, "Of course not. There is another young master in the main house, Chi Jin, Chi Yan''s elder cousin. But you probably won''t meet him since Chi Jin works for the government and won''t inherit the Chi family in the future. So if you choose Chi Jin, Father''s n won''t be fulfilled either."

    "Do we really have to resort to such methods?"

    Ji Si shook his head, "Not necessarily, but this is the best approach."

    ...

    Today, apart from bringing Chu Yang to have fun, Chi Yan also came to stake his im. He was a man who belonged to Chu Yang!

    Afterward, Chi Yan drove Chu Yang, Ji Si drove Ji Ke, and others also had a partner, male or female, in their cars. They yed another round! Chi Yan still came in first!

    After getting out of the car, Hou Sheng ran over, "Chi Yan, with you around, we''re always behind."

    Chi Yan handed him the helmet, "I won''t y the next round, you guys go ahead."

    Hou Sheng grinned, "Okay!"

    Chi Yan took Chu Yang to rx and have some snacks and tea outside the track. Those who wanted to y went onto the track, and without Chi Yan in the race, no one knew who woulde in first. Everyone was chasing each other, creating an intense atmosphere both on and off the track!

    In the end, Yuan Zhi came in first. After getting out of the car, he high-fived everyone outside. Hou Sheng ran over to Yuan Zhi and climbed on him, chattering away about something.

    Soon, a few of them came over and sat near Chi Yan. Hou Shengined to Chi Yan, "I thought with you not ying, I could take the lead."

    Sitting next to them, Yuan Zhi crossed his legs and popped a peanut into his mouth, "You can''t take turns well. You need more practice."

    Chi Yan nodded, "Yeah, when you''re turning..."

    Time flew by, and Chi Yan had to leave with Chu Yang. They had yed enough, and everyone must be hungry by now.

    "Ji Si, we''ll leave first."

    Ji Si didn''t try to stop them since it was gettingte. "Sure. See you next time."

    Chi Yan waved, and then he and Chu Yang left hand in hand. Ji Si watched their intertwined fingers, thinking that the more affectionate a couple appeared in public, the worse their actual rtionship might be, just like his parents. To outsiders, they seemed to have a great rtionship, but that didn''t stop his father from having affairs.

    However, what Ji Si didn''t know was that he was only seeing the tip of the iceberg. What he thought were deliberate disys of affection from Chi Yan and Chu Yang were actually just their normal interactions.

    Originally, Chi Yan wanted to go out for dinner with Chu Yang, but Hou Sheng and the others insisted on joining them, so Chi Yan agreed, treating it as a formal introduction of Chu Yang to the group.

    They went to a hotel, eating and chatting. Since Chi Yan had already joined thepany, they mostly discussed business matters, even though none of them had graduated yet. People in their circle were exposed to such matters early on.

    "I heard the Ji family is also in talks for that project."

    "Onepany can''t handle such a big project alone, so it''s better to coborate."

    Hou Sheng wiped his mouth, "Brother, I want to pull some strings. Why don''t you check with my family? We specialize in this area, and we''re the most familiar with it!"

    Chi Yan nced at him, "Your family should submit a proposal first."

    Hou Sheng nodded, "Sure, I''ll tell them when I get home."

    Chu Yang couldn''t understand their conversation, so she just focused on eating. She had expended a lot of energy today and was still very hungry. While Chi Yan was chatting with the others, he would asionally refill Chu Yang''s water ss when it was empty and take the meat out of crab legs and put it in her bowl.

    Although he was talking to the other guys, he didn''t neglect the person beside him.

    After eating their fill, Hou Sheng and the others left. Chi Yan took Chu Yang back to the Forest Garden Community.

    Yuan Zhi drove Hou Sheng and the other two home. Hou Sheng kept babbling, "I thought Chi Yan seemed pretty serious. Do you think he''s alreadymitted?"

    Yuan Zhi nced at him but didn''t say anything.

    Zhang Yuan chimed in, "Didn''t you notice? During dinner, Chi Yan was constantly taking care of Sister-inw with subtle gestures. Who else could make Chi Yan do that willingly?"

    Xiao Lin agreed, "And he was staking his im all day at the club."

    Hou Sheng clicked his tongue, "I never thought I''d see the day when Chi Yan would fall so hard. Hey, Yuan Zhi, you were roommates with Chi Yan, right? How are he and Sister-inw usually?"

    Yuan Zhi replied, "Chi Yan doesn''t live on campus anymore. He and the boss, ahem, I mean he and Sister-inw, live together off-campus."

    Hou Sheng pped his thigh, "They''re already living together! It must be true love!"

    Yuan Zhi thought to himself, "It''s more than just true love! It''s fate!"

    "Oh, by the way, Sister-inw told you to take East Ocean Road, right? Why East Ocean Road? Wasn''t Central Avenue fine?" Hou Sheng suddenly remembered Chu Yang saying something to Yuan Zhi as they were leaving.

    Yuan Zhi exined, "Because there was a traffic ident on Central Avenue causing congestion."

    Hou Sheng didn''t understand, "How did Sister-inw know?"

    Yuan Zhi said, "She saw it."

    Hou Sheng nodded, "I thought she saw it on the news."

    However, when he got home, he saw the news report about the ident on Central Avenue and noticed the time. Wait, that didn''t make sense! The ident happened after they had already left the restaurant. How did Sister-inw see it?!

    On Chu Yang''s side, since Chi Yan had been drinking, she was the one driving.

    "How was it today? I''ll take you again next time we''re free."

    Chu Yang thought it was alright, "Sure, if you have time. Won''t you be busy with work soon?"

    Chi Yan thought about the several uing projects, rubbed his eyes, "Hmm, I may be busy for a while. Sorry, I might not be able to apany you much."

    Chu Yang felt it was fine, "No problem. Work hard." Chu Yang reached out and touched him.

    Chi Yan nuzzled his hand.

    By the time the two returned to the Forest Garden Community, it was alreadyte. Chu Yang had ss tomorrow, so they quickly washed up and went to bed. They had yed quite a bit today and felt tired, so they soon fell asleep.

 Chapter 191: Letâ€™s Get Married After Graduation

    <h4>Chapter 191</h4>

    Chu Yang was carrying a book, on her way to the cafeteria at A University for a meal. Suddenly, the window of a parked car rolled down, and a familiar person called out to her.

    "Chu Yang, hello, do you remember me?" It was Ji Si, the young master of the Ji Family.

    Of course Chu Yang remembered him; after all, they had just met over the weekend. She nodded at him, then prepared to leave.

    Ji Si called out to stop her, "Wait a moment, please."

    Chu Yang paused, thinking he wanted to ask for directions. "What is it?"

    Ji Si smiled at her, "This is my first time at A University. Would you mind showing me around?"

    Chu Yang: ??? Why the audacity?

    Chu Yang refused directly, "Sorry, I''m busy. I have to go."

    Ji Si got out of the car and followed her, "Where are you going?"

    Chu Yang: "To the cafeteria for a meal."

    Ji Si walked alongside her, "Perfect, I''m hungry too. Let me join you - I''ve never had A University''s cafeteria food before. My younger brother used to study here, so he''s kind of like your senior. I studied abroad, but if I hadn''t gone overseas, I''d probably have ended up at A University too, so we might have been schoolmates."

    Chu Yang didn''t know what he was up to. Once at the cafeteria, she went straight to the counter to get her food, with Ji Si trailing her.

    Over there, Lin Shushu and Li Qinglu, who had recently made up after a half-year fight (likely over the male lead Zhou Zhao), spotted them.

    "Who''s that guy with Chu Yang? Doesn''t seem to be from our university," Lin Shushu remarked.

    Li Qinglu blinked, "Looks like an outsider."

    Lin Shushu frowned: "A dog can''t change its nature of eating feces - she just knows how to seduce men!"

    Li Qinglu wrinkled her brow, "Enough about her, let''s go."

    Lin Shushu: "Wait, let me take a photo as evidence." Seeing Li Qinglu''s hesitant look, she waved her hand, "Don''t worry, I won''t be as stupid as before."

    Chu Yang found Ji Si annoying, constantly following and chattering beside her. Didn''t he know his spittle might fall into the food?

    After the meal, Chu Yang wiped her mouth, "Mr. Ji, what did you need from me?"

    Ji Si paused, "Nothing, I just didn''t expect to run into you here by chance, and wanted to tour A University since you''re a student here."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Take your time then. I need to leave first. Feel free to look around." With that, Chu Yang returned her tray and left.

    After she left, Ji Si lowered his head and smiled.

    From then on, Chu Yang kept running into Ji Si. "I came to A University for some business dealings, so I''ll be around often," Ji Si exined.

    Chu Yang nodded, "As you wish."

    Ji Si followed, "What''s your major, Chu Yang? Chi Yan is at B University, but you''re at A University - how did you two meet? Hmm? I''ve never seen Chi Yan with you, doesn''t he apany you?"

    Chu Yang: "Chi Yan is busy, unlike you."

    Ji Si flinched, but quickly recovered, "If it were me, no matter how busy, I''d make time for my girlfriend."

    Chu Yang stopped, finally realizing why Ji Si kept appearing before her. He was trying to drive a wedge between her and Chi Yan, and seduce her!

    But why? For his sister Ji Ke? Ah yes, the Ji Family wanted to form a marital alliance with the Chi Family, so of course the chosen one would be Chi Yan. Since Chi Yan had a girlfriend, she would naturally be a thorn in the Ji Family''s side.

    Chu Yang sized up Ji Si, then calmly stated under his puzzled gaze: "Mr. Ji, you''re not as handsome as my Chi Yan."

    Ji Si: ??? How rude!

    Chu Yang continued: "Don''t waste your effort. Chi Yan and I will never break up. By the way, if you approach me again, my Chi Yan will probably have you beaten up."

    Chu Yang nodded resolutely, then left.

    Ji Si: ... Chi Yan would have him beaten? He didn''t believe it. He just didn''t expect this person to not fall for it, remain so calm, and even threaten him - did she realize an outstanding man''s pursuit shouldn''t make her shy and afraid her boyfriend would find out? Why was she so nonchnt, and even threatened him?

    He refused to believe it.

    Chi Yan soon learned of Ji Si''s actions.

    Then, on a windy night, Ji Si was jumped and beaten while walking down the street.

    At Forest Garden Community, B Building 1901.

    Chu Yang felt Chi Yan was particrly wild that night. As soon as he returned, he kissed her senseless, then carried her to the shower...

    After bathing, he brought her to the bed and pinned her down...

    Chu Yang felt Chi Yan was dangerously passionate tonight. As she regained someposure, she grabbed his roaming hands, "What''s gotten into you?"

    Chi Yan trapped her in his embrace, "I had Ji Si beaten up!"

    Chu Yang knew Chi Yan found out - she caressed his face, "So you beat him up." That man deserved it.

    Chi Yan nuzzled against her, "He actually dared to covet you! You''re mine."

    "Yes, yes, I''m yours," Chu Yang soothed him.

    Chi Yan gazed at the woman in his arms. If the previous Chu Yang was more innocent, she had gradually blossomed into a tantalizing beauty - perhaps nurtured by love. Even in her rtively modest, loose clothing, only he knew how alluring her figure was.

    Her inner sweetness was so enticing! More and more people woulde to appreciate her beauty, but she could only belong to him. He absolutely wouldn''t allow anyone to covet her, regardless of their motives.

    "Let''s get married after graduation," Chi Yan broached the topic again. "I''ll start working then, and you can do whatever you want. I''ll support you."

    Chu Yang: "Are you going for a master''s degree?"

    Chi Yan thought for a moment and shook his head, "Probably not, I need to take over Chi Corporation after graduating."

    Chu Yang: "You haven''t forgotten that I''ve already secured a research position, have you?" So while he would graduate, she still had further studies ahead.

    Chi Yan: ...

    Chi Yan buried his face in her embrace, "Then after your bachelor''s! We''ll get married once you finish your undergraduate studies!"

    Chu Yang stroked his head, "Let''s talk about itter." Getting married is a big deal, it''s not just about two people saying they want to get married. Although the two of them have a decent rtionship, and he was quite pleased that Chi Yan thought about their future, marriage is not just about the two of them, but rather about the two families. Even though she has met Chi Yan''s parents, as well as his cousin and uncle, she knew that Chi Yan had other family members too.

    When Chi Yan heard her say this, he thought she was reluctant. He raised his head, "You don''t want to?"

    Chu Yang denied it, "No, it''s not that. I''m just saying it''s too early for that."

    Chi Yan felt it wasn''t too early, "I think it''s toote already."

 Chapter 192: Great Nourishment

    <h4>Chapter 192</h4>

    Chu Yang felt that the future was uncontroble. Although she thought this way now, the future was uncertain. Marriage was a big deal, and she couldn''t say it lightly. Chu Yang closed her eyes, preparing to sleep.

    But Chi Yan thought she didn''t want to discuss this issue. "Don''t you want to marry me?" Recalling that Chu Yang had previously mentioned breaking up, Chi Yan felt hurt.

    "You brought up breaking up before, and now you don''t want to marry me either. Don''t you like me anymore?" Chi Yan moved closer to Chu Yang''s face as she closed her eyes, their faces almost touching, his breath hitting her face.

    As expected, one shouldn''t make mistakes, or old scores would be brought up again.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes and was drawn into Chi Yan''s dark pupils as he stared at her intently, seeking an answer.

    Chu Yang kissed his nose, "Alright, alright, we''ll get married. You want to get married, so we''ll get married. Let''s just sleep now."

    But Chi Yan felt that Chu Yang was brushing him off. "You still haven''t told me if you like me or love me."

    Chu Yang nodded, "I like you, I like you. I''m in your arms, how could I not like you?"

    Chi Yan finally smiled, "How much do you like me?"

    What''s wrong with him today? He''s so insistent on getting to the bottom of things. But for now, she should appease him.

    "I like you so much that my heart can''t contain it all, it''s overflowing. Remember how I flew over to find you in the middle of the night when you were in danger before?"

    Chi Yan remembered, and kissed her, "I love you so much too." He kissed her again and said, "I love you."

    Chu Yang thought he would just kiss her and then sleep, but that wasn''t the case. It wasn''t until she was undressed that she realized something was off...

    Chi Yan had some insecurity, and he felt he had to do something!

    He took out some items from the drawer, sweating profusely. But before proceeding, he still asked for Chu Yang''s consent. Chu Yang just hugged him tightly without saying a word. What could she say at a time like this?

    The tree that had been nurtured and had blossomed was stripped of its bark, leaving it pale white. Touching it, it felt smooth and slippery. When the wind blew, the leaves on the tree rustled, and pink petals fell, dancing in the air.

    To help the tree grow strong, the worker watered it with a special mixture, pouring it over the tree. The roots drank the water greedily, and the entire tree became more vibrant green. Since there was too much water for it to drink all at once, some spilled out from the bottom, but the worker kept pouring, to ensure the tree had enough to drink.

    Finally, the tree had drunk its fill, and it became even more lush and thriving.

    ...

    Chu Yang, wearing a bathrobe, stood on the balcony, gazing at the view outside. Early in the morning, people were already at work. In the neighborhood area, property service staff were working, watering the trees and trimming branches... She finally remembered everything and understood what Sophia and the Ming Wu Master had said.

    The debauchery ofst night had filled her with energy. Her entire being radiated vitality, as if she had absorbed spiritual essence like a fairy. Not only had all her memories returned, but her magical power was also so full that it threatened to overflow, while another person was still asleep.

    When Chi Yan woke up and found no one beside him, he immediately sat up, then saw the figure on the balcony. He picked up his underwear from the foot of the bed, put it on, and walked over to the balcony barefoot, hugging her from behind and resting his head on her shoulder, his voice still a bit drowsy, "Wife~"

    Although Chi Yan was a bit dazed early in the morning, a certain part of him was very much awake. When he hugged Chu Yang, she could feel it against her.

    She pushed him away, "If you''re still sleepy, go back and continue sleeping." After all, he must be tired too, and she should show some consideration.

    Chi Yan replied, "I don''t want to sleep if you''re not beside me."

    Chu Yang had no choice but to turn around, take his hand, and walk back into the room. She closed the balcony door and drew the curtains beforeying down with him. Chi Yan hugged her, nuzzled against her, and then fell back asleep, though a certain part of him remained as energetic as ever.

    The two slept for another two hours before Chi Yan woke up, full of vitality. He hummed a tune as he tidied up the room. When he saw a red stain on the bedsheet, he blushed and carefully folded it up, intending to keep it as a memento.

    Chu Yang noticed and asked, "What are you doing?"

    Chi Yan smiled shyly and scratched his head, "I want to keep it as a memento."

    Chu Yang sighed, "Just toss it in the washing machine, it''s filthy."

    Chi Yan hugged the sheet tightly, "It''s not filthy, it''s my favorite scent."

    Chu Yang couldn''t take it anymore and reached out to grab it, but Chi Yan reluctantly carried the sheet over to the washing machine. "Alright, alright, I''ll wash it clean. You just rest, okay? You need to rest." After all,st night, he couldn''t control himself, more than once...

    The trash can contained three small bags and a basket full of used tissues, clear evidence of their activities.

    At noon, Chi Yan even cooked chicken soup. "Here, drink more to replenish yourself."

    Chu Yang felt that he was the one who needed replenishing. So she served him arge bowl of soup, "You drink too."

    Chi Yan grinned at her and lowered his head to drink the "love-filled" chicken soup.

    Now that the restrictions were lifted, Chi Yan became even clingier. In the afternoon, while Chu Yang was sitting on the couch reading a book, she wore only a sleep dress that reached her knees since she was at home. Chi Yan, sitting beside her, couldn''t keep his hands and mouth to himself.

    He first trimmed her fingernails and toenails, then wanted to paint her toenails, but Chu Yang refused, afraid of hisck of skill. Then his hands started wandering as he massaged her calves, gradually moving upwards...

    Chu Yang grabbed his hand, "What are you doing? Aren''t you tired?"

    Chi Yan was full of energy, "Not at all tired." He hugged her tightly so she could feel his vigor.

    Chu Yang: ...He''s not tired at all?

    "Even if you''re not tired, it''s not appropriate during the daytime. If you have so much energy, go exercise and work on your abs."

    Chi Yan lifted his shirt to check his abs. "Okay, I''ll go exercise, and then we can exercise together tonight." He then went over to the treadmill and started running.

    Chu Yang: ...

    Realizing what kind of "exercise" Chi Yan meant for the evening, she shook her head.

    That evening, before 9 PM, Chi Yan approached Chu Yang, "Wife, let''s go to bed?"

    Chu Yang checked the time: ...Not even 9 PM yet.

    "You can sleep first if you''re tired. And... we''re not married yet, so don''t call me wife."

    "But I already belong to you. Look at my back, it has your marks." Chi Yan directly took off his T-shirt, then pointed to his back and said. There were several red marks on his back, left by Chu Yang''s scratches.

    Chu Yang covered his eyes, feeling a sense of embarrassment, while also thinking that Chi Yan''s shamelessness had reached a new level.

    "And there are marks elsewhere too..."

    Before Chi Yan could finish his sentence, Chu Yang directly covered his mouth to prevent him from saying anything more embarrassing. "I''m going to take a shower and get ready for bed."

    Chi Yan smiled, and as soon as Chu Yang released his hand, he immediately said, "Okay, together."

 Chapter 193: The Wolf

    <h4>Chapter 193</h4>

    Over there, Ji Si got beaten up, and when he reported it to the police, they couldn''t catch the culprit because it was a blind spot. Ji Si could only feel unlucky, but when he returned home, he suddenly remembered Chu Yang''s words: "If youe looking for me again, Chi Yan will probably have someone beat you up."

    Could it be Chi Yan?

    Ji Si shook his head afterward, thinking that as an heir, Chi Yan shouldn''t be that impulsive. Or was it someone from apetingpany? Recently, he had followed his father to snatch a project from a smallpany, which probably intended to use that project to revive itself.

    What Ji Si didn''t know was Chi Yan thinking: "Sorry, I''m just that impulsive."

    On Chu Yang''s side, once Chi Yan started enjoying carnal pleasures, he became a wolf, baring his fangs and wagging his tail every night, ferociously attacking!

    During the attacks, he would keep talking and force Chu Yang to say that she loved him and other embarrassing things!

    As a result, Chi Yan''s back had several more marks, but he felt delighted!

    Chu Yang''s Witchcraft was always full, and she even burped...

    "No more, no more!"

    "Come on,e on."

    "Chi Yan, get out!"

    "Okay, okay, I''ll leave. Let''s leave together."

    "..."

    Chi Yan was too ferocious, so Chu Yang went back to stay at school.

    "Yang Yang, where are you?"

    "I''m staying at school today. I''lle back when you''ve calmed down."

    "...How can I calm down?"

    "You must calm down!"

    "Okay, I''ve calmed down. I promise I won''t touch you tonight. Shall Ie to pick you up?"

    "No, I''lle back tomorrow. Keep calming down."

    "..."

    Chu Yang returned to her dorm, and Jin Yang thought they had quarreled since she heard Chu Yang say something about "calming down." Doesn''t one usually say "calm down" after a fight?

    "Yang Yang, did you...fight with Chi Yan, the school heartthrob?"

    Chu Yang hung up the phone and shook her head, "No, we didn''t."

    Jin Yang was puzzled, "Then why did you say you needed to calm down?"

    Chu Yang''s face turned red, "Cough, it''s nothing. We didn''t fight. It''s something else. Never mind, really, I''m going to take a shower."

    Jin Yang: ? Why is Yang Yang acting so strange?

    However, since Chu Yang had returned, the three of them chattered and gossiped with her that night while sleeping.

    "A girl from ss 8 has taken a leave of absence. Apparently, she''s pregnant and went home to have the baby."

    "Ah? That early?"

    "She''s married. An early marriage and early pregnancy."

    "That''s better then."

    "There''s a sea queen from the Mechanical Engineering Department. There are already few girls in that department, and this girl is quite good-looking. Recently, people found out that she''s dating four guys at the same time! Three from her department and one from another. Some guys even fought over her. Her time management skills are really impressive!"

    "Wow."

    "But it''s unknown if the girl can still stay in the institute like this."

    "She''s still there, not afraid at all. She thinks she''s charming!"

    "Tsk, tsk, tsk."

    "Coincidentally, there''s also a sea king from the Art Department who''s dating three girls at the same time. I think these two are a perfect match."

    "Our campus life: study, study, study. Their campus life: study, then reenact love and hatred! Hahaha."

    Chu Yang: "...You guys have so much gossip."

    "Well, girls like gossip. Sometimes other dorms tell us, oh, and there''s a gossip group too. Yang Yang, we''ll add you to it."

    Jin Yang quickly added Chu Yang to the 200+ member gossip group.

    As soon as she joined, a stream of messages popped up with everyone chatting actively, evente at night.

    Chu Yang nced at it for a while before feeling sleepy. She put down her phone and went straight to bed.

    Just as she put down her phone, someone in the group started gossiping about her, "Does anyone know any gossip about Chu Yang? I heard someone saw her having a meal with a strange man in the cafeteria."

    "I heard that man wasn''t her boyfriend."

    "Could this be another sea king?"

    "Let''s not jump to conclusions. First, did the two show any intimate gestures while eating? Also, is that man her rtive or something? Apparently, she didn''t avoid anyone, and we''re a gossip group, not a rumor group."

    "That''s true, that''s true. There''s no news about her having any rtionship issues either, so it''s probably not what we''re thinking."

    Soon, these few messages were drowned out by others.

    What Chu Yang didn''t expect was that Ji Si, who had been beaten up, actually showed up again, despite being so unwise.

    Chu Yang: "Didn''t that beating hurt? Just say what your purpose is."

    Ji Si smiled, "I don''t have any purpose. It was just a coincidence." Then he suddenly remembered that Chu Yang knew he had been beaten up. "How did you know I was beaten up?"

    Chu Yang wouldn''t believe in so many coincidences, as they weren''t close. "I told you before that if you came looking for me again, you''d get beaten up."

    Ji Si felt a surge of anger in his heart: It really was Chi Yan!

    However, Ji Si suppressed his anger and said to Chu Yang, "With his temperament, you must be suffering a lot, right?"

    Chu Yang didn''t want to pretend to be friendly anymore. She made a pause gesture, "Mr. Ji, don''t try to deceive me. Your family wants to form a marriage alliance with the Chi family, but Chi Yan already has me as his girlfriend. So you''re trying to pry me away or seduce me to make Chi Yan think I''m a fickle woman, and then have your sister take my ce, right? Does your sister know you''re doing this?"

    Ji Si tried to say something, but Chu Yang cut him off, "Don''t ''coincidentally'' meet me again. Getting beaten up was letting you off lightly. If you provoke me, it won''t be as simple as just a beating. Take care." Then she added, "By the way, Mr. Ji, I think your personality of being unfaithful when you were young is a major reason you got cheated on."

    After saying that, Chu Yang left.

    Ji Si: !! How did she know he had been cheated on before? Who leaked his background!

    Ji Ke certainly didn''t know about Ji Si''s actions. She would listen to her family, but when she was at the club before, she felt that forming an alliance with the Chi family wasn''t a good idea.

    Ji Si got beaten up again, and this time, the person directly said, "Young Master Chi said that if he keeps harassing his girlfriend, he won''t go easy on him!"

    Ji Si: It really was Chi Yan!

    Didn''t expect Chi Yan to be such a person! But since he felt somewhat guilty, he didn''t dare to confront Chi Yan about it. However, after that, Chu Yang found that he didn''t encounter Ji Si again. What a nuisance!

    Because Chu Yang had protested earlier, Chi Yan restrained himself a lot, but the things in his drawer only increased, not decreased. When Chu Yang was tidying up, he almost had a heart attack when he saw what was in that drawer!

    Men should not be spoiled! If spoiled, they will go overboard!

    Then Chu Yang put everything from the drawer into a bag and hid it in the cab. That night, when Chi Yan wanted to act up again, he opened the drawer only to find it empty.

    "Where are our things?"

    Chu Yang was speechless: "What do you mean ''our'' things?"

    "The things in the drawer."

    "I threw them away," Chu Yang turned over.

 Chapter 194: Manufacturing Incense

    <h4>Chapter 194</h4>

    Chi Yan couldn''t do it, in the end he could only rub against her. He didn''t believe that Yangyang had thrown it away; she must have hidden it somewhere.

    Early the next morning, Chu Yang was still sleeping. It was particrly nice to sleep when the weather was cold. Then she heard a rustling sound.

    Chu Yang opened her eyes and saw Chi Yan, shirtless, crouching by the cab looking for something. "What are you doing?"

    Chi Yan turned his head and smiled at Chu Yang, then held up something in his hand. "I found it!"

    Chu Yang: ...

    Chi Yan immediately opened the package. "Shall we continue what we were doingst night?"

    Chu Yang: !!!

    Had this man been thinking about this all night? Early in the morning, Chu Yang was forced to break a sweat.

    After they finished, Chi Yan kissed her forehead. "How was it? Am I amazing, wife?"

    Chu Yang pped his bottom. "Don''t talk." If you don''t discipline him for a day, he''ll be up to no good.

    "Oh."

    In the following days, Chi Yan wanted to make love again, but he couldn''t. They were both busy with studies and work, and every time he got home, Chu Yang was already asleep.

    Moreover, there was a particrly difficult problem to solve recently, so Chi Yan was always working overtime, even on weekends.

    On the weekend, while eating, Chu Yang was watching TV and eating fruit in the living room, while Chi Yan was frowning at hisputer in the study.

    After a while, he rubbed his temples and walked out of the study. He came to Chu Yang''s side,y down with his head on her thigh, hugged her waist, and buried his face in her belly. "Honey, I''m so tired."

    Chu Yang reached out to massage his head. "What''s wrong? Have you been too busytely?"

    Chi Yan mumbled, "Mm. So many things, so annoying. Yangyang~ Honey, my head hurts."

    Chu Yang used her witchcraft to give him a massage. Soon, Chi Yan fell asleep and even started snoring. He was indeed too tired. After all, he was still young but under so much pressure. Chu Yang stroked his hair. Fortunately, his hair was still quite thick, with no signs of baldness.

    Chu Yang picked up the "Study of Spiritual Medicine" beside her. Just in case, she wanted to see if there were any medicines that could treat hair loss.

    After a while, Chu Yang didn''t find any medicine for hair loss, but she discovered a form for making an incense that could calm the mind. Since Chi Yan felt annoyed and had a headache, Chu Yang thought this could help.

    It was called "Mind-Calming Incense," which could focus the mind and calm the spirit. No matter how irritated a person was, they could immediately calm down.

    Chu Yang looked at the recipe... In a word, expensive.

    While she was studying it, Chi Yan woke up. His head still hurt a bit, but it was much better. He nuzzled against Chu Yang, then suddenly realized he had been pressing on her the whole time. He immediately sat up. "Are your legs numb?" He started to massage her legs.

    Chu Yang held his hands. "It''s fine. They''re not numb." Even if they were, it didn''t matter. After all, her Chi Yan was tired.

    "By the way, give me some money." Expensive or not, she didn''t have that much money, but Chi Yan did. After all, it was for his benefit.

    Hearing Chu Yang ask for money, Chi Yan immediately went to get his wallet, then handed her a card. "Here, from now on, you''re in charge of our household finances!"

    Chu Yang took it. "No need to be in charge. I''ll return it to you after I buy something for you to use."

    "No need to return it. I just want to give my wife money to spend. In my family, my mother is in charge of my father''s finances too."

    Chu Yang didn''t want to discuss this with him. She reached out to rub his head. "Is your head feeling better? Do you want to rest more?"

    "No need, it''s much better. I''ll go wash my face and continue working."

    "You''re working hard." Chu Yang gave him a kiss.

    Chi Yan hummed happily, unable to hide his smile.

    Chi Yan went back to work in the study, while Chu Yang was about to go out with the card. "I''m going out for a bit, I''ll be back soon."

    Chi Yan immediately stood up. "I''ll go with you."

    Chu Yang waved her hand. "No need, I''ll be back soon. You work well, be good."

    "Oh."

    Chu Yang went to the pharmacy and bought a bunch of medicinal herbs.

    "Do you have scorpion powder? I need 100g of powdered scorpion."

    "Do you have centipede powder?"

    After buying some necessary herbs, Chu Yang went to a flower shop, then bought some tools, and finally visited a specialized incense shop. In total, she spent the whole afternoon shopping for everything. Some items were particrly expensive, costing about a million yuan in total.

    When she got home, she saw Chi Yan with "teary eyes". "You were gone for so long. I''ve been waiting for you toe back."

    Chu Yang: ...

    "I went shopping. Are you hungry? I brought you something to eat."

    "I''m hungry." Chi Yan took the food Chu Yang bought for him. "Thank you, Yangyang honey."

    That night, Chu Yang started making the incense. The process wasplicated and intricate, so Chu Yang worked slowly and carefully.

    Chi Yan wanted to help, but after getting his hand pped, he didn''t dare touch anything again. "Go out and don''t disturb me. Otherwise, you can''t sleep in bed with me tonight."

    "...Alright."

    ...

    Recently, a client from East City came for an inspection, and Chi Yan had been entertaining them.

    Even on Saturday, he couldn''t rest. He drove them to y golf.

    He swung the golf club, and the ball went into the hole...

    President Su patted Chi Yan''s shoulder. "Indeed, young and aplished. Mr. Chi, you y golf well."

    "President Su, you tter me."

    "Haha, no need to be modest. If I had a daughter, I''d want her to marry you. Unfortunately, I only have a son, and he''s a disobedient brat."

    "Oh? How old is President Su''s son?"

    "He''s already in high school, right at the rebellious age. The teachers often call to say he''s skipping sses. It''s really worrying me to death. By the way, this time I came to Jing City, apart from business, the main reason is that my wife has had a persistent headache problem. It''s probably because she caught a chill during pregnancy. Since then, she gets headaches from time to time. A headache isn''t a disease, but when it hits, it''s unbearable."

    "I''ve consulted all the specialists in East City, but nothing has worked. So I came to Jing City to see if Mr. Chi could rmend any experts."

    Chi Yan thought for a moment. "I''ll ask around and then rmend someone to you, President Su."

    "Good, good, thank you for your trouble."

    "It''s no trouble. By the way, about that project in Qing Province... shall we..."

    ...

    Except for when she was in ss, Chu Yang stayed at home experimenting. Chi Yan wasn''t allowed to go in and look, but he asionally smelled some strange odors. Sometimes it was a pleasant floral or woody scent, other times it was a pungent and nauseating smell.

    "Yangyang, what exactly are you doing in there?"

    Chu Yang: "You''ll see when I''m done. It''s something good. I''ll give the first one to you as soon as it''s ready."

    Chi Yan was pleased to hear this. "Alright then, I''ll consider it a surprise."

    Chu Yang spent another two or three days working on it, and finally managed to create the incense. It was a bit rough, but the effects should be as intended.

    That evening, when Chi Yan returned home, he caught a whiff of a unique fragrance in the living room. Originally feeling irritated aboutpany matters, his heart suddenly became calm.

    Then he noticed an incense burner in the living room, with wisps of smoke spiraling upwards. The scent filling the room was likelying from this burner.

 Chapter 195: The Spirit

    <h4>Chapter 195</h4>

    Chu Yang came out of the room and saw him staring at the incense burner. She asked, "How is it? Does it smell good? How do you feel?"

    Chi Yan walked over, leaned in, and took a deep sniff, then sneezed.

    Chu Yangughed, "Who told you to smell it like that?"

    Chi Yan rubbed his nose, "I feel much more refreshed and calm overall. The scent is nice too. It''s quite strong up close."

    Chu Yang said, "You don''t need to smell it up close. Didn''t you feel better as soon as you entered the room?"

    Chi Yan nodded, "Mm-hmm. Is this what you''ve been working on these past few days? What''s it made of?"

    "I''m afraid if I tell you, you won''t dare to smell it anymore. Don''t ask!"

    Chi Yan didn''t press the issue. Hey down on the sofa, closed his eyes, crossed his legs, and felt extremely rxed.

    Chu Yang added, "After dinner, you can sit and meditate for a bit. You should sleep better tonight too. I''ll give you some to take to the office tomorrow."

    "Alright~"

    The next day, Chi Yan brought the incense to the office and instructed his assistant to light it in his office. The assistant did as told.

    From then on, everyone who entered Chi Yan''s office caught a whiff of the subtle fragrance and felt instantly calmer. Even the hot-tempered PR manager paused when he came in, took a deep breath, and spoke much more softly when he left.

    His subordinates were puzzled.

    "Why isn''t Manager Li losing his temper today?"

    "We used to hear him yelling every day."

    "I heard constant anger is bad for your health. Manager Li''s face always looked dark before."

    "Well, the PR department is under a lot of pressure."

    "I just heard him talking to Mei, and his voice was so gentle. Did something good happen today?"

    "Maybe his wife is pregnant with their second child."

    "Nonsense! I saw his wifest week, she''s not pregnant."

    That evening when Manager Li returned home, his wife Peng Ying was astonished to hear him humming a tune. "Old Li, did something good happen today? Did you win the lottery?"

    "No, why?"

    "You were just humming!"

    "What''s wrong with humming? Am I not allowed to hum?"

    "No, it''s just that you usuallye home looking as ck as thunder."

    "..."

    "What exactly happened?"

    Manager Li thought about it. "Oh? Today my temper did seem much better. Come to think of it, I felt calmer after leaving the Young Master''s office. Oh, there was a certain scent in his office."

    Peng Ying figured it must be some expensive item that rich people buy, something their middle-ss household could never afford.

    "Next time, try to spend more time in the Young Master''s office then."

    "We''ll see. I''m busy, you know."

    For several days in a row, Chi Yan was surrounded by the fragrance both at home and at the office, until his whole body carried the scent.

    Lately, he felt that everything was going more smoothly. His headaches were gone, and he fell asleep easily at night, waking up feeling refreshed. No wonder¡ªit was made by his dear Yang Yang, of course it was good!

    The coboration Chi Yan had been discussing with President Su came to fruition. President Su brought his team to Chi Yan''s office to sign the contract.

    President Su arrived with his wife Wen Rong and three assistants in tow.

    Chi Yan quickly stood up from his seat to wee them. "President Su, you''re here. Please, have a seat."

    As soon as Wen Rong entered, she smelled a very pleasant fragrance. She suddenly felt clear-headed, and her chest tightness disappeared. She had always suffered from migraines due to chronic insomnia, leaving her constantly drained. She usually wore thick makeup when going out to hide it.

    Although her beauty had faded, she was fortunate to have married a good man who took care of her and helped her find doctors.

    She hade this time to see a doctor. The doctor had examined her and prescribed medication, but it only treated the symptoms, not the root cause. She had been disappointed so many times that she hardly felt disappointed anymore.

    While President Su, Chi Yan, and the others were discussing the coboration, Wen Rong surveyed the office. She noticed an exquisite little incense burner on the desk, with a thin wisp of smoke spiraling upward.

    The scent in the office must being from that incense.

    After the signing wasplete and Chi Yan was escorting them out of thepany, Wen Rong nced at him. She noticed that the young man carried the same pleasant scent as his office.

    After they left, Wen Rong didn''t think much more about it.

    However, that evening, she felt sleepy by 9 PM. At 10 PM, when Su Quanjin entered the bedroom, he found his wife sound asleep and even snoring lightly. How could she be sleeping so well? He wondered if he should ask the hotel about their mattresses tomorrow.

    But wait, they had been staying here for days. Why was she suddenly sleeping so well tonight?

    Unable to figure it out, Su Quanjin went to sleep as well.

    The next morning, Wen Rong felt she had slept incredibly well. It had been a long time since she''d had such a good night''s sleep.

    What was going on?

    Su Quanjin also remarked, "Darling, you slept very soundlyst night."

    Wen Rong tidied her hair, "I felt it too. I feel so much more energetic, and my head didn''t hurtst night either."

    After a moment, she added, "Did you notice the scent when we entered the office at Chi Corporation yesterday? I felt so calm all of a sudden."

    Su Quanjin thought for a moment. "I think so. I was focused on the coboration, so I didn''t pay much attention. But now that you mention it, I remember."

    "I noticed that Manager Chi had incense burning in his office. Could that be the reason?"

    Su Quanjin pondered, "Some incense does have a calming effect. When we get back home, I''ll have someone buy some for you to try."

    "Alright."

    Chu Yang hadn''t made much incense; it was all used up within half a month.

    But Chi Yan''s body had absorbed the scent, so even without burning incense, he still carried that fragrance. No matter how busy or troubled things got, Chi Yan''s headaches never returned.

    "I feel like I''ve not only be more energetictely, but also more detached from desires," Chi Yan said glumly.

    Chu Yang pinched his face. "You still dare to say you''re indifferent to desires?" Every time he was as fierce as a wild beast, the big pervert! How dare he try to me it on the perfume she made?

    Chi Yan: "But we haven''t done it for a week." He felt that his little Chi Yan had be much more behaved.

    ...Hadn''t they not done it for a week because she was on her period? Besides, this guy had been busy with work.

    She had just finished, and he was already thinking about it?

    Chu Yang pulled up the nket to cover herself, ignoring him.

    Chi Yan leaned in closer, "Why don''t you help me take a look?" He grabbed her hand.

    Chu Yang spat out a "Tsk!" and pulled her hand back. "Dream on! Go to sleep."

    "Don''t you love me anymore?"

    "I don''t!"

    "I know you love me the most! If you won''te to me, should Ie to you?"

    "..."

 Chapter 196: Money

    <h4>Chapter 196</h4>

    A weekter, Chi Yan received a phone call from President Su.

    "I apologize for bothering you with a personal matter, Mr. Chi."

    "Go ahead."

    "When we signed the contractst time, my wife apanied me to your office. After smelling the incense in your office that day, her sleep improved significantly. I''ve tried to find some calming incense for her since then, which has had a small effect, but her headaches still persist. So I wanted to ask where you got your incense from, and if there''s any more avable. I''m willing to pay for it."

    Chi Yan immediately thought of the incense that Yang had lit for him, but it was already gone. He hadn''t burned any for a while, and yesterday the head of the PR department had even sheepishly asked him about it.

    "I''m sorry, but that incense is no longer avable. However, I know the person who makes it. I can ask them for you."

    "That would be great, thank you so much. Money is no object."

    "It''s no trouble. I''ll get back to you."

    "Alright, thank you."

    ...

    After work, Chi Yan went home and told Chu Yang about this. "It''s fine if you don''t want to make it. I can just decline."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "It''s okay, I can do it. It''s just a bitplicated and might take some time. Also, because the materials are quite expensive, we should ask for a deposit first. But I can only make this asionally. I can''t do it too often."

    It was time-consuming andbor-intensive. Making this was really not worth the effort, even less so than the previously made rat poison.

    "Alright."

    Chi Yan quicklymunicated with Su Quanjin, who immediately transferred 2 million yuan.

    Chu Yang started working on it in her room again. With exams approaching, she was quite busy.

    After about ten days of intermittent work, Chu Yang finally produced a small cake of incense. Chi Yan sent it over, and President Su transferred another 1 million yuan.

    As the exam period ended, Chu Yang was preparing to go home, but Chi Yan wanted her to dy her return by a few days.

    "I need to attend a banquet in a few days and I need a femalepanion. Would youe with me?"

    "Sure," Chu Yang agreed.

    Chi Yan was slowly bringing her into his world. He imagined that in the future, whether attending banquets, balls, or any other events, Chu Yang would always be by his side.

    "I''ll have someone send over an evening gown in a couple of days."

    "You arrange it."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang first called home to inform them about the dyed return. After the call, she thought about how she might develop her career in Jing City in the future, but her parents were in Jiazhou City, too far away for her to take good care of them.

    Maybe she could buy a house in Jing City and have her parents move here?

    Thinking of buying a house, Chu Yang went online to check... These houses, she couldn''t afford one even if she sold herself.

    Indeed, she was still a bit poor. Well, not exactly poor, as she did have money in her ount, but the housing prices in Jing City were ridiculously high. It was clear she needed to work hard to earn more money.

    Chu Yang opened Weibo: "Today''s prediction: Another big celebrity will fall from grace this week. Please be prepared."

    "Has our blogger turned into a gossip columnist today?"

    "Which celebrity is it this time? We''re getting used to these scandals in the entertainment industry."

    "A big celebrity? Could it be that person? There were rumors circting earlier."

    "Who? Who are you talking about?"

    "Blogger, instead of predicting celebrity news, I''d like to know when it will snow in Shazhou City this year. The weather is getting colder."

    The prediction blogger replied: Shazhou City will have snow at the end of January.

    "The blogger actually replied to me! Okay, thanks!"

    "Blogger, help! Please check the private message I sent you."

    This was from a client.

    Chu Yang saw the message and went to check her private messages. As her followers increased, she received more and more messages, sometimes too many to read. She would asionally check them when she wanted to make some money.

    Soon, Chu Yang found the private message from that follower: "Dear esteemed blogger, I''m currently working on St. Rees Ind abroad. Recently, this small ind has been quite strange. Crabs are crawling up from the sea all over the mountains, but it''s not the crab breeding season. At night, the sky''s afterglow is exceptionally red. A few days ago, while I was driving, a small bird flew straight into my car as ifmitting suicide.

    A few days ago, we also had a small earthquake here, though it was only magnitude 3. I feel very uneasy, so I wanted to ask if you could predict whether anything will happen to this ind?"

    Afterwards, the client transferred 10,000 yuan to her.

    After reading this, Chu Yang could sense something was off just from the text. So she directly replied: "If you feel it''s not right, why don''t you return to China immediately?"

    The client responded: "I''ve been working here for a long time, and there aren''t many flights back to China. Besides, the locals told me that such situations are quitemon here and there''s nothing to worry about. They told me to continue working here without concern. I''ve gotten used to this ce, but I still feel a bit uneasy, so I wanted to ask you."

    Chu Yang thought about it and realized it made sense. Even the locals didn''t think there was anything wrong, and in fact, some ces in the world often experience strange urrences due to their unique geographical factors, without necessarily leading to any catastrophic events.

    However, since the client had paid, she decided to make a prediction anyway.

    But as she began to predict, Chu Yang directly saw raging mes...

    Chu Yang''s hand was still on the crystal ball, which had turned red, filled entirely with fire.

    She immediately went to the study to find a world map, then located St. Rees Ind in the Southern Hemisphere. It was a very small ind. Chu Yang did some more research and discovered that underneath this ind was actually an active volcano. In other words, this ind was actually part of a volcano, but it hadn''t erupted for thousands of years.

    But perhaps soon, it would start erupting!

    After a while, Chu Yang replied to the client: "Did you know this ind is a volcanic ind?"

    "You should return to China as soon as possible. I see something bad, with mes, huge mes." Although she wasn''t sure if it was actually a volcanic eruption or something else, there was definitely a lot of fire.

    The client quickly replied: "Thank you, blogger." Then transferred another 20,000 yuan.

    When Chi Yan returned home, he saw Chu Yang staring at a map, seemingly lost in thought. He noticed her hand resting on a small area in the Southern Hemisphere.

    "What''s wrong? Why are you suddenly looking at a map? Do you want to go on a trip? If you have time, I can take you," he said.

    Chu Yang shook her head. "No, it''s not that. Today I made a prediction for a client. I saw something very bad - a disaster might happen in this ce."

    Chi Yan looked at the spot Chu Yang was pointing to. He knew about this small ce; it was famous for producing a certain type of fish that was particrly delicious and expensive.

    "This is a volcanic ind. I think the volcano is about to erupt," she said.

 Chapter 197: Attending a Banquet

    <h4>Chapter 197</h4>

    "I suggest the client return to the country first, but what about the others?" Chu Yang wasn''t sure what to do. Sometimes she knew it was better not to know too much, as some things were too heavy to bear.

    Perhaps her heart wasn''t hard enough, which was why she told Chi Yan. Otherwise, she should have pretended not to know.

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan, realizing that by telling him, she was also seeking his opinion.

    Chi Yan embraced her, "Say what you want to say. I''ll take care of the rest. Don''t be afraid, I''ll always support you!"

    Chu Yang hugged him back, "If we can save more people, then let''s do it."

    "I''ll arrange it. I''ll talk to my brother."

    "Okay."

    Chi Yan stroked her head and kissed her forehead, "My dear Yang is the best."

    That evening, Chi Yan called Chi Jin, "Brother, I have something serious to tell you."

    "What''s wrong? Is it about thepany?" Chi Jin thought something had happened at work.

    "No, my Yang saw that there will be a big fire on St. Rees Ind. Isn''t St. Rees Ind a volcanic ind? It might erupt. I remember our country has some business there, right?"

    "What? Are you sure? This is not a small matter." Chi Jin became very serious.

    "I''m just telling you what my Yang saw. I won''t be involved in what follows. You know her abilities. It''s up to you whether you believe it or not."

    Chi Jin, who had just hung up the phone, immediately looked up information about St. Rees. He quickly found some strange recent news about St. Rees, but because few people knew about this ce, these reports hadn''t received much attention.

    But Chi Jin knew that their country actually had a project on St. Rees, and there were quite a few Chinese people there.

    Chi Jin made several more phone calls, asking people to check for any news rted to St. Rees Ind.

    Meanwhile, after hanging up, Chi Yan thought of his cousin and decided to call him, "Brother, do you have any business on St. Rees?"

    "Where?"

    "St. Rees, a small ind in the Southern Hemisphere. It''s famous for red maple fish. You don''t have any business there, do you?"

    Xiao Yang thought for a moment, "No, I don''t. But I know the ce you''re talking about. I''ve been there for vacation before. The hot springs there are really nice. You should go there with your girlfriend sometime for a romantic getaway. But why are you asking about this?"

    "It''s nothing. Just don''t go there recently. It''s not safe."

    "Is there a war or something? What''s there to fight over on that small ind?"

    "It''s not that. Just don''t go there. It''s not safe."

    "Alright, alright. Don''t worry, I''ve been in the country recently and haven''t gone out. Let''s have dinner sometime. By the way, I heard you joined thepany? The old-timers aren''t giving you a hard time, are they? If there''s anything, just tell me. I''ll give you some advice."

    "No, everything''s fine."

    "Okay then. I''ll hang up now."

    "Alright. Bye."

    ...

    St. Rees Ind

    Zhou Guomin decided to return to his home country, "Honey, let''s pack up. I''m nning to go back next Monday. I feel it''s not safe here."

    "What''s wrong? Are you scared by the recent events? Everyone says these phenomena happen frequently, and we''ll get used to it. Besides, we''ve been here for so long. Wouldn''t going back mean starting over?"

    "Starting over is fine, as long as we''re together, nothing else matters. I''m not worried about myself, but about you and the child. You''re just pregnant, and I want to see our child born. I asked an online prophet earlier, and she said something big would happen here."

    "A prophet? Honey, isn''t that a scam?"

    Zhou Guomin believed it though, "No, that blogger is genuine. Anyway, let''s start packing. My heart has been pounding recently. Trust me on this."

    "Alright. I''ll listen to you."

    "If nothing really happens, we can alwayse back. Let''s just ask for leave, saying we''re visiting rtives."

    "Okay."

    ...

    The holiday had just started, and the Western fantasy game that Chi Yan had participated in designing was officiallyunched. It had already caused a stir during the beta testing phase, with many people making predictions. Once it went live, the system was almost overwhelmed, but thanks to Chi Corporation''s strong technology, it stabilized quickly after a brief fluctuation.

    On the promotional poster, the witch''s image was ced in the second position on the side. She was wearing a ck robe, holding a scepter in her left hand and a crystal ball in her right, with only her crimson lips visible. Among all the characters in the poster, only the witch''s face wasn''t shown.

    "I know this one is Yi Ran, he''s so handsome!"

    "Miao Miao and Miao Miao look super cute too."

    "Is the witch cosyed? Why isn''t there a name attached?"

    "It looks good, and that scepter is so beautiful, just like a real one."

    "I wonder if there''s a simr one online. I want to cosy as the witch too."

    "I like the Elven Queen, she''s so cool!"

    ...

    Chi Yan had also set up an ount for Chu Yang, "Yang, you can y this when you''re bored. I''ve helped you max out the level."

    "Okay, sure."

    What Chu Yang didn''t know was that not only was the ount maxed out, but it was also married in the game, with a title above the character''s head: Chi Xiao Yan''s Wife. Who this Chi Xiao Yan was, was self-evident.

    The day of the banquet arrived. Early in the morning, someone came to do Chu Yang''s hair. It took from morning until afternoon. The salon was very high-end; while getting her hair done, she could eat, y games, listen to music - basically, she wouldn''t get bored.

    So even though it took a bit longer, Chu Yang didn''t mind.

    When it was done, a crowd of people surrounded her, showering her withpliments. Chu Yang thought about how powerful money truly was. In the mirror, she saw her hair slightly curled and falling behind her, with two pearl hairpins on top. Her earrings and ne were also pearl, aplete set.

    She wore a bracelet on her wrist and silver stilettos on her feet, the high heels sparkling brilliantly. She was wearing a white strapless gown, looking somewhat cold and extremely elegant.

    As soon as Chi Yan entered the room, Chu Yang turned towards him. He immediately froze in ce, his heart racing.

    Chu Yang tilted her head and looked at him, "Hmm? Does it not look good?"

    Chi Yan immediately stepped forward and wrapped his arm around her waist. "You look beautiful, absolutely stunning." He gently kissed her earlobe and whispered, "You''ve just enchanted me."

    Chu Yangughed softly, "Let''s get going."

    "No rush," he said, taking off his own coat and draping it over her shoulders. "It''s cold outside. Wear this for now."

    "Alright." Chu Yang adjusted Chi Yan''s coat, then linked her arm with his as they walked out together.

    Outside, the driver was already waiting. The couple got into the car, and the driver set off towards their destination.

    The car''s heater was on, so Chu Yang didn''t feel cold. She tried to return the coat to Chi Yan, saying, "You should wear it."

    Chi Yan took the coat but reached for another one nearby. "Keep this one with you. It might be chilly inside the venueter. You can put it on if you feel cold."

    "Okay!" Chu Yang agreed.

 Chapter 198: Banquet Participation 02

    <h4>Chapter 198</h4>

    This was a gathering of bigwigs, and by the time Chi Yan and hispanion arrived, quite a few people were already there.

    The car stopped at the castle''s entrance. Chi Yan got out and then walked to the other side to open the door, weing his "princess."

    Chu Yang stepped out of the car, holding Chi Yan''s hand, and almost shivered. It was so cold! Even though she had a coat on, she was still freezing.

    "Quick, let''s hurry inside. It''s freezing!" Chu Yang whispered, linking her arm with Chi Yan''s.

    "Alright."

    The couple strode into the castle. The host was already waiting at the entrance. "Young Master Chi, your presence truly brings honor to our Zhao family. Wee, wee, pleasee in."

    Chi Yan exchanged greetings with the host and then walked through the grand doors. Chu Yang felt a rush of warm air and instantly felt morefortable.

    As soon as they entered, several people came over to greet Chi Yan.

    "Good evening, Young Master Chi."

    "Mr. Chi."

    "Young Master Chi, you''re here. Hello."

    Chi Yan nodded and greeted everyone. He wasn''t overly enthusiastic, but he wasn''t impolite either. His demeanor now waspletely different from how he was at home. If the Chi Yan at home was the childish version, this Chi Yan was the mature one.

    He conversed with ease, throwing around professional terms effortlessly, as if there was nothing he didn''t know.

    Even though many of these people were older than him, there was no apparent difference when they spoke with him. Some even seemed to defer to him slightly. This might have been due to his family background, but Chu Yang felt that Chi Yan''s own abilities were also exceptional, which was why everyone treated him with such unusual respect.

    As for Chu Yang, Chi Yan introduced her to everyone as his girlfriend. Chu Yang smiled and greeted people, ying the role of arm candy.

    In a corner of the room, some young women had gathered and were chatting. When they saw Chi Yan and Chu Yang enter, they started to discuss them.

    "That''s the young man from the Chi family, right? He''s really aplished for his age!"

    "Yes, that''s him."

    "Who''s the girl next to him?"

    "I just heard she''s his girlfriend, but I don''t know which family she''s from. The gossip in our circles says his girlfriend isn''t from our social circle, just a college student. From A University."

    "She''s just a girlfriend, not a wife yet."

    "But dating Chi Yan is enough to brag about for a lifetime. And she''s quite a looker. Didn''t someone from the Liu Family also marry amoner?"

    "That''s true."

    "Shh, stop talking. It''d be terrible if they overheard us."

    Standing in high heels for a long time made Chu Yang feel tired, so she whispered to Chi Yan, "I''m going to sit down over there for a bit."

    Chi Yan patted her hand and said to the man he was talking to, "Excuse me for a moment."

    He then led Chu Yang to the sofa nearby. "I''m sorry, are your legs sore?" Chi Yan crouched down and gently massaged her feet. Chu Yang noticed many people looking their way and quickly grabbed his hand. "It''s fine, get up quickly. A lot of people are watching us."

    Chi Yan didn''t seem to care. "It''s alright. Let me massage them for a bit." He continued to rub her feet.

    After a while, Chi Yan stood up. "I''m going to wash my hands. I''ll bring you something to eat in a bit."

    "Okay, go ahead."

    After Chi Yan left, Chu Yang, not knowing anyone else, took out her phone to y with while sitting on the sofa. However, someone noticed Chi Yan had left and came over to greet her. "Hello there!"

    Chu Yang put away her phone, looked up, stood, and shook hands with the person. "Hello." It was a young woman.

    "I''m Zhao Jie." She was the daughter of tonight''s host family.

    "I''m Chu Yang."

    "You''re really beautiful," Zhao Jieplimented sincerely. As part of the host family, she naturally wanted to take good care of every guest.

    "Thank you, you''re very pretty too."

    "Haha, are weplimenting each other? By the way, I heard you''re from A University? What a coincidence, I am too, though I''m in my senior year, so I''m not on campus much anymore."

    "Nice to meet you, senior."

    "What''s your major?"

    "I''m in the Literature department."

    "Oh my, me too..."

    When Chi Yan returned, he saw Chu Yang chatting happily with a woman. He quickly walked over.

    Zhao Jie, seeing Chi Yan return, stood up. "Young Master Chi is back. I won''t disturb you two anymore."

    Chi Yan nodded to her, "Thank you, Miss Zhao, for keeping my Yang Yangpany."

    "No need to thank me." Zhao Jie nodded to Chi Yan and then said goodbye to Chu Yang. They even exchanged WeChat contacts.

    After Zhao Jie left, Chu Yang said to Chi Yan, "Miss Zhao is actually my senior from university, and she''s in the Literature department too. She''s a senior this year, but she doesn''t go to school much anymore."

    Chi Yan handed her a small cake, "What a coincidence! Here, have something to eat to tide you over."

    Chu Yang took it, "Mm-hmm."

    After Chi Yan returned, it wasn''t long before someone else came to sit next to him and chat. Chu Yang vaguely heard something about a "South City project," but she didn''t understand it. She focused on eating her small cake, and after finishing it, she ate some fruit.

    In between, Chi Yan took time to wipe her hands with a napkin.

    The party was essentially about eating, drinking, chatting, and dancing¡ªanother way of discussing business and cooperation. Throughout the evening, Chu Yang lost count of how many people came to talk to Chi Yan.

    By the time the party was winding down, Chu Yang was full and her face was stiff from smiling so much. Not only that, but during the party, she had also seen two or three people with dark auras around them. However, these people were strangers to her, so she didn''t say anything, and they didn''t seem to be in any life-threatening danger.

    When the party ended, Chu Yang was exhausted. She slumped into Chi Yan''s arms, her high heels tossed into a corner of the car. "I just saw several people who will have bad luck soon."

    "Which ones?"

    "I can''t remember clearly, but one of them was wearing a blue suit and had a rather big belly."

    Chi Yan thought for a moment. "Oh, that one. Mr. Ma built his career on his father-inw''s connections. Rumor has it he''s keeping a mistress, though his wife doesn''t seem to know."

    Chu Yang made a disgusted face. "He''s so hical. He deserves the bad luck!"

    Chi Yan stroked her face. "You''re right. That''s why I didn''t give him my business card when he asked. I don''t want to do business with people of such poor character."

    ...Returning to the Forest Garden Community, Chu Yang unceremoniously tossed aside her thousand-dor high heels and flopped onto the sofa with a sigh of relief. "I thought for sure someone woulde to mock me tonight," she said, having braced herself mentally for such an urrence.

    Chi Yan sat down beside her with a chuckle. "With me around, who would dare mock you? Unless they no longer want to cooperate with the Chi Family, or are looking to pick a fight with us. Insulting you is the same as insulting me, and they know better than that. Besides, what is there to mock? You''re wonderful."

    Chu Yang nced at him. "That''s just in your eyes. I''m sure some people think I''m not good enough for you."

    Chi Yan leaned in, pressing his forehead against hers, his eyes filled with deep affection. "It''s I who am not good enough for you." In his mind, his dear Yang Yang was so amazing that he was the one who couldn''t measure up to her.

 Chapter 199: Want to Celebrate New Yearâ€™s Eve with You

    <h4>Chapter 199</h4>

    Chi Yan''s sweet talk earned him a reward kiss from Chu Yang, but as they were kissing, Chi Yan whisked her off to the bathroom.

    "You spendthrift, what are you doing?" she protested.

    "Next time I''ll buy you an even better one," he promised.

    "!!!"

    Their passionate encounter spread from the bathroom to the bedroom...

    "The curtains aren''t closed yet..." Chu Yang murmured.

    Chi Yan took a deep breath, quickly ran to swish the curtains closed, then hurried back...

    "I''m thirsty..." she said.

    "Then let''s go drink water, as much as you want!"

    The sound of drinking water echoed from the bedroom to the kitchen, then from the kitchen to the living room, and finally back to the bedroom...

    Chu Yang lifted her trembling foot and kicked him lightly. "I''m leaving tomorrow!"

    Chi Yan immediately stopped, "Don''t go, baby. I''ll just hold you."

    Despite the cold winter outside, Chu Yang felt like it was midsummer. Her forehead was covered in sweat, her cheeks flushed, as if she''d just stepped out of a sauna...

    Chi Yan gently kissed her face. "Stay for two more days, and I''ll take you home. Okay?"

    Chu Yang closed her eyes,pletely drained of energy. "Then you can''t be such a beast like today." She felt like she had nearly died in bed.

    With his beloved in his arms, Chi Yan couldn''t help himself. Though he said, "Alright, alright, I''ll do whatever you say..." his actions told a different story.

    Chu Yang gave him a pinch. "Looks like I need to find some magic pill to curb your desires."

    Chi Yan immediately surrendered, "I was wrong. I promise I won''t be a beast for the next two days."

    Chu Yang released him and turned to her side. "Hmph. Sleep!"

    Chi Yan kissed her cheek, then wrapped his arms and legs around her as they drifted off to sleep.

    ...

    Chu Yang felt something entwined around her, something she couldn''t shake off no matter how hard she tried. She felt a bit short of breath. When she opened her eyes, she realized her face was buried in Chi Yan''s chest, held tightly in his embrace, with a thick nket covering them both. No wonder she could barely breathe or move!

    Originally, she had been facing away from him, which was tolerable even with his embrace. But somehow during the night, she had turned around and ended up in Chi Yan''s arms. The clingy Chi Yan had automatically tightened his hold on her, resulting in their current position.

    Chu Yang was wearing pajamas, but Chi Yan wasn''t wearing anything at all. He was getting more and more brazen. Chu Yang lifted his arm, then rolled onto her back, poking her head out from under the nket. "Phew!" She then shuffled a bit to the side and tried to go back to sleep.

    However, not long after Chu Yang fell asleep, Chi Yan''s hand twitched. Hm? Where''s my wife? Where is she? His hand groped around. Ah, found her.

    He snuggled closer, holding her again. Ahh, much better!

    The next morning when Chu Yang woke up, she found herself in Chi Yan''s arms again. After some struggle, she finally managed to extricate herself from his embrace and got up to use the bathroom.

    By then, Chi Yan had also woken up. He rubbed his eyes, threw off the nket, and headed straight to the bathroom, pushing the door open to use the toilet...

    Chu Yang, who was showering: ... This guy!!!

    After finishing, he joined Chu Yang. "Honey, let''s shower together."

    Chu Yang: ... Ahhhhh! Go away!

    After muchmotion, they finally emerged from the bathroom, but Chi Yan now sported a very obvious teeth mark on his face.

    Today, Chi Yan didn''t have to go to work, so he stayed home to keep Chu Yangpany. Chu Yang, however, was already packing her luggage.

    "How about postponing for a few more days?" Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang with puppy eyes.

    Chu Yang red at him, ignoring his plea.

    "We''ve never spent New Year''s Eve together." Chi Yan''s face fell. "Long-distance rtionships are so hard!"

    Chu Yang retorted, "Don''t pretend you don''t know. We''ve celebrated New Year''s Eve together over video call before, doesn''t that count? What long-distance rtionship? How is this long-distance when we''re living together?"

    Chi Yan looked up at her. "Yang Yang, have you remembered everything?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "I remembered a while ago."

    Chi Yan moved closer to her, "When? When?"

    Chu Yang certainly wasn''t going to say it was during their first time together. If she mentioned that, he''d surely use it as an excuse to be a beast again.

    "Ah, probably during a meal sometime. I can''t remember exactly. I had used witchcraft before to recall past events, so it''s more or less the same."

    Chi Yan stared at her intensely.

    Chu Yang felt a bit uneasy. "What? What''s wrong?"

    Chi Yan: "Since you remember everything now, do you recall how you wronged me before?"

    Chu Yang was confused: "How did I wrong you? I don''t remember doing anything like that." She genuinely couldn''t think of anything.

    Chi Yan put his hands on his hips, "You did! You said you wanted to break up with me before! My heart was breaking! You were so cold and heartless then!"

    "Ahem! Wasn''t that in the past? Why bring it up again? Besides, we both had amnesia then!" They had already rehashed this old issue once before. Why bring it up again? This just proves you should never do anything bad.

    "We both had amnesia then, but I still liked you very much. But what about you? The first thing you said was that you wanted to break up. It still hurts to think about it. You need to make it up to me!" Chi Yan clutched his chest dramatically.

    Chu Yang rubbed her temples, "What do you want?"

    Chi Yan''s eyes darted around: "Can we spend New Year''s Eve together this year?"

    Chu Yang: "What about our families? What about your family?" Family reunion night should be spent at home, after all.

    Chi Yan''s face fell again, "When can we spend New Year''s Eve together? I want to spend it with you."

    Chu Yang patted his head, "Next year, okay? I''ll spend New Year''s Eve with you next year." The thought of going to the city center together to watch fireworks and countdown on New Year''s Eve did sound wonderful.

    Chi Yan nuzzled against her, "It''s a promise then."

    Chu Yang''s expression changed as she pinched his face, "Don''t ever bring up that incident again!" She knew he was just digging up old issues to gain favors from her. Did he think she wouldn''t notice?

    Chi Yan smiled, "Okay, okay, I won''t mention it again. Let''s just be happy together."

    "Hmph!" Chu Yang continued packing her clothes.

    In the afternoon, Chu Yang decided to go out for a stroll. She was going home in a couple of days, so she wanted to buy some gifts to send back to her family.

    Chi Yan apanied her, and they wandered around the city center, buying loads of things. After dinner, they even went to see a movie. Remembering how Chi Yan had deliberately taken her to watch a horror movie before, Chu Yang pinched him several times!

    They didn''t watch a horror movie this time, but aedy instead. Midway through the film, Chi Yan reached out to embrace her, but Chu Yang swatted his hand away. "Behave yourself!"

    Chi Yan: ......

    It was already past eleven o''clock when they returned home that night. Tonight, Chi Yan indeed wasn''t beastly, so Chu Yang could sleep peacefully. As they slept, on a small ind in the Southern Hemisphere, the ind''s inhabitants began fleeing in terror, though they didn''t know where to escape to. The entire ind was thrown intoplete chaos...

    In a rural residence somewhere in China, Zhou Guomin woke up due to jetg. He drank some water and prepared to go back to sleep, when his phone pushed a notification. Zhou Guomin nced at it: "Human Catastrophe! 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits St. Rees Ind, St. Linus Volcano begins to erupt!"

    Zhou Guomin immediately clicked on it. There was just that short sentence, no pictures, no additional description, but he had already copsed to the ground.

 Chapter 200: Hot Search 02

    <h4>Chapter 200</h4>

    Zhou Guomin immediately woke up his wife: "Honey! Honey!"

    His wife groggily woke up, "What is it? It''s the middle of the night."

    "Quick, look at this!" Zhou Guomin handed his phone to his wife.

    His wife took one look and her eyes widened as she covered her mouth. She nced back and forth between Zhou Guomin and the phone, finally speaking after a while: "Darling! Hurry and thank the blogger!"

    Zhou Guomin took back the phone, "You''re right." He immediately sent a long message to Prophecy Little Witch mentioning this incident. Not only that, he also directly transferred 20,000 yuan to Prophecy Little Witch.

    Afterwards, the coupley in bed talking.

    "Thank goodness!" Zhou Guomin hugged his wife tightly.

    "Yes, indeed."

    "It''s terrifying."

    "I wonder how the people there are doing."

    "Earlier, the blogger posted saying that if anyone was living in St. Rees, they should leave immediately. But it seems like nobody paid attention, because the ce is so small, who would care? At the time, people were even asking where St. Rees was."

    "Thankfully, your intuition was correct, honey. Our ancestors must be watching over us!"

    ...

    At this moment, Chu Yang was sleeping soundly in Chi Yan''s arms. In the middle of the night, Chi Yan''s phone suddenly rang.

    Chu Yang drowsily patted Chi Yan, "Phone!" then rolled over and went back to sleep.

    Chi Yan reached for the phone, opening one eye to look at it. It was his brother?

    "Hello?" Chi Yan answered, his voice full of sleepiness.

    "Xiao Yan, the volcano on St. Rees Ind really erupted," Chi Jin said on the other end.

    Chi Yan was still a bit confused. St. Rees? Where was that? Then he remembered the ind Yang Yang had mentioned to him earlier. Oh, St. Rees? St. Rees? Volcano eruption? Chi Yan immediately woke up fully.

    "I''ll check it right away."

    After hanging up, Chi Yan saw the news push notification, then shook Chu Yang, "Yang Yang? Honey? The St. Rees volcano has erupted!"

    Chu Yang sat up and took the phone. It was just a short sentence, no photos, but everyone knew what this volcanic eruption meant.

    "My brother just called me. It seems some of our country''s people were there. I don''t know how they''re doing," Chi Yan said as he searched for more information, but there weren''t any follow-up reports online yet.

    Chu Yangy back down, "Let fate decide. It''s all destiny. These aren''t things we should worry about."

    Chi Yan thought for a moment, theny down and hugged her, "You''re right. What was meant to happen has happened." They were just ordinary people, without the ability to save the world.

    At this moment, St. Rees Ind was engulfed in a massive disaster. It was still daytime there, with the earth shaking and mountains trembling. In the distance, a huge cloud of volcanic ash resembled a mushroom. The ground had split open, and screams could be heard everywhere!

    Meanwhile in Hua Country, although it was still the middle of the night, many people were in meeting rooms.

    "What did our embassy in Dai Country say?"

    "We''ve called for nearby ships to go and pick up people immediately! Spare no expense to bring everyone back!"

    "Good. Monitor the situation constantly and report any developments immediately."

    "Yes, sir!"

    ...

    "Xiao Jin, I heard you gave a warning earlier. Very good."

    Chi Jin: "A young friend in my family told me they felt something wasn''t right there, so I looked into it." His future sister-inw could be considered a young friend of the family.

    "Regardless, the department will make a note of your contribution. Keep up the good work!"

    "Thank you, Director."

    ...

    The next day, when Chu Yang woke up and checked her phone, she found a long message from her client, who had also transferred money to her, thanking her for saving their life.

    Prophecy Little Witch: I''m d you''re safe.

    By now, many people had seen the news online. Chu Yang''s followers dug up her Weibo post.

    "I really didn''t pay any attention to this ce at the time. Although the blogger mentioned it, I didn''t care because I''d never heard of it. After all, none of my family members would be there."

    "Are there any of our Hua Country people there? Probably not, right?"

    "At the time, I wondered why the blogger was talking about such a remote ce out of the blue."

    "Prophecy Little Witch for the win!"

    "We should take every word the blogger says seriously!"

    "Blogger, something big has happened, have you seen it?!"

    ...

    At this moment, Chu Yang was on the phone with Chu''s Mom, "I''ming back tomorrow. Mm-hmm, how''s everything at home? Is Chu Luo on holiday yet?"

    "Xiao Luo ising back tomorrow too. How are you getting back? Is Xiao Yan driving you or are you taking the high-speed train?"

    "Chi Yan is driving me back." If she didn''t let him drive her, he''d surely throw a tantrum and bring up old grievances.

    "Alright then. I wonder if it will snow tomorrow. The weather is so cold. Be careful on your way back, okay?"

    "Mm-hmm, I bought some things for you all. I''ll bring them back tomorrow."

    "Why did you spend money again? We don''tck anything at home. Don''t let Xiao Yan buy too many things to bring over, okay?"

    "I know. It''s fine, I''ve earned some money."

    "Alright, just be safe. That''s all for now."

    "Okay."

    By noon, the St. Rees Ind volcanic eruption had risen to the top trending topic. Along with it, the Prophecy Little Witch ount and her Weibo post were also dug up.

    "It''s this blogger again!"

    "This blogger really has something special!"

    "Maybe it was just a lucky guess?"

    "The blogger is so low-key. Seems like they trended once before, but didn''t promote themselves afterwards?"

    "So did anyone listen to the blogger''s advice? St. Rees seems to be in chaos now."

    "The blogger seems so mysterious. Must be some big shot."

    "The blogger calls herself a witch. I think she might be from some Taoist temple, or some mysterious expert. Maybe someone involved in the mystical arts. After all, there''s no such thing as real witches in this world."

    Everyone was discussing it, but the Prophecy Little Witch ount remained silent.

    It wasn''t just ordinary people who had noticed this ount; some official ounts were also paying attention behind the scenes.

    "Yang Yang, you''re trending again," Chi Yan reminded Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang nodded to show she knew, but she didn''t post on Weibo to capitalize on the trend, nor did she try to suppress it for fear of being discovered. It was best to let things take their natural course. It wasn''t a good time to say anything, after all. Besides those who thought her prophecy was urate, there were others who were skeptical, and some even said she was cold-hearted. If she really knew, why didn''t she publicize it more and tell the people there to leave quickly!

    Why did she only post that one Weibo without taking any other action? Some ridiculous people even called her a murderer!

    There are all kinds of keyboard warriors online saying whatever they want. Some may be spreading false rumors to prevent her from bing famous, mixing truth and lies. Chu Yang ignores it all - she doesn''t need to worry about people she doesn''t know.

    If it were in her past life, she might not have posted anything at all. Perhaps falling in love has softened her heart a bit?

    As for the officials, they announced early on that they had sent people to rescue the victims. Many people are praying!

 Chapter 201: Serve the People

    <h4>Chapter 201</h4>

    "Blogger, since you''re so amazing, do you know what will happen to the residents on that ind next?"

    "Will those people be safe? Or..."

    Someone asked this in thements of Chu Yang''s Weibo post.

    "Who are you? Have you paid for this?"

    "Seriously, do you think our blogger just says anything without thought? Even fortune tellers talk about not revealing heavenly secrets. If our blogger casually spills such secrets, wouldn''t you be causing her harm!"

    These defenders of Chu Yang were her loyal fans, some of them her clients, who absolutely believed in the Prophecy Little Witch.

    Chu Yangter logged in and saw these messages, but she didn''t reply. What could she say? If they could be saved, of course they''d be safe. If not, the consequences were obvious. And of course, the people on that ind couldn''t stay there anymore; they might need to leave their homes behind.

    These weren''t things Chu Yang could control.

    Dong Zhen, the social media manager for the North District Police Station in Jing City, thought this Prophecy Little Witch blogger might actually have something special. Recently, their department had released information about a wanted fugitive in a major case, hoping for leads from the public. But after a long time, no one hade forward with any clues. The department had been following up, but there hadn''t been any progress.

    Since that was the case, why not ask her?

    No sooner said than done, he directly sent a private message to the Prophecy Little Witch using the official ount: "Hello, do you have any leads regarding this major criminal? [Image attached]"

    After sending the message, Dong Zhen waited for a reply.

    Chu Yang only repliedte at night when she was about to sleep. She had to go home tomorrow, so she wanted to sleep early tonight. Chi Yan had wanted to "exercise," but Chu Yang tly refused, saying, "Rest well, don''t move around!"

    She checked her phone to see if there were any messages from clients and saw that the North District Police Station had actually sent her a message.

    Since it was about serving the people, she decided to take a look.

    After reading it, Chu Yang immediately replied: "Officer, he''s right across from your house. P.S.: Act quickly, or he''ll escape again soon."

    Dong Zhen, who was on duty, was looking at other cases when his phone buzzed. He nced at it and saw that the blogger had actually sent him a message.

    Dong Zhen immediately opened the message and read it, his face changing dramatically! He had beening homete recently and, due to heavy workload, wasn''t often at home. He remembered his wife mentioning that someone had moved in next door, a man, but he hadn''t paid much attention and hadn''t met him. After all, he''de home sote that everyone was asleep, and leave so early that no one was up yet.

    "Brother Chen, I have information on the criminal Jiang Da!"

    The people discussing the case immediately looked at him with intense gazes. "Dong Zhen? What information?"

    "Someone recently moved in across from my house, and it might be him!" His wife and child were still at home, damn it, they could be in danger! He had to get back quickly! "Brother Chen, I need to go home. I''m worried about my family''s safety."

    Chen Chongshan immediately called two officers. "Dong Zhen, we''ll go with you."

    Late at night, the Qingjiang Residential Area was filled with a series of rapid sounds. Faintly, one could hear shouts of "Don''t move!" and "I''ll shoot!"

    Many people were woken up by the noise. "What''s going on?"

    "Sounds like it''s upstairs?"

    "Who is it? Making such a racket? Why all this noise sote at night?"

    Zhang Hun was drowsily awakened by a loud noise outside, and she thought she heard her husband''s voice. Huh? Had her husbande back?

    Zhang Hun walked out of the bedroom, turned on the lights, and opened the door. She was immediately shocked to see her husband grabbing someone. "Honey?"

    Dong Zhen quickly handed the criminal over to Chen Chongshan, then pulled Zhang Hun inside. "Don''t look, we''re arresting a criminal."

    Zhang Hun''s heart was pounding. "That... the neighbor is a criminal?"

    Dong Zhen held her hand tofort her. "Don''t be afraid, we''ve caught him. It''s alright now. I need to go handle some things and will be backter. Stay home, lock the door, and don''te out, okay?"

    Zhang Hun nodded, "O-okay. I understand."

    After Dong Zhen left, Zhang Hun sat on the sofa to rest and calm herself down. Who would have thought that the person who had just moved in recently was actually a criminal? She had even greeted him before. How terrifying!

    ...

    The department was thrilled about catching the major criminal!

    "Dong Zhen, where did you get the information?"

    "Yeah, did you see the criminal when you went home and just didn''t recognize him? Did you suddenly rememberst night? You need to improve your identification skills!"

    Dong Zhen scratched his head, "No! I hadn''t even seen the guy. Haven''t I been working overtimetely? I get home sote everyone''s asleep, and leave so early in the morning toe here. I didn''t even know a man had moved in across from us. My wife told me, but I hadn''t met him."

    "Then how did you get the information?"

    Dong Zhen suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. "You know that Prophecy Little Witch who''s been popr online recently? I quietly asked her, and she told me."

    Everyone stared at him.

    "Really?"

    "Damn, is it true? Let''s see!"

    "Why don''t we ask her for help again? See about other criminals?"

    "What are you all doing? Did you pay her? You think it''s that easy?" Chen Chongshan, standing to the side, dispersed the crowd. "If you have time, go look into other cases outside. Dong Zhen,e here for a moment."

    "Yes, sir."

    After everyone dispersed, Chen Chongshan quietly asked Dong Zhen, "What you just said, is it true?"

    Dong Zhen nodded, "Yes, senior. Take a look."

    Dong Zhen showed Chen Chongshan the private messages he had exchanged with the Prophecy Little Witch.

    "Did you ask how much it costs? We can reimburse you for the expense. It''s not easy to get a response from such an expert. We shouldn''t bother her again unless absolutely necessary." Otherwise, they might not have enough money.

    "I haven''t asked yet. I''ll do it right away."

    "Alright."

    ...

    Soon, Dong Zhen told Chu Yang that they had caught the criminal and asked how much they owed her.

    Prophecy Little Witch: "It''s a service to the people, no charge. But next time, there will be a fee~"

    "Thank you, master. We understand!"

    Dong Zhen cheerfully said to Chen Chongshan, "The blogger said it''s free, serving the people! Indeed, the blogger''s consciousness is truly high! I want to follow her, though it might cost money next time."

    Chen Chongshan nodded, "That''s good. Now, get to work."

    "Yes, sir."

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang was already on her way home. Today was uneventful, except for some traffic congestion; everything else went smoothly.

    In the afternoon, she arrived home. This time, Chi Yan had of course brought gifts, but he didn''t dare bring too much to avoid Chu''s Mom''s nagging. Besides, every time he brought things over, Chu''s Mom would also make him take a bunch of stuff back.

    He was already quite familiar with Chu Yang''s home, so he didn''t stand on ceremony. He helped himself to some water and washed his hands, as if it were his own home.

 Chapter 202: Someone is getting married in the village

    <h4>Chapter 202</h4>

    Chu''s Mom prepared a delicious meal for the two of them. Chi Yan slurped down arge bowl of noodles and then sat on the sofa, patting his stomach contentedly. "Aunt, your cooking is truly delicious."

    Chu''s Mom, overhearing this, smiled so broadly that the wrinkles around her eyes became especially pronounced. "If Little Yan enjoys it, he should eat more next time."

    "Hehe. Thank you, Aunt. Let me help you clean up."

    "No need, no need. I''ll take care of it. You two just arrived, so rest for a bit." Chu''s Mom swiftly cleared away the bowls and chopsticks and headed to the kitchen, leaving Chu Yang and Chi Yan to rx in the living room.

    Chi Yan looked around and noticed someone was missing. "Chu Luo hasn''te back yet?"

    Chu Yang replied, "Mom said he has the day off today, so he should be back soon."

    Chi Yan nodded, his eyes darting around. Seizing the moment when no one was around, he suddenly pulled Chu Yang into her room.

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chi Yan: "I have to leave soon. Let''s kiss for a bit."

    One kiss was never going to be enough. They shared many, many kisses, and things nearly got out of hand!

    Chi Yan buried his face in Chu Yang''s neck, gently nibbling. "Remember to miss me, remember to call and video chat with me."

    "I know, I know." Wasn''t it always like this?

    "Well, I''m off then. It''s gettingte. One more kiss."

    After dawdling for a while longer, Chi Yan finally straightened his clothes and left Chu Yang''s room. Chu Yang tidied herself up and saw him out. "Aunt, I''m heading home now," Chi Yan called towards the kitchen.

    Chu''s Mom wiped her hands and came out. "Wait a moment, I have something for you to take back."

    "No need, Aunt. I have everything at home."

    "You do need it. You don''t have my homemade sausages at your ce." Saying this, Chu''s Mom grabbed arge bag of items and put them in Chi Yan''s car. "These are all from the countryside. Don''t look down on them."

    Chi Yan waved his hands, "Not at all, not at all. Aunt''s homemade things are especially delicious. I can''t get enough of them."

    Chu''s Mom beamed like a flower. "That''s good, that''s good. Drive safely on your way back."

    "Mm-hmm."

    After hugging Chu Yang, Chi Yan got into his car. Chu Yang waved goodbye to him.

    The car quickly disappeared from view, and Chu Yang returned to her room to tidy up. As she was organizing, she discovered a set of Chi Yan''s clothes in her suitcase? What was going on? Had Chi Yan originally nned to stay here?

    Chu Yang took a photo and sent it to Chi Yan, asking about it.

    However, Chi Yan was driving and couldn''t reply immediately.

    A few hourster, Chi Yan finally arrived home and responded: "I was worried you might miss me. If you do, you can sleep hugging my clothes at night."

    Chu Yang: ...Who''s as perverted as him!

    Wait a minute! She had a bunch of clothes at his ce. What if he missed her at night? Would he do weird things with her clothes?

    Chu Yang covered her eyes. She always felt that Chi Yan was capable of doing such creepy and perverted things. And she could only pretend not to know anything, otherwise, if she acknowledged it, he might be even more perverted!

    By this time, Chu Luo had returned home. When he heard that Chi Yan had dropped off his sister, he asked, "Where is he?"

    Chu Yang: "Who? Your future brother-inw? He went back."

    Chu Luo muttered, "He''s not staying here?"

    Chu Yang nced at him, "What are you talking about? It''s almost New Year''s, why would he stay? He has his own family too."

    Chu Luo said nothing. He felt that Chi Yan had wanted to stay but couldn''t, and maybe his sister hadn''t agreed!

    The days at home weren''t much different from before, except that now that Chu Luo was back, vige kids would asionallye over to y with him.

    On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, someone in the vige was getting married and had invited their family. Early in the morning, Chu''s parents went to help out, while Chu Yang and Chu Luo went for lunch at noon.

    During the meal, Chu Yang and Chu Luo sat together. Their parents were still busy working and would probably eat after everyone else was finished. At their table, besides the siblings, there were other people Chu Yang didn''t know.

    In the past, Chu Yang wouldn''t have bothered to get to know them. Now, she didn''t have the time or opportunity, as she rarely came home, and when she did, she mostly helped around the house rather than socializing in the vige.

    But even if she didn''t know them, others knew her. After all, who didn''t know that the Chu family had a university student, and from A University no less?

    "You two must be the Chu siblings? You both look so good," a woman sitting across from them said, looking at Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang politely nodded, "Yes, hello, sister."

    "Hahaha." The woman was so pleased to be called "sister" that sheughed, covering her mouth. "As expected of a university student, so polite. I''m not a sister though, I''m older than your mother. You can call me Auntie."

    "Hello, Auntie."

    "Ah! I live at the end of the vige, at your Uncle Tie''s house. You might not remember me. You''re studying at A University, right? What year are you in?"

    "Third year."

    "Already in third year? So in about a year, you''ll be looking for work? But it''s easy for university students to find jobs. I can see you''re capable, you''ll definitely earn over ten thousand a month." Most vigers thought this way: university graduates were valuable, could get decent jobs right after graduation, and earn a lot of money.

    Chu Yang just smiled without saying anything. Not every university graduate earned over ten thousand right out of school; many might only earn three thousand a month. But she didn''t bother exining this, as people probably wouldn''t believe her anyway.

    The woman then turned her gaze to Chu Luo, "Little Luo is in high school now, right? Have you thought about which university you want to attend? I heard your grades are good. Will you go to A University like your sister?"

    Chu Luo nced at Chu Yang, then replied, "It''s not certain yet. It depends on my college entrance exam results."

    "That''s true. Well, work hard then."

    "I will, I will."

    Soon, the food was served, and everyone started eating. The attention and conversation shifted away from the two siblings, much to their relief. It was quite awkward being surrounded by so many unfamiliar faces.

    After the meal, they went to see the bride. She was beautiful, wearing a red cheongsam and smiling happily.

    They had another meal in the evening, after which Chu Luo and Chu Yang headed home first. Their parents stayed behind to help out a bit more before returning hometer.

    That night, as they were going to bed, Chu''s Mom nudged Chu''s Dad, "How much money have we saved up?"

    Chu''s Dad shook his head, "How would I know? Aren''t you the one who deposits the money?"

    Chu''s Mom: "I''ve forgotten how much money we have." In any case, they would save whatever they earned, with the rest going towards their child''s tuition and living expenses.

    Chu''s Mom sighed, "Today, Guang''s Mother told me that she knows Chu Yang is in her third year of university, which means she''ll be working in just over a year. She asked if we''ve prepared money for her house. Property prices in Jing City are high, so we''d need to pay at least a down payment. Otherwise, buying in downtown Jiazhou City would be fine too, depending on where Chu Yang ends up working. So I wanted to check how much we''ve saved, to see if we can pay a down payment for Chu Yang or something like that."

    Chu''s Dad felt the pressure too. Time had passed so quickly, and their child had grown up.

 Chapter 203: Career Choices

    <h4>Chapter 203</h4>

    "Let''s ask Yang again tomorrow about where she ns to work after graduation."

    "I''m sure it will be in Jing City. Yan is in Jing City, and they''re close, so she''ll definitely want to develop her career there."

    "I wonder what housing prices are like in Jing City? Will our savings be enough?"

    "We could buy a small ce. Let''s look into it more tomorrow."

    "Alright."

    ...

    Early the next morning, Chu''s Mom got up to find their bankbook. When she opened it, there was 150,000 yuan inside. Several tens of thousands of that had actually been sent back by Chu Yang for them to save.

    This money had been saved over the past two years. The family''s situation had improved during that time, thanks to how capable their daughter and son were. Both of them had excellent grades, not only qualifying for tuition waivers but also earning schrships. Most of the time, they didn''t need money from their parents. Yang in particr even sent money back home. The family had bought a three-wheeled cart, making it more convenient to sell things on the street, allowing them to save more money.

    Besides the 150,000 yuan in the bankbook, they had about 20,000 yuan in another card for daily expenses.

    At lunchtime, Chu''s Mom carefully asked Chu Yang, "Yang, where do you n to work after graduation?"

    Chu Yang looked up. "Why do you ask?"

    Chu Luo swallowed his food and said, "In Jing City, of course. Isn''t that where sis goes to school?" Most people from their area went to work in Jing City, as there were fewer job opportunities and lower pay in Jiazhou City.

    Chu''s Mom said, "If you''re going to build your career in Jing City, your dad and I have been saving money to help you with a down payment on a small apartment there. At least you''d have a ce to call home in Jing City."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "There''s no need. I''m going to continue with graduate school, so I won''t be graduating so soon. Besides, housing in Jing City is too expensive. You should keep your money for your retirement. Don''t worry about me; I can earn money myself. Luo still has to go to college, too."

    Chu Luo looked up from beside her. "When I go to college, I can earn my own tuition." He knew he could do part-time work in college.

    Afraid that her parents would worry, Chu Yang added, "If I be a teacher after graduation, the school might provide housing. There''s no rush about the housing situation; I haven''t even graduated yet."

    She was just saying that about being a teacher to ease their concerns. Their small amount of savings wouldn''t be enough to buy a house in Jing City, not even for a down payment. It was better for them to keep it for their retirement. She could earn money herself anyway.

    When Chu''s Mom heard Yang mention bing a teacher, she immediately nodded in approval. "Being a teacher is good. Just let us know when you need help."

    Chu Yang nodded. "Let''s eat. I''ve been rmended for graduate school, so I''ll be studying for another two years."

    Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom didn''t fully understand, but "rmended for graduate school" sounded impressive, so they expressed their happiness repeatedly.

    As parents, they were naturally delighted that their children were doing well.

    In truth, Chu Yang hadn''t really thought about what she wanted to do after graduation. When the topic came up today, she felt a moment of uncertainty. In her previous life, she hadn''t gone out to work, instead running her "Little Witch of Prophecy" ount. She had her parents'' house, never worried about food or clothing, and her desires were modest, so her earnings were enough. But now things were different.

    If she was going to live in Jing City in the future, she would need to earn money to buy her own house. The housingplex in Hua Country made her want her own ce, even though she had always lived with Chi Yan. It didn''t prevent her from wanting to buy her own house.

    Looking at her savings again, it wasn''t enough. Maybe she could buy a very small apartment in the suburbs, but that would be too far from the city center and inconvenient.

    She still needed to earn more money.

    The main question now was what she would do in the future. Could she just stay at home and give people prophecies? That didn''t seem right, especially since she now had family and a boyfriend, unlike in her previous life when she was alone.

    She needed to work hard and make something of herself.

    That evening, during a video call with Chi Yan, Chu Yang brought up the subject: "What do you think I could do in the future?"

    Chi Yan, of course, thought she could do anything, his Yang was so excellent. But he knew he couldn''t just say anything would do, so he analyzed based on her major.

    "You could continue your studies, get a Ph.D., do research, and teach at a university. If you don''t want to teach at a university, high school or middle school is also an option. That''s one career path. Another option is to take the civil service exam and get a government job. I could ask my cousin to give you some training, or we could enroll in a prep course together. Your aunt and uncle would definitely be happy with these two options in the public sector, but it depends on whether you like them.

    Then there''s the option of working for apany. There are two types: state-owned enterprises, which are more stable. Some positions are rtively rxed, the pay isn''t high but you can have your own life. Others might be busier. I can help you look into those. The other type is private enterprises, which include bothrge and smallpanies. Of course, I''d rmend argepany, like Chi Corporation." At this point, Chi Yan emphasized "Chi Corporation" heavily.

    Chu Yangughed. "So you want me toe work as a ve for your family''spany?"

    Chi Yan coughed. "Who said anything about being a ve? You coulde be the boss''s wife."

    Chu Yang spat yfully. "Psh, continue with what you were saying."

    Chi Yan became serious again. "Largepanies usually have better systems and benefits. Based on your major, you could do work like reception, clerical work, secretarial work, editing, or PR, writing articles and materials. These align well with your major."

    "Lastly, there''s the option of working from home in a frence capacity, such as being a writer, managing social media ounts, and so on. In any case, I''ll support whatever you choose to do! If you want to start a business, I can invest."

    After hearing all this, Chu Yang''s head was spinning a bit. "Invest? Aren''t you afraid of going bankrupt?"

    Chi Yan patted his chest confidently. "I''m not afraid of losing that small investment. It''s just for you to y around with."

    Chu Yang thought to herself: Right, her Chi Yan might be a tycoon in the future.

    "Well, there''s still plenty of time. We can decide when the timees. Who knows what might change in the meantime? Or do you have any other suggestions?" Chu Yang asked.

    Chi Yan: "Of course, what I''d really like is for you to work right under my nose. But if we''re talking about career choices, I actually lean more towards you doing research at a university or bing a civil servant. Those are rtively leisurely and stable jobs, so you wouldn''t have to work so hard. But of course, the choice is yours."

    Chu Yang understood. "Alright then, thanks for the advice, boyfriend. I''ll think it over carefully."

    "Mm-hmm. Even if you decide to stay at home and do nothing, that''s fine too. I''ll take care of you!" After all, he could certainly afford it.

    Chu Yang, of course, didn''t want to be useless. "No, thanks. I study hard because I want to contribute my share to human society. I can''t just be deadweight." Mainly because when people stay at home doing nothing, it''s really easy to be worthless. People still need to do something, even if it''s just small tasks.

 Chapter 204: Big Man Picking His Feet

    <h4>Chapter 204</h4>

    It was still early, so there was no need to think about it in detail until closer to graduation.

    This winter was colder than usual, with snow falling for several days in a row. Chu Yang had been staying at home, warming herself by the fire and rarely going out. Sometimes she would roast sweet potatoes and corn in the fire, which was quite delicious.

    As for Chi Yan, he was much busier this year. Since he had been helping out at thepany, he had been working there continuously after Chu Yang left Jing City, only getting a break during the holidays. Even during the New Year holiday, he attended weddings and banquets, and some people even tried to introduce women to him, all of whom Chi Yan promptly cklisted.

    Thepany only had a seven-day holiday. After that, Chi Yan had to get up early and go to work in the cold weather. On his way to work, he could asionally hear festive New Year''s music ying on the streets.

    The first day back at work wasn''t too busy, just handing out red envelopes. A long queue of people lined up to wish him a prosperous New Year, and he gave out red envelopes to everyone.

    Finally finished with distributing the envelopes, Chi Yan thought that since everyone had received their New Year''s red envelope, his dear Yang Yang should have one too. So early that morning, Chu Yang received a New Year''s red envelope from Chi Yan.

    Looking outside at the gloomy sky, it seemed very cold. Shivering, Chu Yang burrowed back into her nkets. Poor A-Yan had to go to work so early.

    Today, Chu Yang received a private message from one of her early fan clients. ording to previous messages, the fan was named Chen Shu, also a young man from Jing City. He said he was going to meet an online friend in a couple of days and wanted to know how it would turn out.

    In reality, Chen Shu had fallen into an online romance. Feeling insecure and worried that the other person might not like him, he wanted to ask for advice.

    However, he didn''t explicitly say this, only telling the Prophecy Little Witch that he was going to meet an online friend.

    Chu Yang took a look and then asked, "Are you going to meet a uncouth man?"

    Chen Shu: ???

    Chen Shu: "What uncouth man? I''m going to meet my sweet little princess."

    Prophecy Little Witch: "Oh, you might have been scammed. Since you''re one of my first fans, I''ll give you a friendly price of 200 yuan this time, considering you seem to have been scammed out of so much money."

    Chen Shu: !!!

    Chen Shu had always believed in the Prophecy Little Witch, but at this moment, he suddenly had some doubts. However, he quickly came to his senses. How could he doubt the Prophecy Little Witch? He had been a fan for so long, and every time her predictions had been spot on!

    So, he really had been scammed! Ah ah ah ah!

    His sweet little princess was an uncouth man?

    Ah ah ah ah!

    Chen Shu clutched his head and wept!

    The Prophecy Little Witch sent another message: "You even believed fake photos? You''re too naive."

    Chen Shu: Wuwuwuwuwu...

    After transferring money to the Prophecy Little Witch, Chen Shu immediately turned to confide in Yan Xu.

    "The Little Witch blogger said my sweetie is an uncouth man QAQ."

    Yan Xu: "Didn''t I tell you not to trust that? How much money did you lose?"

    Chen Shu''s face turned ashen: "Over a hundred thousand!"

    Yan Xu: "Report it to the police. You might as well have given that hundred thousand to me, I could have introduced you to some pretty girls! Why bother looking online!"

    Chen Shu looked at him: "Why didn''t you say so earlier? Do you know any pretty girls who are good at gaming?" He had originally met his "sweet little princess" through gaming, and now to find out that his supposed goddess was actually an uncouth man was enough to make his world copse!

    Yan Xu gave him a sidelong nce: "No. Anyway, report it to the police first, and in a few days,e with me to attend a party."

    Chen Shu: QAQ...

    A few dayster, Yan Xu and Chen Shu were whispering in a corner at the party.

    "See that one over there? She''s from the Ji Family. What do you think?"

    Chen Shu took a look and nodded, "She''s alright, but I don''t think she''d be interested in me." He was self-aware enough to know that.

    Yan Xu: "I heard the Ji Family wants to form a marriage alliance with the Chi Family, but the Chi Family didn''t agree."

    Chen Shu, not very familiar with the social circles here, asked, "Why? And why are you introducing her to me then?"

    Yan Xu shrugged: "Don''t know, probably don''t like her. Nevermind, I''ll introduce you to another one. That one over there is from the Lin Family, just returned from abroad."

    Chen Shu: "Is she older than me?"

    Yan Xu: "A little older is fine."

    Chen Shu shook his head, "Anyone else?"

    Yan Xu: "Look over there, any of those girls would do."

    Chen Shu shook his head, "Forget it, I don''t know any of them." His sweet little princess turned out to be an uncouth man, his heart was already dead.

    The two of them continued chattering in the corner. Yan Xu, having drunk too much water, needed to use the bathroom. "Go chat with some people and get to know them. Good luck, I''m going to the bathroom."

    "..."

    Chi Yan hadn''t expected to encounter such a messy situation at a party. Seeing the clearly drugged Ji Family''s eldest daughter with a flushed face in front of him, Chi Yan turned and ran, not wanting to get involved. Running to a corner, he thought for a moment and then said to a nearby young man, "There''s a girl over there who seems to be sick, could you please go check on her?"

    Chen Shu: ???

    Why was he being asked? But Chi Yan had already left.

    Chen Shu thought about it and decided to go take a look. To his surprise, it was the Ji Family''s eldest daughter that Yan Xu had introduced earlier. It was obvious that she had been set up. Oh well, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. In the end, Chen Shu simply shouted, "Help!"

    Ji Ke, slumped on the ground and feeling awful: ??? What help?

    Yan Xu, returning: Chen Shu, what did you do?

    Chen Shu insisted he hadn''t done anything, but a crowd of people had gathered and were all staring at him.

    Chen Shu: "I don''t know anything, okay? She was already like this when I arrived!" If he had known, he wouldn''t havee. Wuwuwu, why was he so unluckytely?

    In the end, Yan Xu dragged Chen Shu away. As for Ji Ke''s situation, well, it wasn''t their problem.

    Chen Shu: "I was just standing there minding my own business when a guy came up and said there was a sick girl over there and asked me to go check on her."

    Yan Xu: "What guy? What did he look like?"

    Chen Shu described the man''s appearance.

    Yan Xu sighed, "That must have been the young master of the Chi Family. I didn''t expect the Ji Family to resort to such underhanded tactics after their marriage alliance was rejected. But the young master Chi was too smart for them and ran away. I shouldn''t have brought you here."

    Chen Shu: "Aiya! I''m going to ask the blogger if I''m just having a streak of bad luck and if there''s anything I can do about it."

    At the time, everyone present assumed that the Ji Family had tried to force a marriage with the Chi Family through underhanded means, not knowing that they wouldn''t fall for it.

    At this moment, Ji Ke was lying on the bed, crying. She didn''t do it!!!

    She had merely identally drunk someone else''s drink, but even after exining herself, no one believed her. During thest car race, she had already said she wouldn''t agree to the arranged marriage. What kind of man couldn''t Ji Ke find on her own? This party was just someone''s attempt to climb the socialdder, who knew the drug would end up in her drink! Thankfully, nothing serious happened to her in the end. Ji Ke pounded her fists against the pillow! Ever since her family mentioned the arranged marriage with the Chi Family, she felt like her luck had turned sour!

    The Chi Family was her bad luck charm!

 Chapter 205: High School Days

    <h4>Chapter 205</h4>

    Chu Luo started school early, as high school students have a heavy study load. This time, Chu Yang again let him go to school on his own. Once again, she ran into Chu Luo''s roommates, who all politely called her "big sister" this and that. It felt quite nice!

    Looking at these vibrant young people, she couldn''t help but feel nostalgic for her own high school days.

    In the evening after returning home, Chu Yang asked Chi Yan, "What was your high school life like? Did you wake up at 6 AM and go to bed at 10 PM? Or did you go to school around 7 or 8 AM and finish sses after 5 PM? Oh, it must have been thetter, right? I remember you went to one of those expensive high schools."

    Chi Yan did indeed attend a very expensive high school. The Mingxi High School he attended was known as an elite private school. Students wore beautiful uniforms, and every morning around 7 AM, a driver would take him to school, then pick him up around 5 PM in the afternoon. They had sses five days a week, with weekends off.

    "Although we finished school early, we still had to study other subjects after returning home," he said. His family had hired tutors, so he wasn''t exactly rxed. He also had various sses on weekends, and this routine had started since kindergarten. It only ended when he entered university.

    Chu Yang eximed, "Wow! So were your courses very different from regr high schools?"

    "Not that different. We still had Chinese, Math, English, and the like. Those interested in arts had other types of art sses. The focus was just a bit different."

    Chu Yang understood - it was elite education after all.

    "Look at you, already a big shot in university. Were you also popr in high school? Was there something like an F4 group?" Chu Yang was curious, as this seemed like the kind of high school often depicted in romance novels.

    Chi Yan was indeed popr in high school, but he only had a close circle of friends. Yuan Zhi was part of his group. There wasn''t an F4, but there was something like an F10 - the top 10 most handsome guys in school.

    But telling Chu Yang about this seemed a bit embarrassing, so Chi Yan just said, "Ahem, no, there wasn''t an F4."

    Chu Yang was skeptical: "Really? Even universities have campus heartthrobs. Weren''t you one in high school?"

    Chi Yan felt a bit shy: "Well, yes, but it wasn''t that dramatic." In fact, it was quite dramatic. He had received enough love letters during his three years of high school to fill several garbage bags, but he never read a single one. At that time, he disdained such things. He had a heavy study load and didn''t have the energy to focus on romance. He''d rather participate in academicpetitions, which at least interested him somewhat.

    "Did you receive love letters and such? Oh, I''m sure people confessed to you! Did you have any close female friends?" Chu Yang asked out of curiosity.

    Chi Yan immediately replied, "No! I didn''t have any close female friends. I didn''t hang out with girls back then. You''re the first girl I''ve ever been close to."

    Chu Yangughed at this, "Don''t be so nervous, I''m just curious. It''s fine if you didn''t, but you must have received love letters, right?"

    On the video call, Chi Yan rubbed his nose, "There were some, but I never read them. Back then, I only cared about studying!" He insisted he was a good student!

    "That''s nice, youth indeed!" Chu Yang thought about her own youth, which consisted of nothing but solving problems. Well, everyone''s youth is different after all.

    "Next time, I''ll take you to see my school. It''s quite beautiful," Chi Yan offered.

    "Sure, that sounds great."

    Chi Yan smiled, even thinking about getting a set of high school uniforms for Chu Yang to try on. He cleared his throat, finding the idea quite appealing...

    "By the way, I''ming back on the 8th. You don''t need to pick me up, I''ll take the high-speed train myself. You have work, don''t take time off. I''ll call you when I arrive," Chu Yang shared her n.

    Chi Yan checked the date, which was after the Lantern Festival. "Alright, I''ll have someone clean the house first." After Chu Yang left, he had been staying at the family home to keep his familypany. He decided he''d move back to the Forest Garden Community a couple of days before Chu Yang''s return.

    "Mm-hmm."

    Before returning to school, Chu Yang took her parents for a medical check-up. The results came back the next day, showing no major issues, just some high uric acid and slightly elevated blood pressure.

    "Don''t work too hard, rest when you''re tired. Health is the most important thing. Don''t earn money at the expense of your health, it''s not worth it, okay?" Chu Yang advised her parents.

    "Dad, don''t smoke so much, and go easy on the alcohol. Mom, use the skincare products I bought you every day. Eat whatever you want at home, don''t try to save money. Money isn''t saved by skimping."

    Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom nodded continuously as they listened to their daughter''s nagging. "We know, we know. Don''t worry, we''ve got it under control."

    An Auntie standing nearby overheard their conversation and said to Chu''s Mom, "Your daughter is so filial! You two are truly blessed! Who says only sons are good? I think daughters are just as wonderful."

    Chu''s Mom beamed with happiness, "Yes, indeed. My daughter is the most capable and the best."

    Chu''s Dad nodded in agreement.

    The Auntie asked, "How old is your daughter? Does she have a boyfriend? Such a good girl must be in high demand."

    Chu''s Mom replied, "She''s still in university, but she already has a boyfriend."

    "Oh my, a university student! You really are fortunate!" the Auntie eximed again.

    Chu''s Mom was so happy she could barely contain herself. She chatted with the Auntie like old friends, and they even exchanged WeChat contacts.

    Chu Yang: ...

    Since Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom were fine, Chu Yang packed her luggage and prepared to return to school.

    On the day of her return, Chu''s Dad drove Chu Yang to town, from where she took transport to the train station. This journey was pleasant, with no screaming children or impolite passengers.

    She arrived at the Forest Garden Community around 3 PM. As she pulled her suitcase into theplex, she called Chi Yan: "Mm-hmm, I''ve arrived. Okay, I''ll wait for you toe back."

    After hanging up, Chu Yang opened the door and copsed on the sofa to rest. Chi Yan''s suit was still on the sofa, and there was a cup on the table, clear signs that he had stayed here the night before.

    Chu Yang first went into the bedroom to pack her luggage. As she nced at the bed, she spotted something lying there. "Ahhhh! Chi Yan, you pervert!"

    With a flushed face, Chu Yang quickly grabbed the clothes from the bed and tossed them into the washing machine. She then examined her hands, then looked back at the washing machine. There shouldn''t be any strange liquids, right?

    No, there wasn''t anything on her hands. If there had been, she would have beaten Chi Yan to death tonight!

    Chu Yang took a moment to calm herself down. As she continued packing, she remembered the clothes Chi Yan had put in her suitcase earlier. She seemed to have forgotten to bring them. Oh well! That guy had plenty of clothes; he wouldn''t miss one set!

 Chapter 206: Strange Things

    <h4>Chapter 206</h4>

    After packing her things, Chu Yang went to take a shower first. Once she finished showering and blow-drying her hair, she threw all her clothes into the washing machine and theny down on the bed to rest for a while.

    Chi Yan left work around 5 o''clock and hurried to the Forest Garden Community. As he entered theplex, the security guard specifically said, "I just saw your girlfriende back."

    "Okay, thank you."

    Chi Yan opened the door and called out, "Yang Yang?"

    There was no response. Chi Yan changed his shoes and went inside. No one was in the living room or kitchen, and there was no sound from the bathroom. She must be in the bedroom.

    Chi Yan quietly pushed open the bedroom door and saw a lump under the covers. His Yang Yang was sleeping.

    Chi Yan sat down on the edge of the bed and lifted the covers slightly. He saw Chu Yang''s rosy little face as she slept, and his expression immediately softened. He leaned down to kiss her cheek, but feeling it wasn''t enough, he continued to kiss her little mouth, then gave it a gentle suck. Finally, he tucked her in properly and quietly walked out to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

    About an hourter, Chi Yan had finished cooking. He opened the bedroom door again and gently called out, "Honey, time to wake up for dinner?"

    Chu Yang made a soft "mmm" sound and rolled over without opening her eyes.

    Chi Yan reached out to stroke her cheek. "Well then, I''m going to kiss you. If you don''t answer, that means you agree." Saying this, Chi Yan leaned down...

    Chu Yang felt something nibbling at her and waved her hand, which was caught. She opened her eyes to see Chi Yan kissing her.

    Chu Yang was now fully awake and pushed Chi Yan slightly. He finally let her go.

    After catching her breath for a moment, Chu Yang said, "Oh, you''re back?"

    "Mm-hmm, I''ve made dinner. Let''s eat."

    Chu Yang yawned and got out of bed, putting on a jacket. She seemed to have slept for quite a while. "What time is it?"

    Chi Yan checked his watch. "It''s 7 o''clock."

    Chu Yang washed her face first, then sat down at the dining table. Chi Yandled her a bowl of soup. "Have some soup first."

    "Mm-hmm."

    After dinner, Chu Yang told Chi Yan to go rest while she washed the dishes, considering he had worked all day and still cooked for her.

    Speaking of which, Chi Yan stood beside Chu Yang to help and said, "I think I''ll hire a housekeeper to cook. That way we''ll have meals even when we''re busy."

    Chu Yang had no objections, given Chi Yan''s heavy workload with his studies and career. She couldn''t possiblye back from school every day to cook for him. "That sounds good."

    Chi Yan said, "I''ll call my assistant in a bit to arrange it."

    "Mm-hmm."

    After washing the dishes, they sat on the couch to watch TV. Soon, Chi Yan''s phone rang with a work call. Chu Yang continued watching TV while Chi Yan worked on hisptop nearby.

    When it was time and Chi Yan had finished his work, he took a shower first. When he came out, he immediately picked up Chu Yang and carried her to the bedroom.

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chi Yan nuzzled her forehead. "Time for bed, hmm?"

    That "hmm?" was quite seductive. Chu Yang instantly understood what he wanted to do. As Chi Yan set her down on the bed, Chu Yang suddenly remembered the clothes she had seen earlier and immediately questioned him: "Did you do something weird while I was gone?"

    Chi Yan''s hand paused on the top button of Chu Yang''s clothes, confused. "What do you mean by ''something weird''?"

    Chu Yang''s face flushed. "Well, why were my clothes on the bed today?"

    Chi Yan immediately understood what Chu Yang was implying. He leaned in close, his breath on her face, his voice low, "So what kind of ''weird things'' is Yang Yang thinking of?"

    "Like this?" Chi Yan kissed her once, then again. "Or like this?"

    Chu Yang pushed him slightly, but couldn''t move him. "Just... as long as you didn''t do anything weird!"

    Chi Yan undid her top button. "Weird things? You mean like holding your clothes and doing this and that? Actually, I did. I missed Yang Yang so much, I couldn''t help it..."

    Chu Yang''s eyes widened. "Chi Yan!"

    Chi Yan leaned in to kiss her. "Alright, alright. I just hugged them while sleeping, that''s all. If that''s the ''weird thing'' you''re talking about, I was waiting for you."

    Hearing him say that, Chu Yang immediately calmed down. "Don''t do that again in the future!"

    Chi Yan pulled up the covers. "Mm, as long as you''re here, I won''t. It''s gettingte, let''s rest..."

    ...

    After a while, Chu Yang''s slightly hoarse voice came from under the covers: "Chi Yan, don''t you have work tomorrow?"

    "I do, but it''s fine. Your husband has plenty of energy!"

    "...I want to sleep."

    "You sleep, I''ll take care of everything."

    "..."

    ...The next morning, when Chu Yang woke up, Chi Yan had already left for work. He had left her a note: "Honey~ I''ve gone to work. Remember to pick up your husband from work this afternoon, okay?"

    Chu Yang tossed the note aside and went back to bed! Not going! Not picking him up!

    However, by 4 pm, Chu Yang had dressed up and gone out. She left a bit early, parking her car next to the Chi Technology Building, waiting for Chi Yan to get off work.

    "I''m already here. Juste down when you''re done."

    "Okay~ [flying kiss]"

    As time ticked by, Chi Yan quickly wrapped up his work and prepared to leave, grabbing his suit jacket. "If there''s nothing urgent, I''m heading out. Call me if anythinges up."

    "Yes, sir."

    Chi Yan, with his suit jacket hanging on his left arm and briefcase in his right hand, strode out of the building and waved towards a particr spot.

    Seeing this, Chu Yang immediately drove over. Chi Yan quickly got in the car, and in the eyes of onlookers, a pink Maserati whisked away their general manager.

    This scene was witnessed by Chi Bai, who had juste downstairs. His physical condition had improved significantly, and he hade to thepany today for an inspection. He didn''t expect to see his grandson being picked up by a girl as he reached the first floor.

    "Who is that? Whose child?" Chi Bai asked Lu Shu beside him.

    Lu Shu lowered his head. "Well... that''s the young master''s girlfriend. As for whose family she''s from, I''m not sure."

    Chi Bai was stunned. "Girlfriend? This boy has a girlfriend? Does everyone know about this?"

    Lu Shu: "Uh... the young master doesn''t seem to have hidden it. Those who have seen probably know."

    "Never mind, let''s head back."

    Lu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes."

    In the evening, Chi Xin returned home and saw Old Man Chi Bai still sitting in the living room. "Dad, why aren''t you resting?"

    Chi Bai looked at Chi Xin: "Little Yan has a girlfriend now. Did you know about this?"

    Chi Xin''s heart skipped a beat. His father knew?

    Chi Bai could tell from one look that Chi Xin knew about it. "Do your second brother and his wife know?"

    Chi Xin scratched his head: "I think they know too."

    Chi Bai tapped his cane on the ground twice, "So it seems I''m the only one who didn''t know? What''s this about? Afraid I''m some feudal patriarch who would break them up?"

    Chi Xin said: "Dad, you probably couldn''t break them up even if you wanted to. Mingwu Daoist said they''re a match made in heaven."

    As soon as he finished speaking, Chi Xin received a re from Chi Bai.

 Chapter 207: Grandpa Knows

    <h4>Chapter 207</h4>

    "So, you all think I''m that kind of person?"

    Chi Xin felt a bit guilty, "No, no, this... this isn''t my girlfriend, it''s Yan''s. You should ask Yan for the details."

    Chi Bai: "I will ask for the details, but right now I''m asking why you all knew about this and kept it from me."

    Chi Xin: "Well... this is Yan''s private matter, what can I, as an uncle, say about it? Ouch!" Chi Xin was struck with a stick again.

    "Dad, why don''t we have Yane back tomorrow? Let him exin to you."

    Chi Bai fondled the stick in his hand, "So when did he get a girlfriend?"

    Chi Xin: "It seems like it''s been quite a while, at least a year or two."

    "That long? You mentioned earlier that Ming Wu Master said they were a match made in heaven? How did they meet?" Chi Bai was still curious. He knew what his grandson was like, so he wondered what kind of girl had managed to captivate him.

    Chi Xin didn''t know how they met either, since when Chi Yan introduced her, they seemed to have been dating for a while already. "I''m not sure how they met, but Yan''s girlfriend is a bit special."

    "Oh? How so?" Chi Bai was intrigued.

    Chi Xin chose his words carefully: "She''s a bit like those masters... you know, special like Ming Wu Master."

    Chi Bai frowned: "Is she a young nun?" Can young nuns even get married?

    "Cough cough!" Chi Xin almost choked on his saliva. "No, what I mean is that the youngdy seems to be able to foresee future events, and she has some abilities that ordinary people don''t have."

    "Oh? Well, I''d like to meet her. What does she look like?"

    "She''s quite a pretty girl, very polite. Oh, and I think she''s currently a student at A University, with very good grades."

    Chi Bai nodded, "That sounds pretty good." It seemed she wasn''t the type to be vain, though even if she was, it wouldn''t matter much since the Chi family was wealthy. As long as she wasn''t malicious at heart, it would be fine. After all, one should marry a virtuous wife, and the partner of the future heir of the Chi family should at least not bring disaster to the family.

    ...

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan was unaware that his grandfather already knew about the situation. He was discussing tomorrow''s ns with Chu Yang. He didn''t have to work tomorrow, so he could take her out, and they could stay upte tonight.

    "Shall we go mountain climbing? Want to?" Chi Yan was searching for famous scenic spots in Jing City, considering which mountain would be best to climb.

    "Sure, whatever you arrange is fine."

    "Alright." Chi Yan searched for a while and finally decided, "Let''s go to the Moon God Temple tomorrow, it''s on Phoenix Mountain."

    Chu Yang turned to look at him, "Moon God Temple?"

    Chi Yan nodded: "Yeah. I heard it''s very efficacious, we can go and pray there."

    Chu Yang was indifferent, "Okay."

    That night, lying in bed, Chi Yan inhaled the faint fragrance emanating from the person in his arms. They used the same shower gel, so why did Yang Yang smell so good? He couldn''t smell it on himself at all.

    During the time Chu Yang was away, he had several dreams at night. In those dreams, Chu Yang wasn''t there, or at least not the current Chu Yang. The feeling of emptiness when he woke up from those dreams was too painful. Now that she was back, he finally felt at ease.

    He hadn''t told Chu Yang about any of this, after all, they were just dreams.

    He had a dream once when he first lost his memory, and that dream felt particrly real. They say that what one thinks about during the day, one dreams about at night, but he hadn''t been thinking about anything during the day, so he didn''t know why he would have such dreams.

    That''s why he thought about going to pray together. He heard that the Moon God Temple also had a Three Lives Stone. When they went to pray together, thinking about three lives and three worlds made him feel happy.

    Chi Yan nted a heavy kiss on the cheek of the person in his arms, causing Chu Yang''s face to quickly turn red. Chu Yang drowsily swatted at him, "What are you doing in the middle of the night? Go to sleep."

    Chi Yan kissed her heavily again, "I just wanted to kiss you. Alright, I''ll go to sleep right away, I won''t disturb you."

    After saying this, Chi Yan held the person in his arms tightly and closed his eyes to sleep.

    The next day, they got up around 8 AM.

    After preparing everything, they drove towards Phoenix Mountain. The weather was nice today, and although it was still very cold, they were dressed warmly, so it was fine.

    Not long after they started driving, Chi Yan received a call from Chi Xin.

    "Uncle, good morning. What''s up?"

    "I''m nning to go mountain climbing with Yang Yang. Yeah, we''re climbing Phoenix Mountain."

    "What?" Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, who was puzzled and silently asked, "What''s wrong?"

    "Oh, okay, I''lle back in the evening. Mm-hmm. Alright, please tell grandfather for me."

    After hanging up the phone, Chi Yan said, "Uncle said grandfather saw us yesterday. Grandfather found out I have a girlfriend, and everyone in the family knew except him, so he''s upset. He wants me to go back tonight to exin."

    Chu Yang nodded, "It''s fine. You can go back after we finish climbing the mountain."

    "Mm-hmm." Chi Yan exined, "Actually, I''ve never tried to hide it. Was I supposed to go directly to grandfather and say, ''Grandfather, I have a girlfriend, I''ll bring her back for you to check out?''"

    Thisment made Chu Yangugh, "That does sound stupid when you think about it."

    Chi Yan continued, "Don''t worry, grandfather is actually very open-minded. Look at my father, uncle, and other uncles - none of them took over his business, but grandfather didn''t force them to."

    Chu Yang looked at him, "So since no one else took over, it had to be you?"

    Chi Yan nodded: "Yeah. My brother doesn''t want to do business either, so in the end, it had to be me. That''s why grandfather is more concerned about my development, and he might be more picky about my future partner. But don''t worry, everyone in the family who knows you is quite satisfied with you, I''m sure grandfather will like you too."

    Chu Yang wasn''t really worried, "Mm. Anyway, if anything happens, it''s your problem." Things like being separated and enduring a bitter love story definitely wouldn''t happen to her. She wasn''t the type who couldn''t live without love.

    Chi Yan reached out to hold her hand tightly, "Mm-hmm. I''ll take care of all the obstacles."

    Chu Yang swatted his hand away, "Focus on driving!"

    "Oh, okay."

    An hourter, they arrived at Phoenix Mountain. They parked the car at the foot of the mountain, bought tickets to enter, and then began to leisurely climb the mountain.

    They hade here to rx, so the two of them strolled leisurely. When tired, they rested on benches along the mountainside. Today''s sunlight wasn''t too intense, casting a warm glow on their bodies.

    asionally, they encountered other people on the path. They came across an elderly couple, holding hands tightly as they slowly climbed the mountain. At one point, the old couple even took out their phone for a selfie. Looking at the photo on their phone, the elderly pair exchanged smiles before continuing their slow ascent.

    Chi Yan watched them with envy and whispered in Chu Yang''s ear, "I hope we''ll be like them when we''re old."

    Chu Yang squeezed his hand and replied, "We''re already like them now."

    Chi Yan smiled, swinging their sped hands, "You''re right."

 Chapter 208: The Temple of the Matchmaker

    <h4>Chapter 208</h4>

    The couple walked slowly, stopping for half an hour at a pavilion halfway up the mountain to eat and rest before continuing their leisurely climb. It took them over two hours to reach the summit, where several buildings stood. One of these was their destination: the Matchmaker''s Temple.

    Hand in hand, they approached the temple entrance. Chu Yang noticed a young woman kneeling in prayer before the temple. Her eyes were closed, and the sunlight streaming in illuminated her profile, giving her an air of sincere devotion.

    The woman bowed three times before opening her eyes. She took a moment to stand up, then turned and saw Chi Yan and Chu Yang, looking slightly startled.

    Chu Yang smiled at her, and the woman returned the smile with a nod before leaving.

    After she left, Chi Yan led Chu Yang inside. "Let''s pay our respects too." He took out some incense from the bag he''d brought, lit three sticks, and ced them in the holder before the Matchmaker deity.

    Then he guided Chu Yang to kneel before the deity. Chu Yang turned to look at Chi Yan and saw how serious he was, his lips moving in silent prayer. The sunlight bathed his body, casting a long, narrow shadow as he bowed. At that moment, Chu Yang''s heart fluttered; she felt Chi Yan had reached a new level of handsomeness.

    Chu Yang turned back to face the Matchmaker deity, who bore a kindly smile, with a long beard and eyes that seemed to be gazing at their position.

    She closed her eyes and bowed three times.

    After paying their respects, Chi Yan led her to a small side room where someone was selling various items.

    Chi Yan brought her over and said, "This is a red string. We''ll buy one, cut it in half, and tie it together. This way, we''ll never be apart."

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan curiously. "How do you know all this?"

    Chi Yan grinned. "I researched itst night."

    The simple red string cost five yuan and was cut for free. Chi Yan tied it around Chu Yang''s wrist, and she did the same for him. They smiled at each other before leaving.

    Chi Yan then took her to the Three Lives Stone, which was actually just arge rock with the characters for "Three Lives Stone" carved into it.

    Chu Yang thought it was all man-made: there was no such thing as a real Three Lives Stone in this world. But as they say, belief makes it real, and disbelief negates it. Chi Yan seemed to believe in it wholeheartedly, so she was happy to go along with it.

    In front of the Three Lives Stone were many small pebbles arranged in pairs, some with names written on them.

    "So we need to ce small stones too?" Chu Yang asked.

    Chi Yan nodded and pulled two pebbles from his pocket, each engraved with their names...

    Chu Yang was surprised. "When did you do this?"

    Chi Yan replied, "Last night, of course."

    Chu Yang wondered how she hadn''t noticed.

    Chi Yan ced the two stones beside the Three Lives Stone, then took Chu Yang''s hand and said with a smile, "There, now we have two more lifetimes together." Three lifetimes seemed too few, but this was the Three Lives Stone. Why wasn''t there a Forever and Ever Stone? Chi Yan felt a bit greedy; he wanted to be with her for all eternity.

    After paying their respects, Chi Yan took her to other temples on Phoenix Mountain. There wasn''t just the Matchmaker''s Temple, but also the God of Wealth Temple, the Guanyin who Grants Children, and others. For Chinese people, it was customary to pay respects at all of them when visiting, so Chi Yan led her through each one. However, when they reached the Guanyin who Grants Children, Chu Yang stopped him. "Hmm? Are you hoping to get pregnant?"

    Chi Yan was momentarily confused, then realized what the sign said.

    Chu Yang burst intoughter.

    Chi Yan hugged her. "If I could get pregnant, I''d be fine with that. But you''d have to work hard at it."

    Chu Yang was defeated by his shamelessness. "Oh, stop it!"

    After touring the summit, they noticed it was gettingte. They rested briefly before heading back down.

    The descent was somewhat easier, but with their yful banter, it still took them over an hour.

    Sitting in the car, Chu Yang asked, "Are you dropping me off before going home?"

    Chi Yan shook his head. "Let''s have dinner first, then I''ll drop you off before heading home."

    "Alright."

    They went for hot pot, and then Chi Yan drove her home before returning to his own house.

    At eight in the evening, Chi Yan arrived at the family mansion. As soon as he entered, he saw the butler waiting at the door. "Where''s Grandfather? Has he eaten dinner?"

    "The master is in the study. He''s already had his evening meal."

    "That''s good."

    Chi Yan went straight to the study and knocked on the door.

    Chi Bai''s voice came from inside. "Come in."

    Chi Yan pushed open the door. "Grandfather."

    "Mm." Chi Bai was writing calligraphy with a brush, his hand steady as he made each stroke. He quickly finished a character and motioned for Chi Yan to sit.

    Chi Yan sat down in front of Chi Bai, who continued writing the next character. "Where did you go today?"

    Chi Yan felt a bit embarrassed. "I went on a date, we went hiking."

    Chi Bai nodded. "I hear you have a girlfriend? How long has it been?"

    Chi Yan replied, "It''s been almost two years now."

    Chi Bai nced at him. "So long? Why didn''t I know about this? Are you just ying around?"

    Chi Yan quickly shook his head. "No, not at all! I... I really like her. I''ve decided she''s the one." His face reddened slightly, unused to discussing such matters with family.

    "How did you meet?"

    Chi Yan recalled, "She kind of saved me. I was at the university, and if it weren''t for her, the whole car might have been in an ident..." He went on to describe their first meeting.

    He then recounted some of their subsequent experiences, concluding with, "She''s excellent, kind, and adorable. She''s filial to her parents, excels in her studies: I really like her, Grandfather."

    "I see." Chi Bai nodded. "In that case, bring her home to meet us when you have the chance."

    Chi Yan stood up excitedly. "Yes, of course. She''s really wonderful, Grandfather. I''m sure you''ll like her."

    Chi Bai snorted. "If you think I''ll like her, why am I the only one in the family who didn''t know you had a girlfriend?"

    Chi Yan looked remorseful. "I''m sorry, Grandfather. I was wrong."

    "It''s good that you recognize your mistake. But whether I like her or not doesn''t matter much, since I''m not the one in a rtionship with her. Just make sure you don''t regret your choice in the future."

    Chi Yan nodded firmly. "I will never regret it!"

    Chi Bai waved his hand. "Alright, you can go now."

    "Okay, Grandfather. Please take care of your health."

    "Mm."

    As Chi Yan came downstairs, he ran into Chi Xin, who had just returned home.

    Chi Xin gave him a look: How was it?

    Chi Yan smiled, "Grandfather asked me to bring Chu Yang over for a visit when I have time."

    Chi Xin: "That''s good then. Alright, you can go back now."

    "Mm-hmm."

    After Chi Yan left, Chi Xin went upstairs...

    Soon, Chi Bai''s voice could be heard: "Look at you, your nephew has been dating his girlfriend for two years now. What about you? When are you going to bring someone home?"

    Chi Xin: "Dad, you''re putting me in a difficult position. Ming Wu Master said I have a frog''s destiny."

    "Frog''s destiny? What frog''s destiny?"

    Chi Xin nodded vigorously, "Yes, the kind of frog that can only croak ''lonely, lonely, lonely''... Ouch! Dad, stop hitting me, I was wrong!"

 Chapter 209: Internship

    <h4>Chapter 209</h4>

    When Chi Yan returned to the Forest Garden Community, Chu Yang had just finished taking a shower. "You''re back?" she asked.

    Chi Yan took off his coat and changed his shoes. "Mm-hmm. Grandfather said to bring you over to see him when we have time. So, do you want to go?" Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang paused while drying her hair. "Um... let''s wait a bit longer."

    Chi Yan walked over and hugged her. "How long should we wait?"

    Chu Yang thought for a moment. "Let''s see how things go. I don''t think now is a good time. sses start the day after tomorrow." She felt like meeting the family seemed like moving to the next stage, and she thought it was too soon.

    Chi Yan kissed her cheek, not pressuring her. "Alright."

    "You should go take a shower. You must be tired from hiking today. Let''s get to bed early."

    "Okay."

    After sses started, things were simr to before, except this semester seemed to have fewer courses. They also needed to do an internship and submit an internship report.

    Many ssmates were looking for internship positions. There were some positions avable at the university, like in the library, but there weren''t many, and they had to match your major. Somepanies also had partnerships with A University, so if you didn''t want the school to arrange it, you could find an internship on your own.

    In the end, you''d need to submit an internship report stamped by thepany.

    During the meeting, the teacher said, "If you''ve already found an internship, please let me know. For those who haven''t, the school will arrange it for you. You have one week to decide."

    "Yang Yang, are you going with the school''s arrangement?" Jin Yang asked Chu Yang. "I''m thinking of letting the school arrange it. Thepanies partnered with the school are all big enterprises, like X Technology and X Unit."

    Chu Yang nodded. "I''ll go with the school''s arrangement too." It was just an internship, after all, so it didn''t matter much.

    Besides, the internship was only for a month.

    "I hope we can be ced in the samepany," Jin Yang said, holding Chu Yang''s hand.

    "Let''s hope so."

    "Does anyone want to intern at my family''spany? You can let me know. We have four spots," said Zhang Xinghai, a rich girl in their ss whose family owned a medium-sized enterprise. "Chu Yang, would you like toe?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "Jin Yang and I will go with the school''s arrangement. Thank you, though."

    "No problem. Anyone else who wants toe is wee. I can take care of you guys."

    "Xinghai, can Ie?" someone asked.

    "Of course! We''ll have fun together."

    "Great, I want to go too. I''m worried thepanies partnered with the school might be too strict. It''s better to have connections."

    After the ss meeting ended, the teacher told everyone to go ahead and find their own internships if they wanted, or tell her if they wanted the school to arrange it. Chu Yang and Jin Yang immediately told the teacher they wanted the school''s arrangement.

    Back in the dorm, Qian Xin and the others were also discussing this.

    "How are you arranging your internships?" Qian Xin asked.

    Jin Yang put down her bag and sat down. "Of course, we''re letting the school arrange it. Time flies, doesn''t it? I can''t believe it''s already time for internships."

    "Yeah, I''m letting the school arrange mine too," Qian Xin said.

    Zhou Caicai chimed in, "I found my own. I already have it lined up. I know someone, and connections make things easier."

    "It''s just a month anyway, so we might as well treat it like a fun experience. I hope thepanies the school assigns us to aren''t too strict. I wonder if we''ll need to wear formal attire. Should we buy some?"

    "It probably depends on where we''re assigned. Somepanies are stricter about dress codes, and it also depends on the position."

    "You''re right."

    That evening, Chu Yang returned to the Forest Garden Community. Since they had hired a housekeeper to cook, dinner was ready when she got back. The housekeeper left after preparing the meal, and she would clean up the dishes the next morning.

    Chi Yan came home shortly after. He hadn''t gone to the office today but had been to the university instead.

    As soon as he arrived, he brought up the same topic. "Are you all going for internships?"

    Chu Yang served him a bowl of rice. "Yes, I''m letting the school arrange it. I''ll go wherever they assign me. Jin Yang is doing the same."

    Chi Yan had been thinking of suggesting Chi Technology, but hearing this, he swallowed his words. Since Chu Yang had already decided, there was no point in saying anything.

    "Alright. Let me know where you''re assigned, and I''ll drive you to work."

    Chu Yang nced at him. "We''ll see. If it''s in the opposite direction, I can go by myself."

    "That works too. You can drive there."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "That would be too shy."

    Chi Yan suggested, "How about I buy you a more low-key car?"

    Chu Yang refused. "Don''t buy unnecessary things. I can buy one myself. I have money."

    "Okay."

    The next day, Chi Yan went to the office and suddenly thought of something. He asked, "Does ourpany have a partnership with A University?"

    His assistant nodded. "Yes, we do. Ourpany has partnerships with A University, B University, and other famous universities. We''re about to have a batch of interns from A Universitying for internships soon. But the candidates haven''t been selected yet." Lu Shu had returned to work for the old man, and Chi Yan''s new assistant was named Qi Jie.

    "Good."

    In the afternoon, Chi Yan went to chat with the HR manager.

    "I heard we''re going to have a batch of students from A Universitying for internships?"

    "Yes, that''s right." The HR manager found this inquiry a bit strange.

    "What positions are avable?"

    "Apart from some positions that require specific skills, many positions are open. It mainly depends on their majors."

    "Are there any for literature majors?"

    "Yes, there are several positions for that."

    Chi Yan pondered for a moment. "I know two people."

    The HR manager immediately understood. "No problem, I''ll make sure to arrange it."

    Chi Yan nodded. "Thank you. Their names are..."

    After Chi Yan left, the HR manager wiped his brow, thinking to himself that he would make sure those two were well taken care of when they arrived.

    A weekter, the assignments were announced. Chu Yang looked at her assigned location: Chi Group Headquarters Building.

    "Did you arrange this?" Chu Yang called Chi Yan directly.

    Chi Yan felt a bit guilty, worried that Chu Yang might think he was being presumptuous. "Yes. I found out ourpany had a partnership, so I just mentioned it. I thought it would be nice tomute together. Are you... upset?"

    Chu Yang sighed. "I''m not upset. Just don''t be too conspicuous when I''m there, okay?" She preferred to keep a low profile.

    "Okay. I can do it, we''ll do it secretly."

    Chu Yang: ...Why does this sound like we''re having an affair?

    "Alright, anywhere is fine. You arranged for Jin Yang to be there too, right?"

    "Yes. You said you wanted to curse together with her, so I directly had someone arrange it."

    "Okay, thanks anyway."

    "There''s no need for thanks between us. Just give me more kisses tonight, or let me..."

    Chu Yang: "...Where''s your shame?"

    Chi Yanughed happily, "My shame? My face is here for you to kiss."

    Chu Yang: She had lost this one.

 Chapter 210: Internship 02

    <h4>Chapter 210</h4>

    Chu Yang and Jin Yang were assigned as interns to the administrative department, which required them to wear formal attire. Chu Yang already had formal clothes, as she asionally needed them for schoolpetitions and speeches.

    However, to her surprise, when she returned to the Forest Garden Community, someone arrived at her door with several suit options in hand.

    "These are custom-made, ordered by Mr. Chi," they exined.

    "Thank you very much," Chu Yang replied.

    After they left, Chu Yang took out the clothes from the bag. There were two sets each in ck, white, gray, and gray-white, all perfectly coordinated. She tried on one set, and it fit perfectly.

    Chu Yang wondered to herself: When did he arrange this?

    That evening, Chi Yan returned home and provided the answer: "I prepared them after speaking with the HR departmentst time." He was determined to be involved in every step of Yang''s future life!

    "You start your internship next Monday, right? Will you be going with me?" he asked.

    Chu Yang shook her head. "No, I''m going with my ssmates from school."

    Chi Yan looked disappointed. "I see."

    Chu Yang patted his head. "I''ll go with my ssmates on the first day, then I can go with you from the second day onward."

    Chi Yan''s face immediately brightened. "Great!"

    The opportunity to intern at Chi Corporation Headquarters was quite exciting. Five students from their ss were going, including Chu Yang and Jin Yang in the administrative department, while the other three were assigned to different departments. They would all be handling fairly simple tasks.

    On Monday morning at 9 AM, Chu Yang, Jin Yang, and the others arrived at thepany on time. Their department supervisor led them to their assigned positions. They then proceeded to get their security cards,puters, office supplies, meal cards, and other essentials.

    There was also a special training session to familiarize them with thepany''s organizational structure, social responsibilities, and other key information. They were even given a small booklet introducing thepany.

    At lunchtime, someone guided them to the cafeteria.

    "This food is amazing!" Jin Yang eximed between mouthfuls.

    Chu Yang, also eating heartily, nodded in agreement. "It really is excellent." Chi Yan hadn''t exaggerated. The entire floor was dedicated to the cafeteria, with numerous food stations offering a variety of cuisines. They could choose whatever they wanted, and best of all, it was free. Their meal cards had already been loaded with credit.

    After lunch, Chi Yan sent her a message: "Want toe up to my office? I''m on the 29th floor."

    Chu Yang declined, "It''s better if we don''t meet on the first day."

    Chi Yan replied with a sad emoji.

    Chu Yang reassured him, "We''ll go home together after work."

    Chi Yan responded with a happy emoji.

    At noon, they took a nap at their desks until 2 PM. In the afternoon, their supervisor gave them some documents to study and then left them to their own devices. With little to do, everyone in the office chatted amongst themselves.

    They discussed topics like makeup, lipstick, and which restaurants had the best food.

    "Your bag is so pretty! Where did you get it?" one of the girls suddenly noticed Chu Yang''s bag.

    Chu Yang smiled, "Thank you. It was a gift from my boyfriend. I''m not sure where he bought it."

    "Wow!" The others eximed enviously upon hearing Chu Yang''s response.

    "Your boyfriend is so thoughtful. Young love is sweet indeed."

    "I can''t believe you already have a boyfriend. But then again, you''re so pretty, you must have many admirers."

    Jin Yang was trying to suppress herughter, wondering how these people would react if they knew Chu Yang''s boyfriend was none other than Chi Yan from theirpany.

    "My boyfriend is quite pragmatic. He never buys me gifts, he just gives me money," one girl chimed in.

    "At least yours gives you money. Some guys don''t want to spend a penny and even expect you to pay for them. It''s so off-putting," another added.

    Everyone burst intoughter.

    "Oh, it''s time for afternoon tea! Let''s go grab some snacks," one of the girls announced, checking her watch and standing up.

    Jin Yang eximed, "We even get afternoon tea? Thispany is amazing!"

    The girl smiled proudly, "Of course! Chi Corporation is known for having top-notch employee benefits in the industry. Are you interested in joining ourpany after graduation?"

    Jin Yang nodded enthusiastically, "Absolutely, if possible!"

    "Well then, work hard!" the girl encouraged.

    "I will!" Jin Yang replied.

    After spending half an hour on afternoon tea, it felt like they hadn''t aplished much all day. But then again, there wasn''t much to do on the first day.

    Soon, it was time to leave work, and everyone gradually packed up and headed out. Chu Yang and Jin Yang took the elevator down together. As they descended, Chu Yang whispered to Jin Yang, "I''m going home with Chi Yanter. You can head back first."

    Jin Yang gave her an OK sign, then took the subway back to school after reaching the ground floor.

    Chu Yang waited at a different exit for Chi Yan, who soon pulled up in his car.

    "How was your first day as an intern?" he asked.

    "Not bad. Feels like we didn''t do much today, just ate a lot. The cafeteria food is indeed excellent. The braised pork ribs were delicious."

    "I know, right? I love those too. The oil-braised prawns are also fantastic. You should try them tomorrow."

    "I will!"

    The next day, Chi Yan drove Chu Yang to work. He had even deliberately chosen clothes that matched Chu Yang''s color scheme.

    "You can drop me off at the corner," Chu Yang said, not wanting to be seen by too many people.

    "Alright," Chi Yan agreed reluctantly.

    When Chu Yang arrived, Jin Yang was already there. "Why are you here so early?" Chu Yang asked.

    Jin Yang, munching on a small bun, replied, "The cafeteria serves breakfast, so I came early to eat. The breakfast here is really good, and most importantly, it''s free. Want one?" She offered a bun to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang took a bite and nodded, "It''s delicious."

    "Right?" Jin Yang agreed.

    Soon, everyone else started arriving.

    There wasn''t much to do today either. They helped create some spreadsheets, moved a few things around, and tidied up the conference room. It was all fairly simple work, and they spent the rest of the time gossiping with the pretty female colleagues in the office.

    At lunchtime, after Chu Yang and Jin Yang finished eating, Chu Yang received another message from Chi Yan: "I''m by the stairwell on your floor. Want to meet up?"

    The stairwell was usually deserted. Chu Yang told Jin Yang she was going to the bathroom and then slipped away to the stairs.

    The stairwell was dimly lit, giving the encounter a ndestine feel.

    When Chi Yan saw Chu Yang approach, he immediately pulled her into his arms. "I missed you," he said, having sneaked away to see her.

    Chu Yang pushed him away slightly. "We just saw each other this morning."

    "I still missed you," Chi Yan murmured, nuzzling her neck.

    He took off his jacket and ced it on the stairs. "Come, let''s sit."

    The two sat on the stairs, whispering to each other. "How''s work today?" Chi Yan asked softly.

    Chu Yang thought it was fine, "Pretty rxed, nothing major going on. Are you busy?"

    "Busy, but manageable," he replied. He had attended three consecutive meetings in the morning and had more meetings scheduled for the afternoon.

    Chu Yang gently massaged his temples, "Remember to rest even when you''re busy. When you go backter, make sure to get some good rest first."

    "Mm-hmm," he nodded.

    Chi Yan leaned into her embrace, closing his eyes. As he breathed in her scent, he felt much of his fatigue melt away and started to feel a bit drowsy.

    They were sitting in the stairwell on the upper floor when suddenly, the door to the lower floor opened. Someone entered the stairwell below and was about to make a phone call.

    "Hello? Give me some time, I''ll definitely get it for you guys. It''s just that the money..."

    Hearing this, Chi Yan''s eyes snapped open instantly, exchanging a significant look with Chu Yang.

 Chapter 211: The Spy

    <h4>Chapter 211</h4>

    The person behind spoke very softly. Chu Yang and Chi Yan faintly heard something about a n and design drawings.

    About five minutester, the person finally hung up the phone and left.

    Chi Yan was no longer sleepy. He stood up, and Chu Yang sat up, helping him with his clothes. "You go ahead and take care of business." It was obviously some kind of spy.

    "Alright, meet at the usual ce after work."

    "Mm-hmm."

    Chu Yang cautiously returned to the office. Everyone was sleeping face down, and the lights were off. She alsoy her head on the desk, trying to get some rest while she could.

    Chi Yan quickly returned to his office and called his assistant over. "Check the security footage and see who went to the stairwell on the 21st floor to make a phone call around 1 AM. Then discreetly investigate that person who made the call. Don''t tell anyone about this."

    "Yes, sir."

    Sleeping face down was ufortable. When Chu Yang woke up, her back and waist were aching. She noticed that others seemed to have nap pillows and such. She decided to bring one tomorrow.

    After work ended on time in the afternoon, Chu Yang once again went to the street corner and got into Chi Yan''s car.

    "How did it go? Did you find out about the person from noon?"

    Chi Yan nodded. "Yes. Someone from the R&D department. Don''t worry, it will be dealt with soon."

    "That''s good. There weren''t any losses, were there?"

    "Not at the moment. Fortunately, I went to find you at noon. You''re really my lucky star." If Chu Yang hadn''te to intern at Chi Corporation, he wouldn''t have gone to find her, and then he wouldn''t have discovered the spy.

    "If you need any help, just let me know. Considering you''re my boyfriend, I''ll give you an 11% discount," Chu Yang said with a sly smile.

    If he wasn''t driving, Chi Yan would have reached over to pinch her cheek. Instead, he gave a mischievous grin. "But I don''t have any money. Can I earn that 11% discount by serving you extra well tonight?"

    Chu Yang red at him and pinched his waist. "Pfft! You wish!"

    The two of them returned home,ughing and joking. They both thought thatmuting together like this every day would be quite nice.

    The next day, as soon as Chi Yan arrived at thepany, his assistant Qi Jie handed him all the investigation results. "Besides Xu XX from the R&D department, I also found out that Zhou X from HR knows Xu XX. Xu XX was able to enter thepany because of Zhou X''s maniption..."

    Chi Yan flipped through the investigation report. "Alright, I understand."

    Before the end of the workday, everyone in thepany received an announcement stating that Xu XX from the R&D department had been discovered to be a spy, and Zhou X from HR had helped Xu XX enter thepany. As a result, Zhou X was fired, while Xu XX was not only fired but would also be sued. The announcement concluded by saying that because the discovery was made in time, thepany''s losses were minimal.

    Instantly, everyone began whispering among themselves.

    "Who exactly is Xu XX? From R&D? How bold!"

    "They managed to get a job at Chi Corporation and still acted as a spy?"

    "I want to know how they were discovered."

    "I hope ourpany''s information wasn''t taken by the spy to ourpetitors."

    "The losses were minimal, so it should be fine."

    Apart from those two individuals, all the managers and supervisors from the R&D and HR departments had to undergo reviews, and their quarterly bonuses might be reduced by half or even eliminated entirely.

    In Chu Yang''s office, everyone was also discussing the matter.

    "How daring, to be a spy! This is the first time I''ve encountered something like this."

    "Me too. From R&D, no less. The sry isn''t low there, why would they do this?"

    "Maybe the spy got more money. But now they''ve offended Chi Corporation, their career is basically over."

    "I heard that all the managers went to the top floor for a meeting this morning. It was a big deal, probably about this incident. Thepany will likely take some action soon. We might get busy."

    After work, Chu Yang asked Chi Yan, "I heard there will be some big movesing up?"

    Chi Yan nodded. "Don''t worry, it won''t affect you much. Just focus on your work as usual."

    "Okay."

    Recently, Chu Yang had beenmuting with Chi Yan, although they always got in and out of the car at the street corner. Still, they were bound to be seen by someone eventually.

    One day after work, Chu Yang went to the usual corner to get into Chi Yan''s car as always. She didn''t know that two of her female colleagues from the office were walking behind her, and they saw her get into a luxury car.

    One of the women, looking at the familiar license te, said, "Why does the car Chu Yang got into look so familiar?"

    The other replied, "What''s familiar? I don''t think so."

    "It is, definitely."

    After a moment, the first woman froze. "I know now. Isn''t that license te the young boss''s?"

    The two women stared at each other with wide eyes. "No way... Chu Yang... she..."

    "I heard the young boss has a girlfriend, and she''s from A University!"

    "So..."

    "Oh my god!!!!"

    The two women immediately shared the news in their gossip group chat. Soon, many people knew that the intern named Chu Yang was actually the young boss''s girlfriend!

    "So that beautiful bag of hers was probably bought by the young boss, right?"

    "These past few days, Chu Yang always goes out alone at lunch. Could she be meeting the young boss?"

    "Ahhh, we''ve been working alongside the young boss''s girlfriend for days!"

    "We didn''t say anything gossipy about the young boss when we were chatting, did we?"

    "I don''t think so. We''ve been busy with that incidenttely, haven''t really talked about him."

    "Thank goodness."

    ...

    The next day, when Chu Yang arrived at thepany, she noticed people stealing nces at her, quickly looking away when she caught them.

    She checked her outfit, which seemed normal.

    As soon as she entered the office, everyone turned to look at her. Chu Yang pretended not to notice and greeted everyone, "Good morning."

    "Good morning, ma''am."

    Chu Yang: ? Why the sudden formality?

    When Jin Yang arrived, he sent her a message exining: "Someone saw you getting into Chi Yan''s car yesterday, so now everyone knows you''re the future boss''s girlfriend."

    Chu Yang finally understood what was going on, but she didn''t say anything. She decided to act like she didn''t know. However, she did tell Chi Yan about it. "It seems everyone knows I''m your girlfriend now."

    Chi Yan shed a big smile at her. Later, during lunch, while Chu Yang was eating with Jin Yang, someone sat down next to them.

    Chu Yang looked up and saw it was Chi Yan!

    People around them kept ncing over. Jin Yang greeted Chi Yan briefly, then tactfully moved aside.

    Chu Yang asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

    Chi Yan picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs with his chopsticks and put it on her te. "Now that everyone knows, we don''t need to hide anymore, right?"

    So you''re being this open about it?

    Chu Yang lowered her head and continued eating her rice without saying anything.

    From then on, they didn''t need to conceal their rtionship anymore. At the end of the workday, they no longer had to walk to the street corner separately. Instead, Chu Yang got into Chi Yan''s car directly under everyone''s watchful eyes.

 Chapter 212: There Will Be Trouble

    <h4>Chapter 212</h4>

    Unexpectedly, on that day when Chi Yan came to Chu Yang''s floor to pick her up after work, and as they were taking the elevator down together, they ran into Chi Yan''s grandfather in the parking lot.

    At that time, Chi Bai was apanied by several people, and everyone turned to look at them.

    Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand as they approached. "Grandfather, this is my girlfriend Chu Yang. Oh, you know how A University recently sent a batch of interns? Yang is one of them. Yang, this is my grandfather."

    Chu Yang released Chi Yan''s hand and bowed respectfully, "Good day, Chairman." She felt a bit nervous inside, after all, Chi Bai wasn''t just Chi Yan''s grandfather, but also the chairman of Chi Corporation.

    Chi Bai looked Chu Yang over. Her appearance wasn''t bad, she seemed alright. He nodded, "Hello."

    Chi Yan noticed that his grandfather didn''t seem to be heading home. "Grandfather, where are you going? Aren''t you going home?"

    "I have an appointment with Qiao Director. You two go on ahead."

    "Alright then, we''ll be going now. Take care."

    Chi Bai nodded, then got into a nearby car along with the others.

    After Chi Bai left, Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand. "Were you nervous just now?"

    "A little bit. You do look somewhat like your grandfather." Though Chi Yan''s grandfather looked quite old, his features suggested he must have been quite handsome in his youth. Not just his grandfather, but Chi Yan''s parents were also quite good-looking. This must be gics, which exined why Chi Yan was so handsome.

    Chi Yanughed, "Others say the same thing. Let''s head back now."

    "Mm-hmm."

    The next day, Miya in the office had somethinge up, so she handed a document to Chu Yang: "Yang, are you free? Could you help me take this document to the top floor and give it to Chairman''s assistant, Brother Lu Shu? I''m busy with another urgent matter."

    Chu Yang wasn''t particrly busy, so she nodded and took the document. "Sure, no problem."

    "Great, thank you so much."

    "No need to thank me."

    After Miya left, Chu Yang took the document and got in the elevator, quickly reaching the top floor. But she had never been to the top floor before and didn''t know where Lu Shu''s desk was. After thinking for a moment, Chu Yang sent a message to Chi Yan: "Do you know where Lu Shu''s desk is? I have a document to give him."

    Chi Yan didn''t reply immediately, probably busy. Chu Yang thought about asking someone, and as she turned a corner, she saw Lu Shu standing at the door of an office. The office door was open, and there seemed to be some important people inside.

    Chu Yang stopped in her tracks. Lu Shu immediately noticed her and quickly walked over. "Miss Chu Yang, may I ask why you''vee up?"

    Chu Yang handed him the document. "This is a document Miya asked me to give you."

    Lu Shu took it and flipped through it. "I see, thank you."

    "Mm, I''ll head back down now."

    As Chu Yang was saying this, three people walked out of the office. It was Chairman Chi and two others she didn''t recognize. It was clear the chairmen had been discussing business. Lu Shu quickly ran back, and Chu Yang turned to leave.

    As she reached the corner, she nced back, took a couple of steps, then felt something was off. Chu Yang backtracked and secretly peeked around the corner a couple of times. Chairman Chi and the important person he was shaking hands with both had a heavy ck aura surrounding them.

    This was serious!

    Chu Yang immediately called Chi Yan, but he didn''t answer. He must be busy; he had told her this morning that he had a particrly busy day ahead.

    Chu Yang went straight to the bathroom, closed the door, then closed her eyes and directly performed witchcraft. She saw a vision of a car plunging off a cliff!

    Chu Yang left the bathroom and took the elevator again. She decided to go find Chi Yan directly.

    While waiting for the elevator, two colleagues walked by. One said to the other, "In a bit, Chairman and Chairman Qian are going to y golf together. You go along with them, be sharp, and learn from Assistant Lu Shu."

    "Yes."

    "It should be about time. After you get the documents, go straight to the underground parking lot and wait."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang, who was standing nearby, quickly walked out of the elevator. Chairman Chi was about to leave; she needed to hurry.

    Chu Yang went to the 29th floor. Everyone there seemed particrly busy. Someone recognized Chu Yang and asked, "Chu Yang, are you here to see the young boss?"

    Chu Yang nodded: "Do you know where he is? I have an urgent matter to discuss with him."

    Because of the serious expression on Chu Yang''s face, the person immediately pointed in a direction, "The young boss is in a meeting over there..."

    Chu Yang didn''t wait for the person to finish before walking in that direction. However, she still politely knocked on the door before pushing it open. Everyone in the office looked over at her. Chi Yan, who had been speaking, paused for a moment, then put down what he was holding and walked over. "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang spoke quietly, "Your grandfather is in danger. Come with me."

    Chi Yan''s expression changed. He quickly turned to the others and said, "Qi Jie, you take over the rest. Submit the summary report to meter."

    "Yes."

    Chu Yang pulled Chi Yan to the elevator, going straight to the first basement level. "I just went upstairs to deliver a document to Lu Shu, and then I saw the Chairman and another important person who seemed to be a business partner. I felt something was off, so I hid in the bathroom and used my foresight. I directly saw a car falling off a cliff. It was a white car. Then I overheard that they were going to y golf soon, so something will happen to them on the way."

    Chi Yan thought for a moment. "Grandfather''s car isn''t white. The other person might be Chairman Qian. We''re currently working on a big project with Qian Corporation. If something happens to Chairman Qian, it will definitely affect Chi Corporation. But now let''s quickly go over and stop them from leaving."

    Chu Yang nodded.

    The two quickly arrived at the first basement level. The parking lot was quiterge, and after running around for a bit, they finally found the group. They hadn''t left yet. Chi Bai and Chairman Qian were still talking, then Chairman Qian got into a white car, while Chairman Chi got into a ck car.

    Chi Yan ran over quickly. "Grandfather, wait a moment."

    Lu Shu saw Chi Yan and immediately said to Chi Bai, "Young Master is here."

    Chi Bai was somewhat confused. He rolled down the car window and looked at Chi Yan running towards him, with his little girlfriend following behind. Frowning, he scolded, "What''s all this rush about?"

    Chi Yan knocked on the window of the white car beside them. "Chairman Qian, please wait a moment."

    Chairman Qian was also a bit puzzled, but he still rolled down his window. He knew this was Chi Bai''s grandson and the future heir to the Chi Corporation. But why was he in such a hurry?

    "Young Yan, what''s the matter?"

    Chi Yan let out a breath. "Don''t leave yet. I''m afraid something might happen to you."

    Chi Bai got out of the car. "What''s going on?"

    Chi Yan spoke gravely: "Grandfather, you shouldn''t go golfing today. Something bad might happen."

    Chu Yang, who hade along, spoke directly: "I suggest Chairman Qian check his car first."

    As soon as Chu Yang spoke, everyone turned to look at her.

 Chapter 213: I Have Some Small Abilities

    <h4>Chapter 213</h4>

    Chu Yang''s expression remained calm as she said, "Let''s check the car first."

    Chairman Qian looked at his driver, who immediately went to inspect the vehicle. At first, everything seemed fine, but then he discovered that someone had tampered with the brakes. Not only that, but the steering wheel also had issues.

    The driver''s face turned pale as he nervously reported to Chairman Qian, "The car''s brakes and steering wheel have been tampered with. If we had driven off earlier, then..."

    The driver didn''t finish his sentence, but everyone understood the implications.

    Chi Bai was also shocked. "Check the security cameras right away!" It was clear that the car had been sabotaged in their building''s parking lot, as it had been fine when Chairman Qian first arrived.

    "Yes, sir."

    Chairman Qian looked visibly shaken, pondering who might want to harm him.

    Chi Yan suggested, "Grandfather, I heard you were nning to go golfing today. Perhaps we should cancel and return to the office? We can wait for the security footage results there."

    Everyone agreed.

    "Check Grandfather''s car as well," Chi Yan instructed the driver.

    "Certainly."

    They took the elevator directly to the top floor, to Chi Bai''s office. Chu Yang followed behind Chi Yan. She hade wearing heels, not the extremely thin 10-centimeter kind, but because she had run so hastily earlier, she now realized her feet were sore, and her heel felt rubbed raw.

    However, Chu Yang didn''t have time to dwell on this as they quickly reached the top floor, with her still following close behind Chi Yan.

    Once Chi Bai and Chairman Qian were seated on the office couch, and after the secretary had brought hot tea and left, only the two older men, Chi Yan, and Chu Yang remained in the office.

    Chi Yan pulled Chu Yang to sit down. She hesitated for a moment, but Chi Bai said, "Little Chu, please have a seat."

    "Thank you, Chairman."

    Chi Bai smiled, "No need to call me Chairman. You can call me Grandfather, just like Chi Yan does."

    Chu Yang nced at Chi Yan, who encouraged her with a look. She then smiled and said, "Grandfather, if there are no outsiders present, I hope you don''t mind me addressing you so familiarly."

    Chairman Qian looked puzzled. "And who might this be?"

    Chi Bai introduced her with a smile, "This is my grandson''s girlfriend, Chu Yang. She''s a lovely girl."

    Chi Yan, holding Chu Yang''s hand, added, "Grandpa Qian, this is my girlfriend, Chu Yang. You can call her Little Chu."

    Chairman Qian looked Chu Yang over, then said with a smile, "My, my, little Yan has grown up."

    Chu Yang smiled silently beside them.

    "But, how did you know there was a problem with my car?" Chairman Qian asked Chu Yang. Chi Bai also turned to look at her.

    Chu Yang exined, "I have a small ability. I saw it. By ''saw,'' I mean I foresaw it in a vision."

    Chairman Qian was taken aback. Huh? What? Was this a joke? He blinked and looked at Chi Bai.

    Chi Bai had heard from Chi Xin before that his grandson''s girlfriend had some special abilities, so was it true? He looked at Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan patted Chu Yang''s hand and exined to the two older men, "Yang Yang has a special ability to foresee certain things. When she came up earlier to deliver documents to Lu Shu, she noticed something off about you and used her ability to look into it."

    Chairman Qian looked shocked. "Really?"

    Chi Yan nodded, "Yes."

    Chairman Qian''s gaze toward Chu Yang changed. "Then I really must thank you, Little Chu."

    Chu Yang felt it wasn''t a big deal, mainly because it involved Chi Yan''s grandfather. "No need to thank me."

    At that moment, Lu Shu knocked and entered. "Chairman, we''ve found something on the security footage. This morning, after Chairman Qian came up, a janitor went to the parking lot. The janitor was wearing a mask, so we couldn''t see their face clearly. I''ve already reported it to the police and have people investigating. We should be able to identify the culprit soon."

    Chu Yang suddenly spoke up, "I suggest you look into your own children. I''m sorry, I don''t mean any offense." She advised Chairman Qian.

    If he hadn''t known about Chu Yang''s ability, Chairman Qian would have been angry. But knowing about her gift, he immediately pondered for a moment, then his expression changed. He stood up, "Thank you. I just remembered some urgent matters I need to attend to. Chairman Chi, let''s reschedule our meeting."

    "Of course. Take care of what you need to. Lu Shu, please see Chairman Qian out."

    As Chairman Qian reached the door, he suddenly turned and asked Chu Yang, "Little Chu, will everything be alright when I get back?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "It will be fine." At least, she didn''t see any dark aura around Chairman Qian anymore.

    Chairman Qian sighed in relief, "That''s good to hear."

    After Chairman Qian left, Chi Bai looked at Chu Yang, "Thank you, child."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "It''s nothing. I mainly saw that you might be in danger too."

    Chi Yan squeezed Chu Yang''s hand tightly, "We still need to thank you. When we have time, I''ll take you out for a nice meal."

    Chi Bai nodded beside them, "Put it on my ount."

    "Thank you, Grandfather."

    Chu Yang could only smile and thank Chi Yan''s grandfather.

    With nothing else to discuss, Chi Yan led Chu Yang out. As soon as they were out the door, Chi Yan scooped Chu Yang up in his arms, "I''ll carry you. Your foot is hurt."

    Chu Yang looked at him, "You noticed?"

    Chi Yan nuzzled her nose, "Of course I did."

    When Chi Yan carried Chu Yang directly to the 29th floor, some people who saw them were stunned. Whoa! Was the young boss showing off his love?

    Chi Yan carried Chu Yang into his office and sat her down, then called for someone to bring medicine. When someone came to knock on the door, intending to have Chi Yan sign some documents, they were surprised to see the usually serious and cold young boss crouching on the ground, carefully tending to his girlfriend''s foot.

    Whew!

    Was this really their normally stern young boss?

    "What is it?" Chi Yan asked.

    "Mr. Chi, there''s an urgent document that needs your signature."

    Without looking up, Chi Yan replied, "Alright, leave it on the desk. I''ll review it shortly and have Qi Jie distribute it."

    "Yes, sir."

    As the person left, they even overheard the young boss asking tenderly, "Does it hurt?"

    ...

    Before long, many people in the building knew just how doting the young boss was towards his girlfriend.

    In the afternoon, Chi Yan once again escorted Chu Yang to her office. Because of the earlier incident that made Chu Yang feel somewhat embarrassed, she didn''t let Chi Yan carry her back to her office this time¡ªit was too mortifying!

    When it was time to leave work, Chi Yan promptly arrived at Chu Yang''s office and helped her out, leaving together.

    That evening, after returning home and showering, Chi Yan continued to apply medicine to her feet. After finishing, he gently kissed Chu Yang''s toes. Her feet were soft and pink, incredibly cute. Chu Yang, startled, quickly pulled her foot away. "Chi Yan, are you some kind of pervert?" she eximed. This man had initiallye across as a cool, dignified gentleman... how had he turned into this?

    Chi Yanughed and replied, "Yes, but only for you!"

    Chu Yang protested, "You can''t kiss me after that." She felt it wasn''t right for him to kiss her after kissing her feet.

    Chi Yan responded, "I''ll go brush my teeth and rinse my mouth right away. Then you''ll let me give you lots of kisses, won''t you?"

    Chu Yang: ...

 Chapter 214: Allowance

    <h4>Chapter 214</h4>

    A few dayster, while Chu Yang was working in her office, someone came to find her. "Chu Yang, the Chairman wants you to go up to the top floor."

    Although Chu Yang was somewhat puzzled about why Chi Yan''s grandfather wanted to see her, she nodded and said, "Alright, I''ll go right away."

    Jin Yang, who was nearby, didn''t know that Chi Yan''s grandfather had already met her. He thought that her rtionship with Chi Yan had been exposed, so Chi Yan''s grandfather wanted to see her. As Chu Yang was leaving, Jin Yang gave her a thumbs-up gesture and said, "Yang-yang, don''t worry, you''re the best."

    Chu Yang: ?

    She quickly reached the top floor, where Lu Shu, the assistant, was waiting for her outside the elevator. "Miss Chu Yang, this way please."

    Chu Yang followed him and asked, "Does the Chairman have something to discuss with me?"

    Lu Shu replied, "Chairman Qian is also here."

    Chu Yang suddenly understood that it wasn''t Chi Yan''s grandfather who wanted to see her.

    As she walked into the office, Chu Yang saw that Chi Yan was also there. When he saw her, he immediately beckoned her toe and sit down. Chi Yan''s grandfather also said, "Ah, Little Chu is here. Please, have a seat."

    Chu Yang greeted the two elderly men, "Grandfather, Chairman Qian."

    Chairman Qian smiled and said, "From now on, Little Chu can just call me Grandpa Qian, like Chi Yan does."

    Chu Yang sat down next to Chi Yan, her eyes questioning him about what was going on.

    Chi Yan gently stroked her palm, and then Chairman Qian took out a card, saying, "Little Chu, this is Grandpa Qian''s way of thanking you."

    Chu Yang immediately tried to refuse, "No, no need, Chairman Qia¡ª I mean, since I''m calling you Grandpa Qian now, I certainly can''t ept gifts from you."

    Chairman Qian smiled and pushed the card towards her again, "Since you''re calling me Grandpa Qian, this is my wee gift for you as a younger family member. Please take it."

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan: Aren''t you going to say something?

    Chi Bai, who was sitting nearby, directly took the bank card and put it in Chu Yang''s hand, "Take it. Your Grandpa Qian has more money than he knows what to do with. Help him spend some of it. Otherwise, he''ll feel ufortable."

    Chairman Qian burst intoughter, "Look who''s talking. Don''t you have a wee gift for your future granddaughter-inw?"

    Chi Bai proudly snorted, "My wee gift needs to be given formally, and this isn''t the right asion. We''ll wait until Chi Yan officially brings her home. But I should give her some pocket money." He then took out another card and handed it to Chu Yang, "Child, take this. It''s for your personal expenses. If it''s not enough, just let Grandpa know."

    Chu Yang felt the cards burning in her hand, but she couldn''t refuse the elders'' gifts. Since things hade to this, she could only ept them.

    "Thank you, Grandfather and Grandpa Qian."

    "Good girl."

    "Alright, I still have some matters to discuss with your Grandpa Qian. Chi Yan, why don''t you take Little Chu out for some fun? There''s no need to work today, just take her out and enjoy yourselves."

    "Understood, Grandfather."

    After leaving the office with Chi Yan, Chu Yang looked at the cards in her hand, then at Chi Yan, and said, "Although... I still feel like I should go back to work."

    Chi Yan put his arm around her, "Do you have any urgent work?"

    Chu Yang: "Uh... I need to make a spreadsheet." In fact, it would only take about fifteen minutes and wasn''t urgent.

    Chi Yan: "Is it very urgent?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No, it''s not."

    Chi Yan took her hand and walked into the elevator, pressing the button for the basement floor. "Since there''s nothing urgent, let''s go out and have some fun. We haven''t had a proper outing in days. I''ll let your manager know, don''t worry."

    Chu Yang: She just felt a bit guilty... Is this what it feels like to use connections?

    Perhaps sensing Chu Yang''s thoughts, Chi Yan said, "It''s alright, no one will say anything. They''ll just envy you."

    "Okay."

    The couple openly yed hooky, first going to a nearby high-end restaurant for lunch, and then Chi Yan took her on a shopping spree.

    After they left, in the office, Chairman Qian''s smile faded. "I never imagined my sons would be so ambitious." So ambitious that they came up with such an idea, nearly sending him to heaven! He sighed, then looked at Chi Bai, "You say none of your sons thought about inheriting your business, yet they''re all so filial. You must have taught them well in that aspect."

    Chi Bai: "It wasn''t my teaching, it was my Shu Yue who taught them." Shu Yue, Chi Bai''s wife and Chi Yan''s grandmother, had passed away before Chi Yan was born.

    Chairman Qian suddenly remembered that bright woman, "At least you have a good grandson to inherit your business. Unlike me, I have no one to seed me!"

    Chi Bai and Chairman Qian had known each other since they were young. Chairman Qian had two wives, both from arranged marriages. He had many children, all taught to prioritize profit andpete fiercely for thepany''s interests.

    "Don''t you have a bunch of young grandsons? Can''t you choose one to groom?"

    Chairman Qian shook his head, "It''s toote. I have a favor to ask of you this time."

    Chi Bai looked at Chairman Qian and suddenly felt a sense of mncholy, "Go ahead."

    Chairman Qian: "If I''m gone and the Qian Group is ruined by those unfilial children, I hope that in the end, the Chi Corporation will take over. At least in your hands, the Qian Group that I built from scratch can survive."

    "What are you saying? The Qian Group won''t fall, don''t worry. I think your sons are quite capable."

    Chairman Qian sighed. They were capable, indeed, but that was precisely why he feared that once they started fighting among themselves, things would spiral out of control. He knew this all too well.

    Seeing him like this, Chi Bai naturally agreed, "Don''t worry. If the Qian Group ever faces difficulties in the future, the Chi Corporation will definitely help if we can. We won''t let the Qian Group disappear."

    "Thank you, old friend."

    ...

    "Chu Yang, the young boss is looking for you," Chu Yang''s supervisor came over to tell her, winking at her.

    The others all looked over with gossipy expressions.

    Chu Yang stood up, "Okay, I''ll go right away."

    Taking the elevator to the 29th floor, she knew where Chi Yan''s office was and went straight there, knocking and entering. When she went in, Chi Yan and Qi Jie were discussing something, but when they saw her, Chi Yan asked Qi Jie to leave first.

    After Qi Jie left, Chu Yang walked over, "Manager Liang said you were looking for me?"

    Chi Yan stood up and walked to her side, taking her hand, "Yes, I''d like you to apany me to a cocktail party after work. Go get ready first, I''ll have someone apany you."

    "Alright."

    Chi Yan led her out of the office, then turned to a female colleague at one of the workstations and said, "Lin Ye, have you made the appointment I asked for?"

    "Yes, it''s been arranged, Mr. Chi."

    "Good. Now, please apany Chu Yang there."

    "Certainly."

    Afterwards, Chu Yang followed Lin Ye to a store, where she began getting her hair done, applying makeup, and changing clothes...

    When Chi Yan arrived, Chu Yang was in the process of choosing shoes. A row of high heels wasid out in front of her. Seeing Chi Yan approach, Chu Yang, overwhelmed by choice, waved him over. "Come and see which pair I should wear?"

    Chi Yan walked over, picked up a pair of ck ankle-strap heels, then knelt down to help her put them on. "Theseplement your dress."

    After putting on the shoes, Chi Yan reached into his pocket and took out an anklet, fastening it around her ankle.

    Chu Yang looked at her ankle. "When did you buy this?"

    "Just now." He had just passed by a jewelry store, went in for a quick look, thought this suited her perfectly, and bought it on the spot.

 Chapter 215: Did you really like him before

    <h4>Chapter 215</h4>

    The cocktail party was rtively casual. When Chi Yan and Chu Yang arrived, a considerable number of people were already there. The party was held outdoors, with tablesden with various types of alcohol. Waiters weaved through the crowd carrying trays of assorted wine sses.

    As soon as they entered, someone came over to greet Chi Yan and offered drinks to both him and Chu Yang.

    "Young Mr. Chi, wee. Feel free to enjoy yourself tonight."

    "Thanks."

    Chu Yang noticed that most of the attendees were rtively young, dressed not in formal evening wear but in more business-casual attire.

    Chu Yang realized she was merely arm candy for the evening. She observed that most guests had brought femalepanions, which exined why Chi Yan had asked her to apany him.

    Throughout the night, Chu Yang''s face ached from smiling. She stayed by Chi Yan''s side, listening to him converse with various people in English, French, and German.

    This was the first time Chu Yang learned that Chi Yan was fluent in severalnguages. She watched him engage effortlessly with all sorts of people, asionally introducing her to some important figures.

    "I''m going to touch up my makeup," Chu Yang whispered to Chi Yan, actually intending to use the restroom. She excused herself and headed towards thedies'' room.

    Unbeknownst to Chu Yang, several young women gravitated towards Chi Yan after she left...

    Restrooms are often where incidents ur. Just as Chu Yang finished using the facilities and was washing her hands, preparing to leave, she heard some strange noisesing from inside.

    "She''s gone. Let''s continue, shall we, baby?"

    "No... don''t..."

    Chu Yang frowned. The voice sounded familiar, but she couldn''t quite ce it. She thought to herself, "How brazen to do such things in thedies'' room, risking discovery."

    Deciding it wasn''t her business, Chu Yang quickly left.

    When she returned to the party, she saw a young woman next to Chi Yan, attempting to get his contact information. The woman wore a strapless dress with an enticing neckline.

    As Chu Yang approached, she heard Chi Yan say, "For business cooperation, please contact my assistant. I''m sorry, but I don''t add personal WeChat contacts."

    The woman cooed, "But personal business is best discussed through personal WeChat, isn''t it?"

    Chi Yan frowned and stepped back. Just then, he spotted Chu Yang returning and immediately walked over to take her hand. "I only discuss personal business with my girlfriend."

    Chu Yang: ...

    The woman nced at Chu Yang and left reluctantly.

    Chu Yang poked Chi Yan''s waist. "So popr?"

    Chi Yan wrapped his arm around her waist. "But I only have eyes for one."

    Time flew by, and as the party was ending, Chi Yan was about to leave with Chu Yang when she caught sight of a familiar face approaching. It was Li Qinglu, but the man beside her wasn''t Gu Xiao. Instead, it was an unfamiliar man with his hand on her, the two looking quite intimate.

    Chu Yang hadn''t expected to encounter her like this after so long. Li Qinglu clearly panicked for a moment before quickly averting her gaze.

    Chu Yang nced at them briefly before leaving with Chi Yan. Once they were seated in the car, a light bulb went off in Chu Yang''s head. "I''ve figured it out."

    Chi Yan, who had been resting his head on Chu Yang''s neck due to the alcohol he''d consumed, lifted his head to look at her. "Figured out what?"

    Chu Yang leaned in to whisper in Chi Yan''s ear about what she''d encountered earlier. "Remember when I went to the restroom? Well..." Her face reddened slightly as she continued, "And just now when we were leaving, we ran into Li Qinglu, right? It was her voice I heard. But isn''t she supposed to be dating Gu Xiao?"

    Chi Yan had been trying to recall who Li Qinglu was, but upon hearing Gu Xiao''s name, he finally remembered. After all, he hadn''t forgotten those who had dared to spread rumors about his Chu Yang.

    "Don''t worry about it. People always seek to climb higher. That man, if I remember correctly, is the third young master of the Wang family." Compared to him, Gu Xiao didn''t quite measure up in Jing City.

    Suddenly, Chi Yan recalled the rumors about Chu Yang liking Gu Xiao. He looked directly at Chu Yang, caressing her cheek. "I want to ask you something."

    "What is it?"

    Chi Yan hesitated for a moment before speaking. "In the past, during high school, did you really like Gu Xiao?" Although his Chu Yang seemed to dislike Gu Xiao now, the thought of her having liked him before made Chi Yan uneasy.

    Moreover, people had said that Chu Yang went to A University because of Gu Xiao. The mere thought made Chi Yan want to punch Gu Xiao.

    Hearing his question, Chu Yang hesitated. She was considering how to respond. If she spoke for herself, she had never liked Gu Xiao. But the original Chu Yang had indeed been very fond of him. How should she exin this?

    Chu Yang''s hesitation appeared to Chi Yan as confirmation of her past feelings. He pulled her tightly into his arms, hisrge hands firmly holding her. His voice was muffled as he said, "I don''t like that." He then tried to kiss her.

    Remembering the driver in the front seat, Chu Yang quickly covered his mouth with her hand. "Behave yourself. Wait until we get home. You can do whatever you want then, but not now."

    Chi Yan had no choice but to hold her close, saying nothing more.

    Soon, the driver dropped them off at Forest Garden Community. As soon as they entered, Chi Yan picked up Chu Yang and set her on the entryway cab, kissing her urgently and fiercely, as if he wanted to devour her.

    As the kiss ended and Chi Yan moved to go further, Chu Yang stopped him. "Listen to me first... The person I was before isn''t who I am now. The current me has never liked Gu Xiao. Just think of the past me as having been confused, with my head in a fog, which is why I followed Li Qinglu and the others. You are the first person I''ve truly liked."

    Chi Yan looked at her. "Did you ever confess to him?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "No." The original Chu Yang hadn''t even had the chance to confess before the male and female leads got together.

    Chi Yan said, "Then I want you to say you like me and that you''ll only love me from now on."

    Chu Yang caressed Chi Yan''s face, her gaze firm. "I only like you. I only love you."

    Chi Yan finally smiled. He cupped Chu Yang''s face and leaned in close, his voice husky. "You said earlier that I could do whatever I wanted tonight. Does that still stand?"

    Chu Yang: ...

    In the end, whether it counted or not was still Chi Yan''s decision. Chu Yang only knew that she should never casually say such things again in the future, otherwise someone would really take advantage of her!

    Chu Yang feltpletely drained, aching all over. The sun had been up for a long time, but the two of them still hadn''t gotten out of bed. Luckily it was Saturday; otherwise, Chu Yang felt she would bete for work, and her colleagues would definitely gossip if they saw her in this state.

    Chi Yan held her tightly in his arms, sleeping soundly. Beneath the covers, their legs were intertwined. Chu Yangy with her eyes open and shifted slightly, causing Chi Yan''s arm to tighten around her.

    Chu Yang: ...

 Chapter 216: House

    <h4>Chapter 216</h4>

    She felt that Chi Yan''s possessiveness was growing stronger. It was evident from their sleeping habits; if she wasn''t in his arms, he would surely wake up or reach for her in his sleep.

    He would use both his hands and feet to cling to her body.

    After lying there for a while longer, Chu Yang felt hungry and called out, "Chi Yan, I''m hungry."

    Chi Yan''s voice was still sleepy as he replied, "Mmm, Aunt should have prepared the meal by now. Let''s get up."

    Chi Yan released his hold on her and sat up. He got out of bed naked, walked to the wardrobe, opened it, and took out clothes to put on. Then he retrieved Chu Yang''s clothes and helped her dress.

    "Ouch," Chu Yang cried out in pain as she lifted her foot. "It''s all your fault."

    "Yes, yes, it''s my fault," Chi Yan said with an indulgent expression.

    He picked up the clothes from the floor and took them to the washing machine to clean.

    As they were about to leave the room, the cook, Aunt, had just finished preparing the meal. "Breakfast is ready," she announced.

    "Thank you, Aunt," they replied.

    Aunt left after preparing the meal, nning to return in the evening to cook dinner and wash the dishes.

    Having Aunt cook for them was quite convenient. They could have a meal ready as soon as they woke up, without needing to order takeout or cook themselves. After eating, the couple sat on the sofa, enjoying their weekend leisure time.

    Chu Yang was reading a book. She had nearly finished most of the books she had brought back from Sophia''s ce. After some thought, she said to Chi Yan, "I want to bring back all the books from the castle and Sophia''s ce, but there seem to be too many."

    Chu Yang frowned. Besides the books, there were other things as well. It would be a big project, and it seemed somewhat difficult to aplish.

    "We can do it. I''ll make the arrangements," Chi Yan said.

    Chu Yang looked at him and asked, "Really? There are so many things, and I''m worried they might get lost if we just mail them."

    Chi Yan nodded, "It''s possible. We have a private jet. We can fly over and bring everything back. But the study here is a bit small. Should we consider moving to a new ce?"

    They had been living here mainly because it was close to the university, but he rarely went to school now. As for Chu Yang, she could drive to school.

    After saying this, Chi Yan immediately called Qi Jie, "Help me organize the information about my properties." He wanted to choose a new ce with Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang: ... She had forgotten that Chi Yan was wealthy for several generations.

    After giving the instructions, Chi Yan asked her, "When do you want to go?"

    Chu Yang thought for a moment, "There''s no rush. Let''s wait until the summer break, and when you have time." She knew how busy Chi Yan was. Perhaps because Grandfather Chi couldn''t work too hard and didn''te to thepany very often, Chi Yan was being groomed to take over quickly. He had many responsibilities, sometimes even receiving callste at night.

    Soon, Qi Jie collected all the information about Chi Yan''s properties and sent it over. Chi Yan opened it on hisputer to show Chu Yang, "Where would you like to live?"

    Chu Yang leaned in to look and was astounded. This man even owned a traditional courtyard house.

    "How do you have so many properties?" she asked.

    Chi Yan replied nonchntly, "People tend to gift properties for my birthdays. This courtyard house was left to me by my grandmother."

    Chu Yang: ... She felt tears of envy welling up. Is this what it means to be rich? Gifting houses like they''re cabbages.

    High-rise apartments in the city center, vis in the suburbs,keside buildings, riverside properties: Chu Yang was dazzled by the choices.

    Chi Yan suggested, "Why don''t we go and see them in person? You can see which one you like. If you don''t like any of them, I can buy a new one."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "Don''t buy anymore. Leave some houses for others." Some people couldn''t even afford one house, while others bought them like vegetables.

    "Then I''ll take you to see them," he said.

    "Alright."

    Chu Yang went to change her clothes and sat in front of the mirror to apply makeup. Chi Yan sat beside her, "Shall I draw your eyebrows?"

    Chu Yang pushed him away, "No way. If you make my eyebrows crooked, we won''t be going out today."

    "Why not?"

    "Because I''ll break your legs."

    Chi Yan immediately put down the eyebrow pencil and sat obediently, "I''ll just wait for you here."

    "Hmm."

    His obediencested less than two minutes before he leaned in to kiss her.

    Chu Yang pushed him away, "I''ve put stuff on my face."

    "Then I''ll kiss somewhere else."

    He proceeded to kiss her neck, leaving a plum blossom mark. Thinking that a pair would look better, he continued to leave another one.

    An hourter, Chu Yang was ready, and they left together.

    They first went to see the courtyard house. It had been well-maintained and was ready for immediate upancy. The two-courtyard house even had artificial hills, small bridges, and flowing water... It was a bit toorge for just two people.

    Chi Yan held her hand and said, "If we live here, we''ll need to hire a full staff of servants and a housekeeper."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "It''s a bit far from your workce, and it''s too big."

    "Then let''s look at other ces."

    "Okay."

    Afterward, Chi Yan took her to see the high-rise apartment in the city center. It was nice, but a bit far from the university. Finally, they chose a detached house in the Imperial Prosperitymunity, which wasn''t far from the city center or the university and had arge study.

    It was a three-story house with a swimming pool and a small garden.

    After making their choice, Chi Yan called to arrange for the ce to be renovated. He had Qi Jie handle all the arrangements, while Chu Yang only needed to make the selection.

    The internship period of one month passed quickly. On thest day, Chu Yang received her internship certificate with the Chi Corporation seal, and her performance was rated as excellent.

    Everyone in the office told Chu Yang and Jin Yang, "If you want to join Chi Corporation after graduation, you''ll definitely be epted directly."

    Jin Yang was very happy, as she had also received an excellent rating. The sry and benefits at Chi Corporation were top-notch in the industry, so it seemed like a great option for the future. However, there was still more than a year until graduation, so she''d think about itter.

    As for Chu Yang, she was definitely nning to pursue a master''s degree.

    Since it was thest day, the office was nning a farewell gathering for them. Everyone agreed to meet for dinner after work, so Chu Yang told Chi Yan she wouldn''t be leaving work with him that evening.

    As it was Friday night and they didn''t have to work the next day, Chu Yang didn''t expect everyone to party so hard. After dinner, they all went to a bar together.

    "My friend said there are hot guys dancing at HrieBa tonight. Let''s hurry over there, girls!" one of them eximed.

    "Let''s go!" the others agreed enthusiastically.

    Chu Yang naturally went along with everyone else. Jin Yang''s face was full of excitement as he eximed, "Ah, ah, ah! I''m so thrilled!"

    Inside the bar, energetic music and hot dancing filled the air. On the stage, hunky guys with eight-pack abs and overflowing testosterone were performing hip-thrusting dances. Below, the crowd was going wild, shouting and some even joining in the dancing.

    Chu Yang and Jin Yang sat in their seats as a waiter brought over a drink. Chu Yang took a sip and then set it down, not drinking any more.

    As for Miya and the others, they were already dancing in the middle of the crowd. Chu Yang even saw Susan reach out and grab a feel of one of the hot guy''s abs!

    "So this is the joy of being a richdy," Chu Yang thought to herself.

    Jin Yang looked at Chu Yang and said, "I want to go too."

    Chu Yang nodded, "You go ahead. I''m married now, so it''s not appropriate for me to join." She sighed after saying this.

 Chapter 217: Bar

    <h4>Chapter 217</h4>

    Jin Yang''s eyes sparkled as she took a sip of her drink. "I''m going for it."

    "Go ahead," Chu Yang replied.

    Chu Yang watched as Jin Yang made her way through the crowd, approaching Susan and the others. She joined the handsome men who were dancing enthusiastically. Jin Yang took a deep breath, reached out, and touched one of them, then immediately jumped up in excitement.

    For a brief moment, she experienced the joy of being a wealthy woman!

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang''s phone vibrated. It was a message from Chi Yan: "Is it over? Do you want me to pick you up?"

    Chu Yang nced around the venue and replied: "No need, it''s not over yet. If youe, everyone won''t be able to enjoy themselves properly. Tonight is our girls'' party, so don''te."

    "Alright, be careful. Call me if anything happens."

    "Okay."

    As Chu Yang was messaging Chi Yan, a man sitting across from her had been eyeing her intently. He stood up and sat down next to her, asking, "Are you alone?"

    Chu Yang looked up. It was a man in a suit, reasonably good-looking, but the arrogance on his face made Chu Yang mentally dock a few points.

    Chu Yang shifted away slightly and shook her head.

    The man pulled out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Chu Yang. "Hello, I''m Du Chao. Can I get your contact information?"

    Chu Yang saw that the card read "Du Chao, General Manager of Linhai Group." She didn''t take it and said, "I''m sorry, but my family doesn''t allow me to add strangers to my contacts." She moved away again, making her rejection clear.

    Du Chao was surprised to be turned down. He chuckled, putting the card back in his pocket, and looked at Chu Yang. The colorful, dim lights of the bar created a captivating atmosphere, enhancing people''s features. To others, Chu Yang looked like a little white rabbit that had wandered into the darkness.

    Her beautiful face, long eyshes, and small, rosy lips made Du Chao swallow hard.

    Chu Yang felt the man''s gaze bing ufortably sticky. She picked up her bag, intending to move somewhere else, but unexpectedly, the man reached out and grabbed her wrist. "What do you want? I can buy you bags, jewelry, essories. Do you want..."

    Before he could finish, Chu Yang yanked her hand away and ran towards the restroom without acknowledging him.

    The man couldn''t follow her into thedies'' room, so he waited outside, hoping to catch her when she came out.

    Jin Yang, returning from the crowd and not seeing Chu Yang, immediately called her. "Hello? Yang Yang, where are you?"

    "I''m in the bathroom. I''ll be out in a moment."

    "Okay, I''ll wait for you."

    Still excited and feeling thirsty, Jin Yang grabbed a nearby ss and drank from it. What she didn''t know was that the drink had been spiked.

    Shortly after, Chu Yang came out of the bathroom. To her surprise, the man was still there and immediately approached her. "What''s your name? Tell me."

    Chu Yang ignored him. "Get lost." She looked over to where they had been sitting earlier and saw a man supporting Jin Yang.

    Chu Yang ran over. "What are you doing?"

    The man, seeing another beautiful woman approach, grinned lecherously. "What am I doing? Well, of course, I''m going to... Ow!"

    Noticing Jin Yang''s unnaturally flushed face, Chu Yang immediately kicked the man in the groin. He let out a yell, releasing Jin Yang and crouching down in pain.

    Du Chao, who was about to approach, suddenly froze, feeling a chill run down his spine. Was this the same little white rabbit from before?

    Chu Yang supported Jin Yang and felt her face. It was hot. She had just called her excitedly earlier, so she must have been drugged.

    Miya and the others noticed and came over. "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang said, "Jin Yang seems to have been drugged. I''m taking her home first." Miya and the others were shocked. "Yes, go quickly!"

    Susan checked her watch. It was past eleven. "It''s gettingte. Let''s all leave."

    "Okay."

    As they were preparing to leave, the man Chu Yang had kicked stood up. "I''d like to see who dares to leave!"

    Suddenly, several men approached and surrounded them.

    The people dancing nearby noticed and formed a circle to watch.

    Miya shielded Chu Yang behind her. "What do you want? I''m calling the police." She took out her phone.

    However, one of the men immediately snatched her phone away. The man red viciously at Chu Yang and her friends. "I dare you to call the police. Ask around and find out who I am! Even if the policee, it won''t matter!"

    At this moment, the bar manager walked over, smiling and offering a cigarette to the man. "Oh, Young Master Wang! My apologies for the poor service. It''s all a misunderstanding. They''re just young girls. I apologize on their behalf. Your bill for tonight is on the house."

    The man called Young Master Wang pped the manager hard across the face. The manager held his face, his head turned to the side. "Who do you think you are to interfere in Young Master Wang''s business?"

    The man then turned to Chu Yang. "You want to leave? Fine. You,e here and serve me, and I''ll consider letting you all go!" His lecherous gaze swept over Chu Yang.

    Du Chao, who had initially wanted to y the hero, hesitated when he heard it was Young Master Wang. After a moment''s hesitation, he still stepped forward. "So it''s Young Master Wang. Hello, I''m Du Chao, from the Du family."

    Wang Zhong sized up Du Chao. "From the Du family? Is this your woman?"

    Du Chao smiled. "We''re... friends."

    Wang Zhong sneered. "Friends? If she''s not your woman, why are you getting involved?" Then he turned to Chu Yang and her group. "Grab that girl for me!"

    Chu Yang was about to use her witchcraft to teach Wang Zhong a lesson when suddenly, a voice rang out from outside the crowd. "Try touching her, I dare you."

    Everyone turned to look at the neer. At the entrance of the bar stood a man holding a woman''s coat. He was wearing a ck suit, standing there with an estimated height of over 180 cm. In the dim bar light, he looked like a dark emperor. His features were exquisite, his demeanor cold and noble.

    Wang Zhong looked at the neer. "Who are you?"

    Chi Yan ignored him and looked at Chu Yang. "Come here."

    Chu Yang supported Jin Yang as she walked over, with Miya and the others quickly following. "Why did youe?"

    Seeing that the man was ignoring him, Wang Zhong''s temper red. "What are you waiting for? Beat him to death!"

    Suddenly, several men in ck suits walked in from the entrance and stood beside Chi Yan. "Young Boss."

    When Wang Zhong''s people saw this, they immediately became intimidated. It was clear these were professional bodyguards, and no one dared to approach.

    Chi Yan asked Chu Yang, "What''s going on?"

    Chu Yang looked toward Jin Yang and said, "Jin Yang has been drugged. We should take her to the hospital first to get checked out."

    Chi Yan looked at Qi Jie, who quickly took charge of the situation. "Miss Chu, I''ll take her to the hospital right away. You should go back with the BOSS first."

    Miya also chimed in hurriedly, "Yang Yang, you should head back first. We''ll take care of her."

    The others nodded in agreement.

    Chu Yang nced at Chi Yan, noticing that he didn''t seem to be in a good mood, then nodded.

    Chi Yan held her hand as they walked out of the bar. The night air was a bit chilly, so Chi Yan draped his jacket over her shoulders before helping her into the car.

 Chapter 218: Angry

    <h4>Chapter 218</h4>

    After Chu Yang got into the car, Chi Yan closed the door, and then Chu Yang saw Chi Yan go back into the bar. Chu Yang didn''t dare to get out of the car and go look, because she sensed that Chi Yan seemed angry.

    In the bar, Wang Zhong looked at the person who had returned. Before he could speak, Chi Yan made a gesture, and suddenly there was a cry of pain. Wang Zhong fell to the ground with a bruised face, along with his cronies who were all on the ground yelling in pain.

    No one dared to make a sound, afraid of getting involved. The young gentleman before them was clearly not someone to be trifled with.

    "Click, click." The entire bar''s music had stopped, and only the sound of Chi Yan''s footsteps could be heard. The foot in custom-made leather shoes walked up to Wang Zhong, raised, and stepped on Wang Zhong''s face. Wang Zhong let out a painful groan.

    If Chu Yang were here, she would definitely think that if Chi Yan said, "The weather''s getting cold, it''s time for the Wang family to go bankrupt!" she would be so embarrassed she could dig herself into an underground pce.

    However, Chi Yan didn''t say anything. Suddenly, a bodyguard walked over and said to Chi Yan, "Young Boss, the police are here."

    Only then did Chi Yan lower his foot. As soon as the police came in, they asked, "Who called the police?"

    The bodyguard nearby raised his hand and exined the situation. The police officer nced at Chi Yan and said, "Come on, arrest them."

    Quickly, Wang Zhong and his cronies lying on the ground were all handcuffed. Wang Zhong wanted to say something but was gagged and taken away.

    Outside, Chu Yang only saw the police arrive quickly, and then not long after, Chi Yan came out and got into the car.

    Chi Yan was about to leave when a man suddenly spoke up, "Excuse me, what''s your rtionship with that girl just now? I consider myself her friend."

    Chi Yan turned and nced at the man, frowned, and left without a word.

    Du Chao didn''t dare to ask further. After Chi Yan left the bar, the bodyguard who had been by Chi Yan''s side found the bar manager and handed him a card, saying, "Our Young Boss said to put tonight''s expenses on his ount. He''s covering it. We''re very sorry for disturbing everyone."

    The bar manager took the card and saw written on it: Chi Yan, General Manager of Chi Corporation.

    The driver drove home, nced at the rearview mirror, and then raised the partition.

    Chu Yang''s hand was tightly held by Chi Yan, but Chi Yan didn''t speak, so Chu Yang didn''t either.

    After a long while, Chi Yan said, "Don''t you have anything to say to me?"

    Chu Yang immediately lowered her head, "I was wrong." No matter what, admit fault first.

    "What exactly did you do wrong?"

    Chu Yang thought for a moment, "Uh... everything I did was wrong."

    Then Chi Yan beside her sighed and hugged her, "I''m not ming you. It''s your freedom to go out and have fun, but for your personal safety, next time you want to go out, you need to tell me. I... I was scared."

    He was afraid of encountering someone like Zhu Ying again.

    And thinking about when he was about to leave the hotel, that man actually asked him what his rtionship with Yang Yang was?

    "Did you make any new friends?" Chi Yan suddenly asked.

    Chu Yang was puzzled: "What new friends?"

    Chi Yan stroked her hand, "Just now, a man said he was your friend."

    Chu Yang frowned and thought for a moment, not knowing what he meant, then suddenly remembered the man who had blocked her way outside the bathroom even after she had rejected him. "I don''t know him. He tried to give me his business card but I didn''t take it. I rejected him but he still tried to stick around. He even said he could buy me bags and jewelry."

    Chu Yang felt angry just thinking about it, "Who does he think I am? Do Ick a bag?" She had many bags, and Chi Yan usually bought her thetest seasonal styles.

    Chi Yan felt better inside. He hugged her and kissed her cheek, his hand caressing hers.

    "I promise I''ll definitely tell you whenever I go somewhere in the future." Chu Yang raised four fingers to swear.

    Chi Yan took her hand and lowered it, "Alright."

    On the way back, Chi Yan thought about what his uncle had said before. It was indeed correct that only when one bes strong can they protect the people they want to protect. He was no longer the person who would go alone to help Yang Yang drive away those who wanted to hurt her. This time, he didn''t even need to take action personally.

    They soon arrived at the Forest Garden Community. Chu Yang thought Chi Yan was still angry, so she kept amodating him all night.

    In the room, only a dim night light was left on. Chu Yang felt that Chi Yan seemed much more mature tonightpared to before. In the past, Chi Yan would act spoiled with her, like a big wolf dog, but tonight''s Chi Yan was like a wise and noble alpha wolf.

    The alpha wolf was fierce and intense, even more excited on this full moon night. Chu Yang felt she could hardly bear it, feeling as if she was thrown into the sky and then caught again, more thrilling than riding a roller coaster.

    His eyes were dark and full of desire, onerge hand tightly restraining her waist, the other holding her hand and gently kissing it.

    "Do you love me?"

    Chu Yang seemed to be drawn into his eyes, only able to nod.

    "Say you love me."

    "Love... love you, I love you."

    The alpha wolf finally seemed satisfied and kissed her face, "I love you too."

    After a long while, the alpha wolf finally ceased his attack, but didn''t let go of the person in his arms. Chu Yang thought it was over and closed her eyes, ready to sleep. She was truly exhausted.

    However, not long after, Chu Yang felt therge hand restraining her waist suddenly flip her over...

    Chu Yang cried...

    She really had made a mistake!!!

    The next day, after having breakfast, Chu Yangy on the sofa to rest while Chi Yan sat beside her working.

    Then her phone rang. It was Jin Yang calling.

    "Jin Yang, are you alright now?"

    "I''m fine now. Luckily you came back in time. Thank you so much, Yang Yang, and please also thank the Young Boss for me. Just... the Young Boss isn''t angry, right? Miya and the others told me about what happened yesterday. They''re all worried that the Young Boss might be angry. They''re afraid he''ll me them for taking you to the bar." Jin Yang had also started calling him Young Boss after Miya and the others said too much.

    Chu Yang nced at Chi Yan, who was working seriously, and stood up to walk to the balcony to take the call. What she didn''t know was that Chi Yan looked up at her when she walked to the balcony.

    "It''s fine. He shouldn''t be angry anymore." Even if he was angry,st night should have dissipated his anger, not in vain for all her hard work.

    "That''s good. Then I''ll let Miya and the others know."

    "Mm, don''t worry. Chi Yan isn''t an unreasonable person, and it has nothing to do with them anyway. No need to worry."

    Jin Yang on the other end let out a sigh of relief, "That''s good."

    "Have you been discharged from the hospital yet?"

    "It''s nothing serious. I''ll be back at school in the morning. The doctor said it was that kind of aphrodisiac drug. I''m fine now. Oh, and we have to go back to school for sses next week. There''s a morning ss, remember?"

    "Mm-hmm, got it."

    "Alright then, I''ll hang up now."

    "Okay, bye-bye."

    After finishing the call, Chu Yang returned to the living room and continued to lie on the couch, casually ying with her phone to rx.

    Chi Yan looked up and asked, "Who were you talking to?"

    "Huh? Oh, it was Jin Yang. She''s okay now. She said thanks for your helpst night. Also, she asked you not to me Miya and the others."

    Chi Yan came over and sat beside her, stroking her beautiful hair. "I''m not angry, and I''m not angry with you either. Just remember to let me know in the future. I worry about you."

    Chu Yang, however, was thinking: ...If you''re not angry, doesn''t that mean all my effortsst night were for nothing?

 Chapter 219: Driving to School

    <h4>Chapter 219</h4>

    "Next time you want to go to a bar, I''ll take you to Monkey''s bar. It''s safer there."

    "Okay."

    Meanwhile, Wang Zhong spent the entire night at the police station, looking deted and nothing like his spirited self from the previous evening.

    After a full day of negotiations by the Wang family, Wang Zhong was finally allowed to leave.

    When he returned home, everyone was sitting in the living room. The head of the Wang family, who was also Wang Zhong''s uncle, looked at him and angrily said, "Kneel down!"

    Wang Zhong''s legs gave way, and he fell to his knees. It looked painful just to watch.

    Wang Xi looked at his ipetent nephew with disappointment, "Do you know who you offendedst night?"

    Wang Zhong shook his head.

    Wang Xi struck him with a cane, "You offended someone without even knowing who they were? What, did you think Jing City belonged to the Wang Family?"

    Wang Zhong kept his head down, not daring to speak. As Wang Xi was about to strike again, a woman stepped forward, "Stop hitting him, stop. My son knows he was wrong."

    Wang Xi turned to the woman, "Sister-inw, you need to keep your son in check! Do you know the consequences of offending the Chi Corporation?"

    "He knows he was wrong, he knows. I''ll make sure to keep him in line from now on."

    ...

    Chu Yang was unaware of themotion caused by the Wang family. She was busy writing her internship report. Reflecting on her internship experience, she realized there wasn''t much to say. She went to work on time every day, made some spreadsheets, asionally helped out, and apanied Chi Yan to two banquets or cocktail parties.

    Oh well, she thought, I''ll embellish it a bit. I''ll write that I followed the boss to discuss cooperation at the evening banquets, and that Ipleted tasks assigned by the supervisor on time. Yeah, that sounds good.

    On Monday, Chu Yang woke upte and had to drive to school.

    Her pink Maserati became a striking sight on campus, drawing many eyes. When the car stopped at the Literature Academy, many people paused to see who would step out.

    When Chu Yang got out of the car, her ssmates were shocked.

    "Is that Chu Yang?"

    "It is her!"

    "Chu Yang, howe you drove here? And in such a... luxurious car." Chen Xixi approached, her hand reaching out to touch the car, but she asked first, "Can I touch it?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "I woke upte this morning, so I had to drive."

    "Did you buy this car?" Chen Xixi asked, caressing her dream car.

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No, my boyfriend bought it."

    Chen Xixi had a sudden realization, her face full of envy, "Oh, Chi Yan the campus heartthrob bought it. He must have given it to you as a gift. It''s so beautiful, and even pink!"

    Zhang Xinghai, who was nearby, also came over to touch the luxury car, "Yang, I''m so jealous of you. I asked my dad to buy me one, but he refused. Can I sit inside for a bit?"

    "Go ahead."

    "Wow!" Several girls sat in the car, touching everything. They were all very excited.

    "Ah, I can now say I''ve been in a luxury car!"

    "Let''s take a photo!"

    "Yes, yes, we''ll post it on social mediater."

    Chu Yang stood by, watching them. There were still ten minutes before ss, so there was time.

    As everyone was happily taking photos, someone walked by and said disdainfully, "I don''t know what you''re all excited about. A car bought by a man, isn''t that embarrassing?"

    Everyone looked awkwardly at Chu Yang. Chu Yang turned to the neer, thought for a moment, but couldn''t recall who she was.

    "Excuse me, who are you?"

    The girl was instantly angered, not expecting Chu Yang to not recognize her. Chen Xixi next to her immediatelyughed and mocked, "Some people don''t even have a man to rely on, what a joke!"

    Zhang Xinghai nearby also said, "Exactly. Being able to rely on someone is also a kind of ability. Some people don''t even have that."

    The girl, fuming, turned to Chu Yang, "If you''re so rich, why are you still taking poverty subsidies? Aren''t you ashamed?"

    "Hm? I remember I only took it once, and haven''t since then." Moreover, she had donated all that money afterwards. Chu Yang looked at the girl, "How do you know I took poverty subsidies? What, do you think I should remain poor forever? Can''t I earn money myself and be well-off in the future?" Although she wasn''t very rich, she actually had over seven figures in her ount, having taken on several big projects to buy a house.

    Oh, and this didn''t even include the pocket money given to her by Chi Yan''s grandfather and Chairman Qian. She didn''t know how much money was in those two cards as she had never used them.

    Chen Xixi got out of the car, "Our ss can give the poverty subsidy quota to whoever we want. What business is it of yours from another ss? Do you live by the river? Why are you meddling so much? Besides, Chu Yang herself gave up the poverty subsidy quota." Each ss had a limited number of subsidy spots, and as long as no one in the ss had objections, it was fine.

    The girl, unable to argue back, left in a huff.

    Chen Xixi linked arms with Chu Yang, "It''s almost time, let''s go."

    Chu Yang walked to the ssroom with them, "Who was that just now?"

    Chen Xixi replied, "Oh, that''s Yang Qingyue from ss 3. You''ve always been the top student in our major, right? She''s just jealous that you''re always first. It''sughable, does she think she''d be first if you weren''t here?"

    Chu Yang: ...She hadn''t expected that good grades would also make people jealous.

    Walking into the ssroom, Jin Yang was already in her seat and quickly waved to her.

    Chu Yang went over and sat next to her. Jin Yang took out her phone, "Did you drive a pink Maserati here today? Look, everyone''s talking about it in the group chat."

    Chu Yang hadn''t expected that driving to ss would cause such a discussion, "What are they saying? If I had known, I wouldn''t have driven here."

    "Oh, they''re just jealous. It''s fine, drive it every day, let them be envious to death. I haven''t even ridden in it yet. You have to give me a ride back to the dorm after ss."

    "No problem."

    After two sses, Jin Yang linked arms with Chu Yang, "Did the little boss buy it for you?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "Yes."

    "As expected of the little boss. About that incidentst time, Miya and the others were saying that when the little boss appeared, they all wanted to scream. They said he looked super handsome when he made his entrance! It felt like they were in a romance novel. I regret fainting. It''s such a pity I didn''t get to see it."

    Chu Yang: ...She hadn''t paid attention at the time, only thinking about how angry Chi Yan was.

    Chen Xixi and Zhang Xinghai also came over, asking, "What''s going on? We need to head back to the dorm. Could you give us a ride?" They looked at Chu Yang with big, expectant eyes.

    Chu Yang readily agreed, as it was a small favor.

    Soon, the three of them excitedly sat in the Maserati. "Ah, this must be the joy of having a rich sugar momma," they gushed.

    "Can we put the top down?" one of them asked.

    Chu Yang pressed a button, and the car transformed into a convertible. The three passengers squealed with delight.

    "Let''s go for a joyride!" they suggested.

    Chu Yang started driving, cruising along the campus roads. The other three were beyond thrilled. Every person they passed turned to look, with some even taking out their phones to snap photos.

 Chapter 220: Relying on Men

    <h4>Chapter 220</h4>

    They quickly arrived at the dormitory building. The three of them got out of the car.

    "That was so fast!"

    "Haha! I''m going to strike a pose by the car. Take a photo of me. Let''s take turns!"

    "No problem."

    ...Before long, a group of girls had gathered around Chu Yang''s car at the entrance of the female dormitory, taking photos andughing joyfully.

    After ying for a while, it was gettingte. "Alright, alright, Chu Yang needs to leave now. We shouldn''t keep her from having dinner."

    "Chu Yang, if you have things to do, you can go ahead. We''re done taking photos."

    Chu Yang stood to the side, sipping a bubble tea that a ssmate had bought extra and given to her. "It''s fine, I''m not in a hurry."

    "No, no, we''ve had enough fun. You can drive off now."

    Chu Yang didn''t say anything more. "Alright then, I''m off. Bye-bye."

    "Bye-bye!"

    Up in the dormitory, Yang Qingyue saw Chu Yang chatting happily with everyone and rolled her eyes. "So affected!"

    When Yang Qingyue returned to her room, she was surprised to find her roommates also talking about Chu Yang''s car.

    "Look, I just took a photo with that luxury car. Don''t I look like a socialite?"

    "It would''ve been even better with sunsses."

    "Haha, that pink Maserati is really beautiful, but we can''t afford it."

    "We''ll work hard and earn money in the future! We''ll definitely be able to buy one someday."

    "Chu Yang is so nice. I asked if I could sit in the car, and she nodded gently and said yes."

    Hearing this, Yang Qingyue snorted, "Don''t you all know that Chu Yang got that car from a man?"

    Her roommates looked at each other, confused. Zhou Ying turned to her and asked, "Why are you so sour about it?"

    "Yeah, what''s wrong with her boyfriend buying her a car? I wish I had a boyfriend like that, but s, I don''t," Su Wenwen sighed, cupping her face in her hands.

    Yang Qingyue retorted, "Why do you all just assume it''s from a man?"

    Su Wenwen had had enough. She rolled her eyes and said, "I don''t know what you''re so bitter about. Am I relying on a man? If she can rely on a man, that''s her ability. Besides, Chu Yang is top of her major! Top! What ce are you? Not to mention she''s won several big awards for the academy. What do you mean by relying on a man? That''s her boyfriend''s willing choice. Are you jealous of Chu Yang? You look so upset! What, are you envious that Chu Yang has such a good boyfriend?"

    Yang Qingyue grew even angrier. "Jealous? Who''s jealous? What''s there to be jealous of some smelly man for?" Personal strength is true strength, she thought.

    As Su Wenwen was about to say more, Jiang Xin next to her tugged at her sleeve, signaling her to stop talking. She then pointed at her phone, indicating she''d type a message for her to read.

    "Her father had an affair before, and her mother divorced him and raised her alone. She''s always emphasized not relying on men, saying men are useless. Under this influence, she''s developed that kind of mindset. Don''t bother with her. My family lives near hers, and I often hear her mother scolding her, forbidding her from dating. Her mother is super controlling."

    After reading this, Su Wenwen snorted and said nothing more. She didn''t want to argue with someone whose thoughts were so rigid.

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang quickly returned to her residentialplex. The housekeeper had already prepared dinner, but Chi Yan was still at thepany and hadn''t returned.

    After eating, Chu Yang rested for a while before heading back to school. This time, she didn''t drive but took the bus instead.

    In the evening, Chu Yang had finished dinner and was about to sleep, but Chi Yan still hadn''t returned. He had only informed her around 6 PM that he would be workingte tonight. However, Chu Yang didn''t expect him to return aste as after midnight.

    When Chi Yan finished washing up and quietly got into bed, hugging Chu Yang, she woke up slightly, still groggy. "You''re back?"

    Chi Yan''s heart melted. He kissed her gently. "Mm-hmm, go back to sleep."

    "Okay."

    For the next few days, Chi Yan kepting back veryte, and Chu Yang got used to it. After all, she went to school during the day, and in the evening, she would return home to do homework and read until it was time to sleep.

    One day, just as she finished ss and was walking out of the Literature Academy, she saw Chi Yan standing by his car.

    Chu Yang ran over with a smile. "Why are you here?"

    Chi Yan stroked her head and led her to the car. "I''m here to pick you up. I''ve been busytely and haven''t been able to spend time with you properly. I''m sorry."

    "It''s okay. You''ve been working hard."

    They quickly drove away. Yang Qingyue saw this too. She heard the girls around her expressing envy for Chu Yang and snorted. What''s there to envy about a woman who relies on men? she thought.

    Actually, Yang Qingyue had known about Chu Yang since their freshman year, as she was the top student in their major. Yang Qingyue admired excellent female students, and people said Chu Yang had a good personality, so she had wanted to be friends with her.

    But unexpectedly, Chu Yang got a boyfriendter!

    Yang Qingyue was very angry. She felt that Chu Yang shouldn''t have a boyfriend. Smelly men only hinder women from shining! She thought they would break up soon, but now they were juniors and still together.

    Yang Qingyue felt that Chu Yang was no longer an excellent girl. An excellent girl shouldn''t rely on men!

    If Chu Yang knew about this, she would definitely be speechless. A person''s excellence and whether they have a boyfriend are twopletely different things, right?

    Chi Yan took Chu Yang out for dinner and then to an amusement park. They yed until 10 PM before heading home.

    At night, as theyy in bed chatting, Chi Yan said, "The renovation at Imperial Prosperity is almost done. Do you want to go take a look? We should be able to move in during the summer break."

    Chu Yang calcted the time. "Should we move the things from here?"

    "Just bring some clothes and whatever else you want to take. They have all the furniture and everything there. I had arge bookshelf made. During the summer break, we''ll go and bring back the things Sophia left for you."

    "Sounds good."

    "I''m going to the university tomorrow too. I''ll drop you off at the Literature Academy first, then head to B University. I''lle back to have lunch with you at noon."

    Chu Yang looked at him in pleasant surprise. "You''re not going to thepany?" To be honest, she had almost forgotten that Chi Yan was also a junior in college.

    Chi Yan caressed her cheek. "Mm, there''s something at school, and there''s nothing urgent at thepany recently. Wei Feng and the others invited me to y basketball. It''s been a while since I yed. I remember your ss ends at 3 PM. Would you like toe watch me y after school?"

    "Sure!"

    They continued chatting softly for a while until the room fell silent, filled only with the sound of their sleeping breaths.

    The next day, as soon as school let out in the afternoon, Chu Yang went straight to B University. Chi Yan had sent her the location earlier¡ªthey were in B University''s gymnasium.

    Upon arrival, Chu Yang sat directly in the seats along the sidelines to watch. Although it had been a long time since he had yed basketball, Chi Yan''s skills were still as impressive as ever. In just about fifteen minutes, she saw him sink several shots, including two three-pointers.

    Wei Feng suddenly noticed Chu Yang on the sidelines and immediately signaled to Chi Yan with his eyes, "Yan, the boss is already over there."

    Chi Yan looked over right away, tossed the ball aside, and said, "You guys keep ying, I''m going over there for a bit."

    Chu Yang watched as Chi Yan walked over, and handed him a bottle of water.

 Chapter 221: Saving People

    <h4>Chapter 221</h4>

    Chi Yan twisted open the bottle cap and quickly drank half the water. He then sat down next to Chu Yang, resting his hand on her shoulder, and asked her to help wipe his sweat.

    "We''ll go eat around 6 o''clock. Is there anywhere specific you''d like to go today?"

    "Are you going to y basketball for two hours? It''s only 4 o''clock now. Let''s just eat at the cafeteria. I haven''t had food from B University''s cafeteria in a long time." Since Chi Yan started working at thepany, he spent less time at school, so Chu Yang rarely came to B University and hadn''t seen Wei Feng and the others in a while.

    "We should be done by 5. Let''s take a walk around campus. It''s been a while since I''ve strolled with you here."

    "Sounds good."

    After chatting for a bit, Chi Yan returned to the basketball court. Chu Yang''s gaze followed him. Unlike his demeanor at thepany, Chi Yan now seemed like a carefree college student, exuding youthful energy and overflowing with hormones.

    When he scored, he high-fived his teammates in celebration. asionally, as he jumped, his shirt would lift with the wind, offering a tantalizing glimpse of his abs.

    Chu Yang recalled how, when she first arrived in this world, she thought that chasing men wasn''t as appealing as chasing money. Now that she had "caught" a man, she found it wasn''t so bad after all.

    At thepany, she had seen Chi Yan''s intensely serious side, with his subordinates trembling in fear of his anger. It was simr to how he had been at the bar that time. Seeing him like that, Chu Yang could envision what he would be like when he became even more mature.

    She felt incredibly fortunate to be a part of both his college life and his life after growing up.

    Initially, Chu Yang sat alone on the sidelines, but soon a girl came and sat next to her. "You''re Chi Yan''s girlfriend, right?"

    Chu Yang nodded.

    The girl smiled at her warmly. "Hi, I''m Wu Huarong''s girlfriend. My name is Cheng Ge. He''s number 6 out there." The girl pointed to the yer wearing the number 6 jersey on the court, her eyes full of affection as she looked at him.

    Chu Yang shook hands with her. "I''m Chu Yang. Nice to meet you." She vaguely remembered Wu Huarong, as he was usually part of the group when Chi Yan yed basketball, and they had even eaten together before.

    "I don''t know why these guys love basketball so much. Mine is always talking about ying. It''s fine if he ys himself, but he wants me toe watch too."

    Chu Yang chuckled. "I guess it''s simr to how we girls like ying with dolls, skincare products, and makeup. As long as it''s not a harmful hobby, it''s not really a problem."

    "You''re right. I have a friend whose boyfriend is obsessed with video games and sometimes neglects her because of it. Inparison, my Rongrong just ys basketball and doesn''t ignore me. What about your boyfriend? Oh, my boyfriend mentioned that yours hasn''t yed with him in a while. I think he said something about him going to work at apany."

    Chu Yang nodded. "Yes, he''s been learning at thepany this semester."

    "That must be tough. While everyone else is carefree and having fun, he''s already taking on responsibilities."

    Chu Yang looked at Chi Yan on the court, remembering thete nights he spent working overtime. She felt a pang of sympathy for him. Before he started at thepany, he always seemed to have plenty of free time, constantly asking her out for meals, to hang out, y basketball, skateboard, box, and other activities. They used to go running or take walks together every evening.

    Now, they rarely did those things anymore. However, since they lived together, the amount of time they spent together hadn''t really decreased.

    But people have to grow up, and Chi Yan was just growing up a bit faster.

    Beside her, Chen Ge kept ncing at her boyfriend, smiling whenever he scored a basket.

    "So, how did you meet your boyfriend?" Chen Ge asked. "I met mine in the cafeteria line. He took thest serving of sweet and sour pork ribs. I was having a bad day and felt so unlucky that I couldn''t even get the food I wanted. I was on the verge of tears. He noticed, hesitated for a moment, then gave me his portion, saying, ''Don''t cry. Here, you can have it.'' I thought he was so cool at that moment."

    Chen Ge cupped her face, lost in the memory.

    Chu Yang gripped her phone tightly. "We met on a bus. He... he looked like he was afraid I would taint him or something." It was quite funny in retrospect, if not for the dangerous situation they had been in at the time.

    Just as Chu Yang finished speaking, Chen Ge suddenly stood up in panic. "Rongrong, what''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang looked over to see Wu Huarong copsed on the ground, clutching his chest before losing consciousness.

    Chu Yang immediately saw the dangerous ck energy surrounding him.

    She rushed over, shouting, "Quick, get the AED (Automated External Defibritor)!"

    Chi Yan was already performing CPR. Someone was calling for an ambnce, and Wei Feng had quickly located the AED and was running back with it. "Here it is!"

    Chen Ge was on her knees nearby, crying.

    Chu Yang frowned as she noticed the ck energy wasn''t dissipating at all. It was extremely dangerous.

    She turned to Chi Yan. "Ah Yan, pause for a moment and let me try something."

    Then, to everyone''s astonishment, Chu Yang made a gesture with her hands, and a ball of light appeared. She sent the light into Wu Huarong''s chest, causing her face to suddenly pale. "Ah Yan, continue what you were doing before."

    The others were stunned, even Chen Ge stopped crying and stared at Chu Yang in disbelief. What had just happened?

    Soon, Wu Huarong''s heart started beating again, and he coughed.

    Everyone cheered joyfully. "He''s awake!"

    The ambnce arrived shortly after, and the paramedics examined Wu Huarong. They praised the group, saying, "You did an excellent job. He should be fine now."

    Chen Ge and one of Wu Huarong''s close friends apanied him to the hospital. The rest of the group, no longer in the mood to y basketball, packed up their things and dispersed.

    Chu Yang leaned against Chi Yan, slowly recovering her mystical energy. The healing technique she had used today was her first attempt, and being unfamiliar with it, it had drained her considerably.

    "Are you alright?" Chi Yan looked at her with concern. "Let''s go home and rest."

    Their campus walk was out of the question now; Chi Yan was too worried about Chu Yang.

    "I''ll carry you on my back," he said, crouching down.

    After some consideration, Chu Yang decided to climb up, allowing Chi Yan to carry her on his back as they left the gymnasium. There weren''t many people in the gym earlier, and those present were all acquaintances. So when everyone saw this, they were surprised, but knowing that Chu Yang was a big shot, they only became more admiring.

    Oh, except for Chen Ge, who felt like his worldview had been shattered. But she didn''t have the energy to think about that right now.

    As they left the gymnasium and got into the car, Chi Yan drove her straight back to the Forest Garden Community. Since they had originally told the housekeeper not to cook dinner tonight, Chi Yan ordered takeout on the way.

    Upon arriving at Forest Garden Community, Chi Yan carried Chu Yang upstairs in his arms, princess-style. Chu Yang actually felt it wasn''t necessary; she just looked a bit pale, but there was nothing really wrong. However, seeing Chi Yan''s expressionless face, she felt too embarrassed to say anything.

 Chapter 222: Treatment

    <h4>Chapter 222</h4>

    Chi Yan ced Chu Yang on the sofa and poured her a ss of hot water before feeling her forehead. "Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "I''m fine. Don''t worry." She held his hand. "I just overused my witchcraft. It was my first time performing that spell, so I wasn''t very skilled at it. That''s why this happened. Don''t worry, it won''t happen again."

    Chi Yan looked at her, his forehead touching hers. "I''m selfish. I don''t want you to get hurt at all, even if it''s for my brother."

    Chu Yang nced at his lips. "In that case, why don''t you heal me?" She leaned in and kissed him directly.

    Although Chi Yan didn''t understand what she meant, he deepened the kiss...

    Just as Chi Yan was about to carry her to the bedroom, the phone rang. It was the food delivery... Chi Yan immediately calmed down. His dear Yang was still weak, how could he be so beastly?

    He put her down. "I''ll go get the food. Let''s eat first."

    "Okay."

    After they finished eating, Chi Yan told Chu Yang to rest well. Chu Yang beckoned him over. "Come here and heal me quickly."

    Chi Yan: ?

    Chu Yang looked at him, confused. "Didn''t I tell you? I have an extremely yin constitution, and you have an extremely yang constitution. Weplement each other, so every time we, you know, my witchcraft is fully replenished."

    Chi Yan: !! How did he not know about this wonderful thing before?

    Chi Yan took three steps in two and scooped Chu Yang up in his arms, looking righteous. "In that case, I''ll replenish your yang energy right away."

    Then Chu Yang was thoroughly "eaten" several times.

    "I''m already better. Look, my face is rosy now."

    "I still think it looks a bit pale. Let''s do it one more time, just to be safe."

    "...No, hic, look, my witchcraft is overflowing."

    "It''s fine. I have plenty of yang energy. Giving you a bit more won''t hurt."

    "..." Ah, she shouldn''t have told him.

    Meanwhile, Wu Huarong quickly recovered. The doctor kept praising his ssmate, "Luckily your ssmate knew CPR and how to use an AED. You''re really fortunate. A narrow escape from death must mean good fortune ahead."

    Wu Huarong nodded with a smile. "That''s right. All my brothers are good people."

    After the doctor left, Chen Ge told Wu Huarong what he had seen: "Do you know what happened when you fainted?"

    Wu Huarong shook his head. "Didn''t they say Yan-ge saved me with CPR? I heard little Feng was about to cry. Haha, I''m going to tease him about it when I get back."

    Chen Ge hit him lightly. "Don''t get too excited. The doctor said you shouldn''t be too excited."

    "Oh."

    Chen Ge looked around and then leaned in to whisper in Wu Huarong''s ear. "Originally, your Yan-ge was doing CPR on you, but there was no change. Then I saw Chu Yang, your Yan-ge''s girlfriend, make a gesture. Her hands actually lit up with a ball of light, and then the light entered your body. Your Yan-ge continued the CPR motions, and then you woke up."

    Chen Ge gestured as he spoke: "Who exactly is Chu Yang?"

    Wu Huarong said with a shocked expression: "What a loss! I can''t believe I missed seeing the boss do something like that!"

    Chen Ge: ?

    Wu Huarong scratched his head and said apologetically: "Little Ge, I think I forgot to tell you. It''s mainly because we haven''t encountered the boss in a long time."

    "What are you talking about?"

    Wu Huarong checked their surroundings to make sure no one could overhear: "Chu Yang, Yan-ge''s girlfriend, we all call her ''boss''. She''s an expert, the kind who can make prophecies. Let me show you her Weibo, you should follow her. Back when Yan-ge was still pursuing her, once after we yed basketball and went to eat..."

    Wu Huarong then exined about Chu Yang''s ability to make prophecies. The more he spoke, the more shocked Chen Ge became.

    "Really?"

    "That amazing?"

    "So awesome!"

    "Right? That''s why we all call her boss. But Yan-ge spends less time at school now, so we rarely see the boss. You can check out the boss''s Weibo and see for yourself."

    Chen Ge quickly followed the Prophecy Little Witch''s Weibo. "Wasn''t this the one that trended before?" Chen Ge suddenly remembered.

    "Yes, the boss''s prophecies are always super urate. Her weather forecasts are incredibly good too. Didn''t you say before that weather forecasts were inurate? When you have time, check out the boss''s weather forecasts for Jing City. They''re super urate."

    "Does everyone know? Know that Chu Yang is this." Chen Ge gave a thumbs up, implying "boss".

    Wu Huarong: "Those of us who are close to Yan-ge and y basketball together all know. Other people probably don''t know. Don''t go around telling everyone, okay?"

    "I know, I know. I won''t tell anyone." She thought that even if she did tell people, they probably wouldn''t believe her. If she hadn''t seen it herself, she might not have believed it either.

    Wu Huarong stayed in the hospital for two days and was discharged without any issues. He just needed to be careful in the future.

    After returning, he kept asking, "What exactly happened back then? What did the boss do specifically? I can''t believe I''m the only one who didn''t see it. What a shame!"

    Wei Feng: "...What''s there to be ashamed of? If you were awake, would the boss have intervened? Really!"

    "Did any of you take a video or something?"

    "Who would think about taking a video in such a dangerous situation? You idiot!"

    "Hey, no personal attacks! I heard you almost cried? Come on, Feng, cry again for us to see?"

    "Get lost!"

    Meanwhile, ever since Chi Yan learned about that thing, his excuses were always like:

    "You must be tired from studying today, right? Come on, I''m willing to let you replenish from me."

    "You look a bit pale today. Let me replenish you."

    "You seem a bit weak today. I''ll give you some yang energy right away!"

    Chu Yang: "...Get lost! I''m on my period today, damn it!"

    The renovation of the house at Imperial Prosperity was alreadypleted. The next step was just to remove the formaldehyde, which was being taken care of by professionals.

    "What do you think of the food Auntie cooks?" Chi Yan suddenly asked Chu Yang.

    "It''s quite good, very tasty. Why?"

    "Didn''t we decide to move to Imperial Prosperity for the summer vacation? If you like this auntie, I''ll ask if she''s willing to continue cooking at Imperial Prosperity. She can live in, and we''ll also have someone for cleaning and a housekeeper," Chi Yan exined.

    "You can arrange it. Just make sure to ask for Auntie''s opinion."

    "Alright. If she''s not willing, I''ll have someone find a new one."

    "Okay."

    "Next, you can check if there''s anything you need to pack up, then have someone move it over directly."

    "Sure, I''ll sort things out when I have time."

    "Mm-hmm."

    That day, because Chi Yan was busy at thepany, Chu Yang went shopping with Jin Yang and the others after school. It had been a long time since they all went out together.

    The group ate hot pot, then went shopping for clothes. Along the way, they passed by a car dealership. Chu Yang hesitated for a moment before walking straight in.

 Chapter 223: Night Talks in the Dormitory

    <h4>Chapter 223</h4>

    "Chu Yang, are you nning to buy a car?"

    "Yes. The car Yan gave me is too shy, so I want to buy a more ordinary one. During the summer break, Yan and I are moving to the Imperial Prosperity area. It''s a bit far from school, so I thought I''d drive there. I''ll invite you all out for a meal when the timees."

    "We''ll definitelye."

    The staff at the 4S dealership treated them very warmly. In less than an hour, Chu Yang had decided on a ck car worth around 200,000 yuan. However, it would take a month before she could get the car. Chu Yang thought that timing would be just right.

    In the evening, they went to watch a movie. Midway through, Chu Yang received a call from Chi Yan. Having learned from her previous lesson, this time Chu Yang obediently informed Chi Yan, "I''m at Jinghai Cinema. Hmm, we have about half an hour left. You''reing to pick me up? Alright."

    Half an hourter, when Chu Yang and Jin Yang''s group walked out of the cinema, they saw Chi Yan waiting outside.

    Chu Yang said goodbye to Jin Yang and the others, then got into Chi Yan''s car and left.

    "I have to go on a business trip for half a month," Chi Yan said as soon as Chu Yang got in the car.

    "Where to?" Chu Yang didn''t want him to encounter any dangerous situations like during hisst trip.

    "To Nanhai City." Nanhai City was about a thousand kilometers away from Jing City.

    "How many people are you taking with you this time?"

    Chi Yan turned his head and held her hand reassuringly with one hand, then put it back on the steering wheel. "Don''t worry, I''ll bring more people this time, and there will be bodyguards arranged there as well."

    "Let me check for you when we get back."

    "Okay."

    Upon returning to the Forest Garden Community, Chu Yang took out her crystal ball. The crystal ball showed images of Chi Yan shaking hands with others, presumably discussing business. The scene then changed to Chi Yan in a meeting, and then shifted again to show him boarding a ne.

    Since he had safely boarded the ne, it seemed everything would be fine.

    Chu Yang felt relieved. "I''ve checked, and there don''t seem to be any unexpected events. I''ll wait for you at home."

    "Mm." Chi Yan hugged her.

    Early the next morning, Chi Yan left. On the first night after Chi Yan''s departure, Chu Yang felt okay. On the second night, she felt the house was a bit too quiet. By the third day, she thought, maybe she should go back to the dorm for a while.

    She then instructed the housekeeper not toe and cook for the next few days. She packed two sets of clothes and returned to school.

    Pushing open the door to the dorm room, she found Jin Yang and the others inside. Chu Yang announced, "My Yan is on a business trip recently, so I''ve decided toe back and stay for a few days."

    "Wee, wee!" Jin Yang immediately came over and hugged her.

    Not long after Chu Yang returned, Ya Ya and Small Grapefruit flew over. These two crows seemed to have gotten fatter, probably overfed by Jin Yang and the others.

    Chu Yang stroked their feathers, "How did you two get so fat? Can you still fly?"

    Ya Ya cawed twice, then turned its bottom towards Chu Yang. It was angry! Hmph!

    Chu Yangughed, "Even though you''re fatter, you''re even cuter now. I have some small bread for you,e and eat."

    Ya Ya immediately turned around, "Ya ya!" Considering that youplimented me, I forgive you.

    After Ya Ya and Small Grapefruit finished eating, the two flew around the dorm room, ying and asionally cawing. People from the neighboring dorm heard the noise and came over. "Your dorm... Wow, there are birds!"

    Jin Yang said, "They''re crows."

    "Wow, crows! I''ve never seen them before. They''re so ck. Oh my, they''re so chubby."

    Upon hearing this, Ya Ya and Small Grapefruit immediately flew towards the window. Reaching the window, they turned their heads back towards the room, cawed twice, and then flew away. You''re the chubby ones!

    The neighbors, "Oh no, why did they fly away?"

    With no more spectacle to see, the people returned to their rooms.

    In the evening, the dorm chat continued.

    Qian Xin suddenly said, "I''m officially announcing that I''m in a rtionship!"

    The other three: ???

    Jin Yang immediately sat up, "Who? Tell us, which man has lured you away?"

    Qian Xin smiled sweetly, "Hehe, I met him during my internship. He works at thatpany."

    "So he''s already in the workforce?" Zhou Caicai asked.

    "Yes. He was really nice during my internship, often helping me out. Oh, and he used to study at A University too. He''s our senior, graduated two years ago."

    "Do you have a photo? Can we see?"

    Qian Xin promptly sent a photo of her boyfriend to the dorm group chat. He was a tall, slim guy, not very handsome, but quite pleasant-looking.

    "Wow! Congrattions! When are you treating us to a meal?"

    "I''ll ask him, and we''ll treat you to a meal when we''re free."

    "Okay, okay."

    Jin Yang sighed, "Two people in our dorm are now in rtionships. When will it be my turn?"

    Zhou Caicai on the other side asked curiously, "Hm? Aren''t you and Wei Feng..."

    Jin Yang quickly interrupted her, "No, no, we''re not."

    Chu Yang, unaware of what had happened while she was away, asked, "What about Wei Feng?"

    Zhou Caicai: "I''ve seen Wei Fenge to find Jin Yang several times."

    Jin Yang blushed a little and waved her hand, "It wasn''t that many times, just two or three. We just... uh, I just needed his help with some things."

    Chu Yang immediately said, "When did you two be so close?"

    Jin Yang pulled the nket over her head, "We just chatted a lot online, and we''ve yed games together before."

    Chu Yang: "So what''s going on between you two now?"

    Jin Yang: "Nothing much?"

    Zhou Caicai: "Nothing much? I saw him buying snacks for you and giving them to you. Speaking of which, when Chi Yan, the campus heartthrob, was pursuing our Chu Yang before, didn''t he also often buy bags of snacks for her?"

    Jin Yang felt a bit embarrassed, "Well, it''s just the ambiguous stage for now."

    "Oh~" The three of them immediately chimed in unison, making Jin Yang feel her face must be bright red.

    "Anyway, the time for a treat probably isn''t far off."

    "What about you? I saw a guying to find youst time too," Jin Yang asked Zhou Caicai.

    Zhou Caicai looked confused: "When?"

    Jin Yang: "That day when Chu Yang drove her pink Maserati."

    Zhou Caicai suddenly realized, "Oh, that was someone from the student council. He was looking for me about something. Don''t misunderstand, there''s nothing between us, we''re just ssmates. Sigh! Anyway, I don''t have anyone I like at the moment. If you know any good guys, remember to introduce them to me, okay?"

    Jin Yang: "I think there are quite a few nice guys in Wei Feng''s basketball team."

    Zhou Caicai shook her head, "Forget it, I don''t like that type. I prefer the gentle, schrly kind who blush and get embarrassed easily when teased."

    The other three were somewhat shocked: "We never thought you''d like that type!"

    Zhou Caicai said, "I feel like that type is more obedient."

    "Not necessarily. Whether someone is obedient or not depends on the individual. Look at Ya Ya''s boyfriend - he looks like a young master, but isn''t he so well-behaved?"

    "That''s true. It really does depend on the person."

    The girls''te-night dorm room chat continued until after 1 AM. Gradually, as everyone grew tired, they drifted off to sleep.

    As a result, all four of them overslept the next day.

 Chapter 224: Surprise

    <h4>Chapter 224</h4>

    Chu Yang was having a wonderful time at school. During this period, Chi Yan asionally called, but Chu Yang always forgot to mention that she had moved back to live at school.

    Half a monthter, Chi Yan finished his business trip and flew back that very evening. He didn''t tell Chu Yang, wanting to surprise her.

    At around one in the morning, Chi Yan quietly entered their home in the Forest Garden Community. Everything was very quiet, and he thought his dear Yang Yang must be asleep.

    Chi Yan ced the gifts he''d brought on the table, then went to take a shower first. He came out with just a towel wrapped around him. Then he quietly entered the bedroom, which was dark. He assumed Chu Yang would be under the covers.

    Chi Yan sat on the edge of the bed and reached out his hand...

    Huh?

    He felt around on the other side.

    Huh?

    No one?

    Chi Yan immediately turned on the light. The bed was empty, a deste sight.

    Where was his Yang Yang? Where had she gone?

    He rushed to check the guest room, but she wasn''t there either. He quickly opened the wardrobe - oh, her clothes were still there.

    Could she be out and not back yet? Chi Yan immediately called Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang had long since fallen asleep and answered the phone groggily, "Hello?"

    On the other end was Chi Yan''s anxious voice, "Yang Yang, where are you? I can''t find you at home. Are you out somewhere?"

    Chu Yang was confused for a moment and didn''t answer right away. After a while, she sat up, realizing she was in her dorm room, and said softly, "You''re back from your business trip?"

    Chi Yan: "Yes. I wanted to give you a surprise..."

    Chu Yang felt a bit guilty, "I''m in my dorm room. When you went on your business trip, I moved back to the dorm for a while... Sorry, I forgot to tell you."

    As long as she wasn''t in danger, Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "Alright then, I''lle pick you up in the morning."

    "No need, you should rest well. I have ss in the morning. I''lle back after my morning sses. Are you going to the office tomorrow?"

    "No, I''m taking two days off. I''ll wait for you toe back."

    "Okay, okay."

    After hanging up, Chi Yany alone in bed. The gifts were still on the table, so he went to fetch them and put them in the wardrobe in the bedroom. That night, Chi Yan''s wish to sleep while holding his beloved girlfriend was dashed. He tossed and turned for a long time, and finally fell asleep only after hugging some of Chu Yang''s clothes.

    The next day, as soon as ss ended, Chu Yang told Jin Yang, "Chi Yan is back, so I won''t be returning to the dorm tonight. I probably won''t be staying at the dorm anymore."

    Jin Yang pouted, "Alright. But remember toe back and visit when you can." She whined internally, reluctant to let her friend go.

    "Sure. I''m heading back to Forest Garden Community now, so I won''t be joining you for dinner."

    "Okay, bye-bye."

    "Bye."

    When Chu Yang returned to Forest Garden Community and opened the door, she immediately smelled the aroma of food. The housekeeper had juste out of the kitchen carrying soup, and upon seeing Chu Yang, she immediately said, "Miss Chu, you''re back? The meal is ready."

    "Great, thank you. Where''s Chi Yan?"

    The housekeeper: "Mr. Chi is in the bedroom."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang pushed open the bedroom door and saw Chi Yan putting a bag of items into the bedside cab, box after box, filling the lower drawer and then moving to the upper one.

    Chu Yang walked over, "What did you buy... Chi Yan!!!"

    Chi Yan looked at her innocently, "We use them up so quickly, so I bought more."

    Chu Yang closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead, "Don''t you know why we use them up so quickly?" It was all because a certain someone had no self-control and only knew how to seduce her!!!

    Chi Yan stood up and hugged her, nuzzling his head against her neck, "It''s because I need to give you yang energy so often."

    Chu Yang''s ears turned red. She reached out and pinched his face, "Have you ever weighed your thick skin? How many pounds is it? Is this the surprise you said you had for me?" This was surely more of a shock than a surprise. Just looking at all those boxes made her feel weak in the knees.

    Chi Yan waved his hand, "No, that''s not it. The surprise is over there." He walked to the wardrobe, opened it, and took out a box, then handed it to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang took the box, and at that moment, the housekeeper knocked on the door, "Mr. Chi, Miss Chu, the meal is ready. I''ll be heading home now."

    "Alright," Chu Yang called out, then put the box aside, "Let''s eat first. We can look at the surpriseter."

    Chi Yan crouched down again, "I''ll put everything away first."

    Seeing all those boxes of condoms, Chu Yang couldn''t bear to look anymore and pushed the door open to go eat!

    Chi Yan soon followed her out. "What made you think of moving back to school?"

    Chu Yangdled him a bowl of soup, "With you gone, I thought it would be livelier to stay in the dorm. Oh, by the way, you know Wei Feng, right? Can you tell me about him?"

    Chi Yan looked at her, "Why the sudden interest in Wei Feng?"

    Chu Yang nced at him, "Don''t be jealous. It seems he and Jin Yang have some... history, so I wanted to ask about him." After all, she wanted to look out for her friend - a boyfriend was different from just a friend.

    Hearing this, Chi Yan rxed, "Wei Feng might seem carefree and alwaysughing like he has ADHD, but he''s actually a very good person. He''s helpful, respects the elderly and loves children. You can see he''s tall and strong, and while his fighting skills might not be as good as your boyfriend''s - meaning me - they''re not bad. He can definitely protect those he wants to protect. His parents are both high school teachers, so you could say hees from an educated family. Their financial situation is also quite good..."

    Chi Yan went on and on about Wei Feng''s merits.

    Chu Yang: "Aren''t there any shorings?"

    Chi Yan blinked, "Well... he''s not as good at cooking as your boyfriend - me, and he''s not as good at caring for people as I am, and he''s not as handsome as me..." That''s as far as I''ll go to help you, Wei Feng.

    Chu Yang picked up a piece of spare rib and stuffed it into his mouth, "Just eat!" Who brags about themselves like that?

    Chi Yan swallowed the meat and spat out the bone, then picked up a chicken leg for Chu Yang, "I trust Wei Feng''s character, don''t worry. If he ever changes in the future, I''ll beat him up for you."

    Chu Yang: "No need for you to beat him up, I can teach him a lesson for Jin Yang myself." Chu Yang made a gesture that made Chi Yan feel a chill run down his spine.

    After dinner, Chu Yang returned to the bedroom and opened the box Chi Yan had given her. It was a ne, a pearl ne that shimmered with a silver light under themp.

    Chi Yan walked in at that moment, "Do you like it? Nanhai City is close to the sea, and they''re known for their pearls. These are top-grade deep-sea South Sea pearls."

    Of course she liked it. The pearls were incredibly beautiful. Chu Yang held the ne up to the light, admiring it.

    "Let me put it on for you." Chi Yan took the ne and fastened it around Chu Yang''s neck.

    In the mirror, it was hard to tell whether the pearls enhanced her beauty or she enhanced the pearls'' luster. Chi Yan stood behind her, embracing her - his darling Chu Yang, the most precious thing in his world.

    Chi Yan swept her up in his arms andid her on the bed. "You''ve had your surprise, now it''s my turn," he said, before covering her body with his own.

    ...

    The 4S dealership called Chu Yang to let her know the car was ready for pickup.

    That same day, Chu Yang drove the new car straight home. When Chi Yan returned, he noticed the car keys on the table. "Chu Yang, did you buy a car?" he asked.

    Chu Yang emerged from the kitchen with a ss of water. "Mm-hmm. I did," she replied.

    Chi Yan furrowed his brow. "Didn''t you like the car I bought for you?"

 Chapter 225: Are you going to abandon your husband and children

    <h4>Chapter 225</h4>

    "No, driving to school in that would be too shy, so I want to buy something more low-key."

    As long as she didn''t dislike the one he bought, it was fine.

    "Let''s go check out Imperial Prosperity this weekend. That area has been developed now."

    "Sounds good."

    Early Saturday morning, the two of them went to Imperial Prosperity. Themunity was close to a subway station, with bus stops nearby and amercial district. The transportation was convenient, and in the evenings, they could go out for a stroll, watch movies, all without needing to drive¡ªjust a short walk away.

    The security measures seemed good too. Apart from residents, anyone entering or leaving had to show ID and register. The buildings were spaced out, so there was no worry about noisy neighbors above or below.

    Just past the main gate was a small garden, professionallyndscaped with roses, lilies, and other flowers. Entering the house, you came into the living room with the kitchen adjacent. Passing through the living room to the other side of the house, there was a swimming pool.

    The second floor was the master suite, with four rooms including two bedrooms, a study, and one converted into a gym with treadmills and other exercise equipment.

    The study was spacious, with severalrge bookshelves specifically for Chu Yang''s books, and two desks¡ªone for each of them.

    The overall decor was bright, with the style chosen by Chu Yang. From the master bedroom balcony, you could see the pool, and in the distance, ake surrounded by trees¡ªperfect for evening walks or dog-walking after dinner. The third floor was simr to the second.

    Themunity also had a 24-hour supermarket, basketball courts, and ygrounds for children. Apparently, the property management organized annual basketball tournaments and other activities for residents. All in all, it was much better than Forest Garden Community.

    "Let''s move in here during the summer break," Chi Yan said, embracing Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang had no objections; she thought it looked quite nice.

    "I''ll have Qi Jie arrange everything."

    "Mm-hmm."

    The next day, Qian Xin''s boyfriend invited everyone out for a meal, so Chu Yang left Chi Yan behind. Before she left, Chi Yan put on a show of teary eyes, saying, "Are you really abandoning your husband and child today?"

    Chu Yang rolled her eyes, "...What child?"

    Chi Yan grabbed her hand and moved it downward... "Boom!" The sound was the front door closing.

    They had chosen a restaurant in the city center. Chu Yang drove there with Jin Yang and Caicai. When they arrived, Qian Xin and her boyfriend were already there, looking at the menu.

    Seeing them approach, Qian Xin quickly waved them over. "Come, sit down. See what you''d like to eat, order anything. Oh, this is my boyfriend, Nan Zhou. Nan Zhou, these are my roommates, Chu Yang, Jin Yang, and Zhou Caicai."

    The young man smiled and nodded at them, "Hello."

    Chu Yang and the others nodded back in greeting.

    The meal started off pleasantly, but just as it was ending, Nan Zhou received a phone call. He hesitated for a moment before exining to Qian Xin, "There''s an urgent work matter. I''m sorry, but I might need to leave early."

    Qian Xin was instantly upset, "How inconvenient!"

    Nan Zhou was apologetic, "I''m sorry. I''ll make it up to you all next time. I''ll go pay the bill first. After the meal, you can go out with your friends, and just ask me to reimburse you for anything you buy. I have to go now." He apologized once more to Chu Yang and the others before leaving.

    After Nan Zhou left, there was a moment of awkward silence. Jin Yang carefully asked Qian Xin, "What does your boyfriend do? Is he always so busy? It''s the weekend, after all."

    Qian Xin replied, "He''s a programmer."

    "No wonder. I''ve heard programmers are the busiest, they can get tasks at any time. But your boyfriend still has a full head of hair."

    As soon as Jin Yang finished speaking, Qian Xinughed, "Haha, I actually asked him about that when we first met. I understand his situation though. That''s just how it is for office workers. Are you guys full? If not, we can continue eating. If you are, let''s go shopping. He said I can buy whatever I want."

    "We''re full, we''re full."

    Zhou Caicai chimed in, "At least he didn''t take it for granted and apologized. He seems like a decent guy."

    Chu Yang agreed that he seemed alright.

    Qian Xin smiled happily, "Well, of course. My taste in men is pretty good."

    The four of them went shopping. Around 10 PM, Chu Yang dropped the three of them back at their dorm before returning to Forest Garden Community. Chi Yan had been waiting eagerly at home, and finally saw the familiar car return from the balcony.

    Before Chu Yang could even take out her keys, Chi Yan had already opened the door.

    Chu Yang was surprised, "How did you know I was back?"

    Chi Yan replied, "I heard the sound." He took her bag and hung it up, then walked with her into the living room.

    "How was today?"

    Chu Yang sprawled on the couch, "It was good, except Xin Xin''s boyfriend had to leave urgently just as we were finishing the meal. Her boyfriend is a programmer. Come to think of it, it''s simr to what you do, both inputer science."

    "What kind of thing couldn''t be dyed for a bit and had to make him leave right then? If it were me, I definitely wouldn''t have just left," Chi Yan couldn''t help but show off.

    Chu Yang nced at him, "You think everyone can make their own decisions like you? You work for your own family business, so you have more freedom. In this society, there are many office workers who don''t have that luxury. Maybe when I graduate and start working, I''ll be like him too, having to apologize and leave in the middle of a date with you because of work."

    Chi Yan frowned and grabbed her hand, "Thene work at Chi Corporation."

    Chu Yang closed her eyes to rest, "We''ll see."

    Soon, it was finals week again. Because they were also moving to Imperial Prosperity, Chu Yang had been packing things up. You never realize how much stuff you have until you start packing.

    Besides packing her own things, she also helped Chi Yan pack. While doing so, she found a box at the bottom of a cab. Curious, she opened it. The lid was a bit tight, and as Chu Yang used force to open it, her hand slipped, and the box fell to the ground with a "crash," its contents spilling out.

    They were all photos¡ªof her, and of her and him together.

    The earliest one was from when A University and B University had a debatepetition. After Chi Yan''s team won, she had taken a photo with them.

    Thinking back, she realized she hadn''t known him for very long at that time. They weren''t even particrly close yet, but he had already helped her stand up to Lin Shushu and the others.

    Chu Yang smiled as she thought back to that time, surprised at how quickly time had passed. In the photo, the two of them were standing in the center. Chu Yang was making a peace sign, and at that moment, she seemed to be calling out to Tian Qi with a nk expression.

    Chi Yan had his hands at his sides, the corners of his eyes crinkling withughter.

    Chu Yang looked at the other photos, some of which she couldn''t even remember when they were taken.

    There were photos of them viewing the night scenery at North Looking Mountain, studying in the library, swimming together, participating inpetitions, doing farm work at Chu Yang''s home, and even photos of Chu Yang after she had fallen asleep.

    On the back of each photo was written a date, and some had sentences written as well.

 Chapter 226: New Home

    <h4>Chapter 226</h4>

    Some were sentences expressing his fondness for her, while others seemed to be excerpts of quotes, all arranged rather poetically.

    Chi Yan pushed open the door and saw Chu Yang looking at photos. He walked over and crouched down beside her. "How did you find these?"

    Chu Yang looked up at him with a smile. "I found them while tidying up. I had no idea we took so many photos. Some of them are even candid shots you took of me without my knowledge."

    Of course she didn''t know. When they first started dating, he had a sense of unreality about it all. Back then, he would sometimes secretly take photos of her when they went out together. At night, looking at her pictures would make him smile.

    As their rtionship deepened, he became more open about it. Sometimes she was too absorbed in her studies to notice him taking photos.

    There were a few framed photos of them together on the bedside table and in the living room, but this box seemed to contain over 100 pictures.

    Chi Yan helped put the photos back in the box. "These are all our memories. We can look back at them when we''re old."

    "Let''s take this to Imperial Prosperity. We can buy some photo albums to organize them properly."

    "Sounds good."

    Before the final exams ended, most of their belongings had already been moved over. Chu Yang invited Jin Yang and the others to have dinner at their new ce on the day exams finished.

    Chi Yan also invited Wei Feng and some other friends.

    On the evening of the final exam day, Chu Yang drove straight from school with Jin Yang and the others to Imperial Prosperity. When they arrived, Chi Yan and his friends were already there. Besides familiar faces from B University like Wei Feng, Zheng Qing, and Yuan Zhi, there were also Monkey and Zhang Yuan.

    The cook was busy in the kitchen, with the butler helping out, along with another staff member called in to assist. Chu Yang walked over and saw king crab,rge lobsters,mb, beef, and more.

    "Do you need any help?" she asked.

    The cook shook her head. "No need, Miss Chu. Why don''t you go enjoy yourself with everyone? We''ll be done soon."

    "Alright, thank you for your hard work!"

    Outside, the table wasid with fruit and cakes for anyone who felt hungry.

    But no one was in the mood to eat yet. After touring the new house, some yed games in the living room, some went to the gym on the second floor, and others admired the flowers in the small garden.

    Chu Yang sat down next to Chi Yan, who was ying cards with Wei Feng and the others.

    "Pair of threes!"

    "Pair of fives!"

    "Pair of twos!"

    "Pass, pass! Yuan Zhi, why did you y such a big hand?"

    Chu Yang watched while peeling a tangerine. After eating a segment, Chi Yan leaned over. "I want some too." Chu Yang popped two segments into his mouth, and they finished the tangerine together, one bite at a time.

    Chu Yang dusted off her hands. "I''m going to y with Jin Yang and the others."

    "Okay."

    Chu Yang went outside, where Jin Yang and the other girls were crouched among the flower beds taking photos.

    "Yang Yang, you''re here! Come on, let''s take a group photo. Your little garden is so pretty."

    "Yeah, and the house is super nice too."

    Zhou Caicai rubbed her stomach. "I smell something delicious. Is it time to eat?"

    Chu Yang checked the time. "It should be soon. If you''re hungry, you can have some fruit or cake first."

    Zhou Caicai shook her head. "No way, I just saw the king crab. I''m saving room for the good stuff."

    After ying outside for a while, Chi Yan came out to call them for dinner.

    The long table was full of people,den with delicious food. There was red wine, beer, and soft drinks. Everyone was particrly excited.

    "Cheers!"

    "Cheers!"

    "Damn! Yan''s really going all out. I''m digging in!"

    "Don''t steal my crab leg!"

    "I want some lobster."

    "Oh my god, the cook''s skills are amazing. This is so good."

    "Time flies. Can''t believe we''re already juniors."

    "We''ll be graduating next year."

    "May we have days like this every year, moments like this every day! To youth! Cheers!"

    After eating and drinking their fill, several people copsed. Jin Yang and Caicai next to them had also passed out. It wasn''t feasible for Qian Xin to take care of both of them alone, so they ended up staying the night, sleeping on the third floor. As for the guys, they naturally went back to their own homes.

    The driver and butler drove the others home.

    In the end, only Chu Yang and Chi Yan were left in the living room. Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand, resting his head on her shoulder with his eyes closed. He had drunk quite a bit today and was now in a half-drunken state.

    "I''m so d I met you," Chi Yan said softly in this cozy moment.

    Chu Yang hadn''t drunk much and was still clear-headed. She stroked his hair. "I''m d I met you too."

    Chi Yan''s lips curved into a smile. "I hope we can always be like this."

    Chu Yang inteced her fingers with his. "We will be."

    ...

    Summer vacation arrived once again.

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan boarded a ne heading abroad. After more than ten hours of bumpy travel, they finally stepped into Sophia''s house again.

    Because someone had been regrly maintaining it, the house wasn''t in disrepair.

    After resting for a while, Chu Yang first went to pay respects to Sophia, then visited the witch statue. There were still many crows perched on the witch statue, but the one that always used to approach Chu Yang was nowhere to be seen.

    "Where is it?" she asked.

    "Caw caw caw caw." It went with Sophia, one of the crows answered.

    Chu Yang was stunned for a moment, feeling a bit sad.

    That evening, as usual, many crows gathered at Sophia''s house, but the one that used toe to the balcony to visit Chu Yang never appeared again.

    Chu Yang leaned against Chi Yan. "Sometimes time can be such a hateful thing."

    Chi Yan just held her tightly.

    The next day, Chu Yang and Chi Yan began packing things up. It took them several days to finally sort through everything in Sophia''s house and the castle.

    Afterward, they hired people to transport the items. Some were shipped directly, while others were moved back with them. Oh, they hade on Chi Yan''s family''s private jet this time.

    Before returning to China, Chu Yang went to see Sophia onest time... The elderly woman in the photo looked stern, but Chu Yang found her expression kind.

    The bookshelves in the second-floor study were finallypletely filled with books, and Chu Yang had new reading material.

    "Want toe to a ss reunion with me?" Chi Yan asked.

    Chu Yang looked up from her book. "A ss reunion? From high school?"

    Chi Yan nodded. Yuan Zhi had told him about it today, mentioning that their high school ss monitor had sent a message in the group chat, asking if he would attend. Chi Yan rarely checked his old group chats anymore, so he hadn''t known about it.

    "I''ve already agreed to go," Yuan Zhi said. "Come with me. You can bring a plus-one, so bring your big shot partner along."

    Chi Yan thought about how Yangyang (referring to Chu Yang) didn''t have much to do at home, and he was usually busy with work, unable to take her out often. Since that was the case, he figured he might as well bring her along for some fun.

 Chapter 227: Classmate Gathering

    <h4>Chapter 227</h4>

    "Mmm. Come with me, will you?" Chi Yan looked at her.

    "Sure, when?" She had nothing else nned anyway.

    "Tomorrow night."

    "Alright."

    The next day at 4 PM, Chu Yang started getting ready. She put on a pleated skirt, white shirt, knee-high socks, and small leather shoes. She tied her hair in a bun, wore pearl earrings, and applied a peach blossom makeup look. She was ready to go out.

    Chi Yan stood at the doorway, watching her approach. He took her hand and said, "You look so beautiful, I almost don''t want anyone else to see you."

    "That won''t do. I''d have wasted all this effort for nothing. Let''s go." What was the point of dressing up if not to go out?

    "Mm-hmm."

    When Chi Yan entered the private room with Chu Yang, all eyes turned to them. For a moment, the room fell silent.

    Yuan Zhi was the first to break the silence, "Chi Yan, over here."

    The ss monitor, Zhan Hong, also snapped out of it, "Brother Yan, you''re finally here! Come, sit down. We were wondering when you''d arrive. This must be your girlfriend. As expected, a handsome man with a beautiful woman: you two look perfect together."

    Chi Yan nodded at him, "This is my girlfriend, Chu Yang." Then he led Chu Yang to sit next to Yuan Zhi.

    Chu Yang nodded a greeting to Zhan Hong, "Hello."

    "Hello, hello."

    Zhan Hong poured drinks for the two, "Come on, it''s been so long. You must have a drink."

    Chi Yan didn''t stand on ceremony. He downed his drink in one go, while Chu Yang took a small sip.

    "Great! That''s our Brother Yan for you!"

    Then others came over to toast Chi Yan.

    "Brother Yan, remember me? I''m Mao Jiang. Can I have a toast with you?"

    Chi Yan nodded and had another drink. After that, several more people came to toast him, and he had quite a few drinks.

    Chu Yang held his hand, "Don''t drink too much. Have some food first."

    "Okay." Chi Yan obediently nodded. When the next person came to toast, Chi Yan refused, "I''m henpecked. My better half won''t let me drink anymore." This statement immediately deterred some girls who were nning toe over for a toast.

    Everyone started teasing and cheering. Chu Yang just smiled with a slight blush, not saying anything.

    "Remember how Brother Yan used to receive countless love letters? He never paid attention to any girl. Now he''s whipped!"

    "Hahaha!"

    "Maybe he wasn''t interested back then, but now he''s finally awakened..."

    "To think this is Brother Yan''s first love."

    "Hahaha!"

    Under the table, Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand and smiled without refuting. After all, it was all true.

    Chi Yan, having drunk too much, wanted to use the restroom. Chu Yang stood up with him, "I''ll go too."

    Chi Yan was momentarily confused, and Chu Yang rified, "I''m going to thedies'' room."

    After winding through corridors, they finally reached the restrooms. Chu Yang headed towards thedies'' room while Chi Yan entered the men''s room.

    At the sink area, Chu Yang opened her purse to touch up her lipstick. A girl came to wash her hands nearby, ncing at Chu Yang a couple of times, seemingly hesitant to speak.

    Chu Yang looked at the girl through the mirror, "Hello? Do you need any help?" She thought the girl might need a sanitary pad or something.

    The girl was taken aback by the question, then shook her head, "No. I just... I was Chi Yan''s high school ssmate. I was in the private room earlier too."

    Chu Yang nodded in understanding, "Oh, I see."

    The girl continued, "I once gave Chi Yan a love letter, but he didn''t ept it. I never thought he''d like someone like you."

    Back then, many girls had given Chi Yan love letters, all hoping to be that special one. However, until graduation, Chi Yan never showed interest in anyone. It was unexpected that he suddenly had a girlfriend in college.

    Moreover, he asionally posted lovey-dovey content on social media. At first, everyone thought his ount must have been hacked and the photos were edited. They couldn''t believe it was real. Everyone''s unattainable idol was taken, and by someone they didn''t even know.

    Chu Yang wasn''t sure if the girl was being sarcastic or simply reminiscing. She gave her a look.

    "Well, if there''s nothing else, I''ll be going now," Chu Yang said with a nod, then left the restroom.

    Outside, Chi Yan was leaning against a pir waiting for her. Seeing her approach, he put his arm around her shoulders as they walked back to the private room. The girl came out of the restroom just in time to see this scene: the once-aloof Chi Yan was saying something to his girlfriend, smiling happily.

    It seemed that even the coldest person became just like anyone else when in love. Back in the private room, everyone was discussing going to a karaoke ce next.

    "Brother Yan''s back. We''re nning to go to the next venue: karaoke. We can sing, y games, and drink. Are you in?"

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, "Do you want to go?"

    Chu Yang didn''t want to be a spoilsport, "Sure, let''s go."

    "Alright, those who want to go, let''s go together. For those who don''t, especially if there are any girls who want to go home, I''ll arrange for someone to send you back."

    A few girls wanted to go home, so Zhan Hong arranged for someone to take them back safely. After all, as the organizer, he had to ensure everyone''s safety, especially the girls.

    The karaoke ce wasn''t far from the restaurant, about 500 meters away. Everyone decided to walk there to sober up a bit.

    They quickly arrived at the karaoke ce. The room was already booked. As soon as they entered, two lively guys started selecting songs and singing. Those who didn''t want to sing could y games, drink, or eat fruit.

    "Let''s y a game. How about ''Count the Dots''? Want to y?"

    "Sure!"

    "Brother Yan, are you in?"

    Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang, who nodded.

    Seeing this, Zhan Hong said, "From now on, I won''t ask Brother Yan anymore. I''ll have to ask his girlfriend. I can see our Brother Yan always listens to her."

    "Well, he is henpecked after all."

    "Hahaha!"

    "This is boring. How about the loser has to do ''Truth or Dare''?"

    "Sounds good!"

    The first round began. Chu Yang looked at her cards: 7 dots. Not bad, she probably wouldn''t best. She nced at Chi Yan, who showed her his cards: 8 dots.

    "One, two, three, flip!"

    Seven people were ying, and the lowest score was 4 dots. It was a guy.

    Everyone immediately started cheering, "Dare! Dare!"

    Zhan Hong had the highest score with 9 dots, so he decided, "Alright then, have a girl sit on your back while you do ten push-ups."

    "Wow!"

    "Which girl is willing?"

    The guy who lost put his hands together in prayer, "Please, a girl who''s on the lighter side. I beg you!"

    "Hahaha!"

    The second and third rounds saw others losing. In the fourth round, Chu Yang looked at her cards: 3 dots... Dangerous!

    She looked at Chi Yan. Chi Yan had a 7, and Chu Yang raised an eyebrow. Then Chi Yan directly swapped her card with his own.

    Zhan Hong saw this and eximed, "Hey, hey, hey! Are you two cheating?"

    Chi Yan acted as if it was perfectly natural, saying, "There''s no rule against swapping cards, right?"

    Indeed, there wasn''t. "Alright then, but from the next round on, no more of that."

    Three points was indeed very dangerous, being the lowest. The highest was Zhan Hong''s, and he gave a mischievous grin. Chu Yang instantly felt that things weren''t looking good.

    "Since you two swapped cards, why don''t you kiss continuously for ten minutes?"

    "Wow! Wow! Wow!" Everyone''s screams nearly broke through the ceiling.

    Chu Yang: "..." Was she sure she wouldn''t suffocate from a continuous ten-minute kiss? What kind of hellish suggestion was this?

    Chi Yan made a pause gesture. "Kissing is fine, but you''re talking about ten continuous minutes. I''m afraid we''d end up in the hospital. Tell me, who can kiss continuously for ten minutes?"

 Chapter 228: Travel

    <h4>Chapter 228</h4>

    "Hahaha!"

    "Zhan Hong, can you kiss for ten minutes?"

    "That''s hrious! How about ten minutes with breaks in between?"

    Zhan Hongughed too. "Alright then, one minute. Just one minute, that should be doable for you two, right?"

    Of course it was. Chi Yan immediately wrapped his arms around Chu Yang, leaned in sideways, and then quickly turned his body to shield them from everyone else.

    Chu Yang didn''t even have time to react before Chi Yan pulled her into his embrace.

    "Wow! Wow! Wow!"

    The people around them cheered and even started counting down: "...40, 39, 38...5, 4, 3, 2, 1! Ahhhh!"

    "Wow! Wow! Wow!"

    Chi Yan released Chu Yang as soon as the time was up. He wiped the corner of her mouth before allowing her to face the others.

    Chu Yang''s face was bright red¡ªshe had been holding her breath the whole time.

    In the next round, Chu Yang rolled a decent 8, while Chi Yan did even better with 9. Zhan Hong and another guy tied for the lowest roll.

    Chi Yan tapped the table lightly with his finger. "Well then, you two should share a kiss."

    "Hahaha!"

    "Kiss! Kiss!"

    Zhan Hong: ...

    The other guy: ...

    "Quick, quick, get a picture!"

    "Hahaha!"

    Finally, Zhan Hong and the guy slowly leaned in, puckering their lips... They barely touched before jumping apart, both pretending to gag. "Blegh! Blegh!"

    "Hahahahaha!"

    Everyone burst intoughter. Even the people singing karaoke came over to join in the fun.

    After a couple more rounds, Chu Yang stopped ying. Chi Yan let others take over while he went with Chu Yang to sing karaoke. He even deliberately chose romantic duets.

    Chu Yang: ...

    As it gotte, Chu Yang let out a big yawn. She was tired. Checking the time, she saw it was already past midnight.

    Chi Yan gently wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes. "Ready to head back?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Mhm."

    Seeing how adorably sleepy she looked, Chi Yan patted her head. "Alright, let''s go home now."

    "Okay."

    Chi Yan said goodbye to Yuan Zhi and Zhan Hong before leaving with Chu Yang. Since they had been drinking, they called for a designated driver.

    The next day, life returned to normal. Chu Yang immersed herself in her books for a week until Chu Luo messaged her: "Sis, aren''t youing home for summer break this year?"

    Chu Yang finally realized what she had forgotten.

    She had forgotten to go home. She had told Chu''s Mom earlier that she would be back a bitter this year, but now it had been over half a month.

    That evening when Chi Yan came home, he saw packed luggage.

    "Where are you going?"

    Chu Yang replied matter-of-factly: "Home, of course."

    Chi Yan smacked his forehead. "Ipletely forgot." Life had been so blissful that he imagined they would always be like this¡ªhim going to work, her doing whatever she pleased at home, and himing home to see her every day after work.

    Chi Yan frowned. He had several urgent meetings the next day and couldn''t easily take time off.

    Chu Yang could tell what he was thinking. "I''ll drive back myself. You focus on work."

    Chi Yan went over and hugged her. "Why don''t we invite your parents and brother toe visit instead?"

    Chu Yang: "Then who will take care of the fields and crops back home? Let them rot?"

    Chi Yan: "We could hire someone?"

    Chu Yang: "Young master, even if you hire someone, the owners should still keep an eye on things. Don''t worry, I''ll be back soon."

    Chi Yan stared at her intently. "How soon?"

    Chu Yang pushed him away. "About a month and a half."

    Chi Yan: ...

    Although reluctant, Chi Yan let Chu Yang drive home by herself the next day.

    As soon as she arrived, Chu''s Mom was surprised to see her daughter driving back.

    "This car?"

    Chu Yang handed the keys to Chu''s Mom: "I bought it. I bought this car with my own money!"

    Chu''s Mom''s eyes widened: !!

    A momentter, when Chu''s Dad and Chu Luo found out: !!

    Their dear Yang Yang (big sister) had made it!

    "How... how did you earn it?" Chu''s Mom stuttered. Although Chu Yang often sent money home, ten or twenty thousand at a time, once even fifty thousand, they had assumed she was sending all her earnings for them to save.

    Chu Yang shrugged. "Just like that. Oh, and I also interned at a bigpany before. I''ve been writing promotional copy online for people too. So you don''t need to worry about me not having money to spend."

    Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom kept touching the car excitedly. "How much was it?"

    "Just over a hundred thousand." It was actually two hundred thousand.

    Chu Yang turned to Chu Luo. "When you learn to drive in the future, I''ll buy you one too."

    Chu Luo shook his head. "I don''t want you to buy it for me. I''ll earn money and buy it myself in the future."

    Life at home was filled with good food, drinks, some chores, and asional long phone calls with Chi Yan. The days passed beautifully. In the distance, wispy white clouds floated by. A ne''s trail split the blue sky in two. The rice swayed in the sunlight, and the small grass des bowed...

    ...

    Time flew by, and senior year began. Since there weren''t many sses left, many students applied for off-campus internships instead of returning to school. Those preparing for graduate school entrance exams studied hard, while others got ready for civil service exams or other qualifications. Some who hadn''t decided yet took advantage of the free time to travel and have fun.

    "We''ve never really gone on a trip together, have we?" Chi Yan suddenly said while flipping through a National Geographic magazine. He wasn''t as busytely and could take some time off.

    Chu Yang didn''t even look up, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "Doesn''t going to Sophia''s ce count?"

    Chi Yan cupped his face in his hands. "That doesn''t count. We went there for a reason. We''ve never gone on a purely fun trip together."

    "What about going to North Looking Mountain Amusement Park and ces like that?"

    "Those were all in Jing City. We''ve never left Jing City to travel together. How about we go to Nanhai City? The beaches there are beautiful. I checked your ss schedule¡ªyou don''t have any sses from Wednesday to Friday. What if we leave on Wednesday ande back on Sunday?" Chi Yan looked at Chu Yang expectantly.

    Chu Yang nced up at him. "You really want to go that badly?"

    Chi Yan nodded vigorously. "Mhm, mhm, mhm. I want to go with you. We can see the ocean, collect seashells. It should still be quite warm in Nanhai City now."

    Chu Yang picked up the calendar from the table and flipped through it. "Alright then, next week works."

    Chi Yan immediately grabbed his phone. "I''ll book the flights and hotel right away."

    "Okay."

    Early Wednesday morning, the two left Jing City. After a three-and-a-half-hour flight, they arrived directly in Nanhai City. The hotel sent a car to pick them up. They reached the hotel in the afternoon, first went out for a nice meal, then returned to take a nap for the rest of the afternoon.

    They were staying in an ocean-view room. Looking out from the balcony, they could see the sea directly. As the ocean breeze blew in, it carried a damp, salty scent.

    In the evening, the two of them went out directly to the famous food street, where all kinds of seafood were cheap and fresh.

    Chu Yang ate so much she could barely walk, and Chi Yan had to carry her on his back to return to the hotel.

    The next day, after having breakfast at the hotel, they went to the seaside.

    Chu Yang wore flip-flops and a long spaghetti-strap dress, her hair braided into two its. Chi Yan also wore flip-flops, with a simple T-shirt and shorts. They left the hotel hand in hand.

    They took off their shoes and let their bare feet touch the beach, leaving a trail of footprints. Chu Yang walked in front,ughing, while Chi Yan followed a step behind, using a camera to take photos of her.

    Chu Yang became wildly excited,ughing as she suddenly started running. Chi Yan quickly chased after her. However, just as the two were having a great time,ughing heartily, someone suddenly shouted from nearby, "Help! My daughter has been swept away by the waves!"

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan exchanged a nce and immediately rushed over.

 Chapter 229: Travel 02

    <h4>Chapter 229</h4>

    "What happened? What happened?" Chu Yang and Chi Yan rushed over to ask, "Where''s the person?"

    The woman pointed to a spot in the distance near the sea, crying, "My daughter is over there. She was swept away."

    People nearby also rushed over, immediately taking off their clothes to go in. Chi Yan also took off his outer garment and dashed towards the water. Chu Yang, looking at the big waves in the sea, called out, "Chi Yan!"

    Chi Yan turned his head to look at her for a moment, then turned back and rushed in. Chu Yang quickly said, "Chi Yan, wait a second." She ran to the side, grabbed a swim ring, and threw it to him. "Take this."

    Chi Yan caught the swim ring and ran into the water.

    The woman covered her face, crying, "It''s all my fault for not watching her closely."

    There was no use saying that now. Everyone could onlyfort her and wait for Chi Yan and another brave man to bring the girl back. Chu Yang watched their direction anxiously. The waves were quite big, and the rolling surf could push them further away at any moment.

    Chu Yang''s heart was in her throat. What if something happened to Chi Yan? Should she not have let him go in?

    Everyone was waiting. Soon, someone shouted, "They''reing back! They''reing back!"

    As they approached the shore, everyone rushed forward to help them.

    The little girl was in the swim ring, seemingly unconscious. Chi Yan and the other man were holding onto the ring, slowly swimming back.

    Once they reached the shore, Chi Yan and the other man were so exhausted theyy on the beach, gasping for air. The man patted Chi Yan, "Thanks, brother. Without you, I might have drowned trying to save her."

    He had almost been swept away by a wave, and his body was losing strength. It was Chi Yan who had pulled him hard, letting him grab the outer ring of the float. Then Chi Yan had dragged both of them slowly back to shore. It had been extremely dangerous.

    Chi Yan was too tired to speak, just waving his hand to say it was nothing.

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang was performing CPR on the little girl, pressing her chest... "Cough! Cough! Cough!" The little girl finally coughed up water and regained consciousness.

    The woman immediately hugged her child, crying loudly, "Nan Nan, you''re finally awake!" The others broke into apuse.

    "p, p, p, p, p."

    "The youngdy and those two brothers are real heroes!"

    At this moment, an ambnce arrived. After a quick check-up, they took the girl to the hospital.

    The woman held Chu Yang''s hand, thanking her profusely before getting into the ambnce. Chu Yang didn''t have time to acknowledge the others; she quickly ran to Chi Yan''s side to check on him. "Are you alright?" If there was anything wrong, she would use her healing ability immediately.

    Chi Yan was just exhausted. He took her hand with one of his, and waved the other to indicate he was fine.

    Chu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness you''re okay." She examined his body, then handed him the clothes he had taken off earlier. "Once you''ve rested, we''ll head back."

    "Mm."

    About five minutester, Chi Yan finally regained enough strength to stand up. He put on his clothes and said, "Let''s go back for now." They couldn''t y anymore now, but they coulde out again in the afternoon. He had heard there was barbecue, music bars, and other entertainment in the evening.

    "Okay, okay."

    Before leaving, the other man thanked them again.

    Back at the hotel, they both took a shower first. Then Chi Yan pulled Chu Yang to lie down on the bed and rest. Chu Yang stroked his head, "I was thinking earlier that I shouldn''t have let you go in. The sea is too dangerous. If something had happened..."

    Chi Yan held her hand, "Nothing happened. I was thinking that if I couldn''t save the girl, I would give up, because you were waiting for me on the shore. In any case, I couldn''t let anything happen to me. I''m selfish; I can''t let my Yang be heartbroken. If I were gone, I wouldn''t rest in peace knowing my Yang might marry someone else in the future."

    "Tut, tut, tut. Don''t talk about resting in peace. You need to stay well and alive."

    "Mm."

    Soon after, Chi Yan fell asleep. He was truly exhausted.

    About two hourster, Chi Yan woke up. They went out for lunch and then headed out again. This time, nothing untoward happened, and they had a great time.

    Chu Yang even went into the water for a bit. Because of the morning''s incident, she didn''t go far, just staying in the shallow part where her feet could touch the sand and the water only reached her knees. She yfully sshed water at Chi Yan, and soon they wereughing and frolicking, ending up soaked.

    Chu Yang felt the salty taste of seawater in her mouth and all over her body.

    Chi Yan helped her fix her hair, then gave her a kiss. "Hmm, salty taste."

    Chu Yang feigned annoyance and swatted at him. "Aren''t you the same?"

    Afterwards, they walked hand in hand along the beach. Whenever Chu Yang saw pretty shells, she would pick them up. Before they knew it, she had a handful of shells. Looking at them, she said, "Let''s string these together when we get back and hang them on the balcony."

    "Sure, let''s collect more and make a couple of strings."

    "Mm-hmm."

    They ended up filling a bag with shells.

    In the evening, they first took the shells back to the hotel, then went out to find food. Many shops along the beach only opened at night, and now it was very lively. People were singing, young folks were gathered in circles ying games, and the aroma of barbecue wafted from the distance.

    Chu Yang swallowed and tugged on Chi Yan''s hand. "I''m hungry."

    "Then let''s hurry and buy some food."

    "Okay, okay."

    They walked along, eating barbecue, drinking beer and iced tea. In the end, Chu Yang had takoyaki in one hand and milk tea in the other as they strolled and ate, while Chi Yan carried some skewers.

    They found a spot on the beach with arge rock and sat down. Listening to the sound of the waves, feeling the sea breeze, they could hear beautiful singing in the distance: "I want to go to the seaside with you, I want to go to the ends of the earth with you, I want us to grow old together just like this..."

    After a while... Chu Yang leaned on Chi Yan''s shoulder, full and content, starting to feel drowsy.

    Chi Yan, worried she might catch a cold from the wind, tidied her wind-tousled hair. "Let''s go back."

    "Mm."

    After returning, they didn''t go to sleep right away. Instead, they sat on the balcony, admiring the seaside scenery. In the distance, a lighthouse shed, and the entire coastline was lit up, like a bright ne.

    Originally, Chu Yang was nestled in Chi Yan''s arms, ying with his fingers as they chatted intermittently. Gradually, the atmosphere became intimate, and they kissed tenderly... Before long, Chi Yan couldn''t resist anymore and carried her inside. The curtains were drawn, and one could vaguely see Chi Yan carrying her into the bathroom...

    The next morning, when Chu Yang woke up, she suddenly noticed something on her finger. She raised her hand to look and saw a ring on her middle finger, with a small diamond sparkling brightly.

    Chi Yan walked in from outside carrying breakfast. "Awake? Time to get up and have breakfast."

    Chu Yang sat up and showed him her hand. "This..."

    Chi Yan came over, took her hand, and kissed it. "It''s a ring. Do you like it?" As long as Yang wore the ring, everyone would know she was taken.

    Chu Yang looked at his hand. "Don''t you have one?"

    Chi Yan paused, then took out a box from nearby. "Do you want to put it on me?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Come here, I''ll put it on for you."

 Chapter 230: Thanksgiving

    <h4>Chapter 230</h4>

    Chu Yang helped him put the ring on his middle finger. It was obvious that they had matching rings. After putting them on, they smiled at each other.

    The couple spent four days in Nanhai City, visiting several scenic spots. They also bought some local specialties to send back home - to Chi Yan''s family, Chu Yang''s family, and their friends.

    On Sunday morning, they were about to return home.

    Unexpectedly, early in the morning, the parents of the little girl who had been swept away by the waves earlier came to thank them.

    "We really want to thank you. We originally wanted toe and express our gratitude the next day, but we didn''t know where you were staying. We''re truly grateful to both of you." They had been asking around for two days before finally finding out where their benefactors were staying.

    The little girl''s father even brought arge bundle of money to give to Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan immediately refused, "No, no, that''s not necessary."

    "Please, we insist. We''re really so thankful."

    "No need, really. Anyone would have done the same if they were in that situation."

    "Please, we won''t feel right if you don''t ept it."

    After some back and forth, Chu Yang interrupted, "How about this - we don''t need the money, we''re not short of it. If you really want to thank us, you can donate the money. It''ll be like earning good karma for us, and for your child too."

    The couple thought this was a good idea. They thanked them again and even brought gifts, which Chu Yang epted. They also wanted to treat them to a meal.

    "That''s not necessary, we have to catch a flight back. We came here as tourists and we''re leaving today."

    "Why not stay for a few more days? We know Nanhai City well, we could show you around if you stayed longer."

    Chi Yan declined, "I''m sorry, but we''re still students and we need to get back for sses. Otherwise, we''ll bete."

    Hearing this, they didn''t insist further. They exchanged a few more words before leaving, saying, "Next time youe to visit, feel free to look us up."

    "Sure, we will."

    After they left, Chu Yang wiped his forehead. They were too enthusiastic.

    The rescue incident was discovered by local media. Reporters hade intending to interview the couple, but they were toote - Chu Yang and Chi Yan were already on the ne.

    They had to settle for interviewing another guy who had helped with the rescue.

    Later, the local news reported on this act of bravery. The other guy received a reward. Actually, there was supposed to be a reward for the couple too. They even called Chu Yang and Chi Yan, but they declined and asked for it to be donated instead. The media reported on this as well.

    Online, everyone was full of praise. Fortunately, there were no photos of the couple in the news.

    The couple finally returned to Jing City. The next day, Chu Yang went to school for sses, while Chi Yan returned to work at hispany.

    Because Chu Yang had originally promised to spend New Year''s Eve with Chi Yan this year, she thought about inviting her parents to Jing City to celebrate together. They hadn''t been to Jing City before, so it might be nice for them toe and visit.

    But where they would stay in Jing City was a problem. Chu Yang wouldn''t let them stay at Chi Yan''s ce.

    She thought about buying a house.

    Chu Yang calcted all her money. Because of the recent trending topic incident, she had gained some new clients. The clients were wealthy and generous. Although she had donated some of the money, Chu Yang still earned quite a bit. One wealthy client even directly gave her 1 million yuan.

    Besides that, there were some amounts of 50,000 or 100,000 yuan. Chu Yang also looked at the pocket money given by Chairman Qian and Chi Yan''s grandfather.

    Chairman Qian had given 5 million, while Chi Yan''s grandfather had given 2 million as pocket money.

    2 million... as pocket money...

    That evening, Chu Yang curiously asked Chi Yan, "How much pocket money did you usually get before?"

    Chi Yan scratched his head, "Huh? Pocket money? I don''t know, actually. There was never a shortage of money in my card. I get dividends from Chi Corporation, which are directly deposited into my ount each year. I keep my own card, and my parents also give me money during holidays and festivals, so I never really paid attention.

    As for my brother, uncles, and cousins, sometimes they worry I might not have enough money, so they casually give me 100,000 or 800,000 yuan. Sometimes they even give me a million or so.

    In short, I''ve never been short of money, so I never paid much attention to it."

    Chu Yang: ... She felt like she had heard such pretentious talk somewhere before.

    "Why are you asking about this? Oh, right, I should be giving you pocket money too," Chi Yan suddenly realized.

    Chu Yang made a stopping gesture, "No need, don''t forget your card is still with me. You don''t need to give me money. I was just curious. Alright, alright, you can go back to your work."

    Chu Yang looked up housing prices online and calcted. She should be able to afford a nice apartment in a good location. It would be enough.

    She acted immediately. When she didn''t have sses, Chu Yang went to look at houses. After running around for several days, she finally bought a satisfactory fully furnished apartment that was ready for immediate upancy.

    Of course, she had to tell her family about buying a house. So after getting the property deed, Chu Yang took a photo and sent it to her family group chat, saying, "I bought an apartment. Come to Jing City this year, let''s spend the New Year here."

    Chu''s Mom: !!!

    Chu''s Dad: !!!

    Soon, Chu''s Mom called Chu Yang, her voice trembling, "Yang Yang, how... how much was it?"

    Chu Yang: "Just a few million."

    "Is... is the money enough?"

    Chu Yang didn''t mention that she paid in full, "It''s enough, I''m paying in installments, just 3,000 yuan a month. The down payment is already paid. Don''t worry, I have money. It''s good to buy early, it might appreciate in value." She decided to gloss over some details.

    "Then I''ll transfer the money I gave you before back to you." Then, thinking that 3,000 a month was manageable for them, she added, "As for the mortgage, Dad and I can give you a bit more each month."

    Chu Yang refused, "No need, I said I have money, don''t worry. I can earn money, a lot of money. You saw that I bought a car too."

    Chu''s Mom hesitantly asked, "You... you haven''t done anything inappropriate, have you?" She had heard that working in ces like bars could earn quite a bit of money.

    As soon as Chu Yang heard this, she knew what her mother wanted to say. "Don''t worry, all my money is earned through my own intellect and hard work. In any case, you should trust your daughter. By the way, when Chu Luo is on holiday, you shoulde with him to visit. We''ll be spending New Year''s in Jing City this year. You can alsoe see my school."

    "Alright, alright," her parents agreed.

    After chatting for a while longer, they finally hung up. Chu Yang let out a sigh of relief, having sessfully reassured them.

    Besides telling her parents, she also needed to inform Chi Yan, but she wasn''t sure how to bring it up. She felt he might get upset, thinking she shouldn''t have bought a house when he could have given her one of his, or that he could have bought one for her directly. He might wonder if she didn''t truly consider him as her boyfriend.

    That evening, when Chi Yan returned home, Chu Yang kept ncing at him, wanting to speak but hesitating.

    "What''s the matter? Is there something you want to tell me?" Chi Yan asked as he sat down beside her.

 Chapter 231: Celebrating the New Year Together

    <h4>Chapter 231</h4>

    "I bought an apartment in the city center," Chu Yang said, immediately noticing Chi Yan''s eyes narrow. She quickly exined, "I just wanted a ce for my parents to stay when they visit. Didn''t I promise to spend New Year''s with you this year? I thought I''d invite them over to celebrate together. They''ve never been to Jing City before, so I figured I could show them around during the holiday season."

    Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought you were moving out to live on your own. Although I was hoping they could stay with us, I respect your decision." He then leaned on her shoulder and said, "Let''s go pick up your parents together when the timees."

    "Sure."

    If they were married, she might not object to her parents staying with them, but since they were just dating, she felt it wasn''t appropriate. Her father probably wouldn''t agree to it either.

    "Where''s the apartment? Can you show me when you have time?"

    "Of course, I''ll take you there when you''re free."

    "Okay."

    Meanwhile, Chu Luo, whose phone had been confiscated at school, finally checked his messages when he returned home for the holiday break. He was shocked to discover that his sister had bought a house in Jing City!

    He thought his sister was bing more and more impressive.

    Seeing that Chu Yang nned to spend New Year''s in Jing City, Chu Luo felt excited. He had never been anywhere else, let alone Jing City.

    As soon as he got home, Chu Luo asked his parents, "Are we really going to spend New Year''s with my sister in Jing City this year?"

    Chu''s Mom nodded, "Yes, your sister said so, so we''re definitely going."

    "When are we leaving?"

    "Your sister said we''ll go once you''re on break. She''ll take us around to see the sights. We can also check out some schools since you''ll be taking the college entrance exam next year."

    "Okay."

    "She said she''lle back to pick us up. Make sure you pack everything you need."

    "Got it."

    "I heard Chi Yan will being too. We should prepare some extra things to bring back for him as well."

    Chu Luo: ...

    Time flew by, and before they knew it, snow was falling heavily...

    Chi Yan drove towards Jiazhou City with Chu Yang in the passenger seat.

    "My mom said she prepared a lot of things. Do you think they''ll fit in the car?" Chu Yang''s mom had sent her photos of the items the night before.

    Chu Yang thought there might be too much to fit in the car.

    Chi Yan replied, "I deliberately brought a car with arger trunk today, so it should be fine."

    "I hope so."

    They arrived home at one in the afternoon. Chu''s Mom and the others hurried out to greet them.

    "Come in quickly and warm up by the fire. It''s really cold this year."

    Chu Yang led Chi Yan into the living room to sit by the firece, while Chu Luo poured them some hot water.

    Chu Yang took a sip, feeling warmth spread through her body.

    "Let''s rest for the night and set off tomorrow," Chu Yang decided. The snow would be heavier this afternoon, making driving difficult, so it was better to dy a bit.

    Everyone agreed.

    That night, as usual, Chi Yan slept in the same room as Chu Luo. However, after bribing his future brother-inw once again, he spent a long time in Chu Yang''s room before returning.

    The next morning, it had stopped snowing. The government had organized snow removal on the roads, and Chu''s Dad and the others had cleared the snow from in front of the house. Chi Yan was also helping with a shovel.

    After a hearty breakfast, they loaded all the things Chu''s Mom had prepared into the trunk, filling itpletely. Chu''s Dad and Chu Luo each carried arge backpack, and then they set off.

    As they entered Jing City, Chu''s parents were excited, passing by ces like the Forbidden City.

    "Look, it''s the Forbidden City!"

    "As expected of the imperial city, it''s truly grand."

    "That building is so tall. I wonder how many floors it has."

    Chi Yan nced at the building they were referring to and said, "That one has 88 floors, but it''s not the tallest in Jing City. When we have time, I''ll take you to have dinner there, Uncle and Aunt. The view is spectacr."

    Chu''s Mom and Dad were amazed. "It''s that tall? And you can eat there?"

    Chu Yang exined, "There''s a restaurant on the top floor. I have free timeing up, so I''ll take you around to see all the sights during this period."

    "That sounds wonderful."

    Soon, they arrived at the apartment Chu Yang had bought.

    It was a two-bedroom apartment with a living room, about 80 square meters in size.

    Chu''s Mom and Dad looked around, nodding in approval. "This is nice."

    After that, they unpacked, rested for a while, and then Chi Yan took them out to a fancy restaurant for dinner.

    That night, Chu Yang stayed at the apartment with her parents, while Chi Yan had to return home alone, feeling a bit lonely.

    The next day, Chi Yan came over early in the morning, bringing breakfast. Then he took Chu''s parents and the others sightseeing. They watched the g-raising ceremony, visited the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and other famousndmarks.

    He also took them shopping for new clothes for the New Year. All in all, Chi Yan treated Chu''s parents exceptionally well.

    Before the New Year, they visited Chu Yang''s university campus. The school was too big to see everything, but they took a tour and snapped some photos. Chu''s parents were delighted.

    "When I graduate in my fourth year, you cane back and take graduation photos with me," Chu Yang said.

    Chu''s Mom and Dad readily agreed, feeling very proud.

    On New Year''s Eve, Chu Yang woke up early to help prepare for the family dinner. It was their first time spending the New Year in Jing City, which felt quite novel.

    "Will there be firecrackers tonight? I heard they''re not allowed?"

    Chu Yang exined, "They are allowed, but it''s organized by the government in designated areas for everyone to enjoy. Setting off your own fireworks isn''t permitted due to fire hazard concerns."

    "Oh, well, I think our countryside is quite nice in that regard. We have more freedom there."

    Chu''s Dad, who was making dumplings, chimed in, "Both ces have their advantages. It depends on what you prefer."

    "That''s true."

    "I''m going to the square with Chi Yan tonight to celebrate the New Year, so don''t wait up for me," Chu Yang suddenly announced, although she wasn''t entirely sure if they would actually go to the square.

    Chu''s Mom paused for a moment. "Will you being back tonight?"

    Chu Yang smiled, "Of course I''ll be back, just a bitter. That''s why I''m telling you not to wait up."

    Chu''s Dad asked, "Young people usually go out for the countdown and such, right?"

    Chu Yang was surprised that her father knew about this and nodded, "Yes, something like that."

    "Well, be careful and stay safe. Don''t go anywhere too crowded."

    "I know."

    "And dress warmly."

    "Yes, yes."

    After finishing the New Year''s Eve dinner, around eight o''clock, Chi Yan came over. "Happy New Year, uncle and auntie," he greeted.

    "Hello, hello. Be careful when you go out, okay?"

    "I will, and I''ll take good care of Yang Yang," Chi Yan assured them.

    "Good, thank you for your trouble."

    Chu Luo sat on the sofa watching. He wanted to go out and have fun too, but he knew that those two wouldn''t want him tagging along as a third wheel. He could only watch as they left...

    Instead of going to the square, Chi Yan wanted to take her to North Looking Mountain. "Let''s go there to watch the fireworks," he suggested.

    "Okay," she agreed.

    Last time, when they went for a hike, they had parked their car at the foot of the mountain. But today, since they were going to the summit to enjoy the view, they drove all the way up. Moreover, Chi Yan had even made reservations for a spot and a room...

 Chapter 232: New Yearâ€™s Eve Together

    <h4>Chapter 232</h4>

    It was already past 9 o''clock when the two of them arrived. They sat down at their table, which had some snacks and pastriesid out. Looking into the distance, they could see fireworks starting to go off in some areas, though not many yet.

    The ce was quite crowded, mostly with peopleing to celebrate the New Year. The whole of North Looking Mountain would likely be sleepless tonight.

    As time went on, more and more fireworks lit up the sky, growing increasingly beautiful. Chu Yang checked the time: it was almost 11:40, just over 10 minutes until the New Year.

    Chi Yan pulled Chu Yang up, saying, "Let''s go watch from the room."

    He led her upstairs, and they went straight to the balcony. The entire Jing City was bright, all lights aze as everyone weed the New Year!

    At 59 minutes past, the drone light show began the countdown: 59, 58, 57...

    When the final second ticked away, a brilliant burst of fireworks shot into the sky. Secondster, it exploded like scattered flowers from heaven, the sparks further fragmenting into smaller bursts. The entire sky became dazzlingly bright and beautiful.

    All the New Year''s blessings began pouring in at that moment...

    Chi Yan turned to look at Chu Yang, then gently kissed her cheek. "Happy New Year."

    Chu Yang smiled back and said, "Happy New Year."

    Chi Yan pulled a box from his pocket. "A New Year''s gift."

    Chu Yang also took out a box from her pocket. "I prepared a New Year''s gift for you too."

    They smiled at each other, exchanged gifts, and then held each other tightly.

    Afterwards, Chi Yan carried her back to the room, while fireworks continued to bloom outside.

    In the midst of their passionate embrace, Chu Yang said breathlessly, "I still need to go home tonight."

    Chi Yan looked at her pitifully. "But look at my little Chi Yan, how can you bear to leave?"

    Chu Yang nced down, then covered her eyes. "Can you hold back?"

    Chi Yan grabbed her hand and pressed it down. "I can''t. It''ll be quick, I promise. I''ll take you home after."

    Chu Yang: ??

    It wasn''t quick at all. By the time Chu Yang got home, it was past 3 AM... She tiptoed back to her room andy on the bed, rubbing her sore waist. She was exhausted.

    The next day, they had to get up early again, but after paying New Year''s respects, everyone went back to bed for a nap since they''d stayed upte for the countdown. Chu Yang was half-asleep when she received Chi Yan''s call. "Hello?"

    "Want to hang out?"

    Chu Yang: ... Brother, do you really have that much energy?

    "No, my family and I are resting at home today. Don''te over, okay?"

    "Ah?"

    Chi Yan had no choice but to stay at home.

    On the second day of the New Year, Chi Yan couldn''te to y with Chu Yang either, as he had to apany his parents to visit his grandfather for New Year''s greetings.

    Chu Yang took her mom and the others out to experience the New Year atmosphere in Jing City.

    On the third day, Chi Yan was free again and joined Chu Yang and her family for some fun. They were overjoyed. He even received red envelopes from Chu''s Mom and Chu''s Dad. Although the amount wasn''t much, Chi Yan was quite happy.

    In the evening, Chi Yan had dinner with Chu Yang''s family. Meanwhile, Zhao Yun and Chi Feng, who had finished shopping, were looking for a ce to eat when they spotted Chi Yan dining with others.

    They walked over. "Xiao Yan?"

    ...

    Chu Yang couldn''t believe what was happening. At this moment, watching Chi Yan''s parents chatting happily with her parents seemed surreal.

    What''s going on? Weren''t they just having dinner?

    Wait, what? Why are they discussing marriage? And Chi Yan, why are you agreeing?!

    What? The betrothal gifts are already prepared?

    "Feel free to make any requests for the bride price, we''ll agree to everything."

    "By the way, I have a building in the city center. Let''s include that as part of the betrothal gift."

    "Our Chi Yan can do everything, and what he can''t do, he can learn. He''ll definitely take good care of Yang Yang."

    "Yang Yang doesn''t need to do anything. It''s good for a girl to be free and easy."

    ...

    As they talked, the conversation shifted to having children.

    "It doesn''t matter about children, let the young ones decide. They can have as many as they want, we can hire nannies. We don''t mind if it''s a boy or a girl, we''ll love them all the same."

    "Giving birth isn''t easy for women, we''ll ensure she gets the best care."

    Chu Yang: ... Wait, how did we get to talking about having children? Her head was spinning...

    After a long while, Chi Yan''s parents finally said goodbye. "Inws, let''s meet again soon to formally discuss the children''s wedding."

    "Of course, of course."

    Chu Yang: ... How did they be inws so quickly?

    "Xiao Yan, remember to take good care of your inws."

    "Yes, of course."

    After Chu Yang''s parents left, her mom couldn''t stop smiling. "Oh my, my inw is so talkative. She even knows about farming!"

    Chi Yan smiled and said, "She''s friends with professors from the Agricultural College, so she knows a bit about these things."

    "She also praised our peaches. Next time I''ll send you more."

    Chi Yan: "That would be great. Everyone in our family loves the peaches you grow. They''re crisp, sweet, and so juicy. Delicious!"

    "Oh my, next time youe over, I''ll give you more to take back for your mother-inw."

    "Thank you, Auntie."

    Chu Yang: ...

    On the fifth day of the New Year, Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom started talking about going home, and Chu Luo had to return to school early.

    "I''m worried about the chickens and ducks at home, so we should go back." Although they had asked vigers to help, they still felt uneasy.

    Chu Yang didn''t try to keep them. "Alright, I''ll pack some things for you to take back."

    "Okay. I''ll help you pack. By the way, we can go back on our own, you don''t need to send us off. It''s too much trouble to go back and forth."

    "It''s no trouble, I should see you off. You have so much stuff, it won''t be easy on the high-speed train."

    "It''s fine, really. The three of us can each carry a backpack and pull a suitcase."

    Hearing that Chu''s parents were going home, Chi Yan quickly came over to have ast dinner with them. When he heard they nned to go back on their own, he said, "Uncle, Auntie, let me have my driver take you home. That way, Yang Yang and I won''t need to make the trip."

    Hearing it was Chi Yan''s family driver, and that Chi Yan and Chu Yang wouldn''t need to make the round trip, Chu''s parents agreed.

    After Chu''s parents went home, the apartment became quiet. Chu Yang started tidying up the ce, with Chi Yan helping. "Shall we go back to Imperial Prosperity tonight?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Let''s go. Just need to finish cleaning up the apartment first."

    Chi Yan was finally happy. It had been a long time since he had slept while embracing Yang. "Then I''ll go back too," he said.

    Chu Yang looked at him. "You''re not going back to be with your family?"

    Chi Yan waved his hand dismissively. "I''ve spent so many days with them already. My grandfather has ns tomorrow, and my uncle definitely won''t be home¡ªwho knows where he''ll be. As for my parents, I won''t disturb their private time together. There''s not much point in me being there alone."

    "Alright then," Chu Yang agreed.

    That night, sounds echoed throughout the bedroom all night long, and Chu Yang was thoroughly worn out.

    It''s unwise to let a man get too pent up, she reflected, or you''ll end up being the one who suffers in the end.

 Chapter 233: Graduation

    <h4>Chapter 233</h4>

    "Chu Yang, Chu Yang,e take a photo with us here. Come on, make room, I want to be next to the top student!"

    "Chu Yang, join us!"

    "Cheese!"

    "Yang Yang, hurry over..."

    In the blink of an eye, everyone had graduated.

    At this moment, Chu Yang was wearing her graduation gown, holding a bouquet of flowers, standing in the middle to take graduation photos with everyone.

    After taking photos with the group, Chu Yang took pictures with her parents, Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom, who had arrived the day before her graduation photoshoot. However, Chu Luo couldn''t make it because he was preparing for his college entrance exams.

    Chu Luo was unhappy about this.

    Chu Yang had told him, "I''ll just Photoshop you inter. You can be wherever you want - how about floating in the sky? That''ll stand out!"

    Chu Luo: ...

    Chi Yan also stood beside Chu Yang to take photos with her parents, and afterward, the couple took a picture by themselves.

    Chi Yan''s graduation photoshoot was scheduled forter, about next week, and Chu Yang nned to apany him then.

    After the graduation photos, Chu''s parents stayed in Jing City for two days before heading back home, as they had other matters to attend to.

    During the photoshoot, Chu Yang ran into Li Qinglu. At first, Chu Yang almost didn''t recognize her. Li Qinglu had always been pretty, with a bright kind of beauty, but now there was something different about her. Her face seemed smaller, and her eyes looked changed - she had clearly had some work done.

    Standing next to Li Qinglu was neither the male lead Gu Xiao nor the supporting male character Zhou Zhao, but rather the man Chu Yang and Chi Yan had seen with her at the cocktail party they attended before.

    The female lead wasn''t with the male lead anymore?

    Had Chu Yang''s presence in this story world caused such a big butterfly effect that itpletely altered the plot?

    Li Qinglu also noticed Chu Yang. Over the years, she had watched Chu Yang be increasingly sessful, even winning the outstanding graduate award and securing a spot in a graduate program. Moreover, Chu Yang''s boyfriend treated her exceptionally well. Everyone knew that Chi Yan was the heir to the Chi family, so if Chu Yang married him, she would be part of high society.

    Meanwhile, Li Qinglu had spent these years arguing with Gu Xiao, breaking up, getting back together, and breaking up again, which had negatively affected her academic performance. But why? Why did everything go smoothly for Chu Yang while she kept falling behind? She was supposed to always be one step ahead of Chu Yang. But everything had changed.

    If Chu Yang was going to enter high society, then so could she.

    Once she married Wang Yin in the future, she would be thedy of the Wang family.

    However, what she didn''t know was that whether she could marry Wang Yin was still uncertain.

    Chu Yang nced at Li Qinglu and then looked away. Chi Yan noticed and asked, "What''s wrong?"

    "Nothing," Chu Yang shook her head. "I''m done. Let''s go back."

    Lately, Chu Yang felt that Chi Yan was acting strangely. When his friends invited him out at night, he would leave without taking her or even offering to bring her along, simply saying he had something to do.

    When he returned, he often smelled of perfume.

    Chu Yang didn''t think Chi Yan was "cheating" or anything like that, but she felt he was up to something. Since he hadn''t mentioned anything, she decided to pretend she didn''t notice.

    That night, as theyy in bed, Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand, looking at the ring on her middle finger. "Don''t you think this diamond is a bit small?"

    Chu Yang didn''t think it was small. "It''s just right. It doesn''t need to be bigger. A big one would be inconvenient." Although she no longer did housework thanks to their housekeeper, she still felt that wearing something toorge would be cumbersome.

    "A bigger one would be good for wearing at gs. You''ll be attending various events with me often in the future."

    "That''s different for gs. This one is perfect for everyday wear."

    "Alright."

    The following Friday was Chi Yan''s graduation photoshoot at B University. Chu Yang got dressed up and went to meet him after he finished taking photos with his ss.

    Chu Yang sat on a bench along the tree-lined path at B University. She sent Chi Yan a message and waited for him there. Because of the photoshoot, she had made an extra effort with her appearance and was holding a bouquet of flowers to give to Chi Yan.

    Since Chi Yan didn''t spend much time at B University, Chu Yang rarely visited the campus. In the past two years, B University had seen new campus celebrities, and Chi Yan, who was seldom there, was no longer a topic of discussion. At most, people would say, "The new campus heartthrob is handsome, but Chi Yan is still the best in my heart. It''s a shame Chi Yan doesn''t participate in basketball games ore to school much anymore. What a pity!"

    For the new students, if no one mentioned Chi Yan, they wouldn''t even know who he was.

    Chu Yang sat waiting for a while when suddenly a group of people walked by, likely just out of ss. Many students emerged, chattering away.

    As they rounded the corner and saw the girl sitting on the bench, some of them immediately lowered their voices. At that moment, Chu Yang was unaware of how captivating her appearance was. Behind her stood a peach blossom tree, and as a gentle breeze blew, petals fluttered down, making the beauty beneath the tree appear even more radiant.

    A male student approached her. "Excuse me, can I add you on WeChat?"

    "No, you can''t." It wasn''t Chu Yang''s voice that answered.

    Chu Yang looked up and smiled at the neer. "Chi Yan, you''re here."

    Chi Yan reached out his hand to her. "Mm. Let''s go."

    Chu Yang took his hand and offered him the bouquet with her other hand. "Here. Happy graduation!"

    Chi Yan epted it. "Thank you, girlfriend."

    The others looked at the male student who had approached Chu Yang, inhaling sharply. Who was this guy? Was he from their school? Why didn''t they know him? He was wearing a graduation gown - they had heard that the seniors were taking graduation photos today. So was he one of their seniors?

    After Chu Yang and Chi Yan left, everyone came to their senses. "Who were those two? Howe we didn''t know our school had such good-looking students? They make such a great couple!"

    Someone passing by chimed in, "Oh, you don''t know? The guy is Chi Yan, a senior. He''s been our school''s campus heartthrob since his freshman year. Now that he''s graduating, of course, he''s making way for the new students. As for the girl, that''s Chi Yan''s girlfriend. She''s from the neighboring A University and is also an outstanding student. You can look up old posts on the forum to learn more about them."

    "Why am I only finding out about such a handsome senior when he''s graduating? What a loss!"

    "Oh my goodness, where are the seniors taking photos? I want to go join in on the fun."

    "Me too, me too!"

    "If we''re lucky, we might even get a group photo with them."

    "Being in the background would be fine too."

    "Hahaha!"

    Thewn where Chi Yan took Chu Yang for photos - Wei Feng and the others were all there. Wei Feng and Jin Yang had officially be a couple, and they even treated everyone to a meal to celebrate at the time, so Jin Yang was there today as well.

    Many people also came to take group photos with Chi Yan. Some even wanted to take photos with both Chi Yan and Chu Yang together.

    "I want to take a photo with you two! In the future, if there''s a topic on Weibo like ''What was the most unforgettable couple from your school days?'', I''ll post your photo. Hahaha!"

 Chapter 234: Marry Me

    <h4>Chapter 234</h4>

    Chu Yang smiled till her face almost stiffened. Why was she so busy even though it was Chi Yan''s graduation ceremony?

    Once everything almost settled down, Chi Yan nced at his watch, "Yang Yang, take a rest here, I''ll be back shortly."

    Chu Yang massaged her face, "Mm, go ahead."

    Then, Chi Yan ran off, and Chu Yang was oblivious to the fact that Wei Feng and the others had also scurried off somewhere.

    Chu Yang was choosing which photos to post on her social media as she waved through her smartphone. All of them seemed decent and might not fit into one post--maybe she''d need two.

    "Yang Yang, bad news, something happened to the little BOSS," Jin Yang gasped for air as she sprinted towards Chu Yang. She had picked up the habit of calling Chi Yan ''little BOSS'' during her internship at Chi Corporation and never dropped it.

    Hearing that something had happened to Chi Yan, Chu Yang immediately followed Jin Yang without giving it a second thought. But if she had calmed down, she would have wondered how could something happen to Chi Yan at the school?

    However, when she arrived at a different location with Jin Yang, she was stunned to see the numerous flowers on the ground.

    There were pots of flowers everywhere with a pathway leading towards the middle. There, Chi Yan along with their friends Cai Cai, Qian Xin, Wei Feng, Zheng Qing, and even his parents were all thereughing and looking at her.

    At that moment Chi Yan wasn''t in his graduation outfit but in a tailor-made suit, holding a bouquet of roses and a box.

    Behind them was a projector screen disying a slideshow of photos of Chu Yan and Chi Yang.

    Chu Yang halted as she figured out what was going on. Her heart filled with excitement and anticipation, yet a bit of confusion and bewilderment.

    Mustering up her courage, Chu Yang walked down the petal-lined path to Chi Yan.

    Chi Yan was smiling at her affectionately the whole time. As she approached, he kneeled down, "Yang Yang, will you marry me?" He then opened the box revealing a ring with a huge diamond.

    The surrounding bystanders were all stunned.

    "Wow!"

    "Oh my goodness!"

    "How romantic!"

    People who heard about the proposal came flocking over, and soon a crowd formed around them.

    Tears welled up in Chu Yang''s eyes unexpectedly as she nodded her head in response, much to the delighted anticipation of Chi Yan and everyone else.

    Chi Yan, shaking yet unable to control his emotions, saw her eptance. His eyes reddening, he finally slid the ring on her finger. Amidst the cheering crowd, they shared a kiss.

    After, Chi Yan took Chu Yang''s hand and they left the scene.

    As for the flowers, they were donated to the school.

    The underssmen who initially came to see Chi Yan and take photos were shocked to witness a wedding proposal from the couple they came to see. They left shortly after.

    Many were clutching their faces, "Ahhh, so romantic!"

    "This has be the TOP 1 news in the school."

    "It''s been a while since Chi Yan made an appearance, and when he does, it''s for a major event."

    "Sob, I witnessed their love journey."

    "My fave couple is getting married! Ahhh, I''m so excited!"

    "While they are getting married after graduation, I can''t find a job after mine, sob."

    So where was Chi Yan nning to take Chu Yang? Of course, he was taking her home, back to Imperial Prosperity.

    Upon their arrival, Chu Yang was immediately taken by Chi Yan into the bedroom... "My wife, soon you will be my wife," he dered.

    "I''m so happy, my future wife."

    "Will you call me ''husband'', just once?"

    Chu Yang felt a lit bit embarrassed, however, under Chi Yan''s hopeful gaze, she softly muttered, "Husband?"

    Then, Chu Yang felt the grip around her waist tighten, and she felt as though she was swept by a wave into the deep sea, losing all sense of direction.

    After a while... Chu Yang asked, nestled in Chi Yan''s arms, "I was wondering why you''ve been acting strangely, going out with your friends without me and, on top of that, returning smelling of flowers all over your body. Did you go flower shopping?"

    "Yes. I got exactly 999 fresh flowers." He admitted, sharing that he moved part of them personally, with the remaining number moved with Wei Feng''s assistance.

    "What made you... do such a thing at this point?"

    Chi Yan nibbled on her cheek, unable to get enough of her, "I thought by now we''re supposed to be married after we graduate, as we agreed, remember?"

    Chu Yang reluctantly admitted, " I casually agreed, not thinking you were serious about it, especially about proposing at our graduation."

    Chi Yan leaned closer, "But you did promise me, so when are we going to get our marriage certificate?"

    Chu Yang opened her eyes to look at him, then closed them again, "My parents still don''t know."

    Chi Yan confidently assured her, "They already know."

    She responds, puzzled, "Huh?"

    Chi Yan exined, "Last week I told them about my n to propose this week and wanted them to stay to witness it, but your mother said that they had to return home. Hence, they asked me to live-stream it to them. So, they do indeed know."

    Chu Yang was rather taken aback by the revtion... So, she was the only one who didn''t know?

    Actually, there was one more person who was clueless - Chu Luo, who was still at school.

    "I''ve left my household registration book at home. We will need to fetch it, let''s wait until graduation in June."

    "Alright, my parents and I wille to your home after my graduation in June, and we can discuss the details regarding our wedding."

    Chu Yang seemed bewildered, "Wedding? So soon? I thought we were just going to get the certificate."

    Chi Yan naturally replied, "We must have a wedding ceremony. I want everyone to witness that I am your man."

    Chu Yang felt a bit confused by this... Wasn''t this thinking backward?

    Chi Yan went on, "My parents have already visited Ming Wu Master to discuss the most suitable date for our wedding, once the date is fixed, we will start preparing." Chi Yan kissed her gently twice, "Isn''t it great? We are going to get married."

    "Alright, let''s decide on it when the timees."

    "Okay."

    After a while, Chu Yang fell asleep, she was already tired.

    She was asleep but Chi Yan stayed awake continuing to gaze at her, asionally touching her here, kissing her there, admiring therge diamond ring on her finger that perfectly suited his beloved Chu Yang.

    In June, after receiving their graduation certificates, Chi Yan immediately whisked away Chu Yang, along with his parents, ensuring all gifts were prepared, they headed off in the direction of Chu Yang''s home.

    Having just finished his high school exams, Chu Luo thought he had plenty of time, maybe he should get a summer job? However, just a few days after he returned home, he heard from his parents that Chi Yan had sessfully proposed marriage, his parents had already rushed over to discuss the wedding arrangements with Chu Luo''s parents for Chi Yan and Chu Yang.

    Chu Luo: ???

    Chu Luo: "!!! Why didn''t I know anything about this?"

    Chu Luo''s mother: "You were at school at the time, how could you possibly know?"

    "Why didn''t you tell me when I came back?"

    "Oh, because we forgot! Don''t you know now?"

    Chu Luo: ... He''s their biological child, right? Right?

    When Chu Yang and Chi Yan walked in, they saw Chu Luo with a cold face, "What''s wrong? Didn''t you like the photo I photoshopped? I thought it was quite good, right, Ah Yan?"

    Chi Yan nodded, "It''s particrly good-looking."

    Chu Luo: ... Speaking of this! She really photoshopped him to the sky!!!

 Chapter 235: Prelude to a Wedding

    <h4>Chapter 235</h4>

    "Where are the inws?" Chu''s Mom knew that Zhao Yun and her family were alsoing over today to discuss Chu Yang and Chi Yan''s wedding ns.

    "My parents are waiting at the hotel. I brought the gifts over first." Then the driver began bringing in boxes of gifts one by one.

    Chu''s Mom hurriedly went to wee them, saying "good" three times in excitement. "Good, good, good."

    "I''ll go freshen up first, then we''ll go to the hotel together to discuss things with both families." After that, Chu''s Mom asked Chu''s Dad to entertain the guests while she went to tidy herself up.

    "Mm-hmm."

    Everything seemed to pass quickly. The two families were sitting around the table at the hotel, talking andughing. Chu Yang sat to the side, watching Chi Yan''s Mother holding her mom''s hand like they were sisters. As for Chu''s Dad and Chi Yan''s Father, they were also engaged in conversation. Chu Yang even heard Chi Yan''s Father asking her dad about how to grow scallions.

    She knew that Chi Yan''s parents were professors, but she didn''t expect their knowledge to be so broad, even speaking confidently about agriculture.

    "Professor Chi, I''ll try the method you mentioned when I get home. If the yield increases, I''ll let you know."

    "Ah, good, good, good. It''s because our country has farmers like you that we can enjoy so many delicious things."

    "Not at all, we still need guidance from educated people like you."

    "We learn from each other, we learn from each other."

    Chi Yan whispered in Chu Yang''s ear, "I think they''ll be chatting for a while. Why don''t we go for a walk ande backter?"

    Chu Yang pinched his waist and said, "Stay put and be quiet."

    "Oh."

    After chatting for over two hours, Chu''s parents, being good hosts, took Chi Yan''s parents on a tour of Jiazhou City. Everything had been settled, and Chi Yan''s parents returned home that evening.

    There were many things to prepare for the wedding, and the date had been set for two monthster. The time was a bit tight, and as the wedding of the Chi Corporation heir, many people would need to be invited.

    The marital home was already prepared, evenrger than the one at Imperial Prosperity, with more staff. Chu Yang even had a new assistant who would help her handle various aspects of daily life.

    Chu Yang didn''t need to worry about these things. She only needed to try on the wedding dress, take wedding photos, attend the ceremony, and choose where to go for their honeymoon.

    In the living room, Chu Yang was currently writing invitations. Besides Jin Yang, Cai Cai, and Qian Xin, she also nned to invite Professor Li Deyong, who had helped her greatly in her studies and was her graduate thesis advisor, so he definitely needed to be invited.

    Then there were some ssmates she was close to. As for rtives, she decided to invite her uncle''s family, though she feared they mighte to disrupt the wedding rather than celebrate it.

    She also helped write invitations for Chi Yan''s guests, though he would handle the important business partners himself. Chu Yang was only responsible for writing invitations for Wei Feng, Zheng Qing, and others like them.

    During the wedding preparations, her future mother-inw often took her shopping. "Men earn money for us women to spend. We should help them spend more."

    Then Chu Yang witnessed her future mother-inw''s generosity. In the luxury stores that catered to them, Zhao Yun and Chu Yang sat drinking flower tea while the staff showed them various handbags.

    Finally, when Zhao Yun got tired of looking, she waved her hand and said, "I don''t want that one, this one, or that one. Pack up all the rest and send them to this address."

    "Yes, ma''am!"

    Chu Yang: ...Impressive!

    Zhao Yun held Chu Yang''s hand and said, "I went to look at your marital home. It''s a bit sparse, so we bought a lot today. We can fill up your entire wardrobe if needed."

    Within a few days, the wardrobes and jewelry rooms in the marital home were packed full, all with thetest seasonal items. Moreover, Zhao Yun said that new seasonal products would be sent directly to her in the future, so she wouldn''t need to worry about it.

    Chu Yang: ...Ah, is this the world of the rich? It''s amazing!

    Not only that, but Zhao Yun also took her for million-yuan beauty treatments, to eat the most expensive Chinese and foreign cuisines...

    Chu Yang suddenly felt a bit regretful. She should have worked harder and earned more money to enjoy life like this. Why was she so poor before she transmigrated into the book? Perhaps it was because she hadn''t experienced the life of the wealthy, so she had no desires?

    Zhao Yun taking Chu Yang out served two purposes: one was to build a rtionship between them, and the other was to observe Chu Yang''s behavior. Although the Chi family didn''t need to tter anyone or expand their business through marriage, a good daughter-inw could make the family even more prosperous.

    These days, she was very satisfied with Chu Yang''s performance. She was polite, graceful, and honest about what she didn''t know. For example, if Chu Yang hadn''t eaten a certain food before, she would frankly ask about it rather than pretending to know. Moreover, she showed no signs of inferiority and was always polite to the service staff.

    She remained calm when faced with situations and was willing to help others. Once, while they were shopping in the city center, a child tried to cross the road without adult supervision, and Chu Yang quickly picked the child up and brought them back, preventing a tragedy.

    She was also knowledgeable. Sometimes Zhao Yun would discuss academic topics with Chu Yang, and she could keep up with the conversation. At times, Zhao Yun even thought how nice it would be if Chu Yang were her student.

    Because Chu Yang had been out with Zhao Yun for a few days, Chi Yanined, "Mom, I want to spend time with Yang Yang tomorrow. Don''t take her out." It was pitiful for her son to be left alone at home.

    Zhao Yun: "Alright, alright. I have something to do tomorrow anyway. You spend more time with Yang Yang and buy her lots of things."

    Chu Yang: "There''s no need to buy anything. Mom has already bought me so much."

    Chi Yan: "I know, I''ll definitely buy things."

    After Zhao Yun left, Chi Yan pulled Chu Yang into the room. "What did you buy with mom today?"

    Chu Yang flopped onto the sofa. "Nothing much, just drank some flower tea and had some beauty treatments. Look, doesn''t my skin look better?"

    Chi Yan leaned in close to her face. "Let me see... Mm, it''s very soft. Mwah!" He kissed her, finding her skin so soft he wanted to bite it.

    As he thought about it, he actually did bite her, leaving a tooth mark on Chu Yang''s face.

    Chu Yang: "...What are you doing?"

    "I want to eat you."

    Chu Yang: "...Get lost!"

    ...

    "Young Madam, the gown has arrived. You need to try it on personally." Chu Yang''s new assistant, Wen Yi, entered the study where Chu Yang was currently reading.

    Chu Yang looked up. "Alright."

    Several sets of formal attire needed to be tried on one by one. In the spacious dressing room, Chu Yang put on the first wedding ceremony dress. It was a strapless style with an extra-long train. The wedding dress was made of some unknown material that sparkled brilliantly. When she put on the tiara as well, it entuated Chu Yang''s stunning beauty even more.

    The assistants and servants helping her dress were all praising her.

    "So beautiful!"

    "The young madam looks gorgeous."

    "What''s so gorgeous?" Chi Yan suddenly pushed open the door and came in, then saw Chu Yang in her wedding dress. He instantly froze in ce. After one second, two seconds, Chi Yan suddenly had a nosebleed.

 Chapter 236: Single Party

    <h4>Chapter 236</h4>

    Chu Yang was instantly terrified: "Chi Yan, what''s wrong?"

    Chi Yan immediately stepped back, "Don''te closer, you''ll dirty the wedding dress. I''ll go take care of this first." Then he hurriedly left.

    Meanwhile, Wen Yi and the servants were secretlyughing.

    Chu Yang was confused, so Wen Yi whispered an exnation in her ear. Instantly, Chu Yang''s ears turned red.

    Soon, Chi Yan returned after handling the situation. Seeing everyone looking at him, he felt awkward for a moment but quickly regained hisposure. He walked over to Chu Yang, gave her a kiss, andplimented her: "You look absolutely stunning."

    Chu Yang confidently lifted her chin, "Of course I do."

    Afterwards, Chu Yang tried on the next few outfits, each one showcasing a different aspect of her beauty.

    By the end, Chu Yang was exhausted. Chi Yan asked everyone to leave, then sat beside her and gently massaged her legs. "The photographer will be here tomorrow to take our wedding photos."

    "What? I''m so tired," Chu Yang copsed onto the sofa. Trying on dresses was exhausting enough.

    Chi Yan stroked her head, "Be good. After we take the wedding photos, we''ll go get our marriage certificate. The auspicious date chosen by Ming Wu Master is approaching."

    "Alright," she agreed.

    On the day they registered their marriage, the weather was beautiful and sunny. The staff at the civil affairs bureau evenmented that they had never seen such a well-matched couple before.

    As soon as they left the bureau, Chi Yan immediately secured the marriage certificate, "I''ll keep the certificate safe. When we get home, I''ll put it in the safe."

    Chu Yang thought to herself: That''s really not necessary...

    But she let him have his way.

    Everyone in their social circle knew Chi Yan was getting married.

    "Congrattions!"

    "Congrats, Yan-ge! Hope you have two kids in three years!"

    "Congrattions, Yan-ge! We''ve organized ast night of freedom party for you. Want to join?"

    "Come on, join us!"

    "It might be hard to hang out with Yan-ge after this."

    "Hello? Yan-ge, want toe out and y? Yan-ge: Sorry, I have to feed the baby."

    "Hahahahaha!"

    "Oh man, that could actually happen."

    "Yan-ge is whipped. I think it''s entirely possible."

    "Hahahahaha, Yan-ge has turned into a gentle daddy."

    "I''m dying ofughter."

    Ignoring their teasing, Chi Yan took out his phone and asked Chu Yang, "Dear wife, may I go?"

    Chu Yang replied, "Of course, you should go." After all, her girlfriends had invited her out too.

    "Thank you, dear wife."

    The day before the wedding, the couple wasn''t supposed to see each other. Chu Yang stayed at her apartment with her parents, while Chi Yan remained at the family home. In the evening, Chi Yan went to meet his friends, and Chu Yang went out wearing a sexy ck spaghetti strap dress.

    Chu Yang drove her Maserati to a bar and messaged her girlfriends, "Girls, I''m here."

    Soon, Jin Yang came out to greet her, "Finally, you''re here! Come on, everyone''s waiting in the private room."

    In the room were all the bridesmaids who would be attending the wedding tomorrow, including Chen Xixi, Liang Huan, Zhang Xinghai, and others.

    "Come on, let''s all have a toast! Here''s to Chu Yang''s future happiness and a wonderful married life!"

    "Cheers, bottoms up!"

    Everyone downed their drinks. Chu Yang put down her ss and said, "Tonight, let loose and have fun. It''s on me."

    "Wow!"

    "But don''t drink too much tonight, or you won''t be presentable tomorrow," Chu Yang added as a reminder.

    "We know, we know. We''ve got it under control."

    "I heard the groomsmen are all handsome. I''m going to pick one for myself."

    "Hahaha."

    The girlsughed and chatted in the private room, singing, eating, ying games, and asionally discussing risqu¨¦ topics, each one acting like an expert.

    They asked questions like, "How many times can your boyfriend go in one night? How''s his performance?" Everyone spoke without a hint of embarrassment.

    "Men are all perverts. They start getting handsy while kissing."

    "Exactly. Born lechers, the lot of them."

    "No matter how cold and restrained they seem on the surface, they''re all the same underneath. Don''t believe me? Ask Yang Yang. Yang Yang, isn''t Chi Yan, the campus heartthrob... you know?"

    "Yang Yang, how many times in one night?"

    "Yang Yang used toe to ss yawning so many times. Were you up all night doing the deed? Hm?"

    They didn''t even need Chu Yang to answer; their imaginations were running wild.

    "Definitely. If you''ve seen Chi Yan ying basketball before, you''d know. Those abs, tsk tsk tsk, must be very powerful."

    Chu Yang nced at Jin Yang, "I think your Wei Feng is pretty much the same."

    Jin Yang waved her hand dismissively, "It''s different. Mine is like a bear. Too rough."

    Everyone let out a collective "Ooh~" and looked at Jin Yang suggestively. "How is he like a bear? Tell us more."

    Jin Yang grinned, "Some things are better left to the imagination. Those of you with boyfriends should know, and those without will find out when you get one."

    Midway through the party, everyone had drunk too much water and decided to go to the bathroom together. It''s a girl thing, going to the bathroom in groups.

    As they were leaving the private room and heading down the hallway to the bathroom, a group of people came out of another room. Seeing Chu Yang and her friends, they were shocked, "Yan... Yan''s wife?"

    Chu Yang thought to herself: Yan''s wife? What kind of awful nickname is that?

    Then one of the guys called into their room, "Yan-ge, your wife is here."

    The guy''s voice sounded a bit panicked, thinking Chu Yang hade with others to catch them in the act.

    Inside, Chi Yan was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and came out. Wei Feng, Yuan Zhi, and others followed.

    "Yang Yang? What are you doing here?" Seeing Chu Yang in her short ck spaghetti strap dress that showed off her long legs, paired with sky-high heels, Chi Yan quickly took off his jacket and put it on her.

    Chu Yang felt a bit guilty. She hadn''t told Chi Yan she was going out, while he had informed her of his ns.

    "Uh..."

    Chi Yan noticed the group of women behind Chu Yang and realized something was off. They were all dressed up as if attending an event. He looked at Chu Yang, "So... you''re all here for a party too?"

    "Hehe." Chu Yang gave a cating smile, "Just a little get-together among girlfriends."

    Chi Yan understood. It was the same as what he was doing.

    "Since we''ve run into each other, shall we join together?"

    Jin Yang immediately whispered in Chu Yang''s ear, "No way. ording to tradition, you two can''t be together tonight."

    Chu Yang quickly pulled away from Chi Yan''s hand and looked up, refusing, "No, tonight is our girls'' night. We won''t be joining you. We''re not supposed to see each other tonight. This is my bachelorette party, and tonight I''m single. You''re not my boyfriend, hmph. That''s that."

    Chi Yan smiled and said, "Alright, I''ll be waiting."

    Waiting for what? Chu Yang didn''t understand. She left the scene with her friends, their footsteps echoing as they went. Chi Yan''s jacket was still draped over her shoulders.

    Wei Feng and the others nearby thought: At least they weren''t here to catch anyone.

    Wei Feng: "Brother Yan... your sister-inw and her friends..."

    Chi Yan walked into the private room and instructed the waiter, "Send some food to the room where those girls were just now. Also, I''ll cover their expenses for tonight."

    "Yes, sir."

    "They''re just here to have fun tonight, like us. Don''t disturb them."

    "I see. We thought they were here to catch someone," sighed the guy who first noticed them, relieved.

    Meanwhile, when Chu Yang returned from the restroom, she found the food sent by Chi Yan. She didn''t stand on ceremony and called out to her friends, "Let''s eat! Help yourselves. And the guys are covering our bill for tonight."

    "Great! Come on, sisters, let''s toast!"

    "Cheers, cheers!"

 Chapter 237: Marriage 02

    <h4>Chapter 237</h4>

    At 1 AM, everyone finally left. Chu Yang walked out of the bar to find the driver already waiting at the door. "Young Madam, the young master said to take you home," he said.

    Chu Yang didn''t stand on ceremony and got straight into the car. "Let''s go."

    After barely two to three hours of rest at home, Chu Yang was woken up to start getting ready. She sat at the dressing table with her eyes closed as several people bustled around her - doing her makeup, styling her hair, feeding her bites of food, and manicuring her nails.

    Getting married was truly exhausting. After countless people had fussed over her for three hours, her bridal makeup was finallyplete.

    Meanwhile at the Chi residence, after his own round of preparations, Chi Yan was finally dressed in his custom tailored suit with a boutonni¨¨re pinned to hispel. He first entered his family''s ancestral hall to pay respects to his ancestors.

    Afterpleting the ceremony, he walked out the front door and got into thevishly decorated wedding car, ready to go fetch his bride.

    Dozens of luxury cars cruised down the streets, drawing many onlookers.

    "Holy crap! They''re even using Ferraris as wedding cars?"

    "Which young master is getting married?"

    "My god, it''s nothing but luxury cars as far as the eye can see. It''s like a car show! Which wealthy family''s son is tying the knot today?"

    "Geez, how much does a wedding like this cost?"

    Some reporters who were in the know had already started snapping photos of the wedding convoy and drafting articles:

    "Breaking news! Chi family heir''s luxury car fleet heads to collect the bride. Who is the luckydy?"

    When the procession stopped at a red light, people even got out of the cars to hand out wedding candy to the traffic police.

    The convoy soon arrived at Chu Yang''s ce. Chi Yan got out of the car and first handed out red envelopes to the people blocking the door.

    As they made their way inside, the most important part was about to begin.

    "If you want to collect the bride, you''ll have to get past us first," Jin Yang and Qian Xin said, barring the doorway.

    Wei Feng and Zheng Qing quickly handed them red envelopes. "Here you go. Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!"

    Jin Yang and Qian Xin epted the envelopes, feeling their thickness. Not bad, but still not enough.

    "First, please answer three questions. One, what''s our dear Yang Yang''s favorite fruit? Two, what''s her favorite color? Three, what''s her favorite animal?"

    "Apples, purple, and ravens!" Chi Yan answered without hesitation.

    All correct!

    "Alright, you''ve passed this round. On to the next!"

    The next challenge came from Zhou Caicai and Chen Xixi.

    "We need to test the groom''s physical fitness. Let''s start with 20 push-ups."

    Chi Yan smiled, handed his bouquet to someone nearby, and immediately dropped down to do push-ups.

    "Good, good!"

    "Come on, Yan!"

    "10 more, 5 more! Well done!"

    Apuse broke out.

    After finishing, Chi Yan was a bit out of breath but still looked fine. Zhou Caicai and Chen Xixi nodded approvingly. "Alright then. Next challenge."

    They finally made it into the room where Chu Yang sat on the bed, holding a fan to cover her face, silent.

    Zhang Xinghai saw them enter and announced, "The bride''s shoes have gone missing. The groom must find them for her."

    Chi Yan looked to his groomsmen, who immediately started searching. Chi Yan joined in, checking the closet, curtains, behind the door... nothing.

    "Hurry up, time''s running out!"

    Chi Yan surveyed the room and suddenly noticed one bridesmaid''s eyes darting towards the pillows on the bed. He quickly went over, flipped the pillow, and found the shoes.

    He then knelt on one knee to help Chu Yang put on the shoes. "Is that alright?"

    "For the final step, the groom must read out his vows to the bride." Jin Yang handed him a small book.

    Chi Yan smiled when he saw it. Kneeling on one knee and taking Chu Yang''s hand, he said, "I vow to love Chu Yang forever. Everything my dear Yang Yang says is right, and even if she''s wrong, it''s my fault... For all lifetimes toe, Chu Yang will be my one and only!" He had changed the original "for this lifetime" to "for all lifetimes."

    As soon as Chi Yan finished speaking, someone set off party poppers. Chu Yang lowered her fan, smiling at Chi Yan.

    The beautiful bride was finally revealed, and everyone cheered.

    Chi Yan then ced the ring on Chu Yang''s finger, and she did the same for him. After kneeling to bid farewell to their parents, Chi Yan carried Chu Yang to the wedding car.

    The car took them directly to the Chi Family''s Ancestral Home. What followed was stepping over a brazier, paying respects to ancestors, bowing to parents, and more...

    In the evening came another round of toasting rituals.

    Chu Yang had only eaten a little in the morning and nothing since. She''d changed outfits and makeup multiple times while maintaining a constant smile... When she finally entered the bridal chamber, she could atst rx.

    Goodness, what an exhausting day!

    Chu Yangy on the bed, dozing off. As for Chi Yan, he was still outside being plied with drinks. A rowdy bedchamber celebration? Not happening - anyone who thought about it had been thoroughly intimidated by Chi Yan.

    It was the middle of the night when Chi Yan finally returned, but Chu Yang was already asleep. She had only meant to rest for a bit but ended up falling asleep.

    Chi Yan sat on the edge of the bed, gently caressing Chu Yang''s flushed cheek. His gaze was deep and tender as he leaned down to kiss her. He had finally married her.

    Knowing it wasn''t good to sleep with makeup on, Chi Yan started to remove it for her. He was about to wipe her face with some water when Chu Yang stirred. "Hmm? Did I fall asleep? What time is it?" she asked groggily.

    "Just after 10."

    Chu Yang sat up. "Can we rest now? I need a shower."

    Chi Yan held her back. "Mm, I''ll help you."

    Chu Yang''s mind was still foggy. She only registered Chi Yan''s hand on the first button of her cheongsam as he said, "I''ve been wanting to undo this dress for so long."

    Chu Yang was wide awake now.

    Her memories of what followed were a bit hazy. All she knew was that Chi Yan was inhuman, truly inhuman. She wanted to cry...

    The bathroom floor waspletely wet, with water trailing all the way to the bed... The bed frame shook all night long. They were supposed to get up early the next day to meet people, but Chu Yang overslept.

    Chu Yang bit Chi Yan''s shoulder. "It''s all your fault! We''rete, we''rete!"

    Chi Yan quickly reassured her, "We''re notte, we''re notte. Grandfather and Mother said we can go meet everyone in the afternoon."

    Only then did Chu Yang flop back onto the bed. "Then I''m going to rest a bit more."

    Chi Yan immediately moved closer. "Since we have time, why don''t we..."

    Chu Yang swatted his hand away. "No way!" What a lecher!!!

    After returning to the ancestral home to meet people, Chu Yang received a pile of gifts. Chi Yan''s aunt-inw wasn''t there, as she was truly too busy, but his uncle and cousin Chi Jin were present. They gave Chu Yang generous gifts. Though the aunt-inw couldn''te in person, her gift was particrlyvish - a set of apartments in the city center plus amercial property.

    Did the Chi Family like to casually give away real estate as gifts?

    Although she had be a young married woman, Chu Yang didn''t feel much had changed. As for the assets she received as wedding gifts, her assistant would manage them for her.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan had fully be the head of the Chi Corporation. Grandfather Chi had decided to retire and enjoy his golden years at home.

    The small boss had be the big boss, but Chi Yan was even busier now. Previously, he would go on business trips, but not too often. Now, he might travel for business several times in a single month.

 Chapter 238: Gossip

    <h4>Chapter 238</h4>

    The Prophecy Little Witch ount already has over 3 million followers, but because Chu Yang never mingles in social circles, doesn''t ept advertisements, and certainly doesn''t participate in any events, people don''t know what the blogger looks like, whether they''re male or female, or if it''s a team - except, of course, for those who know Chu Yang personally.

    As for Chu Yang''s clients, there are ordinary people, some wealthy individuals, and some inte celebrities. However, Chu Yang hasn''t yet received any requests from actual celebrities. This is probably because she has predicted the downfall of certain stars, so celebrities have cklisted her, fearing she might prophesy something unfavorable about them.

    Although no celebrities have sought out the Prophecy Little Witch, whenever Chu Yang predicts a star''s downfall, many industry insiders secretly pay attention. When a prediction appears before the event actually happens, everyone quietly distances themselves from the star in question to avoid being affected.

    Some celebrities even create anonymous ounts to follow the Prophecy Little Witch blogger.

    Chi Yan has been away on a business trip for a month now. This is the first time Chu Yang has been apart from Chi Yan for so long. Previously, Chi Yan would call her every night, but when she noticed his tired face, she eventually told him not to call daily and to rest instead. She said she would call him when she missed him, so she generally calls him every two or three days.

    Unexpectedly, while Chu Yang was studying in the school library, Jin Yang, the ultimate inte surfer, sent her a message: "Yang Yang, check out this link. Is the person in it the little BOSS? [Link]"

    Chu Yang opened the link with some confusion: "Zhang Zhaoxue''s love affair exposed? Boyfriend is a wealthy heir?"

    Who is Zhang Zhaoxue?

    Chu Yang skimmed through the news and looked at the people in the photo. She nced briefly and recognized Chi Yan entering a hotel, followed by Qi Jie and several bodyguards. As for Zhang Zhaoxue, she was walking in front of Chi Yan, making it look like they were entering the hotel together. The timestamp showed 8 PMst night.

    Chu Yang didn''t think Chi Yan knew Zhang Zhaoxue. In the picture, Chi Yan was on the phone - talking to her, in fact. They had spoken at 8 PMst night.

    The news didn''t reveal Chi Yan''s identity, only referring to him as a wealthy young master.

    In thements section, some people believed it while others didn''t.

    Chu Yang first replied to Jin Yang: "It''s him, but Chi Yan doesn''t know Zhang Zhaoxue. It must be a coincidence." She trusted him, after all.

    Jin Yang: "Oh, I see. Let''s see if Zhang Zhaoxue''s side denies it. I''m worried about the entertainment industry''s love for hype, which might expose the little BOSS''s identity."

    Chu Yang: "It''s fine. Chi Yan will handle it."

    "That''s good."

    Meanwhile, at Zhang Zhaoxue''s team meeting, "Zhaoxue, we need to quickly post a denial on Weibo."

    Zhang Zhaoxue looked at Weibo and even liked the post with her anonymous ount. "Deny it? Why deny it?"

    Her manager: "I''ve made some inquiries. That''s Chi Yan, the current boss of Chi Corporation. He''s only 23 years old, truly aplished at a young age!"

    Zhang Zhaoxue smiled, "Isn''t that even better? Besides, I didn''t take the photo or say anything. It''s all just spection."

    "But... I''m worried about Chi Corporation''s reaction."

    "Did you see him yesterday? He''s even more handsome than people in the entertainment industry. What do you think about me trying to seduce him?"

    The manager looked at her, "You?" Not to belittle her, but he didn''t think someone like that would be interested in her, given what he must have seen.

    Zhang Zhaoxue was confident, though. "Some men like it spicy, and luckily, I''m spicy enough. I think I can do it. Didn''t Lin Yueyue get an endorsement deal with Chi Corporation? Once I hook up with Chi Yan, we could get that too."

    The manager considered it for a moment and decided to take the gamble!

    Because Zhang Zhaoxue didn''t rify the situation, people gradually began to believe it was true. Everyone was curious about the identity of the man, so they started digging.

    Their investigation led them to Chi Corporation.

    "I heard he''s the CEO of Chi Corporation, just took over the family business, very young and handsome."

    "Chi Corporation? You mean the one behind that popr game we y? The tech industry giant, one of the top ten domestic groups that all programmers dream of joining?"

    "That''s the one."

    "A ssmate of mine was fortunate enough to get in. He says he wants to work there until retirement."

    "So what does he look like?"

    "Hm? Why did I see news a few months ago about the Chi Corporation heir getting married? How many heirs does Chi Corporation have?"

    "Don''t know, usually wealthy families have several, I guess."

    "But isn''t there only one person who inherits thepany?"

    "Could Zhang Zhaoxue be that new bride? A secretly married celebrity and her wealthy husband?"

    "If that''s true, I''m totally shipping it."

    However, as soon as this spection appeared, Chi Corporation immediately issued a statement: "Regarding the recent rumors about our BOSS, we will take legal action. We hope everyone refrains from creating or spreading rumors. Our BOSS does not know any Ms. Zhang, Ms. Lin, or Ms. Chen. Finally, our BOSS is married and happily so. Please do not spread baseless rumors."

    When the statement came out, everyone fell silent.

    "Oh my, how embarrassing for Zhang Zhaoxue!"

    "Embarrassing? Why didn''t shee out and rify when the rumors first started?"

    "It''s just a statement, who knows if it''s true? Don''t all rich men have one at home and one outside?"

    "So, is Zhang Zhaoxue possibly the mistress? Or does she want to be?"

    "Homewreckers should die!"

    Shortly after, Zhang Zhaoxue''s side finally released a statement: "We initially thought ignoring baseless rumors would allow the situation to settle down naturally. We sincerely apologize for any disturbance caused to Mr. Chi. The photo was merely a coincidence, and we are not acquainted. Please refrain from further spection."

    "Originally, it was just paparazzi making things up, andizens were talking. They didn''t rify because they thought it would blow over, but it ended up trending. Someone must be targeting Zhang Zhaoxue."

    "I think so too."

    "Not necessarily. It''s hard to tell what''s real or fake in the entertainment industry."

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan was on the phone with Chu Yang, exining, "I don''t even know who that person is. I can''t believe they dared to spread rumors about me. Honey, I feel awful~"

    Chu Yang immediatelyforted him, "It''s okay, it''s okay. Now that it''s been rified, everyone knows the truth."

    "Mm-hmm, honey, I love you."

    "I love you too."

    "I''ll be back in three days. Will youe pick me up?"

    "Of course, of course. I''ll definitely be there."

    "I love you, wife."

    "Mmm, I love you too."

    "Muah."

    "Muah."

    As soon as Chi Yan finished his sweet talk with Chu Yang and hung up the phone, his expression changedpletely. He turned to Qi Jie and said, "Delete all those ''idental'' photos of me with you-know-who. Oh, and book me a different hotel."

    "Understood," Qi Jie replied.

    Meanwhile, Zhang Zhaoxue''s agent was trying to reason with her: "We shouldy low for now. He''s married, after all."

    Zhang Zhaoxue shook her head. "So what if he''s married? If I can get close to Chi Corporation, I''ll have my pick of resources in the future. Who cares about being criticized? It''s most pitiful when no one talks about you at all. Come on, let''s go to the top floor now. Mr. Chi is definitely in the presidential suite. We''ll go up to apologize, add him on WeChat, and that''s step one taken care of."

 Chapter 239: Self-Inflicted Humiliation

    <h4>Chapter 239</h4>

    The moment Zhang Zhaoxue reached the top floor, out of the elevator, she was stopped by bodyguards, "This ce has been reserved, please leave if you''re not involved."

    Zhang Zhaoxue looked up, her face adorned with a yful smile, "I am here to see your BOSS. I know him. Could you please check if he''s avable?"

    The two bodyguards nced at each other, having worked for their BOSS for so long, they never saw thisdy before. However, one of them asked: "May we know who you are?"

    Zhang Zhaoxue: "Oh, just tell him Zhaoxue is here. He will surely know." Zhang Zhaoxue was quite confident.

    After hearing this, one bodyguard immediately knocked on Chi Yan''s room, returned a momentter, and expressionlessly said: "Our BOSS does not know you. Please leave."

    Zhang Zhaoxue looked stunned, "It''s impossible. We''ve just been through something together", her words left things ambiguous, ¡°could you let me see him, maybe you didn''t hear clearly?¡±

    The bodyguard continued to block their path, "Please leave immediately, or we will take drastic measures."

    Qi Jie came out from Chi Yan''s room then walked over, "Quickly move her away, the boss finds her bad luck!"

    Zhang Zhaoxue was taken aback, then quickly shed with a surge of anger, "What did you just say? Hey? Let go of me, let go, I''ll leave on my own!¡±

    Zhang Zhaoxue stormed out and took the elevator down. As for Chi Yan, she did not even manage to catch a glimpse of him.

    The next morning, when Chi Yan walked downstairs, a woman suddenly rushed over saying, "Mr. Chi, what a coincidence." Just as she tried to approach Chi Yan, bodyguards immediately blocked her.

    Zhang Zhaoxue: "Mr. Chi, I came to apologise... I''m sorry for bothering you"

    Before she could even finish her sentence, Chi Yan had already left the hotel and got into his car. The bodyguards released Zhang Zhaoxue and followed in their vehicle.

    In the car, Chi Yan asked Qi Jie, "Have the hotel changes been made?"

    ¡°All done," replied Qi Jie

    Chi Yan nodded.

    Originally, the paparazzi camping at the hotel entrance due to the rumor that turned out true, had captured the scene. By afternoon, an article titled "Zhang Zhaoxue ruthlessly dumped" was posted.

    Unexpectedly, not long after the article was posted, the Chi Corporation threatened to take it down. Mostly because it revealed Chi Yan''s photo, and the article wrongly imed that the exposure of Zhang Zhaoxue''s abandonment was linked to Chi Yan. However, a few had managed to capture a screenshot.

    "What on earth is Zhang Zhaoxue up to? Doesn''t she know that he is married?"

    "Is she trying to be the mistress? How disgusting?"

    "It doesn''t seem like it, maybe Zhang Zhaoxue just wanted to greet him?"

    "All stories start with one picture, the rest are make-believes. Without knowing the full detail, I suspend my judgment."

    "No one would believe that they are at the same hotel just by coincidence!"

    ......

    Zhang Zhaoxue''s agent quickly intervened in the online discourse, "Looks like they just identally bumped into each other and had a small chat."

    "Zhang Zhaoxue is not that kind of person."

    "My beautiful sister Zhang Zhaoxue, please don''t cue her, she doesn''t know Mr. Chi."

    "Maybe they are just friends?"

    ......

    In Zhang Zhaoxue''s room, her manager counselled, "Don''t go. Mr. Chi doesn''t seem easy to deal with. Moreover, you have tried twice and didn''t manage to speak to him. Could it be possible you have offended him?¡±

    Zhang Zhaoxue looked at herself in the mirror, unable toprehend why he didn''t even nce at her. She was always confident in her appearance and she knew she had a good figure.

    Holding a ssic red lipstick, Zhang Zhaoxue painted her lips very red. After painting, she pursed her lips and stated, ¡°I don''t believe it.¡±

    However, when she wanted to try her luck again in the evening, she discovered that Chi Yan had already left the hotel.

    Zhang Zhaoxue was disappointed.

    What she did not expect was that on the way back, she surprisingly found out that she and Mr. Chi ended up on the same flight. Although they were not seated in the same row, they were both in business ss.

    Zhang Zhaoxue also noted several flight attendants eagerly offering water and drinks to him.

    Snorting, Zhang Zhaoxue got up, swayed her hips as she walked over to Chi Yan, removed her sunsses, and extended her slender hand, "Mr. Chi, what a coincidence. Do you remember me?"

    Chi Yan, who had been reading documents, raised his head at the sound. Seeing a stranger, he looked to his aide, Qi Jie.

    Upon understanding the situation, Qi Jie promptly stood up, "Madam, please return to your seat and do not disturb our BOSS. Thank you."

    Zhang Zhaoxue: "Hey, I know your BOSS."

    Qi Jie immediately called the flight attendant, "Please have thisdy return."

    The flight attendant quickly came over, smiling at Zhang Zhaoxue, "Miss Zhang, please return to your seat. Standing in the aisle is dangerous."

    Zhang Zhaoxue ignored her, leaned over to Chi Yan, and cooed, "Mr. Chi~"

    Chi Yan looked up and uttered one word, "Scram!"

    There was a moment of silence, after which Zhang Zhaoxue quickly returned to her seat and stopped causing a fuss.

    However, it wasn¡¯t just the two of them in the business ss. While no one took photos, one of the passengers posted about the incident online.

    "Hahahaha, I am dying ofughter. I encountered a hrious incident while on the ne today. A certain female celebrity, who was previously rumored to be dating a businessman, it turns out the businessman didn''t even know her. They happened to be on the same flight and she even tried to speak to him, her tone was so endearing. The assistant asked her to return to her seat and not to disturb the businessman, and the flight attendant also told her that standing in the aisle was unsafe.

    She cooed at the businessman, and he immediately coldly uttered the word "Scram". I almost burst intoughter, I am really dying ofughter. Hahahaha. This is taking humiliation upon oneself. Hahaha, oh my, I amughing so hard that my stomach hurts."

    ¡°Wild guess, isn''t the one recently rumored to be dating a businessman Zhang Zhaoxue?¡±

    ¡°Don''t use initials, I''ll just state it''s Zhang Zhaoxue.¡±

    ¡°Her fans say she''s naive and straightforward. Turns out it''s because she''s never met a man.¡±

    ¡°The previous rumors wouldn''t have been spread by herself, right?¡±

    ¡°It''s possible, that''s so disgusting.¡±

    ¡°The businessman is already married, still got caught up in rumors, really bad luck.¡±

    "Actually, I want to know what the businessman looks like? I can''t see clearly online, just what does he look like that made Zhang Zhaoxue want to be the other woman?"

    "What matters how they look? Money is all that matters."

    "These kind of entrepreneurs usually have a very good security system. Maybe, you could find more about them on some finance rted websites."

    ...

    Just as Chi Yan got out of the airport, he saw Chu Yang waiting for him by the car. His expressionless face immediately warmed up with a smile, and then he strode towards Chu Yang, hugging him tightly, "I missed you so much."

    Chu Yang reciprocated the hug, "I missed you too."

    Chi Yan wanted to lean down for a kiss, but Chu Yang immediately covered his mouth, "No, we''re outside. Let''s go back first."

    "Okay."

    Qi Jie also greeted Chu Yang, "Young Madame," then sat in the passenger seat. Chu Yang and Chi Yan settled in the back seat, soon followed by the bodyguards. After everyone was settled, they all left the airport.

 Chapter 240: I Am Her Husband

    <h4>Chapter 240</h4>

    This scene was witnessed by a girl nearby, who was internally screaming with excitement.

    She immediately shared what she saw with her best friend.

    "Sister, sister! I just saw the most romantic novel-worthy scene at the airport. There was this super handsome CEO type, with a bunch of bodyguards following him. He strode towards his girlfriend (or maybe wife) and embraced her tightly. Then he tried to kiss her in front of everyone, but she covered his mouth to stop him. After that, they got into a luxury car and left with the others.

    Haha, isn''t that just like a dreame true? Both the CEO and the girl were incredibly good-looking. Oh my god, that girl must be so lucky!"

    Her friend replied, "Did you take a video? Let me see, let me see! [gossipy look]"

    "...No, I was so shocked I forgot to record it. I wonder which tycoon it was with his little sweetheart. It really looked like something out of a fairytale."

    Meanwhile, as soon as Chi Yan closed the car door, he raised the privacy partition so no one could see inside. He immediately pulled Chu Yang into his arms, his hand cradling the back of her head as he kissed her deeply.

    After a long moment, Chi Yan finally released her. He gently wiped the moisture from the corner of Chu Yang''s mouth with his thumb, their foreheads touching as he waited for her to catch her breath before tenderly kissing her again.

    One of his hands slid up under her clothes, but Chu Yang caught it, protesting, "No... we can''t."

    In the end, Chi Yan could only hold her close as they both calmed their breathing.

    An hourter, they finally arrived home. Dinner was already prepared. After they finished eating, Chi Yan and Chu Yang sat in the living room.

    "What have you been up to at hometely?" Chi Yan asked.

    "Nothing much. I just go to sses as usual, and when I have free time, I have meals and chat with Grandpa."

    Chi Yan took Chu Yang''s hand. "Let''s go visit Grandpa together tomorrow." As for his parents, they were no longer in Jing City.

    "Okay," she agreed.

    Meanwhile, Zhang Zhaoxue was furious to discover that her encounter had been posted online. She threw a massive tantrum in her room. "I told you not to go, but you went anyway. See what happened?" Her manager was left to clean up the mess.

    "I did it for us! It''s your fault for giving me such poor resources. If I could hook up with CEO Chi, wouldn''t that benefit us both?" Zhang Zhaoxue retorted.

    "But what''s the use of trying to seduce him? He clearly wants nothing to do with you and doesn''t even know you. Besides, they say he''s married. If you keep throwing yourself at him, people will despise you."

    "When you be sessful, who cares what others think? Look at Dong Chengyu from Hai City. Didn''t she be someone''s third wife? Does anyone dare say anything about her now? When you have money and power, nothing else matters."

    "Dong Chengyu managed to win Mr. He''s favor, but what about you? You need to know your limits. Listen to me, let''s focus on our own path. Hard work will pay off. You may not be a top star yet, but you''re not doing badly."

    Zhang Zhaoxue refused to listen. "No, I want to be at the top. I''ve known since I was little that I need to be at the top so no one can bully me."

    Unable to control her, the manager could only ask the assistant to keep a closer eye on Zhang Zhaoxue while she went to deal with the aftermath.

    At the Chi Family Mansion

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan came to the mansion to have dinner with Grandpa Chi. Chi Yan''s uncle, Chi Xin, was also present.

    Chi Bai was delighted. "How''s work going?" he asked.

    "Very smoothly, Grandpa. Don''t worry."

    Chi Bai nodded. "That''s good. Take a couple of days off to rest and spend time with Chu Yang. Let others handle the non-urgent matters. Thepany won''t fall apart without you."

    "I understand, Grandpa."

    Chi Xin finished a bite of food and said, "Are those bodyguards I sent working out? Do you need more? If so, I can send a few more your way."

    "They''re enough. No need for more," Chi Yan replied, feeling they were sufficient.

    Chi Xin nodded. "I heard there''s some gossip about you online recently?" He nced at Chu Yang as he asked this, though the question was directed at Chi Yan.

    Hearing this, Chi Bai also looked at him. "What''s going on?"

    Chi Yan knew what Chi Xin was getting at. He immediately put on a wronged expression. "I identally stayed at the same hotel as a celebrity, and someone spread rumors. It had nothing to do with me, I swear. I changed hotels the very next day."

    Chu Yang chimed in, "I know about this incident. Chi Yan doesn''t know that person at all."

    "That''s right, I don''t know her at all," Chi Yan affirmed.

    Hearing this, Chi Bai understood the situation. "Since it''s a false rumor, we''ll sue. The Chi Corporation''s legal team isn''t kept around for nothing."

    "I understand, Grandpa. Thepany''s legal team is already handling it."

    "Good. That should take care of it."

    After dinner, Chu Yang and Chi Yan stayed for a while longer before leaving.

    That night, the bedroom light stayed on until dawn. Droplets of sweat fell from Chi Yan''s body onto Chu Yang''s chest. Chu Yang felt as if she was being thrown into the air and falling rapidly, her waist tightly gripped as she was at his mercy. The light didn''t go out until nearly dawn. Since Chi Yan didn''t have to go to work, they slept until noon, missing breakfast entirely.

    When they left the room and saw the housekeepers, Chu Yang felt a bit embarrassed. Chi Yan had been incredibly intensest night¡ªa month of pent-up desire had made him relentless.

    ...

    At the university, Chu Yang hugged her materials to her chest as she left the department building, heading towards the school gate. Chi Yan wasing to pick her up, so she was going to wait for him there.

    As she walked, a voice suddenly called out from behind, "Senior, Senior Chu Yang?"

    Chu Yang turned around to see a junior she knew. She nodded at him.

    Zhang Jingcheng stopped his bicycle, smiling sweetly. His smile revealed two dimples, andbined with his fairplexion, he looked endearingly innocent. "Senior, what a coincidence! Where are you headed? Can I give you a ride?"

    Chu Yang had met Zhang Jingcheng at Professor Li Dejong''s house when she went to pick up some research materials. Zhang Jingcheng was the child of one of Professor Li''s rtives and also a student at A University, though only in his sophomore year.

    Zhang Jingcheng was very friendly and, upon learning that Chu Yang also attended A University, immediately started calling her "Senior."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "I''m heading to the school gate. We''re probably not going in the same direction, so there''s no need. Thank you, though."

    But Zhang Jingcheng insisted it wasn''t a problem. "Senior, I can take you to the school gate first and then head back on my own. It''s no trouble at all." He patted the back of his bicycle seat. "Hop on, Senior!"

    Chu Yang still declined. "Really, there''s no need. Thank you. I should get going."

    Zhang Jingcheng looked a bit disappointed but didn''t push further. "Then can I walk with you, Senior? I''ll just push my bike. I have some questions I''d like to ask you."

    Before Chu Yang could say anything, Zhang Jingcheng asked her a question, so Chu Yang had to answer him.

    They walked together to the school gate, where Chu Yang stood waiting.

    Zhang Jingcheng looked at Chu Yang and asked, "Senior, are you waiting for someone?"

    Chu Yang replied, "Yes, someone from my family ising to pick me up."

    "Oh, so Senior is also from Jing City? Which district do you live in?"

    Just then, Chi Yan arrived and saw a man standing next to Chu Yang, talking to her. He immediately got out of the car and approached Chu Yang, taking the things from her hands. "Let''s go home. Auntie has prepared your favorite dishes today."

    Zhang Jingcheng, seeing this person leading his senior away, called out, "Hey! Who are you?"

    Chi Yan acted as if he had just noticed him, "Huh? Oh, I''m her husband."

    Zhang Jingcheng: ???!!!

    Senior Chu Yang is married???

 Chapter 241: Feeling Jealous

    <h4>Chapter 241</h4>

    After get in the car, Chi Yan immediately confined Chu Yang to her seat. "Who was that person just now?"

    Chu Yang blinked. "Oh, just a junior schoolmate. He''s a rtive of Professor Li''s, I met him at Professor Li''s house before." She reached out to touch Chi Yan''s face. "Are you jealous? Don''t worry, he just had some questions for me. He even offered to give me a ride, but I declined." She knew her boundaries.

    Chi Yan kissed the corner of her mouth. "Good job, you deserve a reward. But I saw the way he looked at you, and it wasn''t so innocent." As a man, he understood how other men thought.

    "Didn''t you just help me get rid of him?" Chu Yang felt that Chi Yan''s deration of "I''m her husband" was quite powerful.

    Chi Yan: "Some men have no morals and want to be the third wheel."

    Chu Yang: ...

    Chu Yang suddenly remembered the female celebrity from before. "Look who''s talking. What about you? I heard that female celebrity wanted to get to know you."

    Chi Yan immediately became serious and raised his hand to swear: "I swear I don''t know who that is. I''ve never even spoken to her."

    Chu Yang was just teasing. "Alright, alright. Let''s go home and eat, I''m starving."

    "Mm."

    Zhang Jingcheng returned to his dorm room feeling dejected. He sighed several times, making his roommates curious. "What''s wrong with you? Why do you keep sighing today? You were so happy just a few days ago."

    One of the roommates said, "Didn''t you say you liked a senior student? Didn''t you just go to see her?"

    "Does she already have a boyfriend?"

    "Or did she reject you when you confessed?"

    "Which senior is it? I don''t know about this."

    "I think it''s a senior from the Literature Department. I''ve seen her once, she''s quite pretty. Not sure which year she''s in."

    Zhang Jingcheng shook his head. "No, it''s none of that."

    Yu Xiao walked over to him and patted his shoulder. "What''s really going on? If you''re really heartbroken, let''s go drink. Once you''re drunk, you won''t remember anything."

    Zhang Jingcheng shook his head again and let out a sigh. "It turns out the senior is married. She... she''s actually married!" If she just had a boyfriend, he could have waited for them to break up, but now there was no hope at all.

    Other roommates: !!

    "No way, how old is the senior? She''s married?"

    Zhang Jingcheng: "First year of graduate school."

    "Well, that''s not too bad. Actually, quite a few people get married in college. She''s already in grad school."

    "It''s okay, at least you hadn''t fallen too deep yet."

    "You''re so handsome, there are plenty of fish in the sea."

    "I''ve seen that senior once, she''s really super pretty. I can''t believe she''s married. I guess if you''re too slow, someone else will snatch them up."

    ...

    For several days, Zhang Jingcheng was in low spirits. When he saw Chu Yang on campus, he quickly hid. Chu Yang noticed this but didn''t pay much attention. She thought it was for the best. Actually, she wore a ring on her finger, but people who didn''t know her might have thought it was just a piece of jewelry.

    In the afternoon after ss, the driver came to pick up Chu Yang. The assistant Wen Yi was also there. "Young Madam, the BOSS asked me to take you to get styled."

    Chu Yang nodded. "Okay." Chi Yan had told her this morning that he wanted her to attend a charity auction with him tonight.

    After getting styled, Chi Yan arrived. He first kissed her cheek, then asked her to take his arm. "Let''s go, Mrs. Chi."

    Tonight''s charity g was hosted by one of Chi Corporation''s best partners, so they definitely had to show face. There were also celebrities in attendance.

    They quickly arrived at the destination. As soon as they entered, people came over to greet them enthusiastically. "This must be Mrs. Chi. Hello, hello."

    Chu Yang kept a smile on her face as she shook hands with people, asionally chatting with other wives. After all, some small talk was necessary.

    Since the auction hadn''t started yet, everyone was mingling with acquaintances. Chu Yang snuck a nce at the other attendees and noticed several famous celebrities, the kind at the top of their field.

    Lin Yueyue, the female celebrity Chi Yan had given her autograph to before, was also there. When Lin Yueyue saw Chi Yan, she came over to greet him. After all, he was her benefactor, so she definitely had to say hello. She hadn''t expected that after not seeing him for so long, he had be such a big boss. As expected of the heir to Chi Corporation.

    "Mr. Chi, long time no see." The manager apanied Lin Yueyue to greet Chi Yan, then looked at Chu Yang. "This must be your wife. Mrs. Chi is so beautiful, you two look perfect together." The manager showered them withpliments.

    Chu Yang was quite pleased to hear this. "Hello. I still have Ms. Lin''s autograph. I''ve also watched Ms. Lin''s recent movie, you acted very well."

    Lin Yueyue smiled happily. The benefactor''s wife liked her. "Really? Thank you so much for your support."

    Lin Yueyue and her manager were tactful and left after greeting them, not wanting to disturb them for too long.

    After Lin Yueyue and her team left, Chi Yan led Chu Yang to find a seat. He then brought her a small cake. "Are you hungry? Here, eat something first."

    "Mm-hmm."

    The auction soon began.

    Chi Yan wasn''t ostentatious. He bid on a painting for thirty million and didn''t bid on anything else. There were also jewelry auctions midway through. He originally wanted to bid on something for Chu Yang and had already bid up to a hundred million, but Chu Yang knew it was for her and immediately refused. "Don''t bid on it. I don''t like it. It''s not as pretty as the ones you and mom gave me. I don''t need it."

    Chi Yan had to stop bidding.

    Lin Yueyue also bid on something for five million.

    When Chi Yan and Chu Yang were leaving, Lin Yueyue came to say goodbye. "Goodbye, Mr. Chi, Mrs. Chi."

    Chu Yang nced at her and said before leaving: "When you go back, tell your driver to be careful. Watch out for sasaeng fans."

    Lin Yueyue: ?

    Lin Yueyue was puzzled and even mentioned it to her manager. "What did Mrs. Chi mean? What sasaeng fans?"

    The manager pped her hands. "She must know there are sasaeng fans following you. We should be careful when we leave. I''ll call Tiger over to check it out."

    Indeed, on their way back, they encountered sasaeng fans. Their car was even slightly hit. If it weren''t for the manager constantly reminding the driver that safety was the most important and that there might be sasaeng fans following them, something more serious could have happened.

    Lin Yueyue was still confused: "But how did Mrs. Chi know?"

    Agent: "Why bother with all that? Right now we''re dealing with the issue of obsessive fans. As for the rest, don''t ask too many questions. Sometimes knowing half is enough. Got it? Also, next time you run into Mr. Chi or Mrs. Chi, don''t ask about it, okay? Maybe they have some powerful people in their family, you know?"

    "Oh, okay, I understand."

    In fact, the agent didn''t know either. Having been in the industry for a long time, he had seen many bizarre things. He just knew it was best not to pry too much.

    On Chu Yang''s side, Chi Yan asked, "Did you see it?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "Mm-hmm, I was bored so I took a look. Don''t worry, it''s nothing. Is Lin Yueyue still thepany''s spokesperson?"

    "She should be."

    "Should be?"

    Chi Yan: "I haven''t really paid attention." These minor matters could be handled by his subordinates. They would only notify him if something went wrong.

 Chapter 242: Going to the Company

    <h4>Chapter 242</h4>

    Chu Yang arrived at Chi Corporation once again. When people saw her, they acted normally, but their way of addressing her had changed.

    "Good day, Madam."

    "Good day, Madam."

    Miya escorted Chu Yang to the top floor, where Qi Jie came out to receive her. "Madam, the BOSS is in a meeting. He asked for you to wait in his office for a moment."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Alright." She followed Qi Jie into Chi Yan''s office and sat down on the sofa. A secretary brought in drinks and snacks, saying, "Madam, please let me know if you need anything else."

    "Thank you, I will."

    After everyone else left, Chu Yang leaned back on the sofa and casually picked up a nearby copy of "Daily Economic News" to read. Meanwhile, in the conference room, Chi Yan was looking at a project proposal with a cold expression, while the manager beside him waited nervously for his verdict.

    Suddenly, Qi Jie knocked and entered the room. He leaned in and whispered something in Chi Yan''s ear. Everyone watched as Chi Yan''s expression instantly softened. He tossed the proposal back to the manager and said, "Redo this and submit it to me by the end of today. That''s all for now. Meeting adjourned."

    "Yes, sir."

    After Chi Yan left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Someone asked Qi Jie, who was helping Chi Yan tidy up: "Qi, what happened just now? The BOSS''s mood seemed to improve a lot."

    Qi Jie nced at him and replied, "Madam has arrived."

    "Madam? Oh, I see. I''ve heard the BOSS and Madam have a good rtionship. It''s fortunate she came." The manager wiped his brow. "I''d better hurry back and revise the proposal."

    Chu Yang heard movement and turned to see Chi Yan entering the office. She stood up. "You''re back?"

    Chi Yan strode over and pulled her onto the sofa with him. "Mm-hmm. What brings you here? Were you nning to surprise me?"

    Chu Yang pointed to a lunchbox nearby. "Look, I came to bring you lunch today."

    Chi Yan nted a big kiss on her. "Thank you, darling. What''s for lunch?"

    "Pork ribs, shrimp balls..."

    After eating, Chi Yan held Chu Yang close as they rxed on the sofa. "Do you want to stay at the office with me today? We could go out for dinner togetherter."

    "Stay with you? Won''t you be busy?"

    "If I have meetings, I can have someone show you around thepany. Please stay with me~"

    Since her husband was pleading, Chu Yang decided to indulge him. "Alright. But I''ve already seen thepany, so there''s no need to trouble anyone. I can look around on my own if I want to."

    "Whatever you like. You can explore as you please. Now, let''s take a nap first."

    With that, Chi Yan picked her up and carried her to a small room nearby. It was a rest area with a wardrobe and bathroom, fully equipped for Chi Yan to rest if he had to workte nights at the office. However, he had never stayed there before, always preferring to go home no matter howte it was, even if he could only sleep for an hour or two.

    When Chu Yang woke up, Chi Yan was no longer in the rest room. He had left a note saying he had gone to a meeting and that she should feel free to entertain herself.

    Chu Yang washed her face and then sat in the office, reading a book and snacking. There was also aputer nearby that Chi Yan had prepared for her, loaded with games she could y if she wanted.

    Chu Yang wasn''t interested in games, so she didn''t y. After sitting for a while, she decided to take a walk. She strolled around thepany and found herself on the 8th floor, where the PR department was located. She had been here before to take promotional photos.

    It seemed they were doing another photo shoot today. Chu Yang peeked into the workroom, and the sharp-eyed PR manager immediately spotted her. "Madam, you''re here. Would you like toe in and take a look?"

    Chu Yang smiled. "I don''t want to disturb you. I was just passing by."

    "It''s no trouble at all. Please feel free to look around if you''re interested. Xiao Yang, bring some tea."

    "Right away!"

    After entertaining Chu Yang for a while, the manager went back to supervising the photo shoot. Chu Yang sat on a nearby sofa, watching people work. She didn''t interrupt, just observed with interest. Soon, a group of cosyers entered, apparently for another game''s promotional shoot. Chi Corporation had many games under its umbre, and this seemed to be for a different one.

    Yi Ran was surprised to see the woman he had met during a previous photo shoot for another game. Back then, she had seemed to have a close rtionship with the young master of Chi Corporation, who was now the chairman.

    Taking advantage of the fact that their work hadn''t started yet, Yi Ran hesitated for a moment before bravely approaching her to say hello. "Hello, I didn''t expect to see you again. I''m Yi Ran. We met during the photo shoot for that Western fantasy game. I cosyed as the human n leader, and I remember you cosyed as the witch."

    Fu Hua, standing nearby, saw Yi Ran greeting a woman and asked quietly, "Who''s that? Is she a Chi Corporation employee?"

    Yi Ran ignored him.

    Chu Yang didn''t really remember, but since the other person recalled their meeting, she replied, "I''m sorry, I don''t remember clearly, but I did cosy as a witch before. Are you here for another photo shoot today?"

    Yi Ran nodded. "Yes, and we''re shooting a video too."

    Chu Yang nodded. "I see. Thank you for your hard work."

    Yi Ran didn''t find anything strange about herment. "Oh, it''s not hard work at all."

    Suddenly, a young girl walked over. "What are you talking about? Yi Ran, who is this?" The girl blinked her big eyes at Chu Yang, her gaze unfriendly and her tone contemptuous.

    Yi Ran was displeased with her attitude. "Ling Ying! Watch your tone!"

    The girl pouted. "I''m just asking who she is. Are you a staff member here, sister? I''m Ling Ying. You''ve heard of me, right?" The girl looked at Chu Yang. Of course, names like Ling Ying and Yi Ran were just stage names, not their real ones.

    Chu Yang didn''t answer her, instead pouring herself some tea and taking a sip.

    The girl''s anger grew at being ignored. "You..."

    Before she could finish, Qi Jie walked in from the doorway. Spotting Chu Yang, he immediately approached her. "Madam, there you are. The BOSS''s meeting has ended, and he''s looking for you."

    Chu Yang set down her teacup. "Didn''t he say I could explore as I pleased? Why is he looking for me?" Despite her words, she stood up and followed Qi Jie out.

    The three left behind stood in stunned silence.

    Fu Hua scratched his head, looking at Yi Ran in confusion. "Madam? What madam?"

    At this moment, the supervisor also came over. "Huh? Where''s the madam? Have you seen her?"

    Then little Yang on the other side immediately said, "Supervisor, I just saw Assistant Qi looking for the madam, and then he left with her."

    "Oh, I see. That''s good then."

    Ling Ying asked, "Which madam?"

    The supervisor smiled, "Ah, it''s the madam of our Chi Corporation, the wife of my BOSS. She was sitting here just now. Didn''t you see her when you were here earlier?"

    Ling Ying panicked a little and then shook her head, "No... no, I didn''t."

    The supervisor didn''t seem to mind the negative response, "Alright then. It''s your turn now, follow me this way."

    "Okay, sure."

    In the afternoon, as the group finished their photoshoot and was about to leave Chi Tower, the elevator doors on the opposite side of the first floor opened. They saw an extremely handsome but intimidating young man holding hands with a young woman as they walked out of the elevator. Behind them followed a group of bodyguards dressed in ck, creating quite a spectacle.

 Chapter 243: â€œRich Girl and Poor Boyâ€

    <h4>Chapter 243</h4>

    People they encountered on the road nodded and greeted them: "Boss, Madam."

    "Boss, Madam."

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang both nodded in response.

    That group of people waited until they were out of sight before daring to walk out. One of them said, "So that''s the current head of the Chi Corporation. He''s so young."

    "The girl next to him is young too."

    "I heard Chairman Chi got married. That must be his wife. They really do make a good match."

    "My goodness, I can''t believe we ran into the head of Chi Corporation while on this filming assignment. It was totally worth it."

    Huahua nudged Yiran beside her, "No wonder you went over to greet them. Did you... did you know beforehand?"

    Yiran shook her head, "No, I just met them once before."

    Meanwhile, Lingying''s face had turned pale. She didn''t say anything, but from then on, she never dared to be so arrogant when going out. You never know who might turn out to be a big shot.

    Chu Luo''s college entrance exam scores were quite good. The Chu family had produced another university student, but Chu Luo didn''t choose A University. Instead, he chose B University''s medical school. Chu Luo had decided to study medicine.

    Chu Yang of course respected his decision. As for Chu Luo''s parents, they were even more supportive - medicine was a profession particrly favored by the older generation.

    When Chu Luo came to university, Chu Yang gave him the house she had bought previously. "You can live in this house."

    Chu Luo immediately refused, "No, I don''t want your house. I''ll just live in the dorm." He thought Chu Yang was giving the house to him.

    Chu Yang nced at him, "What are you thinking? I''m letting you live here, not giving it to you. You cane stay when you have time, and bring ssmates over for meals. Keep it clean, otherwise my house will have no one living in it and lose its lived-in feel. How sad would that be?"

    Hearing this, Chu Luo breathed a sigh of relief, "I got it. I''ll definitely clean regrly."

    "Mm. Keep a couple sets of clothes here too. Sometimes when you can''t get back to school, you can stay here."

    Chi Yan, who was beside them, chimed in: "Or you could stay at our ce."

    Chu Luo didn''t want to disturb the couple. If he went to stay with them, he felt Chi Yan would definitely find him annoying. But out loud, he just said, "Okay, okay, I got it."

    Medical students are quite busy, with a lot of reading to do. Chu Luo even took on part-time work sometimes, so he really didn''t have enough time. He was extremely busy, and after Chu Yang apanied him for registration that first time, she never came again.

    On this particr day, which happened to be a holiday, Chu Yang drove over to pick him up for a meal together. She had sent Chu Luo a message in advance.

    The eye-catching Maserati was parked at the entrance of the college. When Chu Luo walked out with his ssmates after ss, Chu Yang rolled down the window and waved at him.

    Chu Luo''s ssmate immediately nudged him, "Chu Luo, isn''t that person over there looking for you?"

    Chu Luo looked over and saw it was his sister. He quickly said goodbye to his ssmate, "I''ve got to go." Then he quickly walked over and got in the car. Under everyone''s gaze, Chu Yang drove away from the entrance of the medical school.

    This brief scene spawned countless versions of gossip.

    "Chu Luo must be kept by a rich woman, right?"

    "Maybe it''s a love-hate story between a rich heiress and a poor boy! The heiress''s father sponsors the poor boy''s education, the heiress falls for the poor boy, but the poor boy doesn''t like her. However, because of her father, he has to maintain a good rtionship with her. Then there''s all sorts of push and pull, coercion, falling in and out of love, separating and getting back together, forced love, ''I love you, I hate you'' - the whole package..."

    "Who''s the angst fiction writer above? I want to follow them."

    "Didn''t anyone notice that the girl who came to pick up Chu Luo looked a bit like him? Maybe Chu Luo is actually a low-key rich young master?"

    "Or maybe he''s a recently found illegitimate child of a wealthy family. The illegitimate childes back, gets bullied, then works hard in secret, and eventually bes a big shot who crushes everyone!"

    "Maybe that''s Chu Luo''s girlfriend, a secret affair between a rich girl and a poor boy. In the end, the rich girl''s father finds out, tries to separate them. But unexpectedly, Chu Luo works hard, bes a big shot after graduation, ps the girl''s father in the face, and marries the girl. Cue the flower petals!"

    "...You''re all masters at this. Hurry up and write it, I want to read it!"

    At that moment in the car, Chu Yang was driving and asking, "How''s your studying going?"

    Chu Luo: "It''s alright."

    "Did you pass your midterms?"

    "...I passed." Not only did he pass, he excelled.

    "Have you taken a liking to any girls at school? Boys should be proactive, like your brother-inw. Remember to buy snacks for the girl you like."

    Chu Luo: "...So, brother-inw won you over by buying you snacks back then?"

    Chu Yang replied matter-of-factly: "No. Actually, I was attracted to his good looks and his money."

    Chu Luo: ...Wonder how brother-inw would feel if he heard that.

    Chu Yang took Chu Luo directly back to the old family house. The chef was already preparing the dishes.

    As soon as they entered, they saw Grandfather Chi Bai sitting in the living room.

    "Grandpa." Chu Yang walked over.

    Chi Bai was very pleased, "You''re back. This must be Chu Luo, right?"

    Chu Luo quickly greeted him too: "Hello, Grandpa."

    "Good, good. Come, have some fruit."

    "Thank you, Grandpa."

    Chi Bai chatted with Chu Luo, mainly asking about things at school.

    Soon after, Chi Yan and Chi Xin returned, and Chi Jin came over too.

    "Grandpa."

    "Grandpa."

    "Ah! You''re all back. Sit down, quick."

    After dinner that evening, Chu Yang didn''t send Chu Luo back. "You''ll stay here tonight. I''ll have someone prepare a room for you, and I''ll take you to school tomorrow."

    "Okay," Chu Luo was very obedient.

    "Your brother-inw and I will be staying here too. If you need anything, just ask the housekeeper or your brother-inw."

    Chi Yan, who was beside them, also said: "That''s right, just ask me." The implication was clear: don''t bother your sister.

    Chu Luo caught his hidden meaning and rolled his eyes, ignoring him. In Chu Luo''s eyes, Chi Yan was just a clingy, jealous person.

    See, wherever his sister went, he followed, like a little tail. Even when she went to the kitchen for a ss of water, he would follow...

    The next morning, Chi Yan directly told Chu Luo: "I''ve already arranged for a driver to take you to school in a bit. Your sister won''t be sending you off. She needs to rest properly."

    Chu Luo looked at his smug expression and said resignedly, "...I got it."

    The driver took Chu Luo directly to the dormitory entrance. His roommates were stunned to see Chu Luo stepping out of a luxury car. The driver looked every bit like he worked for a wealthy family, wearing white gloves and evening around to open the door for Chu Luo. As he left, the driver said to Chu Luo, "Young Master Chu Luo, I''ll be heading back now."

    "Alright," Chu Luo replied.

    As soon as the car drove away, Chu Luo was surrounded by his peers.

    "Chu, are you really from a rich and powerful family?"

    "Or are you the secret love child everyone''s been talking about?"

    "Maybe you''re the poor boy who caught the eye of a wealthy heiress?"

    Chu Luo was baffled. What on earth were they on about?

    "What are you guys talking about?" he asked, confused.

    "That car just now... and the driver called you ''Young Master''!!!"

    Hearing this, Chu Luo understood what they were thinking. "You''re letting your imaginations run wild. That wasn''t my family''s car."

    "So you are the poor boy who caught a rich girl''s eye?"

    Chu Luo rolled his eyes. "What rich girl?"

    "The one who came to pick you up yesterday!"

 Chapter 244: Jealousy

    <h4>Chapter 244</h4>

    "That''s my sister," Chu Luo sighed. "She came to pick me up for dinner yesterday. She''s married now. My brother-inw''s family is rtively wealthy."

    "Rtively wealthy? They look very rich to me."

    "I didn''t know you had a sister. No wonder I thought the person who picked you up yesterday looked a bit like you."

    "Your sister is so beautiful. I can''t believe she''s married."

    "How old is your sister?"

    "Your sister..."

    Chu Luo: "Alright, alright, stop asking. My sister is my sister, and I am me. We''re different people. Besides, she''s already married." Chu Luo decided he wouldn''t let Chu Yang pick him up anymore.

    Seeing his reaction, the others stopped inquiring.

    Boys also like to gossip. In the dorm room next to Chu Luo''s, someone was talking about him.

    "I heard that the person who dropped Chu Luo off today was his brother-inw''s chauffeur. So Chu Luo''s sister married into a wealthy family? I didn''t see Chu Luo''s sister yesterday, but since Chu Luo is good-looking, I imagine his sister must be beautiful too. Otherwise, how could she marry into a rich family? Hey, Jin Ye, do you know which wealthy family Chu Luo''s sister married into?" The gossipy boy asked a nearby boy who was ying a video game.

    Jin Ye, of course, knew. He had even attended their wedding.

    Jin Ye''s hands didn''t stop typing on the keyboard. "Why are you asking about this? Have you finished your homework?"

    "Just curious."

    "Anyway, it''s a truly wealthy family. Don''t pry into other people''s private affairs."

    "Alright, alright, I won''t ask you anymore. Indeed, when one person seeds, their whole family benefits. I heard Chu Luo''s family is from the countryside, but now that his sister has married into a wealthy family, he''ll have these connections. It''ll be much easier for him to be a city person."

    Another boy spoke up, "What''s it to you? Besides, aren''t both city and country people all citizens of Hua Country? Are you trying to create division? Are you a spy?"

    A boy who was studying suddenlyughed, "Haha, with Qian Zhong''s intelligence, he couldn''t be a spy."

    The boy called Qian Zhong got angry and embarrassed: "What do you mean? The fact that I got into B University proves my intelligence, okay?"

    "We didn''t mean anything. Why are you so focused on Chu Luo? Are you jealous of him? Well, he is better-looking than you and studies better than you, so I guess you should be jealous."

    Qian Zhong: "...I''m not talking to you guys anymore."

    The other two boys exchanged nces and then said nothing more.

    Chu Luo didn''t care about these gossips and went about his business as usual. Recently, Professor Hua at the school had been paying a lot of attention to him, probably because of the talent he had shown in his studies. The professor had been quite considerate in providing him with opportunities to attend lectures by industry experts and other learning experiences.

    "Study hard!"

    Chu Luo didn''t refuse. Being able to learn more and have opportunities to study was a good thing.

    However, in the eyes of others, this special treatment made them think Chu Luo was using connections.

    "Why does Professor Hua pay so much attention to him? Did his family help him get special treatment? I heard his sister married into a wealthy family."

    "Maybe, but Chu Luo is really good at studying." Full marks in major courses! He''s a brilliant genius!

    "Just because he''s good at studying, he gets special treatment? I don''t believe it. I think his sister must have done something, like bribery?"

    "If you don''t believe it, there''s nothing we can do. The world isn''t absolutely fair. And don''t spread rumors."

    When Chu Luo returned to his dorm room from the library, his roommate Chen Lian, who slept in the bed opposite him, spoke sarcastically when he saw hime back, "Oh, our big academic star is back? Hey, why does Professor Hua favor you so much? Did your sister bribe Professor Hua?"

    Chu Luo turned to look at him, "Chen Lian, don''t spread rumors."

    Chen Lian smirked, "Everyone knows your sister married into a wealthy family. How did she manage that? It couldn''t be..." Chen Lian''s eyes glinted, "A shotgun wedding! Pregnancy ckmail?"

    Chu Luo got angry, "Chen Lian,e down here!"

    Chen Lian was particrly nasty, "What if I don''t? Are you going to hit me?"

    Chu Luo immediately climbed up and threw a punch.

    Their roommate Li Hui quickly came over to pull him back, "Chu Luo, don''t hit him, don''t hit him. This kind of person isn''t worth hitting."

    Chen Lian''s lip was bruised from Chu Luo''s punch, "Chu Luo, I''m going to report you to the school leaders for hitting me."

    Chu Luoughed coldly, "Go ahead. I''ll directly use you of defamation."

    Chen Lian: "You just wait."

    When Zhong Xin returned to the dorm, he found the atmosphere strange. He and Li Hui exchanged nces: What happened?

    Li Hui pointed at his phone, indicating he would exin via message.

    Zhong Xin immediately opened his phone.

    Li Hui: Recently, Professor Hua seems to like Chu Luo a lot. Chen Lian is probably unhappy about it and thinks Chu Luo''s sister bribed Professor Hua, since everyone knows Chu Luo''s sister married into a wealthy family.

    Zhong Xin: ...What kind of thinking is that? How did Chen Lian even get into B University?

    Li Hui: I always thought he was narrow-minded.

    Zhong Xin: Doesn''t he know that Chu Luo is top of the ss in his major? Instead of thinking like this, he should focus on studying. He''s always ying games in the dorm, what right does he have to talk about others?

    Li Hui: Exactly. We should stay away from him in the future. He''s really petty and even spreads rumors about someone''s sister.

    Zhong Xin: What rumors?

    Li Hui: He spread a rumor that Chu Luo''s sister got pregnant to marry into the wealthy family.

    Zhong Xin: ...Has he read too many novels? Is he mentally ill? Let''s ignore him from now on.

    Li Hui: Mm-hmm.

    Since thest time they had dinner together, Chu Yang hadn''t contacted Chu Luo. After all, she was busy with her own studies. Not only that, but she had also recently started learning hobbies like flower arranging and painting.

    When Chi Yan came home, he saw Chu Yang wearing a form-fitting qipao dress, standing at the table which was covered with flowers. He walked over and asked, "What are you doing?"

    Chu Yang was focused on trimming flower stems, "Learning the art of flower arranging."

    Chi Yan was puzzled, "Why are you learning this?"

    Chu Yang nced at him without speaking. Wen Yi, who was nearby, said, "Recently, some otherdies have been inviting Madam to participate in various activities."

    Hearing this, Chi Yan understood. He hugged her from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, "You don''t have to learn if you don''t want to. No one would dareugh at you. If anyone dares tough at you, just tell me, and I''ll teach their husband a lesson."

    Chu Yang pushed him away, "Don''t interfere. Why would I need your help to teach anyone a lesson?" Generally, if anyone tried to bully her, she would teach them a lesson on the spot. She wasn''t the type to take abuse quietly. Learning these skills was primarily to avoid embarrassing him, and secondly, because learning new things was good. Learning never ends, otherwise, she''d get bored just reading those magic books all day when she had free time.

    Moreover, with more servants in the house, she hadn''t dared to summon small demons, fearing it might scare people. Even Wen Yi, who was always by her side, didn''t know she could make predictions.

    "Alright, alright, let''s have dinner first. Aunt has prepared the meal."

    Chu Yang put down the flowers, "Okay." Then she told Wen Yi, "Don''t tidy up yet, I''ll continue after dinner."

    "Yes, Madam."

 Chapter 245: Poisoning

    <h4>Chapter 245</h4>

    The next day, after Chu Yang returned home from school, she asked Wen Yi to bring out the study materials. "Has the teacher arrived?"

    "Yes, she has."

    "Good."

    Chu Yang was learning flower arranging from the teacher when suddenly her hand paused...

    Ever since she had moved almost all the books from Sophia and the castle back to China, the more she read, the more she knew. Moreover, due to her union with Chi Yan, she nevercked witch power. She could feel that her level had increased significantly. If she were to encounter someone like Zhu Ying again, she could now eliminate them with just one spell.

    However, since Zhu Ying''s disappearance, she hadn''t encountered any such viins.

    These days, she mainly helped clients with prophecies when she had free time, and not even every day. Her fans were even asking why there were no more daily weather forecasts. It was because she no longer needed money. The original weather forecasts were just to attract followers to the little witch prophet ount to do business.

    Now it wasn''t necessary, but she still made prophecies asionally.

    Her prophetic abilities were bing increasingly powerful. She didn''t even need a crystal ball anymore, and for people rted to her, she could quickly foretell good or bad fortune.

    Chu Yang put down the flowers, "Teacher, I''m sorry, but I need to leave for a while. We can''t continue the lesson today."

    The teacher, of course, didn''t mind, "No problem, I''ll head back then. Shall Ie again tomorrow?"

    Chu Yang: "I''ll have Wen Yi contact you. I''ll ask the driver to take you home."

    "Alright."

    After sending the teacher off in the car, Chu Yang immediately instructed Wen Yi: "Call a few people to apany me out."

    Wen Yi didn''t ask any questions, "Yes. The boss has left bodyguards for madam, I''ll have them go with you."

    "Fine."

    Chu Yang went back to her room and changed clothes, carrying a limited edition handbag and wearing high heels. Then, followed by a group of men in ck, she got into the car.

    "To the A University men''s dormitory."

    "Yes, ma''am."

    Three ck cars stopped at the entrance of the A University men''s dorm. The scene was quite grand, and passersby stopped to see which big shot had arrived.

    However, when they saw the professional driver get out and open the door on the other side, everyone watched as a young woman stepped out of the car and walked straight into the men''s dormitory.

    The dorm manager was stunned, "Who... who are you? Hey, women aren''t allowed in the men''s dormitory."

    He tried to stop them, but a bodyguard held him back, "Sorry, we have an urgent matter."

    The sound of "click-ck" high heels echoed in the corridor. A shirtless male student from a nearby room walked out, immediately widened his eyes, and with a loud "Ah!" rushed back into his room.

    "Holy crap! There''s a girl!"

    "Where? Where?"

    Everyone started poking their heads out of their rooms, a chorus of "What the hell" ringing out.

    Chu Luo, who had just returned to his dorm room, was sitting at his desk. Suddenly feeling thirsty, he immediately took his cup to get some water. Just as he was about to drink, the door opened. Chu Luo''s eyes widened, his cup suspended in mid-air, "You..."

    Chu Yang rushed over and took the cup from his hand, nced at it, and handed it to Wen Yi beside her, "Take this for analysis."

    Li Hui and Zhong Xin in the room were dumbfounded.

    "What... what''s going on?"

    Chu Luo also came to his senses, "Sis, why are you here?"

    Chu Yang nced at him, walked over to his seat and sat down, then surveyed the other two roommates. The two male students, swept by her gaze, immediately stood up and hesitantly greeted her: "Hello, big sister."

    Chu Yang nodded.

    Soon, the dorm manager came up, "What''s going on?" Seeing Chu Yang''s imposing presence, he didn''t dare to be angry, "May I ask who you are..."

    Chu Yang stood up, "Hello, I''m Chu Luo''s family member. I suspect my brother has been poisoned."

    As soon as these words were spoken, the onlookers all gasped.

    "Poisoned?"

    "What do you mean poisoned?"

    "What''s happening?"

    Soon, Wen Yi returned from outside, "Madam, there''s thallium in the water."

    Chu Yang: "Call the police!"

    ...

    Chi Yan was still in a meeting when Qi Jie took a phone call and came back, leaning down to whisper in Chi Yan''s ear: "Boss, something''s happened to your wife."

    Chi Yan immediately stood up, "Meeting adjourned!"

    Then everyone watched as Chi Yan hurriedly left the office, took the elevator down, and soon several ck cars drove out of the Chi Corporation building one after another.

    "What happened? What happened?"

    "That''s quite a scene."

    "What''s going on? Just saw the boss rushing out, he even lost hisposure."

    "Don''t know."

    "Probably notpany business."

    At this moment, Chu Yang, Chu Luo, Chu Luo''s roommates, and the school leaders were all at the police station.

    Chi Yan rushed over, "What happened?"

    Chu Yang didn''t expect him toe, there was still some sweat on his forehead, he must have been very anxious. She immediately stood up and walked over, "It''s nothing, don''t worry. I''m fine."

    Chi Yan hugged her tightly, "I thought something had happened to you."

    Chu Yang immediatelyforted him, "It''s okay, I''m fine." Then she exined the specific situation to him.

    The school leaders recognized Chi Yan, after all, he was an outstanding graduate of B University. Not only that, but B University and Chi Corporation had a cooperative rtionship, not to mention how much money Chi Corporation had donated to B University, and the school''sputer center was even invested in by Chi Corporation.

    "Oh, it''s Mr. Chi. Hello, hello."

    Chi Yan shook hands with the leader, "Hello, I hope the school can give us an exnation."

    The leader wiped his sweat, "Certainly, certainly. We are also very shocked! We will definitely not let thewbreakers off."

    Li Hui and Zhong Xin came out after being questioned by the police, and as soon as they came out, they saw the man beside Chu Luo. Although they were medical students, they knew about some big shots, not to mention that this man had even given a speech at B University before.

    So... this was Chu Luo''s brother-inw!!!!

    Li Hui and Zhong Xin were shocked.

    "Hello, brother-inw, hello brother-inw."

    "Hello to you."

    Chu Luo: "He''s my brother-inw, not yours."

    Li Hui put his arm around his shoulder, "Don''t be so formal, your brother-inw is my brother-inw."

    Zhong Xin: "That''s right, that''s right, we''re good brothers, we''re all family."

    Chu Luo: ...

    Chu Yang: "Where''s your other roommate?"

    Li Hui shook his head, "Don''t know, Chen Lian has disappeared somewhere."

    Chu Yang nodded without saying anything.

    Soon the inquiry was over, and Chu Yang took Chu Luo home first, "You''ll stay with us for these few days, I''ll have the butler pick you up and drop you off every day."

    Chu Luo: "I can just stay at the apartment."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "Listen to me."

    Chi Yan: "Listen to your sister."

    Chu Luo: "...Alright."

    After saying goodbye to Li Hui and the others, Chu Luo left with Chu Yang and Chi Yan. When Li Hui returned to school, a bunch of male students immediately ran over, "Damn, you guys are back?"

    "Was Chu Luo really poisoned?"

    "Is Chu Luo okay?"

    "What kind of poison was it?"

    "That was Chu Luo''s sister, right? She''s so beautiful."

    "That group of bodyguards was scary, my God, who would try to poison Chu Luo?"

    "So scary, what if it''s one of us next time?"

    "Don''t scare people!"

 Chapter 246: Is your brother-in-law late for the banquet

    <h4>Chapter 246</h4>

    Li Hui and the others were instructed by the school leaders not to say anything. "Don''t ask around, don''t spread rumors, we can''t say anything. You all should go back now, we''re both tired."

    "But this makes us even more terrified!"

    "Just go back for now, the leaders won''t let us say anything."

    "Come on, let''s not stay here anymore."

    Li Hui shooed the people away and closed the door.

    Looking at Chen Lian''s bed, he noticed the person hadn''t returned yet. "Where did he go?"

    Zhong Xin shook his head, "Who cares where he went? I think we need to change dorm rooms." As Zhong Xin spoke, he picked up a cup to get some water, but Li Hui immediately stopped him, "Don''t drink that, aren''t you afraid it might be poisoned?"

    Zhong Xin froze and didn''t dare to drink, even though they had analyzed that only Chu Luo''s cup was poisoned and the rest of the ce was fine. "I really think we should change rooms."

    Li Hui nodded, "I agree."

    ...

    Although they weren''t allowed to talk about it, everyone was gossiping like crazy behind the scenes. All kinds of rumors and spections were circting, and some ounts even got banned.

    During sses, teachers also instructed students not to talk about it carelessly.

    Chu Luo left with Chu Yang and the others. Chu Yang took him to the hospital first: "Let''s get a physical examination to check your health."

    Chu Luo didn''t object and obediently went for the check-up. He still couldn''t figure out who would try to poison him, and he also didn''t know how Chu Yang knew someone had poisoned him.

    Chu Luo had actually noticed some things. Every year during holidays when Chu Yang was at home, whenever she looked up and said it was going to rain or snow, it would alwayse true, even though the weather forecast said otherwise. At first, he listened because he was obedient, butter he believed her.

    Not only that, he also remembered that one time when he was ying with vige children on a frozenke. Chu Yang had run over and told him to get off the ice, and she ended up saving someone. If it weren''t for her, he might have sunk into theke, and the consequences would have been unthinkable.

    Many things didn''t stand up to scrutiny, and there were ws when examined closely, but Chu Yang had never tried to hide anything.

    Chu Luo blinked but didn''t ask, obediently following the doctor for the examination.

    The results came back quickly, showing nothing wrong except that he might be a bit nearsighted.

    Chu Yang asked, "Is it because you''ve been studying too hard? Or staying upte watching videos?"

    Chu Luo replied, "...No."

    Chu Yang said, "If not, then never mind. Let''s have the housekeeper make him more carrots when we get back, they''re good for the eyes."

    Chi Yan said, "I''ll tell the housekeeper."

    "Mm."

    Chu Luo: ...

    That evening, just as the dorm was about to close, Chen Lian finally returned from outside. Li Hui saw him and asked, "You''re finally back? Were you at the library?"

    Chen Lian seemed flustered for some reason and snapped, "What''s it to you?"

    Li Hui: "Hey, you..."

    Zhong Xin quickly stopped him, "Shh." He nced secretly at Chen Lian, then sent a message to Li Hui on his phone: Didn''t you say Chen Lian and Chu Luo got into a fight before? And Chen Lian got punched by Chu Luo, leaving his mouth bruised?

    Li Hui: Yeah, why?

    Zhong Xin: No one else came into our room today, right? Do you think it could be Chen...

    Li Hui: No way... I''m scared.

    Zhong Xin: Don''t drink the water. Don''t eat anything.

    Li Hui: What if I''m thirsty...

    Zhong Xin: Next door.

    The neighboring dorm was also discussing the incident.

    "This is a big deal, poisoning! It''s attempted murder!"

    "My god, how terrifying."

    "Who could have done it?"

    Qian Zhong: "See, being too eye-catching is dangerous. He nearly got killed."

    "Qian Zhong, what are you saying? It''s not Chu Luo''s fault. How can you me the victim?"

    Qian Zhong rolled his eyes, "Well, why didn''t they poison someone else instead of him?"

    "Hey, what kind of thinking is that? You didn''t poison him, did you?" A guy looked at him suspiciously.

    Another guy chimed in, "Come to think of it, you did seem suspiciousst time. You could be a suspect."

    "Doesn''t that mean we''re in danger too?"

    Qian Zhong got upset, "What are you talking about? It wasn''t me."

    "What, we can''t even suspect you? We didn''t say it was you, why are you panicking?"

    Jin Ye also looked at him, "You''d better not have done it, or you''re really tired of living."

    Qian Zhong quickly covered himself with his nket, "It really wasn''t me."

    The next day, the police questioned the people in Jin Ye''s dorm room as well.

    "We heard you''re jealous of Chu Yang?" the police asked Qian Zhong.

    Qian Zhong panicked, "It really wasn''t me."

    "What are you yelling about? Just answer yes or no."

    Qian Zhong: "Yes, yes. But only a little bit."

    Police: "Why?"

    Qian Zhong: "Why? Howe a country bumpkin like Chu Luo is so capable? I''m sure it''s because of his sister who married into a rich family."

    The police exchanged a look, silently judging him. They had investigated and found that Chu Luo was hardworking, diligent, and actually quite nice. He was always either at the library or working part-time jobs.

    Some people really had strange ways of thinking.

    After asking a few more questions, they ruled out Qian Zhong as a suspect.

    ...

    The case wasn''t difficult to solve, and the results came out quickly. It was Chen Lian from Chu Luo''s dorm room, who had done it because of the argument they had before where Chu Luo had beaten him up.

    Chu Yang was surprised that Chu Luo would actually hit someone.

    "Why did you hit him?" Chu Yang didn''t me Chu Luo, she was just curious.

    Chu Luo hesitated, "It was nothing, he insulted me."

    Chu Yang: "What did he say?"

    Chu Luo: "He said I was better looking than him."

    Chu Yang: ...

    Chi Yan chuckled, "I used to get insulted like that all the time. Ah, being too handsome really is a burden."

    Chu Yang red at him, telling him to be quiet.

    As for the aftermath, when Chen Lian''s parents came to apologize and beg for forgiveness, Chu Yang didn''t appear. Everything was handled by thewyers. Adults need to face the consequences of their actions.

    When Chu Luo returned to school, his dorm room had been changed. Chu Yang even helped him move his belongings personally. "Sometimes it''s okay to use your connections. As long as people are wary of your influence, they won''t dare to bully you."

    "I understand."

    Not long after this incident, Chu Luo''s sister''s identity was revealed.

    "So Chi Yan from the Chi Corporation is actually Chu Luo''s brother-inw?"

    "Wow, Chi Yan senior used to be a student at our B University too!"

    "I know, I know! Senior Chi Yan proposed to his girlfriend at school during graduation. A lot of people knew about it."

    "I heard his wife was from A University, and they dated for three years before getting married right after graduation."

    "It must be Senior Chu Yang. She''s currently doing her postgraduate studies at A University."

    "Quite a few people knew about them back then. After all, everyone seemed pretty interested in the love story of a handsome guy and a beautiful girl."

    "Getting married right after graduation, how blissful."

    ...

    "Chu Luo, your brother-inw is Chi Yan?"

    Chu Luo replied expressionlessly, "Yes."

    "That''s amazing."

    Chu Luo: ... He didn''t know what was so amazing about it. If only they had seen Chi Yan being chased and pecked by a goose. He wasn''t even as capable as Chu Luo in that situation; at least Chu Luo knew how to catch a goose.

    Chu Luo was referring to a time when Chi Yan visited his home. Chi Yan had been following Chu Yang around like a puppy, and then they came across some geese that someone in the vige was raising. Chi Yan, who had never seen such a sight before, found it interesting and went to observe the flock of geese. He ended up being chased and pecked, yelling for help. Chu Luo had to drive the geese away to rescue him, while Chu Yang was doubled over withughter. It had been quite an amusing scene.

 Chapter 247: Flower Arranging Activity

    <h4>Chapter 247</h4>

    On Saturday morning, Chu Yang emerged from Chi Yan''s embrace, sat up, and hooked her foot around the nightgown Chi Yan had pulled off her the night before. As she prepared to get out of bed, Chi Yan swiftly pulled her back down. "Where are you going?"

    Chu Yang patted his hand. "Let go, I have ns today."

    Chi Yan nipped at her corbone. "What ns? It''s Saturday, aren''t you staying home with me?"

    "I''ll be back in the afternoon. I''m going to a women''s gathering today," Chu Yang said, freeing herself from his grasp and getting out of bed. "You rest at home, I''ll be back in the afternoon."

    Chu Yang went to freshen up, with the makeup artist already waiting for her outside.

    Chi Yan, no longer in the mood to rest once she was up, followed her around. As Chu Yang sat for her makeup, he sat beside her, feeding her fruit. "Let me drive you there, and I can pick you up when the party''s over?"

    "No need, the driver can take me. You should rest at home."

    Chi Yan rested his head on her thigh. "I was hoping to spend the day out with you."

    Chu Yang pushed him away. "Alright, alright, I''ll be back as soon as I can."

    Once her makeup was done, Chu Yang gave Chi Yan a quick kiss and left with Wen Yi.

    Chu Yang soon arrived at a castle where a tent had been set up on thewn, filled with various items prepared by the host. She quickly followed the hostess to her seat.

    "Thank you all, sisters, for attending my flower arranging event. Today, we''re just here to have some casual fun..." The hostess, Zhang Lingyun, the 26-year-old wife of the Zhang family, addressed the group. Most of the attendees were young wives from various families, close to Chu Yang''s age.

    As the activity began, everyone started arranging flowers. Chu Yang stood up with thedy next to her to select flowers. They had introduced themselves earlier when Chu Yang first sat down.

    "How''s Mrs. Chi''s flower arranging skills?" someone asked.

    Chu Yang replied while choosing flowers, "Haha, I''m still learning. I''m not very knowledgeable about it."

    Ady on the other sideughed, "Perfect, we''re all here to learn from each other. Mrs. Chi can take this opportunity to improve."

    Chu Yang smiled at her.

    "Mrs. Chi, is that dress you''re wearing the new custom design from T brand? It''s beautiful."

    Chu Yang nced at her outfit. In truth, she didn''t know, as Wen Yi had chosen it for her, and she had simply put it on without objection. "Haha, yes it is. Mrs. Zhuang, your outfit is lovely too. It really suits you and shows off your figure beautifully. I noticed your bag is white, it matches perfectly."

    "Haha, Mrs. Chi, you''re too kind."

    After the flower arranging wasplete, everyone admired each other''s work, finding ways topliment the artistic creations. Chu Yang maintained a constant smile.

    At noon, the hostess naturally invited everyone to stay for lunch.

    A long table was set with exquisite tableware, crystal stemware, and fragrant fresh flowers. The chefs ced bottles of aged red wine on the table, pouring for each guest, and delicious dishes were served.

    "I''ve had such a wonderful morning, thank you all. Let''s have a toast."

    "Cheers, cheers."

    The elegantly dresseddies ate and drank, chatting andughing, with chefs and servants standing by ready to attend to their needs.

    Chu Yang also chatted andughed with those around her, making ns to go shopping together next time. Suddenly, she noticed a deathly aura surrounding Madam Zhuang across from her, growing stronger by the moment.

    Chu Yang frowned briefly before pretending nothing had happened.

    After the meal and some more conversation, the gathering came to an end, and everyone prepared to leave.

    Chu Yang deliberately slowed her pace to walk beside Madam Zhuang. "Madam Zhuang."

    Madam Zhuang looked at her. "Is Mrs. Chi heading home too?"

    Chu Yang nodded with a smile, then nced down at Madam Zhuang''s belly, where the deathly aura was even more intense. Wondering why it was so strong there, Chu Yang pondered for a moment before asking, "Madam Zhuang, are you pregnant?"

    Madam Zhuang was momentarily stunned, touching her belly. "How did Mrs. Chi know?" She was less than three months along and hadn''t announced it yet.

    Chu Yang smiled. "Ah, I noticed you didn''t drink any alcohol earlier."

    Madam Zhuang caressed her belly, her face radiating happiness. "I''m one and a half months pregnant. Our family has a tradition of not announcing until after three months, so..."

    Chu Yang nodded. "I understand, I won''t say anything. But... where are you headed? Let me give you a ride home."

    Madam Zhuang was confused.

    Chu Yang took her hand. "Madam Zhuang, if you want to keep the baby, I suggest you ept."

    Although Madam Zhuang saw Chu Yang smiling, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine. "Mrs. Chi..."

    "It''s alright, let me take you home."

    Somewhat bewildered, Madam Zhuang followed Chu Yang into the car. Chu Yang instructed the driver, "Please take Madam Zhuang home first, to Lingshan Mansion."

    "Yes, ma''am."

    The journey was uneventful, save for a minor traffic jam due to a small ident. The car drove directly to Madam Zhuang''s front door, and Chu Yang noticed flowers nted in the courtyard from the main gate.

    Madam Zhuang invited Chu Yang in for a visit.

    Chu Yang declined. "I''ll definitelye next time. I have something to attend to today, so I''ll head back now. Oh, I noticed you seem to have lilies nted in your courtyard. The fragrance isn''t good for pregnant women, I suggest you remove them. I''ll be going now."

    Madam Zhuang watched the car leave before entering. She then asked a servant, "Who nted the lilies in the courtyard?"

    "The First Madam did, she said she wanted a change of flowers recently."

    Madam Zhuang took a deep breath. "I see."

    Unlike the Chi family, the Zhuang family was still headed by Chairman Zhuang, who had three sons, each with at least two sons of their own. Madam Zhuang was the wife of Chairman Zhuang''s second son''s eldest son: a granddaughter-inw. This pregnancy would bring the Zhuang family''s first great-grandchild.

    Recalling Chu Yang''s words, Madam Zhuang shuddered. When her husband, Zhuang Jin, returned that evening, she told him about the incident.

    Zhuang Jin''s expression turned serious as he caressed her belly. "I''ll take you back to your parents'' home tomorrow. Stay there for a while, and I''ll visit you every day. Let me investigate this matter."

    "Alright. About Mrs. Chi..."

    Zhuang Jin replied, "I''ve only met Mr. Chi a few times, but we''re acquainted. I''ll find an opportunity to thank him. As for Mrs. Chi''s words, let''s not delve too deeply." Some things were better left unexamined. He had previously wondered why Chi Yan had married a woman reportedly from the countryside with farmer parents, but now he might understand a little. Some people who seemed unremarkable could actually be the real powerhouses.

    "Okay."

    "Don''t go out for a while. I''ll arrange some people to protect you. After three months, when the pregnancy is more stable, I''ll apany you if you want to go out."

    "Mm. Thank you, darling."

    "Get some rest."

    "Mm."

 Chapter 248: Lessons

    <h4>Chapter 248</h4>

    When Chu Yang returned home, Chi Yan immediately ran over and hugged her. "You''re back?"

    Wen Yi saw this and quickly retreated.

    "Mm, let me go first. I need to change my clothes."

    Chi Yan picked her up in one swoop. "I''ll help you."

    Chu Yang thought to herself: Are you really trying to help or just cause trouble? Don''t think I don''t know what you''re up to.

    After changing intofortable home clothes, Chu Yang told Chi Yan about Madam Zhuang''s situation.

    "So there really is scheming and infighting in wealthy families," Chu Yang mused, lying on the bed and ying with a button on Chi Yan''s chest.

    Chi Yan held her waist and replied, "There is. The world is full of wonders. The Zhuang family is toorge, and when there''s uneven distribution of wealth or excessive favoritism, conflicts arise."

    "I originally didn''t want to get involved, but I saw such heavy death energy around Madam Zhuang''s belly. I thought she might be pregnant, so I asked and found out she really was. Thinking the child was innocent, I decided to help her."

    Chi Yan kissed her forehead. "My Yang Yang is so kind."

    Speaking of children, Chu Yang looked up at Chi Yan. "Do you like children?"

    Chi Yan nced at her belly and reached out to touch it. "I''d like any child you bore. But I''m worried pregnancy would be too hard on you." Since Chu Yang was still in graduate school, Chi Yan had actually been deliberately avoiding pregnancy, fearing it would be too taxing for her while juggling her studies.

    Chu Yang also touched her own belly. "I promised Sophia I''d pass on the witch legacy." It wasn''t easy for witches to get pregnant.

    Chi Yan kissed her. "Then let''s have a daughter, one just like you."

    Chu Yang nodded with a smile. "Mm."

    Chi Yan hugged her. "Let''s take a nap first, then I''ll take you out to y in the afternoon."

    "Mm."

    The coupley down for their afternoon nap, the nket pulled up to their chests. Chu Yangy t, one hand intertwined with Chi Yan''s and the other resting on her lower abdomen. Chi Yany on his side facing Chu Yang, one hand holding hers and the other around her.

    A gentle breeze blew in through the window, making the moment feel quiet and cozy.

    They woke up around 2 PM and left the house at 3 PM. Chi Yan took Chu Yang to an art exhibition.

    "You mentioned you''ve been learning to paint recently, so let''se appreciate others'' artwork."

    After viewing the exhibition, they even bought one of the paintings.

    "How about we put this in the living room? Or the bedroom?" Chi Yan consulted with Chu Yang about where to ce the painting.

    Chu Yang thought for a moment. "Let''s put it in the study."

    "That works too."

    They left the painting in the car for now. Chi Yan then took Chu Yang for a candlelit dinner, followed by a movie: aedy this time.

    Chi Yan suddenly remembered that he had originally bought a projector for their home in the Forest Garden Community, intending to watch horror movies with Chu Yang and then get intimate. But after buying it, they never actually watched any horror movies there. What a waste of effort that had been.

    Chi Yan whispered this to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang yfully punched his chest. "I knew that horror movie when I had amnesia must have been your doing. You even said Wei Feng bought it back then."

    Chi Yan caught her hand,ughing. "It was indeed Feng who bought it, but I asked him to."

    Chu Yang gave him a reproachful look. "Shh, let''s watch the movie. I''ll teach you a lesson when we get home tonight."

    However, when they got home that night, it wasn''t clear whether Chu Yang was teaching Chi Yan a lesson or vice versa.

    In the dim light, Chu Yang''s hands tightly gripped the pillow, her head buried in it. Her forehead was slightly damp with sweat, and she could only make small sounds.

    Behind her, Chi Yan leaned down, his head close to her ear as he whispered, "Hmm? Didn''t Yang Yang say she was going to teach me a lesson?"

    "I take it back."

    "But Yang Yang is teaching me a lesson right now. She''s punishing little Chi Yan, and he''s crying. Can you feel it?"

    Chu Yang didn''t want to respond. The more she engaged, the more enthusiastic he became, saying lewd things that made her face burn.

    "Wifey, look at me, okay?"

    "No!" came the muffled reply from the pillow.

    "Come on, lift your head and let me see you."

    Chu Yang lifted her head from the pillow and nced at him sideways. He immediately caught her in a deep kiss, ravishing her both above and below. That night, Chu Yang was like a delicate flower beaten down by rain, its petals scattered on the ground.

    The next morning, Chu Yang''s legs were shaky when she got up. Although her witch power was full, she couldn''t withstand being "bullied" continuously.

    ...

    Chi Yan was attending a business forum. During a break, Zhuang Jin came over to offer a toast. "Thank you for your wife''s generous helpst time. When my wife recovers, we''ll definitely pay you a visit."

    "You''re too kind."

    "Oh, and here''s a VIP card for our family''s beauty salon. Please give it to your wife. If you ever need any help, feel free to ask me. I''ll head back now." The Zhuang family was in the cosmetics business and excelled in beauty and skincare.

    "Alright."

    After Zhuang Jin left, Yuan Zhi came over. "Howe the Zhuang guy approached you? Are you that close now?" Yuan Zhi had recently started helping with his family business too, but his responsibilities weren''t as heavy as Chi Yan''s. He was still learning.

    "We''re not close, just met a few times before. This time it''s mainly because Yang Yang attended a women''s gathering with Madam Zhuang and helped his wife a bit. He came to thank my Yang Yang."

    Hearing it was Chu Yang who helped, Yuan Zhi understood. He gave Chi Yan a thumbs up. "The boss''s wife is doing great with diplomacy, huh?"

    Chi Yan was proud. "Of course!"

    Despite his pride, Chi Yan actually felt a bit guilty. He thought she should be free and unrestrained, doing whatever she wanted. But now she was learning art and attending events among wealthydies for his sake. He didn''t think she truly enjoyed doing those things, but was doing it all for him.

    Chi Yan had told Chu Yang before: "Yang Yang, if you don''t want to attend those rich people''s events in the future, it''s okay not to go. If you don''t want to apany me to banquets and parties, that''s fine too. Just do what you want to do."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "No, I still need to do these things. I know you didn''t really want to take on such a heavy responsibility for Chi Corporation, but you had to shoulder that responsibility. It''s the same for me. Since I enjoy the benefits, I also need to bear my responsibilities." Chu Yang caressed his face. "You really don''t need to worry. Although I don''t love it, I don''t hate it either. Sometimes it''s actually quite interesting, and at least I''m learning many new things."

    "If there everes a day when I really dislike going, I''ll definitely refuse. Don''t worry."

    "Alright. Thank you for your hard work."

    Chu Yang patted his head. "You''re working hard too, for our family."

    She also knew the pressure Chi Yan was under. To outsiders, he might seem morous, but she knew it was difficult for someone so young to bear such a heavy responsibility. Sometimes when she woke up at night, she would see him sitting in the study, staring nkly, his face tinted blue by theputer screen''s light.

    Once, she even smelled cigarette smoke in the study. Chu Yang actually disliked the smell of smoke, but she didn''t say anything. After that time, she asionally caught the scent a couple more times, but never saw any cigarette butts.

    All she could do was quietly support him from behind, doing whatever she could within her abilities.

 Chapter 249: Sentencing

    <h4>Chapter 249</h4>

    Two monthster, Madam Zhuang did indeede to visit. Madam Zhuang''s original name was Sui Ningshuang, and she had been a well-known socialite in their circle. As soon as Madam Zhuang entered the courtyard, she saw roses everywhere. She had heard that Boss Chi greatly loved his wife, and seeing the courtyard full of roses, she thought that what she had heard was indeed true.

    Chu Yang came out to greet her, "Madam Zhuang, you''re here. Please,e in and have a seat."

    Madam Zhuang sat in the living room, looked around, and then said to Chu Yang with a smile, "Your ce looks really nice. I wonder if there are any good houses for sale in this area?"

    She had thought it over and decided that rather than living in the old house where she might be framed one day, it would be better to move out and live on her own. Although she could often see the old master in the old house, she felt that her husband was capable enough, and they could manage even without currying favor with the old master. Besides, her own Sui family was not insignificant and could also help.

    Chu Yang shook her head, "I''m not very sure. When I have time, I''ll have someone inquire about it and then send you the information."

    "That would be great, thank you, Mrs. Chi. Actually, I quite envy Mrs. Chi. You two moved out to live on your own, free and easy."

    Chu Yang smiled and said, "It depends on the family. Sometimes having elders to help is quite good, especially if you have children. Although there are nannies, it''s still better to have rtives watching over them. By the way, my name is Chu Yang. Madam Zhuang, you can just call me by my name."

    Madam Zhuang touched her belly, "You''re right. My name is Sui Ningshuang, and I should be older than you. You can call me Sister Ningshuang."

    "Alright, Sister Ningshuang."

    By calling each other by name, the distance between them lessened considerably.

    As they chatted, Sui Ningshuang asked, "Chu Yang, are you nning to have children?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "We don''t have ns for that at the moment, but if it happens, it''s fine." However, Chi Yan usually wore protection when they were intimate, though sometimes in the heat of the moment, he might not. It didn''t happen often, but protection wasn''t foolproof, so if they identally hit the jackpot one day, there was nothing they could do about it.

    "I''m still in graduate school, so we''ll probably wait until after I graduate."

    "That makes sense. You''re still so young, there''s no rush. I didn''t realize you were still studying. Where are you doing your graduate studies?"

    "At A University."

    "A University is great. Impressive. I studied abroad before, and not long after I came back, I married Zhuang Jin." Her marriage to Zhuang Jin was arranged, but they had gotten to know each other beforehand, so their rtionship was quite good.

    Not long after, Chi Yan came home. Sui Ningshuang looked at the time and realized howte it had gotten, "Oh my, I didn''t realize we''d been chatting for so long. I should head back now."

    "I''ll see you out."

    "Thank you."

    After Sui Ningshuang left, Chu Yang went to look at the gift she had brought. She hade today to thank her, after all.

    Opening the box, she found it was a set of jewelry, very beautiful and quite valuable.

    Chu Yang had someone put the gift away, thinking that when Sui Ningshuang''s child was born, she would need to return the favor with a gift as well.

    The results of the poisoning case came out quickly, as the evidence was conclusive. Chen Lian had indeed harbored resentment from the previous fight, but the main reason was his jealousy towards Chu Luo, which led him to do such a thing.

    Chen Lian was good at chemistry. He had extracted thallium from certain substances himself and then put it on the rim of Chu Luo''s cup after he had left. The amount was very small and undetectable. He didn''t dare to put it directly in the water, as Li Hui and Zhong Xin would also drink from it.

    In the end, Chen Lian was sentenced to 5 years in prison and expelled from the school.

    Although the school forbade discussion of this incident, gossip-loving humans can dig up anything.

    "I heard that it was Chu Luo''s sister who came directly to report it. Chu Luo had almost drunk the water when his sister arrived."

    "How did Chu Luo''s sister know?"

    "That''s what everyone is particrly puzzled about. Maybe it''s a secret of rich people?"

    "At that time, Chu Luo''s sister brought several ck-d bodyguards, and several ck cars were parked under the boys'' dormitory. It was so cool!"

    "I was one of the witnesses. I walked out of my room shirtless and suddenly saw a woman. I screamed, almost losing my innocence."

    "Do you even have any innocence left, guy above?"

    "What do you mean? I''m a pure maiden at heart."

    "I heard that someone in the Chi family knows a Taoist priest from Wenjue Temple. Maybe it was a warning from the priest."

    "Wow, that sounds so cool. Is this the power of rich people?"

    "It''s fortunate that nothing happened to Chu Luo. He''s one of the most handsome guys at B University. Of course, the most handsome is actually his brother-inw, the most attractive campus heartthrob in B University''s history."

    ...

    Chu Yang and Chu Luo had no objections to the oue. The matter was handled well, and Chu''s parents didn''t even know about it, to avoid worrying them.

    After Chu Yang married Chi Yan, Chi Yan had suggested moving Chu''s parents to live in the city, but Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom directly refused. They wondered what they would do there, as they only knew how to farm, and they wouldn''t know anyone. For them, it was morefortable to stay in their rural home.

    Chu Yang didn''t force them, but for their safety, she had surveince installed in their house. Sometimes she would check on them, as Chu Luo wasn''t there, and she worried something might happen to the two of them at home.

    When they had time, Chi Yan would take Chu Yang back to stay for about a week. Chi Yan was now very skilled at feeding chickens and ducks, and could even quickly climb trees to pick fruit. If his business partners saw the dignified CEO climbing trees, they would surely be shocked.

    However, Chi Yan didn''t think much of it. He came down from the tree with fruit in his hand, showing off as he approached Chu Yang and handed her the fruit.

    In the countryside, Chi Yan wasn''t a domineering CEO, but just a big boy. Every day, apart from helping Chu''s parents with chores, he would pull Chu Yang to sleep on her bed.

    He remembered that every time he came before, he would rest on this bed secretly. This time, he could finally do it openly. However, at night, Chi Yan still had to sleep in Chu Luo''s room, as was the custom.

    At night, when they were resting, Chu''s Mom woulde to have a private chat with Chu Yang.

    "How is Xiao Yan treating you?"

    "Very well, don''t worry. He''s still the same as before."

    Chu''s Mom was still a bit worried. At the time of the wedding, she had only realized how wealthy Chi Yan''s family was. It was beyond their imagination. The bride price alone was calcted in tens of millions, not to mention the houses, cars, and various jewelry.

    They were all shocked. They knew Chi Yan''s family was rich, but not to that extent. It''s not easy being the daughter-inw of a rich family, so Chu''s Mom was quite concerned.

    "What about Xiao Yan''s parents?"

    "Mom and Dad are both doing well. Didn''t you find them nice when you met and chatted before?"

    Chu''s Mom sighed, "Yes, they''re very nice. It''s just that I''m afraid after some time... Never mind, as long as everything''s good, it''s fine. Do you and Xiao Yan have ns for when to have children?"

 Chapter 250: Falling

    <h4>Chapter 250</h4>

    "I don''t have any ns at the moment, I''m still studying," said Chu Yang.

    Chu''s Mom thought about it and realized her daughter was still pursuing that postgraduate degree or whatever it was.

    "If you get pregnant, I''lle take care of you."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No need, Chi Yan will hire a nanny. You and Dad should just stay home and rx, or go travel to Jing City when you have time. You don''t need to look after me."

    Chu''s Mom didn''t say anything for a moment, then added, "You should still n for children. You''re young, so you''ll recover quickly after giving birth." Her main concern was that her daughter had married into such a powerful family, which worried her. Although Chi Yan and his parents were good people, once conflicts arose in daily life, her child didn''t seem to have many other advantages.

    "I know, I know. We''ll n for it. Mom, I need to sleep now."

    "Alright, you sleep. I''ll head back."

    "Mm."

    After Chu''s Mom left, Chu Yang sighed, pitying the hearts of parents everywhere.

    When Chu Yang and Chi Yan were about to leave, Chu''s Dad and Chu''s Mom prepared a pile of things to fill the back of the car. "If there''s anything you want to eat, just call home and we''ll send it to you."

    "Okay. Got it. Take good care of yourselves."

    ...

    In the middle of the night, Chu Yang and Chi Yan were sound asleep in their room when suddenly the phone rang.

    Chi Yan reached out a hand, feeling for the phone on the nightstand, his voice heavy with sleep, "Hello?"

    "Young Master Yan, the old master has fallen and is being taken to the hospital now."

    Chi Yan was instantly awake. "I''ll be right there."

    He hung up and immediately shook Chu Yang awake. "Yang Yang, darling, Grandfather has fallen."

    Chu Yang sat up at once, throwing off the covers. "Let''s go right away."

    "Mm."

    Still in their pajamas, they just threw on coats and drove to the hospital.

    They arrived quickly to find Chi Xin and the Butler standing outside the emergency room. Chi Yan and Chu Yang rushed over. "How is he? How''s Grandfather?"

    Chi Xin shook his head, "We don''t know. He''s still in emergency. The old man''s health wasn''t good to begin with, after everything that happened." He sighed. Everyone knew Chi Bai was getting old, otherwise he wouldn''t have been in such a rush for Chi Yan to take over.

    "Did you call my parents?"

    The Butler replied, "I already did."

    "Good."

    Soon after, Chi Jin arrived, looking frantic with his shoes on the wrong feet.

    Everyone waited anxiously.

    Before long, the doctor came out. "He hit his head when he fell. Fortunately, he was brought in quickly, but..." The doctor sighed and shook his head. "The patient is elderly, so..."

    At these words, everyone''s eyes reddened. Chi Xin asked, "How much time does he have?"

    The doctor replied, "If things go well, about three months. If not, a month at most. You should go handle the paperwork now."

    Soon, Chi Bai was wheeled out, covered in tubes and wires. Chi Yan and the others all followed, staying by his side.

    The family sat watching for a long time. Chi Yan gripped Chu Yang''s hand tightly and turned to her. "Yang Yang, you should go home and rest. We can watch over him."

    Chu Yang shook her head. "It''s fine. I wouldn''t be able to sleep anyway."

    Chi Xin said, "Yan, you and your wife should go home with Uncle Li to pack some things and get some rest. Jin and I will stay here."

    Chi Yan began, "Uncle..."

    Chi Xin cut him off, "You two go back for now. The old man probably won''t wake up for a while. You can take over for us tomorrow."

    Hearing this, Chi Yan agreed. "Alright."

    Chi Yan drove Chu Yang straight back to the family home. They had people pack some things, as it was already past 5 AM. Chi Yan pulled Chu Yang into their room. "Yang Yang, let''s rest for a bit, then we''ll go back to the hospital."

    "Okay."

    They couldn''t really sleep, but lying down with closed eyes was better than nothing. Chi Yan held Chu Yang tightly, his eyes wide open.

    Feeling unsettled, Chu Yang opened her eyes to see Chi Yan staring nkly, lost in thought.

    She stroked his face. "What''s wrong?"

    Chi Yan came back to himself and buried his face in her neck. "Yang Yang..."

    "Mm, I''m here."

    "I''m scared."

    Chu Yang felt her heart ache for him. She stroked his head. "Don''t be afraid. I''m here. I''ll always be with you."

    Chi Yan''s voice was muffled. "Mm. When I was little, I spent most of my time here at the family home. It wasn''t until university that I asionally lived on my own at Forest Garden Community. You know my parents were often away, so I was always with Grandfather and Uncle. Now Grandfather..." He choked up before finishing. "I thought Grandfather would be with me for a long time."

    Chu Yang didn''t know what to say, so she just held him tightly,forting him silently.

    "Yang Yang, you have to stay with me forever."

    Chu Yang promised, "Don''t worry, I''ll definitely be with you forever. Try to rest now, and we''ll go to the hospital in a bit."

    "Mm."

    After resting for about two hours, they got up. Chu Yang had food prepared, and they took it with them to the hospital.

    When they arrived, Chi Bai still hadn''t woken up. The doctor had checked on him and said there were no other issues.

    Chu Yang handed breakfast to Chi Xin and Chi Jin. "Uncle and Cousin, please eat something. You can go home and rest, Chi Yan and I will stay here. We''ll let you know when Grandfather wakes up."

    "Alright, thank you, niece-inw."

    Not long after Chi Xin left, Zhao Yun and Chi Feng rushed in. "How''s Dad? Is he alright?"

    Chu Yang quickly reassured them. "Grandfather is in the room but hasn''t woken up yet."

    "What did the doctor say?"

    Chu Yang didn''t know how to answer this question, so she remained silent.

    Chi Yan came over, head lowered. "The doctor said Grandfather is old. If things go well, he has three months. If not..."

    Zhao Yun and Chi Feng burst into tears, trying to cry quietly. "We should have stayed at home." Everyone knew Chi Bai was getting old.

    After worrying all night and rushing to catch a flight, Chi Feng and Zhao Yun looked haggard.

    Chi Yan said, "Mom, Dad, you should go home to rest and pack some things. Yang Yang and I will stay here. We''ll call you if Grandfather wakes up."

    After a moment, Chi Feng and Zhao Yun agreed.

    Once they left, Chu Yang whispered in Chi Yan''s ear, "I want to use a healing spell on Grandfather."

    Chi Yan''s eyes lit up. "Can it cure him?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "Grandfather is old. The healing spell can''t extend his life, it can only help his injuries recover faster. It might make him a bit better and give him a little more time, but it can''t change the ultimate oue."

    Chi Yan nodded. "That''s still good. I''ll close the door so no onees in."

    "Mm."

    After Chi Yan closed the door and stood guard, Chu Yang made a gesture. A ball of light appeared in her hand and quickly entered Chi Bai''s body. They could see his furrowed brow rx.

    Chu Yang cast three spells in session. Chi Bai''s eyes moved slightly, but he didn''t wake up. Everything remained stable.

    Chu Yang took a deep breath and looked at Chi Yan. "It''s done."

 Chapter 251: The Will

    <h4>Chapter 251</h4>

    Chi Yan approached to examine herplexion, not forgetting how pale Chu Yang had looked after performing her magic earlier. "How are you feeling? Any difort?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "I''m fine. My magical power now is different from before. Don''t worry."

    "That''s good." Chi Yan kissed her hand. "Thank you."

    Chu Yang smiled and shook her head, "No need to thank me. We''re one."

    Chi Yan smiled too, "Mm-hmm."

    About two hourster, Chi Bai''s eyes moved slightly, and his fingers twitched. Then he slowly opened his eyes. Chu Yang immediately noticed and pressed the bell to notify the doctor.

    "Grandfather''s awake."

    Chi Yan looked over, "Grandpa! Grandpa!"

    Chi Bai didn''t speak but smiled at Chi Yan and reached out his hand. Chi Yan immediately grasped it, his eyes reddening, "Grandpa, you''re finally awake."

    Chi Bai nodded.

    Soon after, the doctor came to examine him.

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang was calling Chi Xin and the others, "Grandfather has woken up."

    "Good, good, we''ll be right there."

    After the examination, the doctor told Chi Yan and the others: "He seems to be recovering well. He needs to rest properly, and if he continues to improve, he might be able to stay awake for longer periods."

    "Alright, thank you, doctor."

    Before long, arge group of people surrounded Chi Bai''s bed.

    Chi Xin and Chi Feng stood on either side, softly calling, "Dad, are you feeling ufortable anywhere?"

    Chi Bai didn''t speak but shook his head.

    Zhao Yun said, "Dad just woke up, let him rest properly."

    The old man didn''t have much energy now, so everyone agreed.

    "Chi Yan, you should go to thepany first. Your father and I will stay here," Zhao Yun said to Chi Yan, then told Chi Xin and Chi Jin, "You two stayed overnight yesterday, go home and rest. Chi Yan''s father and I will stay here, and you cane back in the evening."

    Everyone agreed.

    As for Chu Yang, since she had nothing else to do, Zhao Yun arranged for her to apany Chi Yan to thepany.

    That evening, Chu Yang met her aunt-inw who had been stationed abroad thousands of miles away. She had known that the aunt-inw couldn''t return even for Chi Yan''s wedding but had sent a grand gift.

    The uncle and aunt came together.

    Wearing a ck suit and carrying a briefcase, the aunt looked very much like a career woman, but when she saw Chi Yan and Chu Yang, she smiled warmly at them, "Chi Yan has grown so big, and this must be little Chu. She''s so sweet."

    "Hello, Aunt."

    "Oh, I came in a hurry and didn''t bring any gifts. I''ll make it up to you next time."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "It''s fine."

    Two dayster, Chi Bai finally felt a bit better and could speak, but his first words were: "Call thewyer."

    After thewyer arrived, to everyone''s surprise, he talked about the will.

    The three Chi brothers immediately eximed: "Dad!"

    Chi Bai waved his hand, speaking slowly, "I know my own body. While I''m still feeling okay, I want to resolve everything I can."

    Chi Xin spoke first: "Dad, I don''t need your things. I can earn my own. Just give everything to big brother and second brother."

    Chi Lei said: "Dad, I don''t need it either. Qin Qin and I have been away for years and haven''t been able to take care of you. It wouldn''t be right for us to take anything."

    Chi Feng was about to say something but was interrupted by Chi Bai, "Don''t speak. I know how to arrange my own things. The will has long been drafted, I''m just informing you now, not asking for your opinions."

    Everyone fell silent.

    The will was simple: He owned 50% of Chi Corporation''s shares, of which 40% would go directly to Chi Yan, and 10% to Chi Jin, because Chi Jin wasn''t involved inpany management and might be moving up in the future, so it wasn''t good for him to have too much. As for the others, they all had shares in thepany, albeit small ones, but the annual dividends from those small shares were more than enough.

    Then the old family house would also go directly to Chi Yan, as he was the heir to Chi Corporation.

    No one had any objections, as thepany would be Chi Yan''s responsibility in the future.

    As for other assets, including shares in some otherpanies, they were divided into several portions, one for each person, including Chu Yang.

    After the assets were divided, no one had any objections, and they signed and pressed their fingerprints.

    "In the future, you must not fight among yourselves. You must stay united, discuss any issues that arise, and only then will our Chi family advance further. Don''t be blinded by small profits, understand?"

    "Yes."

    "Alright, that''s it. I need to rest now. You all go out first, Chi Yan and little Chu stay behind, I have some things to instruct."

    "Alright."

    Chi Yan walked to Chi Bai''s side and crouched down, holding his hand, "Grandpa."

    Chu Yang also came over.

    Chi Bai took her hand and ced it together with Chi Yan''s, "You two must take good care of each other. I won''t be able to see your children being born, but remember to bring them to see me in the future."

    Chi Yan''s eyes were filled with tears, "We will."

    Then Chi Bai took a deep breath, "You must never bully little Chu, understand? If there are any difficult issues with thepany, you can discuss them with your uncles. You know what''s most important in doing business."

    Chi Yan nodded, "I know."

    Chi Bai looked at Chu Yang: "I''m troubling you to take care of the Chi family."

    Chu Yang knew what he meant, "I understand, Grandpa. I will protect everyone. Don''t worry."

    "Good child." Chi Bai patted their hands, "You two go out now, and ask your uncle toe in. I have a few words for him."

    "Alright."

    After Chi Yan and Chu Yang went out, they called Chi Xin in.

    Not long after, Chi Xin came out with reddened eyes, and then Chi Jin went in...

    After instructing everyone, the old man was tired and rested peacefully.

    Everyone continued their normal work and life. Chi Yan went to thepany every day, and in the evening, he would apany Chu Yang to visit the old man at the hospital, returning home to restter at night.

    Chi Feng, Chi Xin, and Chi Lei took turns watching over the old man at the hospital, and on weekends when everyone was free, they would gather to keep himpany.

    On this day, while Chi Xin was apanying the old man to sunbathe, he received a call from his good friend, Police Chief Li Yong.

    "Chi Xin, I need your help with something."

    Chi Xin: "What''s up? Does your police station need bodyguards?"

    Li Yong''s expression was somewhat grave: "No, it''s not that. You know Lingqiu Mountain, right? People are saying there''s a monster in the undeveloped areas of Lingqiu Mountain. Someone saw what they described as a ck, long-haired monster. Some people who went mountain climbing on Lingqiu Mountain identally entered the undeveloped area and disappeared. Someone said they saw them being dragged away by a ck, hairy monster."

    Chi Xin: "You want me to help find people?"

    Li Yong: "No, that''s not it. We''ve already sent people to search and found them. When our people went to search, they indeed saw the monster and almost got dragged away. Even shooting at it had no effect, and those who were caught had ck w marks on their bodies. It''s too bizarre. Don''t you know Daoist Mingwu? Could you ask him to help?"

 Chapter 252: Monster

    <h4>Chapter 252</h4>

    "Master Mingwu doesn''t usually deal with these matters, but I''ll go ask him anyway," Chi Xin said.

    "Alright, thank you. When this is over, let''s have a meal together sometime."

    Seeing that Chi Xin had business to attend to, Chi Bai said, "Have your oldest or second brothere over. You go ahead and take care of what you need to do."

    Chi Xin pushed Chi Bai back into the hospital room. "I''ll call my oldest brother."

    "Mm."

    Soon after, Chi Lei arrived, and Chi Xin drove to Wenjue Temple.

    At Wenjue Temple

    Master Mingwu closed his eyes and made some calctions with his fingers. "It''s not good for me to go, but I can rmend someone to you."

    Chi Xin asked, "Who?"

    Master Mingwu replied, "Someone you know."

    Chi Xin thought for a moment. "My niece-inw?"

    Master Mingwu nodded. "The incident happened at Lingqiu Mountain. She''s been there before, so it''s quite suitable."

    Chi Xin pondered for a moment. "I''ll go back and ask her." Then he looked at Master Mingwu. "Give me a few more protective talismans." He was afraid of what happened before recurring.

    Master Mingwu quickly pulled some out of his pocket and gave them to him. Chi Xin took the talismans and left.

    It was already evening when Chi Xin returned to the family home. Chi Yan and Chu Yang were both there. During this time, everyone had returned to the family home because the old man was hospitalized.

    Chi Yan saw Chi Xin and asked, "Uncle, you''re back. Have you eaten?"

    Chi Xin looked at Chi Yan and Chu Yang. "I need to discuss something with you."

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang exchanged nces, then the three of them went to the study.

    Chi Xin sat in a chair, looked at them, and exined Li Yong''s situation. "Master Mingwu rmended that you go," he said to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang thought for a moment and nodded. "Alright, I''ll go prepare."

    Chi Yan, however, didn''t agree. "No, what if it''s dangerous?"

    Chu Yang looked at him. "Don''t worry, my abilities are much stronger now than before. It''ll be fine."

    Chi Yan was still concerned. "But I''m not at ease."

    Chi Xin suggested, "We can arrange for more people to go together."

    Chi Yan insisted, "Then I''ll go too."

    Chu Yang disagreed. "No, you stay at home. Grandpa needs someone to take care of him. I''ll bring more people with me."

    Chi Yan refused. "If you''re going, I must go with you."

    Chi Xin: ...

    "Alright, alright, you can go together. I''ll arrange for more people to apany you. Safety first. Your Uncle Li Yong and his team will be there too."

    "Okay."

    Chi Xin said, "I''ll contact your Uncle Li Yong and make arrangements."

    "Mm."

    ...

    "Hello? Li Yong, it''s me. I''ve asked about the matter you mentioned earlier. Master Mingwu rmended someone to me. When should we go?"

    "In a couple of days. Our people are afraid to go in and search now. We''ll make arrangements on our end."

    "Alright."

    In the two days'' time, Chu Yang made some preparations. She would definitely bring her scepter, and the crystal ball too. She also packed... the poison that could kill rats from before.

    Soon, Li Yong''s team arranged to pick up Chu Yang and the others. Chi Xin also arranged for a team to apany them.

    Arge group arrived at Lingqiu Mountain, which had already been sealed off. No one could enter.

    Li Yong looked at the crowd Chi Xin had brought and felt a bit exasperated. "You... why did you bring so many people?"

    Chi Xin shrugged. "Well, our lives are too important. We need more people for protection."

    Li Yong: ...

    "Which one is the expert?"

    Chi Xin looked at Chu Yang, who had disguised herself. She was wearing a witch''s robe with a wide-brimmed hat, and a veil covering half of her face, revealing only her round eyes. She held a scepter in her hand, looking quite intimidating.

    At least Li Yong seemed to regard her with reverence. He extended his hand, "Hello."

    Chu Yang shook his hand briefly and let go.

    After making arrangements, Li Yong led everyone into the mountain. Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand, staying by her side the whole time. Walking behind them, Li Yong found it a bit strange and asked Chi Xin, "What''s the rtionship between your nephew and the expert?"

    Chi Xin blinked. "Why are you so gossipy? Is it appropriate to discuss an expert''s personal affairs?"

    Li Yong thought for a moment. "I suppose not."

    As it was an undeveloped area, the path was not easy to walk. After a while, they reached the spot where the monster had been seen before. "It''s here. Look at these footprints. They''re definitely not human footprints. We''ve also ruled out wild animals."

    Chi Xin asked, "Is it possible it''s a wild man?"

    Li Yong shook his head. "Impossible. It''s not. We even used guns, but the monster wasn''t affected at all. How could it be human?"

    Chu Yang looked at the footprints and found them somewhat familiar. She felt like she had seen such footprints in a book before, but she couldn''t recall clearly.

    Chu Yang handed her scepter to Chi Yan, then cupped the crystal ball with both hands and began to release her witch power. The crystal ball instantly lit up, shocking the people around her. They all looked at Chu Yang with reverence. So this is what an expert is like?

    Soon, Chu Yang opened her eyes.

    She frowned. It was indeed a monster, simr to what Chief Li Yong had described. Its body was covered in hair, and it was surrounded by a dark, evil aura that reminded her of Zhu Ying. Chu Yang suddenly remembered that when she fought Zhu Ying here before, many corpses had crawled out from this ce. Thinking about it now gave Chu Yang goosebumps all over.

    Perhaps sensing Chu Yang''s difort, Chi Yan held her hand. "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang shook her head and then asked Li Yong, "Besides the monster, did you notice anything else unusual?"

    Li Yong thought for a moment. "Yes, there are many graves not far from here. Our people discovered that some of the graves had been dug up."

    After Li Yong said this, everyone suddenly felt a chill. Someone said, "There aren''t any ghosts, right?"

    Li Yong smacked that person. "What ghosts? Believe in science! There are no ghosts in broad daylight! Besides, we policemen are full of righteous energy. Ghosts should fear us!"

    Everyone fell silent. With an expert here, should they still believe in science? However, Li Yong''s words didfort everyone.

    Chu Yang also said, "It''s not ghosts." In her vision, she had seen a monster. It felt somewhat familiar, but if she were at home, she could look it up in her books. But that wasn''t possible now.

    The group continued deeper into the mountain. Suddenly, Chu Yang stopped. "It''sing."

    Li Yong immediately shouted, "Be on guard!"

    A few secondster, a ck, hairy monster surrounded by a dark, evil aura lunged at Chu Yang and the others. Chu Yang immediately raised her scepter and muttered a few incantations. The monster instantly fell from the air, roaring but unable to move. Chu Yang seemed to hear it saying, "So fragrant, so fragrant."

    Chu Yang: ?

    Chu Yang suddenly realized what it was. It was a "Ying," a monster from the Little Demon World. But why would it appear here?

    Looking at the "Ying" that was still rolling and struggling to get up, Chu Yang thought for a moment and then recited an incantation. A ck hole appeared in the air, and Chu Yang sent the "Ying" into it. After muttering another incantation, the ck hole disappeared, and the "Ying" was gone.

    Chu Yang turned around, intending to tell everyone it was over, only to find that all the people were hiding behind trees, peeking out at her. Only Chi Yan was behind her...

 Chapter 253: Pregnancy and Death

    <h4>Chapter 253</h4>

    Chu Yang was taken aback, "Ahem, the problem has been resolved."

    Li Yong and the others then walked out smiling, "Thank you, thank you. That thing just now was..."

    Chu Yang exined, "It was a monster called ''Ying''. You wouldn''t understand if I exined too much, so let''s just say the issue is resolved."

    Li Yong asked, "Will there be more of them?"

    Chu Yang pondered for a moment, "I need to investigate further."

    "Alright."

    Chu Yang was actually quite puzzled about why there would be a "Ying" here.

    After resolving the issue, she returned home and immediately began flipping through books to research. "Ying" - fond of rotting flesh, evil corpse, with the intelligence of a small child.

    On the weekend, Chu Yang wanted to visit Lingqiu Mountain again, so she told Chi Yan, "I want to go to Lingqiu Mountain one more time."

    "I''ll apany you," he replied.

    "Okay."

    On the weekend, the two climbed Lingqiu Mountain again. Chu Yang looked at the distant mountaintop. Although there were many green trees, she could sense an aura of death.

    She pointed there and asked, "Ah Yan, what''s over there?"

    Chi Yan, who had investigated the area before, replied, "That seems to be a graveyard. It''s the ce where we encountered Zhu Ying before."

    Chu Yang suddenly realized, "Of course, that pile of corpses that Zhu Ying somehow made crawl out... ''Ying'' likes rotting flesh and evil corpses. So those corpses have all turned into evil corpses now because of Zhu Ying''s spell?"

    Even the "Ying" was attracted here against the natural order.

    Chu Yang had read about evil corpses in books. If left unchecked, they could cause endless trouble. Although they wouldn''t turn into zombies or crawl out to harm people, arge number of evil corpses absorbing negative energy would cause the surrounding area to be engulfed in dark energy. This could affect people''s minds, causing them to be unlucky, less intelligent, mentally unstable, and irritable.

    As for the solution, it would be best to ask Ming Wu Master.

    Chu Yang told Chi Xin about her findings. Chi Xin first went to consult Ming Wu Master, then ryed the information to Li Yong.

    "So what method should we use?" Li Yong asked.

    "Ah, it''s very simple. Just use virgin boy urine. The more, the better."

    "..."

    With the problem solved, life returned to normal.

    Chi Bai had been recuperating in the hospital all this time. He appeared to be in decent health, but everyone knew they were just waiting for the inevitable.

    Chu Yang went to school every day, and after sses, she would go to the hospital with Chi Yan to visit the old man. When they arrived, they often found the old man sitting in the garden chatting with Chi Xin.

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang walked over. "What are Grandpa and Uncle talking about? You seem so happy."

    Chi Xin looked at them and said with a smile, "I was asking the old man what names he would choose for your future children."

    Chi Bai also smiled, "I need to think about it carefully. Bring me a dictionary, I''ll look through itter."

    Chi Yan was delighted: "Yes, we should consider it carefully. Think of a name for a boy and a name for a girl."

    Chu Yang: ... She wasn''t even pregnant yet.

    However, the three men had already happily started discussing it.

    Chu Yang: ... Well, as long as they''re happy.

    After chatting for a while, the doctor came to do a check-up, and everyone wheeled the old man back to his room.

    A weekter, when Chi Yan and Chu Yang went to visit the old man, Chi Bai happily said, "I''ve chosen the names. Take a look."

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang looked at the note: Boy: Chi Jiaran, Girl: Chi Jiaran.

    "What do you think?"

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang thought they were quite good and had no objections. Chu Yang just felt a bit awkward... she wasn''t even pregnant yet, but the names were already chosen. It was somewhat amusing, but then she realized the old man didn''t have much time left, which made her feel sad.

    The old man wouldn''t be able to see...

    Over the next two months, the old man was admitted to the ICU twice. He no longer had the strength to speak.

    Chu Yang had used her healing abilities on him several times, but the effect was only to ease his pain a little.

    One evening, it was Chi Lei''s turn to take care of the old man. Chi Xin also came over after work. Chi Yan and Chu Yang had visited in the afternoon and then returned home.

    The housekeeper served dinner. They were having steamed fish tonight. Chi Yan first ced a piece of fish on Chu Yang''s te, but she frowned and then gagged a little.

    Instantly, everyone turned to look at her. Chu Yang covered her mouth and said, "I think my stomach feels a bit off."

    Chi Yan immediately had someone pour her a cup of hot water. "Uncle Li, call the doctor toe and check on her."

    "Yes, sir."

    The others also looked concerned, "Are you alright?"

    Chu Yang smiled at him, "I''m fine." However, as soon as she finished speaking, she felt another wave of nausea and quickly stood up, turning towards the bathroom.

    Xia Qin, who was nearby, looked at the fish and then at Chu Yang running to the bathroom. "Could she be pregnant?"

    Hearing this, Zhao Yun immediately rushed to the bathroom, while Chi Yan had already followed her there.

    Chu Yang retched a couple of times but didn''t bring anything up. The bathroom smelled okay, and she felt a bit better. Seeing Chi Yan''s worried face, she said, "I''m fine."

    Zhao Yun came over and asked her quietly, "How long has it been since yourst period?"

    Chu Yang thought for a moment, "It''s a weekte." Then, realizing something, she touched her belly. No way...

    The doctor arrived quickly and after an examination, confirmed that she was indeed pregnant...

    Chu Yang remembered a month ago when they were being intimate. Chi Yan had fumbled in the drawer for a long time before finally finding thest box. He had even said, "Seems like we''re using them too quickly. I''ll stock up next time."

    Chu Yang had been a bit exasperated, but then thought about how the old man had already chosen names for their children. So she said, "We don''t need it tonight. If we hit the jackpot, it''s meant to be!"

    Chi Yan was of course happy not to use protection, and that night he was particrly excited. After all, the feeling with and without was quite different, with the sensation being more intense without.

    The next day, Chu Yang somewhat regretted it, as someone had been a bit too enthusiastic!

    It must have been that time when they hit the jackpot...

    "Quick, quick, call and tell the old man!"

    "Let''s go to the hospital for a check-up first."

    "Right, right."

    Suddenly everyone was bustling about, except for Chi Yan who stood there in a daze. He carefully embraced Chu Yang and touched her belly, "Really?"

    Chu Yangughed at his foolish expression, "Silly, it''s true."

    "Let''s go to the hospital right away."

    They went to the same hospital where the old man was staying. The pregnancy was quickly confirmed. The whole family happily went to the old man''s room. Chi Xin and Chi Lei were a bit confused, "Why are you all here? Did something happen at home?"

    Zhao Yun, holding Chu Yang''s hand, said with a smile, "Yang Yang is pregnant."

    "Really!" Chi Xin was overjoyed. Two months ago, the old man had talked to him about choosing names for the child, and now there really was a child!

    "Quick, tell Dad."

    "Dad is resting now, let''s wait until he wakes up. Come, niece-inw, sit down and rest."

    In an instant, Chu Yang became as precious as a national treasure.

    When the old man regained some consciousness, Chi Yan brought her in to share the good news.

    The old man became excited immediately, holding their hands. He seemed to have a burst of energy, his spirit improving a bit. "Good!"

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang, seeing his reaction, felt like crying.

    Two weekster, the old man was rushed to the emergency room once again... But this time, when the doctor came out, he shook his head.

    Chi Corporation issued an obituary that day...

 Chapter 254: Funeral

    <h4>Chapter 254</h4>

    At Old Master Chi''s funeral, many people came, including business and political elites. Chi Yan held Old Master Chi''s portrait and stood at the front with Chi''s Eldest Uncle, while Chu Yang stood behind him. This gesture told the world that Chi Yan would be the main decision-maker for the Chi Corporation from now on.

    Some very elderly people also came, supported by their children and grandchildren, with tears in their eyes. These were Old Master Chi''s close friends, who paid their respects and then shook hands with Chi Yan and the others.

    Chu''s Dad, Chu''s Mom, and Chu Luo also came. They had learned about Chu Yang''s pregnancy, which would normally be joyous news, but the sadness of Old Master Chi''s passing overshadowed it.

    Many funeral attendees were seeing all the Chi family members together for the first time, mainly because the Chi family was usually very low-profile. Chi''s Eldest Uncle and Chi''s Eldest Aunt were rarely in the country, Chi Yan''s parents seldom participated in social events in Jing City, and Chi Xin moved in different circles.

    "Is that the future matriarch of the Chi Corporation?"

    "I''ve noticed that everyone in the Chi family is incredibly good-looking, especially the two young ones."

    "Old Master Chi lived a life without regrets: filial children, outstanding grandchildren. I hear Chi Yan is quite capable."

    "Yes, and the eldest grandson seems to be doing very well in politics."

    "In any case, it''s better to be friends with the Chi family than enemies."

    After kneeling for a while, Chi Yan turned to Chu Yang during a break and said, "Yang, are you tired? Do you want to rest for a bit?" After all, Chu Yang was pregnant.

    Chu Yang shook her head, "I''m fine, I can keep going."

    Zhao Yun, standing next to her, supported her, "Lean on me. If you''re tired, go rest. Grandfather wouldn''t mind."

    "Mm-hmm."

    After Old Master Chi was buried, Chi''s Eldest Aunt soon returned to her work post thousands of miles away, with Chi''s Eldest Uncle apanying her. Chi Jin did the same.

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang moved back to the old family home. Chu''s Mom had been staying there recently to take care of Chu Yang and advise her on pregnancy matters. Zhao Yun joined in, and the two mothers spent their days discussing pregnancy and child-rearing with Chu Yang.

    But Chu''s Mom couldn''t stay in Jing City forever, so after a few days, she returned home with Chu''s Dad. The crops in the fields needed tending, and Chu Yang had plenty of people to look after her. Before leaving, Chu''s Mom instructed Chu Luo, "Remember toe and take care of your sister when you have time, okay?"

    "I know."

    "Pregnant womene first, so don''t upset your sister, no matter what."

    Chu Luo thought to himself, "Who could upset her?" But he said aloud, "I know, I know."

    After Chu''s parents left, Chu Yang said to Zhao Yun, "Mom, you should go take care of your business too. I''m fine now, and there are people here to look after me. It''s okay."

    Zhao Yun did have some research to do, but it wasn''t urgent. "It''s alright, I''ll stay a few more days."

    Chi Yan, however, was troubled. At night, his mother kept watching him sleep. When Chu''s Mom was there, both mothers watched him. They even suggested, "Why don''t you and Yang sleep in separate rooms? I''m worried your sleeping habits might disturb her."

    Chi Yan thought to himself, "Absolutely not!" But he said, "I sleep very well, I won''t disturb her at all. If she needs to use the bathroom or drink water at night, I''ll wake up immediately."

    "You need to behave yourself during the first trimester, understand?"

    Chi Yan nodded vigorously, "I understand, I understand."

    "Even after the first trimester, you need to behave."

    Chi Yan: "Of course, of course. I''ll definitely behave."

    After countless warnings, Zhao Yun finally went back to work.

    Due to her pregnancy, Chu Yang was driven to and from school by a chauffeur. If she didn''t return home for lunch, Wen Yi would deliver nutritious meals to the school.

    The baby wasn''t causing much trouble, so Chu Yang didn''t need to take a leave of absence from school. She just had more people attending to her needs.

    However, Chu Yang discovered that her witch powers had decreased by half due to the pregnancy, with the other half being absorbed by the baby. As she rubbed her belly, Chu Yang thought that this child would likely inherit her talents.

    Three monthster, Chu Yang received wedding invitations from Jin Yang and Wei Feng. After graduation, they had both stayed in Jing City. Jin Yang became a high school teacher, while Wei Feng entered the government system.

    Jin Yang and Wei Feng invited only close friends to their wedding. Qian Xin and Zhou Caicai had returned to their hometown but flew back for Jin Yang''s wedding.

    Chu Yang would asionally go shopping with Jin Yang when she had free time, but she hadn''t seen Qian Xin and Zhou Caicai in a long time. Jin Yang''s wedding finally brought the group back together.

    The day before Jin Yang''s wedding, they held a final bachelorette party. Chu Yang attended but couldn''t drink alcohol due to her pregnancy, so she stuck to fruit juice and couldn''t stay out toote.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan attended Wei Feng''s bachelor party.

    "I heard Yan is going to be a father. As expected of Yan, he''s the first among us! Impressive!"

    Chi Yan took a drink, "Don''t talk about me. Tonight''s not about me, it''s about Feng. You should be taking care of him."

    Wei Feng said, "I''m just asking for your advice. After all, Yan, you have experience. You seem to have a good rtionship with the bossdy even after marriage. How do you maintain that?"

    "Know when to back down. Don''t stick to that ''real men don''t apologize'' nonsense. At home, your wifees first."

    "I think we forgot that Yan is henpecked."

    Everyoneughed.

    Chi Yan looked at Wei Feng, "Oh? So Feng isn''t?" He had seen Wei Feng being chased and hit by Jin Yang, a big man begging for mercy from a petite woman.

    Wei Feng''s ears turned red as he rubbed his head, "A... a little."

    The others burst intoughter.

    Someone nearby sighed, "I get it now. Only men who are afraid of their girlfriends or wives can find girlfriends and wives."

    "That''s... a strange way to put it. You don''t even have a girlfriend and you''re already afraid?"

    Everyoneughed again.

    Wei Feng interjected, "Hey, hey, what''s this about being afraid? It''s about respect and love!"

    "Wow~~~" Everyone started teasing him.

    After a short while, Chi Yan got up to leave.

    "Hey, Yan, where are you going?"

    Chi Yan replied matter-of-factly, "To pick up my wife. Tonight is your bachelor party, it doesn''t have much to do with a married man like me. Besides, my wife is pregnant and needs to rest early. I''m off." With that, he left.

    Jin Yang''s party was on the other side. Chi Yan politely knocked on the door, and when everyone saw it was him, they looked at Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang quickly got up, "I''ll be going now. Have fun, everyone."

    "Okay. Take care and rest well. The baby is most important."

    "I will. Bye-bye."

    "Bye-bye."

    Chi Yan put his arm around Chu Yang as they left, with a group of envious women behind them.

    "Yang looks so happy, and she''s pregnant too. Their child is going to be super cute."

    Jin Yang immediately raised her hand, "I call dibs on being the godmother. Don''t fight me for it!"

    The others quickly raised their hands too. "I can be godmother number two!"

    "I''ll be number three!"

    Everyone burst intoughter.

 Chapter 255: The Golden Sun Wedding

    <h4>Chapter 255</h4>

    The next day, Chu Yang arrived at Jin Yang''s hotel apanied by Chi Yan. When she arrived, Jin Yang was in the middle of doing her makeup and was delighted to see her. "Yang Yang, you''re here!"

    "Mmm. Anything I can help with?"

    "No need, just rx. Later, make sure you don''t get caught up in themotion. I''m worried someone might bump into you. I deredst night that I''ll be the number one godmother to your child."

    Chu Yang: "Godmother number one?"

    Jin Yang: "Yes, Cai Cai said she wants to be number two."

    Chu Yang smiled, "Alright then, the child will call you godmothers when it''s born."

    Jin Yang nodded happily, nearly causing the makeup artist to make a mistake. "Don''t get excited, don''t get excited."

    Jin Yang immediately sat still obediently.

    Cai Cai and the other bridesmaids were also ready, having already designed some traps to prevent the groom from reaching the bride.

    Unlike Chu Yang''s wedding, this time Wei Feng and Jin Yang''s wedding was taking ce at a hotel.

    Everything was so lively, with smiles on everyone''s faces. Wei Feng, dressed in a suit, arrived quickly. After going through three rounds of challenges, he finally saw the bride.

    Chu Yang stood beside Chi Yan, "Was it like this for you back then?"

    Chi Yan nodded with a smile, "More or less. We have a video of it, remember? If you want to relive it, we can watch the video when we get home."

    Chu Yang shook her head, "Never mind, I just suddenly thought of it." Actually, it felt like they hadn''t been married for very long, but it also felt like it had been a long time. Perhaps it was because they had been together for so long.

    Soon, everyone moved to the hall. Chu Yang and Chi Yan sat in the audience. On stage, Jin Yang and Wei Feng made promises to each other and exchanged rings in front of everyone. On the big screen at the front, photos of their years together were ying.

    Chu Yang even overheard someone at a nearby table saying, "Look at your cousin. She studied well, so she met such a good husband, and she''s even a teacher in Jing City. If you were half as good as your cousin, I''d be grateful to heaven and earth."

    Looking at the photos on the screen, Chu Yang felt somewhat emotional. It seemed like in the blink of an eye, everyone had grown up and gotten married, and she was even pregnant. The days before she had transmigrated into this book seemed so hazy now. She was now Chu Yang of this world, and could never go back.

    The wedding banquet went on quitete, but Chu Yang had been getting sleepy earlier since bing pregnant, so Chi Yan took her home soon. As for Wei Feng and Jin Yang, they certainly couldn''t spare any attention for others now.

    When the car arrived home, Chu Yang was already asleep. Chi Yan carefully carried her into the old house. As soon as they entered, Uncle Li was about to speak but was stopped by Chi Yan''s nce. Seeing Chu Yang in his arms, Uncle Li covered his mouth.

    Chi Yan carried Chu Yang back to the bedroom. She didn''t wake up the entire way; Chu Yang was quite tired today.

    The next day, when Chu Yang woke up, she was a bit dazed. Oh, she had fallen asleep in the car yesterday, and Chi Yan had already gone to work. He had left a note beside her.

    After washing up, Chu Yang also left for school. Her coursework wasn''t too heavy, and she could finish most of it quickly. As for Professor Li, knowing that Chu Yang was pregnant, he was quite considerate towards her.

    Chu Yang''s belly wasn''t obviously showing yet, or perhaps it was because she wore loose clothing, so others didn''t know she was pregnant. Chu Yang hadn''t intentionally hidden it either. So when someone stopped her to confess their feelings, she found it quite amusing.

    Honestly, Chu Yang didn''t think she was that popr. Although people had asked for her WeChat before, she had never experienced someone confessing to her face like this.

    "ssmate, I fell in love with you at first sight. Which department are you from? Can I add you on WeChat?" A male student held out a bouquet of fresh flowers to her.

    Chu Yang was stunned for a moment, then caught a whiff of a pungent smell and instantly ran to the side to throw up.

    The male student: "Cl... ssmate, are you okay?"

    Chu Yang: "Ugh! Don''te closer!"

    The male student thought: Is he so ugly that someone vomits just looking at him?

    After vomiting for a while, Chu Yang finally felt better. She stood up, catching her breath, and took out a tissue to wipe her mouth. "ssmate, you''ve confessed to the wrong person. I''m already married." Chu Yang touched her belly, "And I''m pregnant. I''m sorry, but the smell on you is quite strong. I have to go now."

    The male student instantly froze, feeling as if he had been split in two. "Ma... married? Pregnant???!!!" The boy clutched his head, "Ahhh! I actually confessed to a pregnant woman?!!!"

    ...

    "Hahahahahaha!"

    "Hahahahahaha!"

    In a certain room in the male dormitory, bursts ofughter erupted, as if they might shake the entire building.

    "Damn! Lin Dong! You''re really something!"

    "Hahaha, how can it be so funny? Sorry, bro, even though you got rejected, I find it hrious. I''m dying ofughter."

    "So why did you confess to a married pregnant woman?"

    The boy called Lin Dong covered his head with a cup, not daring to face everyone. "How was I supposed to know? I thought she was single."

    "Didn''t you even bother to ask around first?"

    Lin Dong: "Didn''t you guys say to seize the moment when ites?" He had actually seen Chu Yang once when he had some business at the Literature Department, and was instantly struck by her beauty. In that moment, he felt like he had fallen in love.

    The second time he saw her, he remembered his roommates'' words about seizing the moment. He quickly picked a bunch of flowers nearby and ran to confess... Who knew... Wuwuwuwu...

    The others finally stoppedughing after a long while.

    "Even though we said that, you still need to think it through before acting. What if she had a boyfriend? Now it turns out she not only has a boyfriend, but a husband, and even a child on the way."

    "What does she look like that made you confess so recklessly?"

    Lin Dong: "She''s... she''s extremely beautiful, with a small face, and very fair skin."

    One of them said, "What''s her name? Let me see if I know her."

    Lin Dong: "I think her surname is Chu..."

    "No way, you don''t even know her name?"

    Suddenly, a name shed in Lin Dong''s mind, "It''s Chu Yang, yes, Chu Yang." He had seen a tag hanging on her backpack with her name on it.

    Gu Ren stroked his chin thoughtfully: "Chu Yang? Why does that sound so familiar? Chu Yang, Chu Yang? From the Literature Department?"

    Suddenly, Gu Ren''s eyes widened, and he pped his hands, "Damn! What did you say? Chu Yang? From the Literature Department?"

    Everyone else was startled, even Lin Dong poked his head out, "What''s wrong? Why are you so excited?"

    Gu Ren stared with wide eyes, "Don''t you know who Chu Yang is? Chu Yang, the graduate student from the Literature Department, Professor Li Deyong''s star pupil, who once won second ce in the national Chinese Literature Competition! Most importantly, she''s now the wife of the Chi Corporation."

    "You know Chi Corporation, right? It''s the developer of that game you y every day, A Ye."

 Chapter 256: Throw me with a Pawpaw

    <h4>Chapter 256</h4>

    "No way? Is that for real?" Lin Dong sat up straight.

    Gu Ren nodded, "If I remember correctly, it is. Senior Chu Yang used to be quite famous at our school, but she was probably even more well-known at B University. After all, Chi Yan, the current owner of Chi Corporation, was a notable figure at B University back then. Their rtionship attracted a lot of attention. Apparently, they started dating in their freshman year and got married right after graduation. But there was quite a bit of discussion about it."

    "Gu Ren, how do you know all this?"

    Gu Ren replied, "Obviously, I studied journalism. As a journalist, you need to have a nose for gossip, you know."

    Lin Dong covered his face andy back down. "I can''t believe I confessed to the wife of Chi Corporation''s boss."

    "It''s not that bad. At least you confessed to the boss of Chi Corporation. I mean, think about it - what kind of person gets to be the wife of Chi Corporation''s boss!"

    "She probably won''t even remember you, don''t worry."

    "That''s right. In the future, just do some research before confessing. Don''t be so naive and jump right in."

    Lin Dong retorted, "Weren''t you guys the ones who told me to go for it?" Thankfully, not many people knew about this, otherwise, he would have died of embarrassment.

    Chu Yang indeed didn''t dwell on this incident. Currently, besides her studies, she was focused on her pregnancy, asionally attending gatherings with other wealthy wives.

    As her belly became more noticeable, she often encountered kind people. For instance, someone would offer her a seat on the school shuttle, or help her carry a bag full of documents.

    One good turn deserves another.

    Once, when Chu Yang boarded the school shuttle, a female student offered her seat. Chu Yang epted without fuss, saying, "Thank you." and sat downfortably.

    When she reached her stop, Chu Yang handed the girl a note: Don''t take the job at thepany you''re interviewing with today.

    The girl looked at the note, puzzled. But by the time she wanted to ask questions, Chu Yang had already walked away, and the bus doors had closed.

    The girl took the note back to her dorm room. "Girls, something strange happened to me today. Look at this... I don''t even know how she knew I went for an interview, and I was indeed considering an internship."

    Her roommates thought she had encountered a good Samaritan. "Holy crap! Sis, don''t go there at all!"

    "Yeah, this must be heaven looking out for you."

    The girl was still confused. "How did she know whichpany I was going to? Does she know me? But I''ve never seen her before."

    Her roommates asked, "Did you do anything?"

    The girl scratched her head, "Huh? Well, I saw she was pregnant, so I offered her my seat."

    Roommate: "She must have wanted to repay your kindness. Just listen to her advice, don''t go there, really. There are plenty of job opportunities out there. If you miss this one, there might be an even better one next time. Besides, we haven''t even graduated yet. It''s not toote to look for jobs after graduation."

    "But thispany seems really good, and the sry is quite tempting. They even said it''s okay that I haven''t graduated yet, and I can be converted to a full-time employee right after graduation."

    Roommate: "No matter what, it''s better to be safe than sorry. Somepanies might look impressive but are actually scams. Some might promise you the world, but once you''re in, you''ll have to do everything, and your sry might be split into several performance-based bonuses. You might have to meet certain targets to get the sry they promised. In short, you need to think it through carefully."

    The girl nodded, "Alright."

    "Anyway, we all advise you not to go. With our qualifications, we can find all sorts of jobs in the future."

    "Exactly."

    ...

    The next day, thepany urged the girl to start work, but after some consideration, she ultimately declined the offer.

    Two weekster, she was reading the news and saw that the police had cracked down on a fraud ring. A seemingly high-endpany turned out to be a fraudulent multi-level marketing operation.

    And the name of thatpany was the one she had interviewed with. Holy crap! If she had joined, wouldn''t she have be part of the fraud? She could have ended up in jail!

    The girl immediately told her roommates about this: "Oh my god! I really met a big shot! It''s like my ancestors were watching over me! Otherwise, I would''ve ended up in prison sewing clothes. Waaah! If I ever meet that pregnant sister again, I''ll definitely, definitely repay her! She''s like a goddess to me!"

    Her roommate patted her shoulder: "Have you considered that maybe it was your own kindness that saved you? If you hadn''t offered your seat, you wouldn''t have received the note. Without the note, you might have obediently started the job, right? Then you''d have been caught up in the whole thing."

    "Yes, yes, you''re right. Kindness really does pay off. Now that I think about it, that pregnant sister was quite pretty."

    The girl''s name was Zhang Moxuan. She immediately posted about it on social media, and everyone said she had encountered a wise person.

    Zhang Moxuan didn''t expect to meet Chu Yang again. She had just left the college building when she saw a pregnant woman seemingly waiting for someone by the roadside. She nced at her without paying much attention, then looked again. Holy crap! Isn''t this the wise person?

    Zhang Moxuan immediately ran over. "H-hello."

    Chu Yang looked at the girl who suddenly appeared in front of her with burning eyes, although she didn''t seem to recognize her.

    Chu Yang looked at her quizzically.

    Zhang Moxuan pointed at herself, "It''s me! Once, you gave me a note on the school shuttle telling me not to take a job. I listened to you and didn''t go. Later, thatpany was busted by the police. It turned out to be a fraudpany!"

    Chu Yang thought for a moment, seeming to recall the incident. She smiled, "I''m d you''re alright."

    Zhang Moxuan blushed when she saw her smile. The big shot was really beautiful.

    Soon, a luxury car stopped in front of Chu Yang. A chauffeur got out and opened the car door for her. "Madam."

    Chu Yang smiled at Zhang Moxuan, "I have to go now. Goodbye."

    Zhang Moxuan snapped back to reality and grabbed a handful of candy from her bag to give to Chu Yang. "Big shot, thank you. Here''s some candy for you. My name is Zhang Moxuan."

    Chu Yang took the candy and got into the car. Looking at the familiar textbook in her hand, she said, "Thank you, junior. Goodbye."

    Zhang Moxuan waved excitedly as she watched the car leave. After it was gone, she cupped her face. The big shot was really beautiful and gentle, ah ah ah! Suddenly, she realized she had forgotten to ask for the big shot''s name. Waaah, she was too excited!

    Zhang Moxuan returned to her dorm room. "Girls, I met the big shot again! Ah ah ah ah! I saw her when I came out of the college building. Then she got into a luxury car and left. I gave her the candy from my bag and she didn''t mind. She''s so beautiful and gentle. Oh my god, today must be my lucky day."

    "How did you meet her? Did she say anything else to you?"

    Zhang Moxuan shook her head, "No. I forgot to ask for her name. Sigh, I was too excited."

    "Since you said you saw her at the college entrance, maybe she''s from our college too?"

    "You''re right! But... that''s not quite right. The big shot is pregnant. Can you attend school while pregnant?"

    "Maybe she''s a teacher."

    "Maybe, but I don''t think I''ve seen her before. And she looked quite young to me."

 Chapter 257: My Wife is Really Obedient

    <h4>Chapter 257</h4>

    Recently, there was a midterm exam, and Professor Li asked Chu Yang to help invigte, as it was a rtively easy task, so he assigned it to her.

    Chu Yang had no objections. When she walked into the ssroom with the exam papers, the students there thought she was a student too. However, they hadn''t seen her before, and she appeared to be pregnant. Zhang Moxuan was surprised to see such a prominent figure and was so excited she almost ran over to greet her.

    The ss monitor, being more experienced, recognized Chu Yang. She approached the front and said, "Hello, Senior Chu Yang."

    Chu Yang smiled at her, "Hello. I''m here to invigte today. Everyone, please take your seats. The exam is about to begin."

    The ss monitor was surprised and delighted, "Oh, Senior Chu Yang is invigting! Let me help you distribute the papers."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Alright, thank you."

    "No need to thank me."

    Chu Yang opened the exam papers and distributed them with the ss monitor''s help. Noticing some students still whispering, she immediately tapped on the desk, "No more talking, please. The exam has begun."

    Everyone immediately fell silent and started working on their papers.

    Chu Yang sat at the podium, watching. Simply observing like this was a bit boring, so she asionally walked around the room. Some students appeared to be top performers, writing non-stop, while others were scratching their heads, barely able to write anything.

    The examsted for an hour and a half and quickly came to an end.

    "Everyone, please pass your papers forward from the back," Chu Yang stood up to collect the exam papers.

    As Chu Yang was organizing the papers, someone asked the ss monitor, "Monitor, do you know today''s teacher?"

    The monitor shook her head, "She''s not a teacher, she''s a senior student, in her second year of graduate studies. Senior Chu Yang is the pride of our college and Professor Li''s student."

    "Ah, is Senior Chu Yang the one who won second ce in the National Chinese Literature Competition a few years ago? So it''s her!"

    "Senior is amazing. I can''t believe she''s pregnant."

    "I heard she got married right after graduating from her bachelor''s degree."

    Zhang Moxuan, who was nearby, overheard this. So the impressive senior was from her college! Zhang Moxuan approached the podium, "Hello, Senior. Do you remember me?"

    Chu Yang was putting the exam papers into a bag, preparing to leave. Hearing this, she looked up. Her memory was quite good, and it hadn''t been long since their previous encounter.

    "Ah, it''s you. Thank you for the candy."

    Zhang Moxuan waved her hands, "No, no, I should thank you. I had no idea you were from our college, Senior. I really want to thank you for before..."

    To prevent Zhang Moxuan from saying more, Chu Yang put her finger to her lips and made a "shh" sound, "It''s a secret."

    Zhang Moxuan immediately mimicked zipping her mouth, "I understand."

    Chu Yang smiled, "I have to go now. See you around."

    "Bye-bye, Senior."

    Chu Yang left with the exam papers.

    Someone who saw Zhang Moxuan talking to Chu Yang asked her after Chu Yang left, "Moxuan, you know the senior?"

    Zhang Moxuan looked proud, "I met her once before. The senior helped me out."

    Chu Yang dropped off the exam papers at the office and, seeing it was about time, decided to leave. She called Wen Yi directly: "Come pick me up." She had nothing else to do in the afternoon, so it was better to stay at home.

    "Alright."

    Back at home, Wen Yi first arranged for someone to check her pulse. "The baby is fine. It would be good for madam to maintain a certain amount of daily walking."

    "Okay, thank you."

    In the afternoon, Chu Yang sat in the shaded area of the garden, with snacks on a small table beside her. She was reading a book, with clouds driftingzily across the sky. It was very pleasant.

    After a while, two crows flew over and perched on the table. The servants, already ustomed to this, immediately brought over some food.

    The crows cawed twice, then buried their beaks in the tasty treats.

    After finishing their meal, they circled around Chu Yang, cawing.

    "You''re saying you''ve built your nest here? Where exactly?" Chu Yang asked.

    "Caw caw."

    "By theke? How''s the scenery there?" To be honest, Chu Yang hadn''t explored much of the surroundings despite living in the Chi Family Mansion for so long.

    The Chi Family Mansion upied roughly the top of a hill, and the entire estate was already quiterge. Fortunately, with many servants around, it didn''t feel empty. Surrounding the mansion werewns, forests,kes, and reportedly even a wine cer, though Chu Yang hadn''t seen it.

    "Caw caw."

    "The scenery is nice, huh? Do you like it?"

    "Caw caw." They liked it.

    "That''s good."

    Chu Yang stroked the heads of the two crows. Soon after, having eaten and drunk their fill, the crows flew away.

    In the evening, Chi Yan returned home. As soon as he entered, he changed his shoes, washed his hands, and then came over to press his ear against Chu Yang''s belly. "Has the baby been troubling you?"

    Chu Yang shook her head, "No. She''s been very good."

    "That''s good." Chi Yan lifted his head from her belly and gave Chu Yang a kiss. "Mom''s been working hard today."

    Chu Yang stroked his face, "Dad''s been working hard too. Work must have been tiring."

    Chi Yan smiled and hugged her. Just then, the housekeeper announced that dinner was ready.

    Chi Yan immediately helped Chu Yang up to go eat.

    At bedtime, Chi Yan took a book and read to Chu Yang''s belly. He had recently been reading books about prenatal care and learned that they could start prenatal education. So every night, Chi Yan would read little stories to the baby in Chu Yang''s belly.

    After finishing the story, it was almost time to sleep. However, looking at Chu Yang in themplight, Chi Yan found himself more and more enamored. He leaned in to kiss her once, then again and again. Because of Chu Yang''s pregnancy, Chi Yan had trouble getting used to sleeping arrangements at first. He used to sleep while hugging her, but now that wasn''t possible. There was a long body pillow between them, and not only that, he had been abstinent for a long time. Even when kissing Chu Yang, he didn''t dare to go too far, afraid he might lose control.

    But Chu Yang, worried he might suffer from the restraint, sometimes used special methods to help him.

    Tonight was simr. Chu Yang buried her head in his chest, her ears and cheeks flushed red from embarrassment...

    Outside, the wind rustled through the trees, its sound masking the noises from the room...

    In themplight, Chi Yan''s face looked like that of an alluring male spirit...

    Chu Yang kept her eyes closed, her eyshes fluttering. She didn''t dare to open her eyes and look.

    Seeing her like this, Chi Yan smiled and lowered his head to kiss her eyes. "Open your eyes and look at me, will you?"

    Chu Yang''s eyes moved slightly, and as soon as she opened them, she was drawn into Chi Yan''s gaze. His eyes, filled with deep affection and desire, looked at her, making her blush and her heart race. Before Chu Yang could close her eyes again, she was kissed. "Such a good wife."

    "..."

    After a while, Chi Yan helped her tidy up, then tidied himself. He kissed Chu Yang''s forehead, "Goodnight."

    "Goodnight."

    The next morning, Chi Yan got up quietly. As he was getting dressed, Chu Yang groggily sat up. Chi Yan walked over and kissed her, "I''m off to work, wife."

    Chu Yang''s eyes were still closed, "Mm-hmm. Take care."

    Stroking Chu Yang''s cheek, Chi Yan then left the room. Outside, his secretary had arrived early and was waiting.

 Chapter 258: Birth

    <h4>Chapter 258</h4>

    Chu Yang''s belly was getting bigger and bigger. At night, she would experience leg cramps and need to use the bathroom. Whenever Chu Yang stirred, Chi Yan, who slept next to her, would wake up.

    "Are you ufortable? Are you having cramps? Let me massage you."

    "Mm-hmm."

    As time went on, Chu Yang felt that Chi Yan was also getting tired. "Why don''t you sleep in the next room at night, and let the housekeeper stay with me? That way you won''t be so exhausted."

    Chi Yan, of course, refused. "No way. I won''t feel at ease if I''m not watching over you. I''m not tired, and the baby likes having daddy around too, right?" Chi Yan caressed Chu Yang''s belly and suddenly felt the baby move.

    Chi Yan looked up, delighted. "Just now... did the baby move?"

    Chu Yang smiled at his reaction. "Yes, she did. She''s saying hello to you."

    Chi Yan carefully put his head against her belly. "Baby, I''m your daddy."

    Then he felt another movement, which excited him even more. He kept talking, "Be a good baby, don''t bother mommy, okay?"

    In the spacious living room, the master of the house had his head pressed against his wife''s belly, speaking softly. The servants cleaning nearby became extra careful, feeling happy about the couple''s affection.

    As the due date approached, Chi Yan starteding home from work earlier. Every day at a certain time, he would grab his coat and leave the office.

    "The boss has been leaving so earlytely."

    "He seems to go home at noon every day too."

    "I think his wife is about to give birth."

    "Wow, does that mean we''ll soon have a young master or young miss?"

    Meanwhile, Chu''s Mom had arrived at the old house to keep Chu Yangpany.

    At this moment, Chu Yang was sitting in the living room, eating grapes. Chu''s Mom was crocheting small socks nearby. "Did your inws say when they''reing back?"

    Chu Yang: "Mom and Dad said they''ll be back tomorrow. They were supposed to return today, but they reached a crucial point in their research, so they dyed it by a day."

    "I see."

    Chu Yang ate a few grapes and suddenly felt some pain in her belly. This had been happeningtely, so she was used to it. She stood up, intending to wash her hands. Wen Yi immediately went to support her.

    Chu Yang suddenly paused. She was wearing a dress and looked down. Taking a deep breath, she said, "Mom, I think I''m going intobor."

    Chu''s Mom was startled for a moment, then quickly stood up. "Hurry, hurry! Call for a car!"

    In an instant, the butler rushed over and started directing everyone.

    Meanwhile, Chi Yan was in a meeting. A manager was giving a report, but Chi Yan seemed distracted and uneasy. He nced at his phone and sent Chu Yang a message, "What are you doing, honey?"

    Two minutes passed without a reply.

    Chi Yan sent another message, "Honey, I''ll be off work in an hour. What are we eating today?"

    Another two minutes passed, and Chu Yang still hadn''t replied.

    Chi Yan was getting worried and was about to ask the manager to pause so he could make a call when his phone rang. It was the butler. "Young master, the madam is going intobor."

    Chi Yan stood up abruptly with a loud noise, startling everyone. The reporting manager thought he had said something wrong and didn''t dare to breathe. "Bo... Boss, I..."

    Before the manager could finish, Chi Yan said, "Meeting adjourned. I have to leave for an urgent matter."

    With that, he left, and Qi Jie hurried after him. Everyone looked at each other in confusion. What big event had urred?

    Chi Yan quickly arrived at the hospital. Chu Yang was lying on the hospital bed. The doctor had just checked her. "She''s not fully dted yet. We''ll wait a bit longer."

    Chu Yang felt her belly tightening in waves, but she didn''t dare cry out loud. Chu''s Mom had brought some food. "Yang Yang, eat a little. Don''t shout, save your strength."

    She began feeding her daughter.

    Despite the pain in her belly, Chu Yang ate the food bite by bite.

    It was at this moment that Chi Yan burst in. "What''s wrong? Is Yang Yang okay?"

    Chu Yang took his hand. "It''s okay. I''m fine, don''t worry."

    Chi Yan sat by the bed, his forehead covered in sweat, looking very concerned. "Are you in a lot of pain? Is there anything I can do?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "It''s fine. Just stay with me."

    Chi Yan nodded. "Alright. I''m here with you. Don''t be afraid."

    Chu Yang''s belly tightened again, and she furrowed her brow.

    The doctor came to check again. "It''s time." Then they wheeled Chu Yang into the delivery room, while Chi Yan and the others had to wait outside.

    Soon, Chi Xin and Chi Jin arrived. Chi Yan kept pacing back and forth outside the delivery room, asionally peeking in even though he couldn''t see anything.

    Chu Luo arrived not long after. As for Chu''s Dad, he was still in their hometown. At that moment, he was sitting in the fields smoking. The sky was very blue. A viger passing by greeted him, "Old Chu, your vegetables are growing well!"

    Chu''s Dad stubbed out his cigarette and replied, "The weather''s been goodtely."

    "I heard your daughter married someone in Jing City. Why didn''t they bring you there? Where''s your wife?"

    "My daughter originally wanted us to go to Jing City, but we didn''t want to. If we left, who would take care of the crops? My daughter and son-inw love eating the peaches we grow here. What would they eat if we stopped growing them? My daughter is pregnant, so my wife went to Jing City to take care of her." Chu''s Dad couldn''t help but feel proud talking about his daughter.

    "Oh, she''s pregnant! That''s great. I hear pregnant women should eat a lot of chicken. When the baby''s born, remember to bring some hens over."

    "Don''t worry, her mom has been raising several hens already."

    As they were talking, Chu''s Dad''s phone rang. "Hello?"

    "What? She''s given birth! Oh my! I''ll pack up and head over right away!" Chu''s Dad said goodbye to the viger. "My daughter has given birth. I need to go prepare to visit her."

    "Hey, hey, congrattions!"

    "Haha, I''m a grandfather now." Chu''s Dad threw down his hoe and ran off, almost slipping and falling along the way.

    At the hospital in Jing City

    Chi Yan and the others waited anxiously. Chi Yan had messed up his hair, looking desperate, but the delivery room door remained closed.

    Two hourster, there was finally movement from the delivery room. A nurse came out carrying a baby. "Chu Yang''s family?"

    Chi Yan and the others quickly gathered around. "Here, here. I''m her husband. How''s my wife? Is she alright? Is everything okay?"

    "The maternal woman is doing well. It''s a girl. Please make sure you remember that."

    "Okay, okay."

    ...

    Not long after, an exhausted Chu Yang was wheeled out. Chi Yan quickly ran over. Seeing Chu Yang''s pale face as she slept, he finally felt relieved.

    He was on the verge of tears.

    ...Chu Yang felt like she had slept for a long time. When she opened her eyes, she saw a somewhat haggard Chi Yan. Seeing her awake, he finally smiled. "Yang Yang, honey, you''re finally awake."

    Chu Yang felt as if all the energy had been drained from her body, leaving herpletely exhausted.

    "Where''s the baby?"

    Chi Yan quickly pointed to the side. "Right here. The baby''s right here."

    Chu Yang looked and saw the tiny person sleeping next to her. She felt her heart melt. Her little treasure!

 Chapter 259: Postpartum Confinement

    <h4>Chapter 259</h4>

    "What the hell, the game is updating again? Didn''t it just updatest week?"

    "What''s going on? Is there a new dungeon?"

    "Since this game is updating, I''ll switch to another one. Damn! This game is updating too?"

    Before long, many people discovered that all the games under Chi Corporation were updating.

    "What''s happening, is it a bug?"

    "Did something happen to thepany?"

    "What''s going on? Why are so many games updating?"

    "A major update in the gaming industry, what''s the reason behind it?"

    Two hourster, all the game official ounts updated with new content: To celebrate our chairman bing a father, this game has prepared free gifts for all participants, everyone can log in to im them for free.

    Chi Corporation also posted on social media: To celebrate our chairman bing a father, we''re giving away 10,000 yuan to 100 lucky reposters, 50 Chi Family Technology product gifts, and 10 snack gift boxes.

    "Holy crap! Dad!"

    "Thanks, Dad. Congrattions, Dad!"

    "Congrattions, Dad!"

    "A little prince (or princess) born in Rome! Congrattions!"

    "Chairman Chi must be very happy, putting on such a big show."

    "Oh my god, there are not only gifts in the game, but fireworks keep going off. Wow, what a godlike father."

    "Congrattions to Chairman Chi."

    "My goodness, it''s like New Year''s in the game."

    "I noticed all the NPCs have be much friendlier."

    "Truly a godlike father."

    "Just don''t know if it''s a boy or a girl."

    ...

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang was already in the Postpartum Care Hospital, spending her days with the baby, getting massages from therapists, recovering, and eating various nutritious meals.

    Chi Yan woulde to apany her as soon as he got off work. When Chi Yan was at work, Chu''s Mom and Chi Yan''s Mother were always there, along with her father-inw. Sometimes Chi Xin would alsoe to see the baby. Chi''s Eldest Aunt and Great-Uncle, who were thousands of miles away, had prepared gifts.

    And Chu''s Dad, the moment he received the call, had ughtered all the hens at home and brought all sorts of food to Jing City.

    Chi Jiaran''s nickname was Jiu Jiu, taken from part of the character "ran."

    A group of people surrounded Jiu Jiu, constantly cooing at her.

    "Oh my, our Jiu Jiu is so cute."

    "Eyes like her mother, mouth like her father, she inherited her parents'' looks. Our Jiu Jiu will definitely be beautiful when she grows up."

    "Jiu Jiu, I''m your great-uncle."

    "I''m your maternal grandfather, you know."

    "Oh, she''s yawning, she must be tired."

    "Even her yawn is so adorable."

    ...

    During Chu Yang''s confinement period, Jin Yang and the others also came to visit. Seeing the adorable Jiu Jiu, everyone''s hearts melted. Wei Feng, Yuan Zhi, and the others even argued about who would be the godfather.

    "My wife is godmother number one, so I must be the godfather."

    "I should be the godfather, I calcted that Jiu Jiu and I have a connection."

    "You calcted? How did you calcte that?"

    "I calcted it by hand."

    "..."

    Besides Jin Yang and the others,dies like Madam Zhuang had also visited. Madam Zhuang had given birth to her child long ago, and she and her husband had moved out of the Zhuang family home.

    "Let me tell you, babies change every day. When she was just born, I said, ''Why is she so ugly?'' Then my mom hit me, saying she''s so beautiful, how could I say she''s ugly? I didn''t believe it, but surprisingly, she became beautiful two dayster."

    "It''s like that. When Jiu Jiu first came out, she looked like a little monkey, but everyone said she was beautiful."

    "My little one can already call mom and dad now, but she cries if she doesn''t see me for a day. She''s a bit clingy."

    "Jiu Jiu seems quite good so far, looks quite well-behaved."

    "She looks well-behaved to me too, and she looks like you, beautiful."

    ...

    After half a month of postpartum care, Chu Yang''s witch powers slowly began to recover, partly because one night Chi Yan kissed her when no one was paying attention, giving her some yang energy which helped her recover faster.

    Chu Yang stroked Jiu Jiu''s smooth little face, feeling that Jiu Jiu would definitely be an outstanding witch in the future.

    That night, Chu Yang was already asleep, and Chi Yan was sleeping on the couch in the room. There was also a nanny resting in the living room outside. Suddenly, a loud crying sound came.

    "Wah wah wah. Wah wah wah."

    Chi Yan instantly woke up and startedforting the baby, "What''s wrong, baby? Don''t cry, don''t cry."

    But Jiu Jiu was still wailing at the top of her lungs.

    The nanny quickly came in to help soothe the baby, and Chu Yang also woke up, "What''s wrong? What''s wrong with the baby? Is she hungry? Bring her to me."

    Chi Yan handed the baby to Chu Yang, "I checked, she hasn''t wet herself. I don''t know if she needs to use the bathroom."

    Chu Yang held the baby, trying tofort her, and even tried to breastfeed, but the child wouldn''t eat and kept crying, "Wah wah wah~"

    The nanny took her to the bathroom, but she didn''t poop either. She wouldn''t eat anything, and there didn''t seem to be anything wrong with her body. Chu Yang tried tofort her, but she wouldn''t stop.

    Chu Yang held her, "Something''s not right." In these days, she had gotten used to it. Jiu Jiu would only cry when she was hungry or needed a diaper change. Usually, she was very well-behaved, and even when ufortable, she would just whimper a bit, not wail like this.

    The nanny hesitated for a moment: "Could she have seen something?" It''s said that young children can often see things that adults can''t.

    However, when Chu Yang heard this, she thought that maybe Jiu Jiu had indeed seen something, just not quite the same as what the nanny meant.

    Was something about to happen?

    Chu Yang immediately released her witch power to take a look. Outside her room door, there were two sneaky figures who then entered the room next door and carried out a baby.

    There seemed to be another pregnant woman there, whom Chu Yang hadn''t met but had heard about in passing.

    Stealing a baby? Or swapping babies?

    Chu Yang''s eyes flew open instantly. She held Jiu Jiu''s little hand, "Don''t cry, don''t cry. Mommy sees it, baby, don''t worry."

    Jiu Jiu finally stopped crying, whimpering a bit, her little face still wet with tears, her mouth making "mm mm" sounds as if trying to say something, her little hand constantly grasping Chu Yang''s finger.

    Chi Yan came over, "What''s wrong?"

    Chu Yang whispered the situation in Chi Yan''s ear.

    Chi Yan tensed up, "I''ll handle it. You rest easy."

    "Mm."

    Chu Yang lulled Jiu Jiu to sleep, then asked the nanny to go rest. Chi Yan made a phone call to have peoplee over.

    Jiu Jiu quickly fell back asleep. Chu Yang tapped her forehead lightly, thinking her daughter''s abilities were even more impressive than she had imagined. She could already prophesy at such a young age. "Grow up well, my dear."

    At around 3 AM, when everyone was deep in sleep, two shadowy figures appeared in the corridor.

    "Will we be discovered?"

    "No, we won''t."

    "What if the child wakes up and cries?"

    "Don''t worry, I''ve prepared some drugs. One spray and they''ll fall asleep."

    "Alright."

    The two snuck into the room next to Chu Yang''s, and not long after, they came out, quietly closing the door. Their hearts were pounding; they couldn''t believe how smoothly it had gone. Just one more step...

    However, just as the two had closed the door and were about to sneak away... suddenly, the entire corridor lit up. The two found themselves surrounded by ck-suited bodyguards, both in front and behind.

    Their legs went weak... and they copsed to the ground.

 Chapter 260: Photography

    <h4>Chapter 260</h4>

    The next day, the pregnant woman from next door came over with her baby to express her gratitude.

    "I''m truly grateful to your husband. If it weren''t for your family''s bodyguard discovering it, my child would have been switched," the woman said, holding her baby tightly as she bowed to Chu Yang.

    She had given birth not long ago and seemed to have suffered during childbirth, so herplexion wasn''t very good. However, when she looked at her child, her gaze was very gentle. A mother''s strength was evident as she had directly pped those two people until their faces were swollen the night before. Chi Rou hadn''t expected that helping someone would lead to such ingratitude!

    Chu Yang invited her to sit down. After the incident was resolvedst night, Chi Yan had already told her about it. Originally, it was the pregnant woman''s rtives who wanted to switch their own child with hers. They were simply jealous that the pregnant woman''s child would be born into privilege, while their own child had nothing.

    "As a mother myself, such people are truly despicable. Fortunately, they didn''t seed," Chu Yang said.

    Chi Rou smiled at Chu Yang, then looked at her own child. "Yes, fortunately. Actually, even if they had switched them, I would have known. How could I not recognize my own child? I''ve memorized every detail of his appearance these past few days."

    Chu Yang also looked at Jiu Jiu, "Indeed."

    Jiu Jiu opened her round, big eyes and kept staring at Chu Yang. When Chu Yang reached out her hand, Jiu Jiu tightly grasped her finger.

    Chi Rou looked at the little bundle next to Chu Yang, "Is this your son or daughter?"

    Chu Yang: "It''s a girl. Our Jiu Jiu is a girl. Isn''t that right?"

    Jiu Jiu: "Meh, bobobo"

    Chi Rou nced at her, "She looks a lot like you, very pretty."

    Chu Yang looked at the baby in her arms, "Your son''s nose looks like yours."

    Chi Rou smiled, "Yes, just the nose is like mine, everything else is like his father."

    The two chatted for a while, then Chi Yan came over. Chi Rou nced at Chi Yan, thanked him again, and then left without further disturbing them.

    Chi Yan sat down next to Chu Yang, "Afterst night''s incident, I think we should arrange some bodyguards for Jiu Jiu in the future. I''ve had a bracelet custom-made for her with a tracking device inside." It''s better to be safe than sorry.

    Chu Yang had no objections, "Alright."

    Everything was peaceful after that. After a month of postpartum confinement, although people came to keep herpany every day, Chu Yang still felt it was more than enough.

    On the second day after her confinement ended, the Chi Family held Jiu Jiu''s full-month celebration.

    They invited some good friends and business partners with whom they had good rtionships.

    Chu Yang held Jiu Jiu while standing among the crowd. People came over one by one, first presenting gifts, thening to see the baby.

    "Oh my, she''s so adorable."

    "Her little chubby face shows she''s blessed with good fortune."

    "What''s her name?"

    Chu Yang: "Her formal name is Chi Jiaran, and her nickname is Jiu Jiu. The name was chosen by her great-grandfather earlier."

    "What a beautiful name. She looks just like you, Mrs. Chi. She''ll surely grow up to be a great beauty like you."

    "Thank you for your kind words."

    After the party ended, Chu Yang looked at the room full of gifts, "Let''s keep all these gifts safe for Jiu Jiu."

    Chi Yan hugged her, "Mm, I''ve already had a room prepared specifically for storing her gifts."

    "Mm."

    After Chu Yang''s confinement ended, Chu''s Mom went back home, and as for Chu''s Dad, he had already returned earlier as the crops at home couldn''t be left unattended.

    With a nanny and Zhao Yun taking care of the child at home, Chu Yang went back to school. She still had her studies toplete, and because of giving birth, she had fallen behind a bit, so Chu Yang became busy catching up.

    Sometimes Wen Yi would bring the nanny and the child to the school for her to see, and if the baby cried too much, they woulde directly. However, Jiu Jiu generally didn''t cry too much; she was a well-behaved child.

    One day, as soon as Chu Yang returned home, she asked, "Where''s Jiu Jiu? How was she today? Did she cry?"

    Butler Uncle smiled and said, "The young miss is in her room. Young Master Chu Luo hase to visit."

    "Chu Luo is here? I''ll go take a look." Saying this, Chu Yang went upstairs to the room. As soon as she entered, she saw Chu Luo holding toys and ying with Jiu Jiu, "Jiu Jiu, I''m your uncle, you''re Jiu Jiu, I''m uncle, you know? Jiu Jiu, uncle, Jiu Jiu, uncle!"

    Chu Yang: ...

    Hearing the sound, Chu Luo turned his head to look. Seeing it was Chu Yang, he put down the toy in his hand, "Sis."

    Chu Yang walked over, "Mm. Why did youe?"

    Chu Luo: "I''m on break and came to see Jiu Jiu. I bought her some small toys."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Mm. Stay for dinnerter."

    "Mm."

    Soon after, Chi Yan also returned home. As soon as he got home, he first gave Chu Yang a hug, then kissed her cheek, and then picked up Jiu Jiu, "Did you miss daddy? Mwah! My Jiu Jiu is so well-behaved."

    Chi Yan held the baby very skillfully, even taking toys to amuse her.

    ...

    Finally, on the weekend when they had some free time, Chu Yang sat in the courtyard holding Jiu Jiu. Today they had arranged for a photographer to take family photos, and even Chi Jin hade. Everyone wanted to take photos with Jiu Jiu.

    First were photos of the family of three: Chu Yang, Chi Yan, and Jiu Jiu. Chu Yang wore a custom-made white cheongsam, Chi Yan wore a Zhongshan suit, and Jiu Jiu was dressed adorably, held by Chi Yan.

    With a "click," the photo of the family of three was taken.

    Then Zhao Yun and Chi Feng came over to take a photo of the family of five, and then everyone came over to take a group photo, including Butler Uncle and Wen Yi.

    After that, they took variousbinations of photos.

    Chi Xin quickly scooped up Jiu Jiu, "Come here, let me take a photo with Jiu Jiu first. Jiu Jiu, let''s take a photo with Great-uncle!"

    Chi Xin held Jiu Jiu, standing under a tree, grinning so wide his gums showed.

    Jiu Jiu''s round eyes stared straight ahead, her hands obediently ced on her chest.

    Chi Xin held her and took several photos before Chi Feng took her back, "It''s Grandpa''s turn now. Jiu Jiu, let''s take a photo with Grandpa, okay? Jiu Jiu, give us a smile."

    Everyone in the courtyard was happily taking photos, passing Jiu Jiu around, but she remained well-behaved throughout, her eyes sometimes wandering, seemingly curious about everything.

    Suddenly, a flock of crows appeared in the distance, cawing as theynded on the surrounding wall. One of them cawed twice at Chu Yang.

    When Jiu Jiu saw the crows, she seemed very excited, her eyes fixed on them, her mouth babbling, "Ababa ababa, bobobo..."

    If this were any other family, they would have chased away the flock of crows long ago, but everyone remained calm. Chu Yang held Jiu Jiu and stood at the base of the wall, with the flock of crows behind them, and instructed the photographer to take a picture.

    With a "click," the moment was captured. In the photo, Chu Yang held Jiu Jiu, with a flock of crows standing behind them. It wasn''t scary at all; the crows in the background looked like a group of warriors, each crow striking a different pose, as if protecting these two females.

    After the photo was taken, not long after, the crows cawed twice more, "Caw caw," and then flew away.

    Once the photo shoot was over, Chi Yan and Chu Yang selected several photos to frame and hang in their room.

 Chapter 261: Human Trafficker

    <h4>Chapter 261</h4>

    Time flew by, and Chu Yang was about to graduate. She sessfully passed her thesis defense.

    During the graduation photo shoot, Chu Yang smiled while holding a bouquet of flowers. Beside her, Chi Yan was holding Jiujiu. Even the photographer was envious, thinking, "This is what it means to be a winner in life! Graduating with a husband and child already! And such a handsome husband and cute child at that!"

    In the evening, after Jiujiu had fallen asleep, Chi Yan carried Chu Yang back to her dormitory. "Want toe work at thepany? Keep mepany," he suggested.

    Chu Yang wrapped her arms around his neck. "What position?"

    Chi Yan replied, "Be my personal secretary. Just follow me around every day."

    Chu Yang immediately knew he was up to no good. She pinched his earlobe and asked, "How much is the sry?"

    "As much as you want," Chi Yan said. He ced her on the bed and leaned over her, propping himself up on his elbow. He moved close to Chu Yang''s face and gently brushed her hair with his free hand. "How about it?"

    Chu Yang tried to push him away but couldn''t budge him. "No. I''ve already applied for a position at the university library."

    Hearing this, Chi Yan knew the personal secretary idea was impossible. "I''m sure you''ll get it."

    "We''ll see. So you''ll have to find someone else to be your personal secretary."

    Chi Yan kissed her lightly. "I won''t look for anyone else. Only you can be my personal secretary."

    Chu Yang smiled sweetly. "You''re so obedient."

    Chi Yan hummed in agreement, then pointed at his lips, indicating he wanted a reward.

    Chu Yang leaned in to kiss him, but then Chi Yan pressed her down and kissed her passionately. Since having the baby, they had rarely been intimate, and with Chu Yang''s postpartum recovery period, Chi Yan had abstained for a long time. Today, he couldn''t hold back anymore.

    He was hungry.

    Devouring her hungrily.

    A small piece of torn fabric flew out from under the nket with a "rip" sound.

    "Baby, kiss me."

    "Darling, look at me."

    "Honey, slower or faster?"

    "Sweetheart, how about a massage?"

    "Yang Yang, baby, let''s go another round."

    Night fell, and animals came out to forage. A little rabbit cautiously poked its head out of its burrow, only to be instantly snatched away by the Wolf King.

    The Wolf King didn''t devour the rabbit immediately. Instead, he first marked the rabbit with his scent, signifying that this was his prey and no one else could touch it.

    Afterward, the Wolf King kept the rabbit in his den, constantly grooming its fur.

    The room was dimly lit, casting long shadows on the walls. The shadows danced from the east wall to the south wall. The sound of furniture being dragged across the floor echoed with a "scrape," but the two people in the room seemed oblivious, lost in their passionate encounter.

    Chu Yang was awakened by a small hand touching her face. As she opened her eyes, she saw Jiujiu lying next to her, tiny hands exploring her features. Chu Yang gently grasped the little hands. "Good morning, Jiujiu."

    Chi Yan, lying beside them, chuckled. "It''s already noon, you know."

    Chu Yang shot him a re. Whose fault was that?

    She quickly sat up and kissed Jiujiu. "Mommy''s going to freshen up first, then I''lle y with you, baby."

    Today, Chi Yan didn''t have to go to work, so the three of them nned to go out for a stroll.

    After preparing the stroller, bottles, toys, diapers, and other essentials, the family of three set out.

    They went to a nearby park. Chi Yan pushed the stroller with Jiujiu seated inside, while Chu Yang walked alongside them, filming with a video camera. "Look here, baby!"

    "Oh my, the baby''s smiling!"

    The family of three was strikingly attractive, and passersby would asionally pause to admire them. When they grew tired, they sat down on a park bench to rest. Chi Yan took out some fruit from their bag, first feeding a piece to Chu Yang before eating one himself. When no one was looking, he stole a quick kiss from Chu Yang.

    A young woman in the distance noticed this and grabbed her boyfriend''s hand excitedly. "Ahh! Did you see that? They''re so sweet! And that couple is so good-looking!"

    Her boyfriend smiled and held her hand. "We''ll be like that in the future too."

    The girl blushed at his words and mumbled a shy agreement.

    As Chu Yang and Chi Yan sat resting, asionally ying with Jiujiu, an elderly woman approached them. She looked at Jiujiu in the stroller, her eyes lighting up. "Oh my, your child is so adorable! Can I hold her?" she asked, already reaching out.

    If it had been anyone else, they might have allowed it, but Chu Yang immediately grabbed the woman''s hand. "What are you doing?"

    The old woman insisted, "Oh, I just want to hold her for a moment."

    Chi Yan made a gesture, and suddenly several men in ck suits appeared and seized the old woman.

    The young couple from earlier noticed themotion. "What''s going on? What happened?"

    "Who are those men in ck?"

    Chu Yang held onto the old woman''s hand tightly and said to Chi Yan, "Call the police."

    Hearing this, the old woman suddenly became flustered. "Oh my, I just wanted to hold the baby. If you don''t want me to, that''s fine. What kind of people are you? Let me go, I need to leave. I still have to buy groceries."

    But Chu Yang didn''t release her, and two bodyguards firmly held the woman in ce.

    The old woman started to make a scene. "What are you doing? Assaulting an olddy in broad daylight! Help! Help!"

    People nearby, hearing themotion, gathered around to watch.

    However, no one dared to intervene, only whispering among themselves.

    Chi Yan had already tightly embraced Jiujiu, with one hand holding Chu Yang''s tofort her.

    Seeing people gathering, the old woman continued to shout, "Let me go! Let me go! They''re beating an olddy! Oh, my heart hurts!" She pretended to copse.

    But the bodyguards held her firmly, refusing to let go. The old woman became even more panicked, looking at the crowd around her. "Help! Help me!"

    Someone in the crowd wanted to step forward to say something, but was pulled back by the person next to them, who shook their head. It was clear that this couple was not ordinary people, and no one wanted to get involved without knowing the full story.

    Soon, the police arrived.

    As it happened, the police officer who came recognized Chi Yan. He immediately asked, "Mr. Chi, Mrs. Chi, what''s the matter?"

    Chu Yang looked at the old woman and said, "I suspect this person is a child trafficker. And there are probably aplices nearby."

    Hearing this, the police officer immediately became serious. "Take her in!"

    The onlookers, upon hearing this, felt a chill run down their spines. They were relieved they hadn''t intervened earlier, or they might have been mistaken for aplices.

    The old woman became even more frantic. "What are you talking about? I just live nearby. What child trafficker? Let me go, I still need to buy groceries!"

    But no matter what she said, the police didn''t release her. "We''ll take her in for questioning!"

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang also went to the station to give their statements.

    After finishing their statements, Chi Yan and Chu Yang returned home.

    They never expected such an incident during a simple walk in the park. For a while after this, Chu Yang didn''t take Jiujiu out. When they wanted fresh air, they would walk around the grounds of the old family mansion. After all, the surrounding two kilometers belonged to the Chi family, so there was no chance of encountering any dangerous individuals.

    The only encounters during their walks were with the crows, which would often fly over to greet them.

    They would caw "Ya ya ya ya."

    At such times, Jiujiu would be very excited, babbling iprehensibly in response.

 Chapter 262: Going to Work

    <h4>Chapter 262</h4>

    The results of the library interview came out quickly, and Chu Yang was set to start work next week.

    To celebrate Chu Yang''s new job, Chi Yan instructed the family chef to prepare delicious food, bought a small cake, and even got Chu Yang a gift.

    Chu Yang smiled and pinched his cheek. "What''s there to celebrate?"

    Chi Yan took her hand and kissed it. "We must celebrate mommy finding a good job." He then looked at Jiujiu, "Right, Jiujiu?"

    Jiujiu babbled, "Aba aba."

    Chu Yang''s job was quite rxed - nine to five and rtively leisurely.

    However, little Jiujiu at home threw tantrums after not seeing her parents during the day for several days, crying and fussing.

    Zhao Yun tried tofort her but to no avail.

    "Do you miss mommy and daddy?"

    "Oh, don''t cry, don''t cry. I''ll take you to see daddy." Zhao Yun instructed someone to prepare things, then headed straight for Chi Corporation.

    The staff at Chi Corporation recognized Zhao Yun, though she rarely visited.

    Zhao Yun carried the baby into the first-floor lobby, then took the elevator directly to the top floor.

    People nearby noticed the baby Zhao Yun was carrying.

    "That must be the little princess."

    "My goodness, she''s so adorable!"

    "The little princess hase to thepany."

    Soon, everyone knew the little princess had arrived at thepany. Many knew that the boss''s wife had given birth to a daughter, but no one had seen her before. Neither Chi Yan nor Chu Yang had posted photos of the child on their social media, and there were certainly no photos online.

    "I saw her, she''s super cute!"

    "She was waving her little hands."

    "She looks a lot like the boss."

    "I think she looks more like his wife."

    Meanwhile, Qi Jie was reporting something to Chi Yan, who was signing documents with a pen, asionally looking up to speak with Qi Jie.

    A momentter, there was a knock, and the secretary opened the door. "Boss, the elder Mrs. Chi has brought the young miss."

    Chi Yan stood up immediately. "I''ll be right there."

    Chi Yan walked to the rest area, and as soon as Jiujiu saw him, she reached out her arms, babbling, "Aba aba."

    "Mom, why did youe?"

    Zhao Yun looked at the well-behaved Jiujiu. "She''s been crying all day. I figured she must miss you two. I didn''t want to disturb Yang, so I came to find you."

    Chi Yan noticed tears still clinging to Jiujiu''s eyes and gently wiped them away. "Did baby miss daddy? In a bit, we''ll go pick up mommy from work, okay?"

    Jiujiu buried her face in Chi Yan''s chest.

    From then on, everyone who entered Chi Yan''s office saw a small crib next to the boss, with a baby lying in it. When someone came in, she would look at them, melting hearts.

    "Ah! I saw the little princess. Her chubby cheeks are so cute!"

    "She even looked at me. Aww, it makes me want to have a daughter too."

    "Wah, I want to see her too. How can I get to see the little princess?"

    "Just pretend you have something to report, and you can see her."

    "But what if my position doesn''t allow me to reach the top floor?"

    ...

    At 4 PM, Chi Yan left early. The elevator went straight to the first floor, where the receptionist watched the handsome and dignified big boss carrying a baby, tenderly saying, "Baby, let''s go pick up mommy, okay?"

    The receptionists sped hands tightly. "The CEO as a dad is so handsome! Ahh!"

    "Another day of envying the boss''s wife."

    "What kind of good deeds does it take to get such a husband and child? She''s won at life!"

    "Maybe she saved the entire world in her past life."

    (Chu Yang: Well, she didn''t save the world, just some people.)

    By 5 PM, everyone in the office was preparing to leave.

    At 5 o''clock sharp, only Chu Yang remained in the office.

    She tidied up, turned off the lights, locked the door, and walked out of the library.

    A luxury car was parked at the main entrance of the library, catching the eye of passersby.

    As soon as Chu Yang came down the stairs, the car door opened. A man in a suit stepped out, tall and well-built, carrying a baby.

    Suddenly, a woman in front paused, then quickly ran over, embracing the man and kissing the baby.

    "Why are you here?"

    "The baby and I missed you, so we came to pick you up. You just kissed the baby, but not me," Chi Yanined.

    Chu Yang smiled and kissed his cheek. "Let''s go home."

    "Mm-hmm."

    The woman, man, and baby got into the car, which quickly drove away.

    For several days after, Chi Yan and the baby came to pick up Chu Yang. The library was always bustling with people, and soon everyone knew that every afternoon, a luxury car would arrive, and a handsome man carrying a baby woulde to pick up a woman.

    "I know, I know! That''s our senior. The handsome man is her husband, and the baby is their child."

    "It''s Senior Chu Yang. She got married right after graduating, then got pregnant and had a baby. She''s already at the peak of life after finishing her master''s degree. Now she works at the library."

    "Our senior is super beautiful and capable."

    "I passed by once and heard the man say to our senior, ''Give me a kiss,'' in a coquettish tone. My goodness, his voice was so charming! Ah! I''m so envious!"

    "I know, the man is the CEO of Chi Corporation. Wah, it''s like a fairy tale romance!"

    ...

    Due to the discussions Chi Yan''s presence sparked, Chu Yang subsequently asked him not to pick her up, or at least not at the library entrance. He could only wait outside the campus and shouldn''t get out of the car to be seen - it was too showy.

    After that, people no longer saw the scene of the handsome man carrying a baby to pick up the woman.

    As a famous and sessful entrepreneur, Chi Yan often received interview requests and invitations to give speeches at schools. He had epted a couple of interviews and given some speeches, but not frequently.

    As a businessman, apart from attending some necessary public events, he rarely made appearances, despite being quite famous nationwide. After all, Chi Corporation''s products were ubiquitous in people''s daily lives, not to mention its status in the gaming industry. Every young gamer had probably yed games developed by Chi Corporation, whetherrge-scale games or small mobile games.

    Today, B University had invited Chi Yan to give a speech. As his alma mater, Chi Yan was happy to oblige.

    After the speech, it was time for questions.

    Unexpectedly, while the initial questions were quite professional, theyter turned rather gossipy.

    "Mr. Chi, we heard that you and your wife have been together since university and are still very much in love. How do you maintain such a good rtionship?"

    Chi Yan answered without hesitation, "Because I want to keep our rtionship in the honeymoon phase." As long as he wanted to, he could make it happen.

    "Wow!"

    "Do you think your wife has been helpful in your career?"

    Chi Yan replied, "Her mere existence is the best help for me." In his life, he had faced confusion, helplessness, and difficulties, but as long as Yang was by his side, he feared nothing.

 Chapter 263: Speaking

    <h4>Chapter 263</h4>

    The first word Jiujiu spoke wasn''t "papa" or "mama," but rather "caw-caw" as she pointed at the crows on the wall.

    At first, Chu Yang thought she was just making random sounds. But then Jiujiu pointed at the wall again and repeated, "Caw-caw."

    Delighted, Chu Yang picked her up. "Is my baby talking? Those are crows, sweetie. Caw-caw!"

    "Caw-caw," Jiujiu echoed.

    "That''s right, caw-caw."

    Chu Yang then pointed to herself. "Mama."

    Jiujiu tried, "Ma."

    Chu Yang was so moved she nearly cried. "Yes, mama!"

    For the rest of the day, Chu Yang practiced speaking with Jiujiu, teaching her to say mama, papa, grandpa, uncle, and other family terms.

    That evening when Chi Yan returned home, Chu Yang rushed over with Jiujiu in her arms. "I have a surprise for you!"

    Chi Yan embraced them both, all his fatigue instantly melting away. "What surprise?"

    "Come on, baby, say ''papa'' for me."

    Jiujiu reached for Chi Yan. "Pa-pa."

    Chi Yan was overjoyed. He immediately scooped up Jiujiu, eximing, "Oh! Hahaha, my daughter called me!" He spun around with her a few times, then looked at his little one, hoping she''d say it again. "Papa. Come on, say it once more."

    "Papa."

    "Yes!"

    "Pa-pa."

    "Yes! Hahaha!"

    Chi Yan was grinning like a fool.

    That night, when Chi Xin came home and learned that Jiujiu could say papa and mama, he was thrilled. He tried teaching her to say "grandpa," but it seemed a bit too difficult for her at the moment.

    Chu Yang reassured him, "Don''t worry, I''ll keep working on it with her tomorrow."

    Two weekster, Jiujiu could not only say papa and mama, but also grandpa, grandma, uncle, and other family terms. Her little voice, sweet as milk, melted everyone''s hearts.

    However, Jiujiu''s favorite word remained "caw-caw." The nanny would take her for walks in the garden every day, and crows often perched on the nearby wall. Whenever Jiujiu spotted them, she''d point and exim, "Caw-caw!"

    The nanny would respond, "Yes, caw-caw!"

    The crows on the wall would caw back, and Jiujiu would p her hands in delight.

    Chu Yang never expected to run into Li Qinglu at a social gathering with Chi Yan. The once vibrant and confident woman now lookedpletely different. Herplexion seemed poor, hidden under thick makeup, and her face looked unnatural, likely due to stic surgery. The man she clung to appeared impatient, but Li Qinglu didn''t dare say anything, struggling to maintain a smile.

    As the man brought Li Qinglu over to greet Chi Yan, her face turned pale. "What are you staring at? This is Mrs. Chi. Hurry up and say hello," he snapped.

    Li Qinglu forced out a stiff smile. "H-hello, Mrs. Chi." As soon as the words left her mouth, her eyes began to redden.

    Chu Yang merely nodded, saying nothing.

    Meanwhile, the man beside her, now her husband, was fawning over Chi Yan. "Mr. Chi, I have a project..."

    Chi Yan, uninterested in what he was saying, replied politely, "If you have any business proposals, please contact my assistant."

    "Of course, of course."

    Chi Yan quickly led Chu Yang away, sensing her difort with the couple. Noticing that Chu Yang seemed lost in thought, Chi Yan guided her to a nearby sofa. As he held her hand, he realized it was cold. The weather was chilly, and although the room had heating, Chu Yang was only wearing a dress.

    Chi Yan immediately took off his jacket and draped it over her shoulders. "I''m sorry, are you cold?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "It''s fine. I''m not cold."

    "What''s wrong? Talk to me."

    Chu Yang sighed, "I was just thinking... that woman we just met, don''t you recognize her?"

    Chi Yan looked puzzled. "Who? I don''t recognize any woman."

    Chu Yang smiled slightly. "No, I mean Mrs. Wang we just met. She''s Li Qinglu, someone I knew in college. Do you remember Gu Xiao? They used to be a couple. It''s strange how things have changed."

    Upon hearing this, Chi Yan recalled, "Oh, you mean that self-righteous girl who framed you, got her friends to iste you and spread rumors about you with her boyfriend?"

    Chu Yang couldn''t help butugh at his description. "Why do you put it that way?"

    Chi Yan pulled her close. "Because that''s exactly what happened. Thinking back to when we first met, it seems like she was always the one leading others to bully you. It''s infuriating to remember. Her current situation is her own doing, the result of her own choices. It has nothing to do with us."

    Chu Yang fiddled with his cuff links. "You''re right." ording to the original plot, if Li Qinglu and Gu Xiao had stayed together, they would have had a happy ending. It was unclear why Gu Xiao had disappeared, and Li Qinglu had ended up marrying someone from Jing City who hadn''t even appeared in the original story.

    When Chu Yang went to the restroom, she encountered Li Qinglu again. She had no intention of acknowledging her, but as she washed her hands, Li Qinglu red at her resentfully. "Are you feeling smug?" she spat. Chu Yang had married into a wealthy family, had a handsome and devoted husband, and even had a child. In contrast, while Li Qinglu had also married into money, her family wasn''t as prominent as Chu Yang''s. Moreover, she suspected her husband was having an affair, and she had recently suffered a miscarriage while trying to catch him in the act.

    Chu Yang dried her hands with a paper towel, responding nonchntly, "Yes, I am quite pleased." Of course she was. "If you''re jealous, that''s not my problem."

    With that, Chu Yang left the restroom. Outside, Chi Yan was leaning against the wall waiting for her. As soon as she emerged, he wrapped an arm around her waist. "Mother says Jiujiu is missing us. Shall we head home?"

    "Mm-hmm."

    Back in the restroom, Li Qinglu''s nails had dug so deeply into her palms that they drew blood, but she didn''t care. She stared at her reflection in the mirror, a picture of jealousy and ugliness. How had she ended up like this?

    Tears streamed down Li Qinglu''s face as she took out her phone and dialed a familiar number.

    "Hello?" A woman''s voice answered.

    Li Qinglu immediately hung up. She crouched down, hugging her knees as she sobbed. There was no going back now.

    That night, after Chu Yang finished telling Jiujiu a bedtime story, the little girl fell asleep. Chu Yang tucked her in and was about to go to bed herself when Chi Yan beat her to it. He scooped her up and carried her to their bedroom, gently cing her on the bed. "Darling, I want to hear a story too," he said with a boyish grin.

    Chu Yang thought to herself: He''s bing more childish by the day.

    "Alright, I''ll tell you a story," she conceded.

    "Once upon a time, there was a girl who read a novel. One day, she had an ident and found herself transported into the world of that novel. In the story, she was just a supporting character, meant to highlight the main couple''s story, and was destined to meet a tragic end. To avoid her ill-fated demise, she decided not to get involved with the main characters'' affairs at all..."

 Chapter 264: Telling Stories

    <h4>Chapter 264</h4>

    "But she didn''t expect that they would still pursue her relentlessly, so she finally exploded and had a falling out with the main couple. Afterwards, she met a boy who often helped her when the main couple appeared, frequently bought her delicious food, and invited her out to eat..."

    As Chu Yang spoke, Chi Yan''s eyes grew brighter. "What happened next? What happened next?"

    Chu Yang nced at him. "Well, after that... the boy confessed his feelings to the girl..."

    Chi Yan grabbed Chu Yang''s hand. "No, no, it was the girl who asked him if he liked her."

    Chu Yang said mischievously, "So did he like her or not?"

    Chi Yan kissed her nose. "He liked her, he liked her very much. He was extremely nervous at the time. When he went home, he was walking all jittery. He was thinking, what if the girl rejected him? He would probably die of heartbreak..."

    Chu Yang interjected, "Who''s telling the story here, you or me?"

    Chi Yan immediately looked at her obediently. "You are. Please continue."

    Chu Yang went on, "Later, the boy and girl became a couple and lived happily together. The end."

    Chi Yan was unsatisfied. "That''s how it ends?"

    Chu Yang asked, "What else?"

    Chi Yan replied, "It should be that the boy and girl became a couple, and the boy loved the girl so much that he wanted to be with her all the time. But they weren''t in the same school, so the boy often went to visit the girl... After graduation, they got married and had an adorable baby." As Chi Yan spoke, he moved closer to Chu Yang until their noses were touching. "Isn''t that right?"

    Chu Yang looked into his eyes. "Yes, yes, that''s right."

    Chi Yan smiled and kissed her. "That''s wonderful."

    They kissed for a while, then Chi Yan stroked her head. "Can I tell you a story too?"

    Chu Yang hugged him. "Mm-hmm. Go ahead."

    "One day, a boy had an ident. He survived, but his injuries were so severe that he had to take a break from school. After he woke up, he worked hard on rehabilitation and finally returned to school. But after waking up from his injury, he always remembered that he had a girlfriend. However, everyone else said he was hallucinating due to his injury, that he didn''t have a girlfriend. Not only that, he didn''t even have any female friends."

    "The boy didn''t believe it. He always remembered having a girlfriend whom he loved very much. So he worked hard on his rehabilitation to regain his health, and then he kept searching for her. He searched and searched, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn''t find her..."

    Chu Yang''s eyes reddened. "What happened next? Did he find her?"

    Chi Yan replied, "He found her! In the end, he finally found her, and they lived happily together. She''s in his arms right now."

    Chu Yang yfully hit his chest andughed.

    Chi Yan lowered his head to kiss her. "Because he finally found her, he can never let go again."

    With that, he held the person beneath him captive and began his advance...

    They had stayed upte telling storiesst night, so both of them overslept in the morning. They only woke up when they heard Jiujiu calling for "Mama" and "Papa" outside.

    Chu Yang sat up quickly. "I heard Jiujiu''s voice."

    Chu Yang quickly got dressed and went out to bring Jiujiu in. Jiujiu was calling out, "Mama, Mama."

    Chu Yang put Jiujiu on the bed, and Jiujiu immediately crawled onto Chi Yan, starting to pat his head. "Papa, Papa..."

    Chi Yan opened his eyes and picked up Jiujiu, lifting her high. "My little darling."

    Jiujiu giggled as she was lifted up. Chu Yang watched them both and smiled, feeling that life was perfect at that moment.

    ...

    At 30 years old, Chi Yan had be even more mature and charming. He parked his car in front of A University, rolled down the window, and kept watching the school gate, clearly waiting for someone.

    Passersby who happened to nce into the car window were instantly captivated by the man inside.

    Some gathered the courage to approach and ask for his WeChat, but they quickly left disappointed. They noticed a bouquet of flowers on the passenger seat, and more importantly, a wedding ring on his ring finger. He was clearly married.

    Everyone wondered whose husband he was.

    The security guard at the school gate knew Chu Yang. When she came out, he said to her, "Mrs. Chu, your husband is waiting for you over there."

    Chu Yang smiled at the guard. "Thank you. I know."

    Chu Yang walked out of the school gate. Today she was wearing a pink floral dress with a light jacket over it, carrying a custom white handbag. Her hair was loosely tied up. She looked youthful yet mature: no one would have guessed she was already a mother of two.

    She worked in the library, and many people thought she was a college student.

    When Chi Yan saw hering out, he immediately got out of the car with the flowers and handed them to her as she approached. "Happy birthday, darling."

    Yes, today was Chu Yang''s birthday. He hadn''t brought a driver today, wanting to spend the evening alone with his wife. As for their daughter and son, they were to stay obediently at home and not disturb them.

    Chu Yang took the flowers and kissed his cheek. "Thank you, honey."

    Chi Yan opened the door for her to get in, then got in himself and drove away.

    A handsome man, a beautiful woman, roses, both wearing rings: clearly a married couple.

    Today, Chi Yan had booked a high-end hotel, arranged a candlelit dinner, filled the room with flowers and gifts, and from the hotel, they could see the entire night view of Jing City.

    After the candlelit dinner came the gift-opening, though it turned into Chu Yang being unwrapped like a gift and devoured by Chi Yan...

    After cleaning up, they both wore bathrobes and stood on the balcony, each holding a ss of red wine. Chu Yang leaned against Chi Yan''s chest as they clinked sses. She tilted her head back to take a sip of wine, but didn''t swallow. Instead, she grabbed Chi Yan''s tie, pulled him down, and kissed him, passing the wine...

    Meanwhile, at home, Chi Jiaran, who was already in kindergarten, was concentrating on her homework. Two-and-a-half-year-old Chi Jiaran toddled in, came up to his sister, and called out, "Sister, sister."

    Chi Jiaran put down her pen, picked up her brother, and sat him on a chair next to her. "What is it?"

    Chi Jiaran said, "Mama." He wanted his mother. He missed her.

    Chi Jiaran knew their parents had said they wouldn''t being home tonight, so she could onlyfort her brother. "Let''s go to sleep first. When we wake up, we''ll see Mama and Papa."

    Chi Jiaran''s lips quivered, about to cry. Chi Jiaran quickly said, "No crying! You''re a boy, you can''t cry. If you cry, you''re not a brave boy. I won''t y with you anymore."

    Chi Jiaran''s tears were on the verge of falling, but he didn''t dare cry. He wiped his eyes with his hands, sniffled, and said, "I... I won''t cry. Want to y together."

    "Be good and go to sleep. Mama and Papa will be back tomorrow, okay?"

    "Okay."

 Chapter 265: I Really Like Mom

    <h4>Chapter 265</h4>

    In the small study, Chu Yang was exining to Jiujiu about witches and some prophecies. As Jiujiu grew older, her ability to prophesy became stronger. One day, when Chi Jin came to visit them, Jiujiu kept staring at him intently.

    Chi Jin picked up the little girl, asking, "Jiujiu, is there something you want to tell Uncle?"

    Jiujiu replied, "Drugged drink."

    Having seen scenes of drugging in TV shows, Jiujiu used this phrase.

    Chi Jin looked puzzled, "What do you mean by drugged drink?"

    Jiujiu made a gesture, mimicking putting something in a wine ss and then pretending to fall asleep.

    Chi Jin turned to Chi Yan, "What does Jiujiu mean?"

    Chi Yan frowned, "Is she saying someone will drug Uncle?"

    Jiujiu nodded.

    Chi Jin immediately became serious. When Chu Yang came downstairs, Chi Yan told her what Jiujiu had said. Chu Yang quickly looked into it and indeed saw that someone was nning to drug Chi Jin''s drink.

    "Brother, is there someone pursuing you recently?" Chu Yang asked.

    Hearing this, Chi Jin felt annoyed. There was indeed someone pursuing him - his boss''s daughter. But he didn''t like her. However, the woman wouldn''t give up. Was she nning to drug him to get what she wanted?

    Chi Jin gently stroked Jiujiu''s cheek, "Thank you, Jiujiu, and thank you, sister-inw. I understand now and I''ll handle it."

    "Good," they replied.

    After this incident, Chu Yang discussed with Chi Yan about starting to train and teach Jiujiu. The most important things were to control her prophetic abilities and to learn not to tell everyone about her predictions.

    From a young age, Jiujiu knew she had special abilities. At first, she didn''t understand anything, but with her mother''s exnations and guidance, she came to understand that she had inherited her mother''s abilities and would need specialized training in the future.

    "I hope that besides protecting yourself, you can also protect those you want to protect," Chu Yang told her daughter.

    "Okay, I will protect Dad, Mom, Grandpa, and Grandma," Jiujiu replied.

    "Good girl."

    Later, Chu Yang gave birth to a son, but Chi Jiaran didn''t inherit Chu Yang''s abilities, as witches typically pass their powers to daughters, not sons.

    While Chu Yang was teaching Jiujiu about the Witch script and knowledge, Chi Jiaran toddled to the doorway. He leaned against the door, watching his sister and mother inside the room. He didn''t enter but looked at his sister enviously.

    When Chi Yan returned home, he saw his son like this. He squatted down and picked up the little boy, "What''s my little brother doing here?"

    Chi Jiaran sniffled, "Does Mom like sister more? Does Mom not like me?" He felt that Mom always paid more attention to his sister, often studying with her, but never with him, even though he was just starting to learn numbers and simple words.

    Mom would sometimes take sister somewhere without him. He wanted to go too, but Mom said he couldn''t.

    Chi Yan hadn''t expected him to think this way. He stroked his son''s head, "How could you think that? Mom loves you very much too." When Chu Yang was pregnant with Chi Jiaran, she had severe morning sickness and couldn''t eat much. Compared to the well-behaved Jiujiu, Chi Jiaran was overly active. He cried constantly when he was born and was very clingy, crying whenever his mother wasn''t around. No one else couldfort him.

    He always wanted his mother, and Chu Yang lost weight taking care of him. For a while, Chi Yan even felt that his son was too troublesome and didn''t like him very much. In contrast, he preferred his daughter''s good behavior, and Jiujiu resembled Chu Yang more, so Chi Yan favored Jiujiu.

    Chi Jiaran improved as he got a bit older.

    But Chu Yang noticed Chi Yan''s attitude and told him it wasn''t right. "Huohuo is just a child. He doesn''t understand anything. As his father, you should guide him well. Don''t favor one child over the other just because he''s not as well-behaved. Huohuo is so adorable, and he looks just like you." Huohuo was Chi Jiaran''s nickname, and he was the spitting image of Chi Yan as a child.

    Chu Yang was overjoyed to see a miniature version of Chi Yan.

    Chi Jiaran buried his face in his father''s chest, "I want Mom to study with me too. Mom always studies with sister, but never with me. Is it because I''m not good enough, so Mom doesn''t like me?" Tears welled up in Chi Jiaran''s eyes.

    Chu Yang came out just in time to hear this. She immediately went over and hugged him, "Does Huohuo want to study too?"

    Seeing Chu Yang, Chi Jiaran felt a bit embarrassed but still clung tightly to his mother''s neck, burying his head in her chest, "Mom~"

    Chu Yang held him, "How about this: after Mom finishes today''s lesson with your sister, I''ll study with Huohuo, okay?"

    Chi Jiaran nodded, smiling happily, his teeth not fully grown in, "Okay. Mom~"

    "Yes, dear."

    "I love Mom so much~" Chi Jiaran said shyly.

    Chu Yang smiled and stroked his head, "I love Huohuo too."

    Jiujiu came out and looked at her brother, "Didn''t I tell you boys shouldn''t cry? If you cry again, I won''t y with you anymore."

    Chi Jiaran quickly wiped away his tears, "I''m not crying."

    That night, Chu Yang studied with Chi Jiaran for a while, then told him a story and put him to bed before returning to her room.

    "I didn''t realize our son felt that way," Chu Yang said, nestled in Chi Yan''s arms. She had overheard the conversation between Chi Yan and their son outside the study.

    Chi Yan stroked her head, "He''s still young and doesn''t understand. He''ll know when he grows up."

    Chu Yang said, "I have been neglecting him a bit. I''ll spend more time with him these next few days."

    Chi Yan wouldn''t allow Chu Yang to me herself, "It''s not your fault. You''ve been busytely, and studying with Jiujiu was already scheduled. Huohuo didn''t have anything nned, and he''s always been clingy with you, so he''s just not used to it. He''ll be fine when he grows up. I''ll take him to thepany for the next few days. Let him know he needs to work hard in the future, not just cling to you and Jiujiu. He''ll have to support you all in the future."

    Chu Yangughed, "He''s still so young, and you''re already thinking about him supporting us?"

    "It''s never too early to start preparing," Chi Yan replied.

    "He''s really too delicate. When he''s a bit older, I''ll ask a master to teach him. Let him know you''re my wife, and I won''t allow him to always cling to my wife."

    Chu Yang punched him lightly, "You''re even jealous of your own son."

    "Of course. If you spend too much time with him, who will keep mepany, right?" He said, leaning in for a kiss.

    Not long after, a sniffling Chi Jiaran appeared at their door, clutching his little pillow, "Mom~"

    Chi Yan, interrupted at a crucial moment, froze and cursed under his breath, "I knew we shouldn''t spoil that little brat."

    Chu Yang burst outughing, pushed him away, and went to open the door. She picked up her son, "What''s wrong, Huohuo?"

    Chi Jiaran, inhaling his mother''s scent, said, "I want to sleep with Mom."

    "Alright!"

    Chi Jiaran, feeling secure, soon fell asleep in Chu Yang''s arms. Then Chi Yan carried him back to his own bed... Hmph! No one could steal his wife!

 Chapter 266: Some Everyday Moments

    <h4>Chapter 266</h4>

    Chu Yang rarely yed games. Although she had filmed a promotional video for that Western fantasy game, she hadn''t actually yed it. One day, out of boredom, she decided to give it a try. The game was already installed on her homeputer.

    Chu Yang logged in directly using the ount Chi Yan had given her. Though she wasn''t a gaming enthusiast, she had some basic knowledge. As soon as she logged in, she found her character lying on a bed. Not only that, but there were three other characters on the bed as well.

    Looking at the names, she saw Chi Family YangYang, Chi Yan, Chi Jiujiu, and Chi Huohuo... Clearly a family, all wearing identical outfits.

    The other three characters weren''t online, so their figures were grayed out. Only Chi Family YangYang could move at the moment.

    Chu Yang made her character get out of bed and leave the room. Outside, she found a garden full of flowers and various luxurious objects. However, being just a string of data, Chu Yang wasn''t particrly impressed.

    She guided her character out of the house and suddenly found herself on a street. The street was bustling with both NPCs and obvious yer characters.

    As soon as Chu Yang appeared, she didn''t notice that many of the people idling on the street were instantly attracted to her.

    Her character was wearing aplete set of god-tier limited edition clothes, with maxed-out weapons and essories, all with full bonuses. Not only that, but she was apanied by a limited edition pet raven.

    "Who is this richdy, Chi Family YangYang? Why haven''t we heard of her before?"

    While Chu Yang was still familiarizing herself with the controls, someone suddenly challenged her to a duel. Not understanding the system, Chu Yang identally epted with a single click.

    The challenger immediately struck with their weapon, reducing Chu Yang''s health by 10%. As they prepared to use a second skill, Chu Yang panicked and started clicking randomly, activating whatever ability was lit up.

    Five secondster, her opponent''s character copsed, while her own character''s health began to regenerate.

    The spectators around them were shocked.

    "Holy crap!"

    "Is this the joy of being rich? One hit for 99% damage, two hits and even a strong yer goes down! And she''s regenerating health on top of that?!"

    "Is this not cheating? How can she be so powerful?"

    Suddenly, Chu Yang found herself inundated with friend requests.

    She rejected them all, but people started sending her private messages:

    "Richdy, I''m hungry. Feed me?"

    "Baby, add me as a friend?"

    "Interested in joining a richdies'' group?"

    Some were more serious: "How did you manage to kill someone in two hits?"

    "Where did you get those clothes? Are they for sale? I can make an offer."

    "Are you taking on apprentices, boss?"

    "You''re amazing, boss!"

    Finding it tedious, Chu Yang logged off.

    However, screenshots of her game character had already been posted on the forum.

    "[Image] Does anyone know who this Chi Family YangYang is? She showed up today decked out in god-tier limited edition clothes and essories, killing someone in two hits. Someone estimated the price - her outfit alone is worth at least 5 million in real currency, and that weapon is another 2 million. Not to mention everything else. We know there are rich yers in the game, but I''ve never seen such aplete set. Everyone knows how rare god-tier items are - the richest yer on our server has only umted five god-tier items. This person has a full set."

    "Which rich family is she from? Never seen her before."

    "Wait, have you noticed she''s not on the rich yers'' ranking? Could she be a staff member?"

    "Must be staff, definitely."

    "No way, Chi Corporation''s game department has staff who stream, and I''ve watched them. There''s no one called Chi Family YangYang. I think staff names are like ''Game Department No.1'', ''Game Department No.2'', and so on."

    "Her surname is Chi, so she must be staff. Maybe it''s a new ount."

    "Could it be a cheater? How can someone have such amazing equipment and not be on the rankings? I''m going to report this. Doesn''t look like staff at all - she''s not even responding to friend requests or private messages."

    However, shortly after, those who reported received a response: "Report unsessful. The ount you reported belongs to the Madam. There are no issues with the ount."

    ???

    What did that mean? What Madam?

    The person who reported shared a screenshot of this response, asking, "What does this mean?"

    Everyone: ...

    "OP, you''re brave. You reported the Madam''s ount."

    "Haha, so that ount must belong to the Chi Corporation BOSS''s little wife."

    "No wonder she exudes such richdy vibes."

    "We apologize for our rudeness. So it''s the Madam. Greetings, Madam."

    "We apologize for our rudeness. So it''s the Madam. Greetings, Madam."

    "We apologize for our rudeness. So it''s the Madam. Greetings, Madam."

    ... Before long, everyone knew. It turned out that not only was there a Chi Family YangYang in the game, but also Chi Yan, Chi Jiujiu, and Chi Huohuo. The entire family of the Chi Corporation BOSS had ounts in the game. Moreover, all these ounts were equipped with powerful god-tier sets and lived in a luxurious mansion. However, they rarely logged in. Only once had someone spotted all four ounts standing together in a valley, seemingly posing for a screenshot.

    "Is Boss Chi so romantic? A family of four in real life, and a family of four in the game. Hahaha!"

    "They''re even wearing matching family outfits. I''m so envious."

    "Don''t tell me the character models are based on their real appearances too."

    "If that''s true, the Chi family must all be heavenly beautiful."

    "I''ve seen Boss Chi once. He was breathtaking, even more handsome than many celebrities."

    ...

    When Chu Yang logged into the game, Chi Yan received a notification. "You yed the game? Was it fun?"

    Chu Yang: "...A lot of people tried to add me as a friend."

    Chi Yan frowned: "Reject them." How dare they try to add his wife? He forgot to set her ount to automatically reject friend requests from strangers.

    Chu Yang: "Mm. I rejected them all. I logged off because they kept asking me questions."

    Chi Yan: "Don''t worry about them. Next time, I''ll y with you."

    "Okay."

    Although she agreed, Chu Yang never logged in again... Subsequent logins were all Chi Yan or Chi Jiujiu ying.

    But in the game world, the legend of the Madam continued to circte...

 Chapter 267: Some Little Daily Moments: Thank You, Husband

    <h4>Chapter 267</h4>

    About the Honeymoon Trip

    For their honeymoon, Chu Yang chose a famous honeymoon destination - a romantic city on the Mediterranean. Chi Yan, of course, had no objections.

    However, despite it being called a trip, Chu Yang was confined to the hotel room for two straight days without stepping outside. Yes, she was held captive in bed by Chi Yan for a full 48 hours. Even an iron-willed witch couldn''t withstand such treatment. When she finally got up, her legs felt as soft as noodles.

    They had arrived at the hotel around 6 PM. After nearly a day of travel, both were quite tired, so they ate a little and went to rest.

    At midnight, Chu Yang woke up. The entire room was dark, as all the lights were off and the curtains were drawn tightly shut.

    She opened her eyes, her mind still a bit foggy. As she moved her hand, she felt what seemed like a wall. After feeling the "wall" a couple of times, her hand was suddenly grabbed.

    Chu Yang made a questioning "Hmm?" sound, and Chi Yan immediately pulled her into his embrace. "Trying to tempt me?" he asked.

    Before Chu Yang couldprehend his meaning, Chi Yan''s other hand slid up from her waist to her face, his fingers tracing her lips before he leaned in and pressed his lips directly against hers.

    "..."

    The belt of her bathrobe came undone with a single tug. Chu Yang hadn''t fully awakened yet, but Chi Yan had already started his feast...

    What followed was a hazy blur for Chu Yang. The curtains remained closed, asionally fluttering open slightly when the wind blew, only to quickly close again.

    Even at mealtimes, it was Chi Yan who brought food to the bedside for her to eat. When it was time to bathe, he carried her to the bathroom...

    Chu Yang bit down hard on Chi Yan''s shoulder, instantly leaving teeth marks. Chi Yan didn''t feel any pain; instead, it seemed to excite him more. His movements were gentle, but the force Chu Yang felt was intense.

    ...

    Two dayster, Chi Yan finally opened the curtains. Sunlight streamed in, causing Chu Yang to squint and shield her eyes with her hand. The red marks on her arms appeared even more vivid in the light.

    Chi Yan brought her a ss of warm water. Chu Yang took a sip and dered, "I want to go out today!" Her voice was still hoarse.

    Chi Yan sat down beside her. "Can you... walk?" The question earned him a re from Chu Yang, and he immediately surrendered. "If you can''t, I can carry you on my back."

    It took two hours to get ready. Standing in front of the mirror, Chu Yang wore anguid long dress. Her neck and corbone were covered in a dense pattern of love bites. She had no choice but to use powder to lighten them a bit. Grabbing a small bag, she left the room with Chi Yan, who had been waiting for quite some time.

    They first sampled some local cuisine, then began exploring the streets and alleys, taking in the local customs and culture.

    Chi Yan constantly held a camera, frequently taking photos of his wife and asionally asking passersby to help take pictures of them together.

    Beautiful stone houses, flowers peeking out here and there, green patches of grass, clean streets - the air was filled with the scent of sunshine.

    There weren''t many people on the streets. Chi Yan and Chu Yang strolled leisurely, asionally entering small shops to browse and buy trinkets.

    As evening fell, Chi Yan took her to a high-end restaurant for dinner. The entire restaurant was very quiet, with dim, romantic lighting. It seemed that all the patrons were couples - one pair holding hands and chatting, another exchanging passionate nces.

    As soon as Chi Yan and Chu Yang sat down, Chi Yan received a phone call and stepped out.

    When he returned, he was holding a bouquet of vibrant roses, which he presented to Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang epted the flowers with a smile, only to discover a small box and a card hidden among the blooms. The card read: "To the one I love most."

    Opening the box revealed a diamond ne.

    As Chu Yang went through these motions, Chi Yan watched her expectantly. Chu Yang closed the box, set the flowers aside, and beckoned Chi Yan with a crook of her finger. He leaned forward, and Chu Yang stood up to kiss the corner of his mouth. "Thank you, husband."

    Chi Yan was stunned. "What... what did you call me?"

    Chu Yang smiled, her eyes crinkling with joy. She sat back down, resting her chin on her hand as she looked at him. "I said thank you, husband."

    Chi Yan gazed at her with excitement and delight, grabbing her hand. "Say it again."

    "Husband~"

    "Yes!" Chi Yan felt as if he had reached the pinnacle of his life at that moment!

    Previously, Chu Yang had never called him "husband," usually addressing him as "Ah Yan" instead.

    In bed, when Chi Yan teased her too much, Chu Yang would sometimes call him "brother," but never "husband."

    As they continued their meal, the couple became increasingly affectionate. Chi Yan hand-fed Chu Yang, at one point moving to sit next to her just to feed her a cherry tomato - not in the usual way, but by holding it between his teeth and passing it to her mouth-to-mouth.

    They were seated in a corner, which was fortunate, and the restaurant''s atmosphere was quite intimate anyway.

    If they were back in China, they might have been used of "torturing single people" with their disy of affection. But here in the restaurant, apart from the staff, no one was "single." Everyone was focused on their own beloved.

    Throughout the evening, Chi Yan would asionally say to Chu Yang, "Wife, call me that again."

    "Ah Yan."

    "No, no, the other one."

    "Husband~"

    "Yes, yes, yes!" Chi Yan was overjoyed. "Wife, baby, you''re wonderful. Mwah!" He nted a firm kiss on her cheek.

    They had drunk red wine with dinner, and Chu Yang was slightly tipsy. On the way back, she leaned quietly against Chi Yan, who would asionally bend down to kiss her.

    Back at the hotel, Chu Yang kicked off her shoes and flopped onto the bed. Chi Yan poured her a ss of warm water, then came over and kept caressing her face. "Shower?"

    Chu Yang shook her head. "In a bit, let me rest for a while." Her face was flushed, making her look particrly adorable. Chi Yan couldn''t resist kissing her again and again.

    After half an hour of rest, Chi Yan asked once more, "Shower?"

    Chu Yang nodded. "Carry me."

    Chi Yan carried her into the bathroom.

    When they came out, both were wearing bathrobes, and Chu Yang was already drowsy.

    Due to the day''s exertions, Chi Yan didn''t initiate anything further. He turned off the lights, held her in his arms, and they went to sleep.

    The next day, they woke up once again to sunlight. Chu Yang felt particrly refreshed, probably due to the good rest she had the night before.

    Today''s itinerary included a sea excursion...

    Vibrant and beautiful coral, swaying seaweed, asional sightings of sea turtles - everything in the ocean was so mysterious. Chu Yang and Chi Yan, dressed in diving suits, were admiring the beautiful and profound underwater world.

    At one point, Chi Yan grabbed a beautiful shell and handed it to Chu Yang. When they had seen enough, the couple surfaced...

    Removing their masks, Chu Yang held the shell up high. In the sunlight, the beautiful shell emitted an enchanting glow. Chu Yang carefully put the shell away and kissed Chi Yan''s cheek. "Thank you, husband."

 Chapter 268: Some Daily Life

    <h4>Chapter 268</h4>

    On this day, Chu Yang was in the study teaching Jiujiu how to use a crystal ball. Across from her, Jiujiu was wearing a witch costume, her face still bearing traces of baby fat. In front of hery an open book, its contents covering the section about crystal balls. The witch costume was a custom-made gift from Chi Yan.

    "The crystal ball is one of the most important tools for us witches to make prophecies, though it''s not absolutely necessary. Using it makes prophecies easier and requires less Witchcraft. Moreover, the crystal ball isn''t just for prophecies; in case of danger, you can also use it to hit someone, though I don''t rmend that."

    Jiujiu pondered for a moment, then looked at Chu Yang. "Mom, have you ever hit someone with it?"

    Chu Yang replied, "...Of course." That''s why her heirloom crystal ball had shattered... The memory still pained her.

    Jiujiu''s eyes widened in admiration. "Wow! Mom, did you hit bad people with it?"

    Chu Yang nodded, "Yes. But I''d suggest using a staff if you need to hit someone. At least a staff won''t break as easily."

    "Okay!"

    "Now, let me demonstrate how to use the crystal ball for prophecies. First, ce your hand on the crystal ball, channel your Witchcraft into it, and think about what you want to know..."

    Soon, the room lit up. Chu Yang saw an image in the crystal ball of Huohuo running into the room and then falling.

    Withdrawing her Witchcraft, the crystal ball dimmed. Chu Yang opened her eyes and ced the ball in front of Jiujiu. "Now, you try."

    Jiujiu stood up and put her little hands on the crystal ball. She closed her eyes and began to channel her Witchcraft... However, her face soon turned pale. She abruptly opened her eyes and fell back into her chair, bumping the table. The crystal ball nearly rolled off, and Jiujiu looked at Chu Yang with fear in her eyes.

    Chu Yang quickly caught the crystal ball and set it down safely. She asked with concern, "What''s wrong?"

    Jiujiu''s eyes shed with terror as she reached out to Chu Yang, who hurried over to hug her. "What happened? Did you see something bad?"

    Jiujiu nodded, "Mom, I saw lots of houses falling down."

    Chu Yang frowned, using a healing spell to help her recover. "What houses falling down?"

    Jiujiu shook her head, "I don''t know, Mom. I saw lots of people crying. Mom, I''m scared." She hugged Chu Yang tightly.

    Chu Yang quicklyforted her, "It''s okay, it''s okay. What you saw might not be real, and Mom''s here. You''re safe, don''t worry."

    "Mm-hmm."

    Chu Yang said, "That''s enough learning for today. The nanny just made some cake. Go have some, and remember to rinse your mouth afterward, okay?"

    "Okay. Thank you, Mom."

    "Off you go." Jiujiu''s spirits lifted, and Chu Yang let her go.

    After Jiujiu left, Chu Yang picked up the crystal ball and began to prophesy. Many houses falling down, many people crying: something big must be happening.

    The crystal ball glowed brightly as Chu Yang frowned, her expression grave. Sweat dripped from her forehead... Chu Yang opened her eyes and looked at the sky outside. Birds flitted across, leaving traces in the clear, sunny sky. Everything seemed so beautiful, but...

    In the evening, Chi Yan returned home. As usual, he hugged Chu Yang first, then the two children. But when he embraced Chu Yang, he noticed her preupied expression and immediately asked with concern, "What''s wrong? Did something happen today? Did the children give you trouble?"

    Chi Yan looked at the two children.

    Jiujiu and Huohuo shook their heads in unison. "No, no, I was very good. Didn''t cause any trouble."

    Chu Yang, standing nearby, took his hand. "No, the children were all well-behaved today. I''ll tell you tonight. Let''s have dinner first."

    "Alright."

    After dinner, the family of four went for a walk, then returned home. The children studied, bathed, and went to bed. Only after the children were asleep did Chu Yang and Chi Yan return to their room to talk privately.

    Sitting on the bed, Chi Yan held Chu Yang''s hand. "What''s wrong? Didn''t you say you were teaching Jiujiu about the crystal ball today? Did something happen?"

    Chu Yang looked at him. "When Jiujiu was prophesying, she said she saw many houses copsing and many people crying. She was very scared. Afterforting her, I made a prophecy myself and discovered that an earthquake will ur in a few days, and... it will be big."

    Chi Yan also became serious. "Where?"

    "I looked into it today, and it should be in Yuanqiu City." She had seen a bridge in her vision, which was a famousndmark in Yuanqiu City. Chu Yang nestled in Chi Yan''s arms. "I''m afraid."

    Chi Yan held her tightly. "Don''t be afraid. I''ll take care of it. Don''t worry."

    "It will be very serious."

    Chi Yanforted her, "It''s okay. Trust me. I''ve always handled the things you''ve told me about well, haven''t I? This time will be no different."

    Chu Yang looked up at him. "Should I make it public?"

    Chi Yan nodded. "Give me the ount details. I''ll have someone post it for you. Leave everything to me. Don''t worry or be afraid. If... if we can''t save everyone, it''s not your fault, you know that, right?" Chi Yan was worried Chu Yang might me herself.

    "Okay."

    ...

    Soon after, the Prophecy Little Witch ount was trending, even reaching the top spot. Some people grumbled as they clicked to see who would be so tant as to buy their way to the top of the trending list.

    But then after they clicked in...

    "No way?"

    "Are you sure?"

    "Where''s the National Earthquake Bureau? Is this information real?"

    "It can''t be. My family is in Yuanqiu City. There hasn''t been an earthquake here for fifty years, even though we are on a fault line."

    "ounts spreading rumors will be banned, right?"

    "I think it might be true. Some fortune-telling bloggers have indeed mentioned that something big might happen in the country in theing days."

    "I know this Prophecy Little Witch. They''ve trended before, and every prediction they''ve made has turned out to be true."

    "I''ve followed this blogger before. Everything they''ve said has indeed been true."

    "Oh my god, better safe than sorry. Really."

    ...

    Of course, officials had noticed this message. The Earthquake Bureau was already discussing it. "Check the fault lines in Yuanqiu City. Have they been active recently?"

    "Professor Chen, that area has indeed been more activetely. An earthquake is possible, but we don''t know how strong it might be."

    "Keep observing. Report to me immediately if there''s any news."

    "Yes, sir."

    Yuanqiu City had naturally noticed this message, given that it was the top trending topic.

    Soon, #YuanqiuCityEarthquake# was also trending.

    Mayor Cui of Yuanqiu City ordered, "Get me in touch with this blogger!"

    "Yes, sir."

    After some effort, they finally contacted the owner of the Prophecy Little Witch ount. "Hello, we''re staff from the Yuanqiu City government. Mayor Cui would like to ask you some questions. Is that alright?"

    A male voice came through, "Yes, that''s fine."

 Chapter 269: Some Daily Life: Earthquake 02

    <h4>Chapter 269</h4>

    To everyone''s surprise, it was a man. The staff member was taken aback, as they had been informed that the blogger was supposed to be a woman. They wondered if this could be a behind-the-scenes staff member, as they had heard that some ounts were actually operated by teams.

    However, after further inquiry, the staff member''s worldview waspletely shaken. As they handed the phone to Mayor Cui, they stammered, "It''s... the Chairman of Chi Corporation on the line..."

    Mayor Cui nodded, then asked in surprise, "Who did you say?"

    The staff member replied, "Chi Yan, the Chairman of Chi Corporation."

    Mayor Cui''s eyes widened noticeably, but he quickly regained hisposure, being a seasoned public figure. "Hello, Chairman Chi. This is Cui Ming, Mayor of Yuanqiu City."

    "Hello, Mayor Cui."

    Mayor Cui was familiar with the Chi Corporation Chairman, although they had never met in person. The Chi Corporation''s branch in Yuanqiu City was a major taxpayer, and he had met with the branch''s general manager before.

    Mayor Cui quickly exined the situation, "I never expected Chairman Chi to be the owner of this ount. I''d like to know if that particr prediction is true."

    Chi Yan responded gravely, "I can assure you it''s true. This ount actually belongs to one of my associates, not me personally. I can say that she has never made an incorrect prediction. If you don''t believe me, you can investigate everything this ount has stated."

    "Alright, we will investigate. Thank you."

    "No need for thanks. It''s all for the people."

    "On behalf of the people of Yuanqiu City, I thank you."

    ...

    After hanging up, Mayor Cui ordered, "Contact the Seismological Bureau immediately. Send someone to investigate the ''Prophecy Little Witch'' ount."

    "Yes, sir."

    The news that Yuanqiu City was about to experience an earthquake quickly spread throughout the nation. Among the residents of Yuanqiu City, some believed it, while others didn''t. Those who believed began preparing to stay with rtives elsewhere or stocking up on supplies.

    Those who didn''t believe continued their daily lives as usual.

    The investigation results came back quickly.

    "Mayor, the Seismological Bureau says there is indeed a possibility of an earthquake."

    "Can they predict the magnitude?"

    "At the lower end, it could be around 5.0..."

    "And at the higher end? What''s the worst-case scenario?"

    "7.8 magnitude!"

    "What about the ount?"

    "The investigation results are in. The blogger''s predictions have indeed alle true. Not only that, we''ve discovered that this blogger seems to have helped the police solve several cases..."

    Mayor Cui''s face grew serious. "Issue an earthquake preparedness notice to all city residents immediately!"

    "Yes, sir!"

    If there was no earthquake, no one would be harmed, which would be ideal. But if an earthquake did ur, the consequences would be unimaginable...

    However, as soon as the notice was issued, it caused some unrest. The government made thorough arrangements, not only preparing the military but mobilizing all departments. The unrest was quickly quelled.

    Chu Yang had been following the news from Yuanqiu City closely. Seeing that preparations were being made, she breathed a sigh of relief. Chi Yan held her and said, "Don''t worry. Our corporation is also prepared. If disaster strikes, we''ll immediately activate our contingency n. Moreover, the Chi Charitable Foundation will donate a substantial amount."

    "Mm-hmm."

    As the predicted time drew nearer, some residents of Yuanqiu City grew increasingly anxious. Some couldn''t even sleep at night, fearing the earthquake might strike in the dark.

    Despite the official notice, some people still didn''t believe it. On the morning of the predicted earthquake, most Yuanqiu City residents had moved to open areas. Lin Chou''s family quickly moved their belongings to a wide-open space, nning to spend the day outside.

    However, their neighbor, Old Man Chen, remained stubbornly inside his house. Lin Chou had assumed Old Man Chen woulde outter, but he showed no signs of leaving.

    "Old Man Chen,e out quickly. The notice said there would be an earthquake today."

    "What earthquake? I don''t believe it one bit. Yuanqiu City hasn''t had an earthquake in half a century. It won''t happen."

    "Old Man Chen, the government says it will. Listen to the government. Even if nothing happens, what''s the harm in sitting out here for a while? It''s better to be safe than sorry."

    "It won''t happen. Even if it does, I''m old enough that it doesn''t matter!"

    At that moment,munity workers were running around with megaphones, urging everyone toe outside. Most people had already left their homes. Old Man Chen stubbornly refused to leave, and themunity workers tried to reason with him, but he remained adamant.

    As the predicted time drew near, themunity workers, seeing no other option, grabbed Old Man Chen and prepared to carry him out. Just then, the ground began to shake violently. The workers nearly fell, and Old Man Chen almost tumbled over. They exchanged a nce, and suddenly Old Man Chen sprang up and dashed outside, with the workers right behind him.

    Everyone felt the tremors. There were sounds of animals in distress, the crash of copsing structures, and the cries of people. Lin Chou and his family huddled together, witnessing nearby buildings crumble before their eyes. At the Seismological Bureau, everyone stumbled as they rushed to protect their equipment.

    "7.9 magnitude! It''s reached 7.9!"

    "Everyone, protect yourselves!"

    "Self-preservation is the priority!"

    ...

    The earthquakested only moments, but to everyone, it felt like an eternity. Aftershocks followed... However, the silver lining was that everyone had been prepared.

    During the earthquake, #YuanqiuCityEarthquake and #ProphecyLittleWitch instantly became trending topics, exploding across social media.

    After what seemed like an eternity, people held their breath, no longer feeling the earth move beneath them. They realized it had finally stopped, though aftershocks were still possible. But the worst seemed to be over.

    Many people burst into tears.

    Some cried with relief that their families were safe, while others wept over the loss of their homes...

    Nearby, Old Man Chen''s face was ashen.

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan had been following the situation closely. The moment the earthquake hit, Chi Yan began issuing orders: "Activate the Yuanqiu City disaster relief n immediately."

    "Yes, sir!"

    Even little Jiujiu and Huohuo brought out their piggy banks, saying, "Mom, Dad, can we donate too?"

    Chu Yang stroked their little faces. "Of course. Let Dad help you make the donation."

    "Okay!"

    The Prophecy Little Witch ount didn''t just go viral; its follower count skyrocketed to over 10 million in just two days¡ªa genuine figure without any bought followers. People began digging through the ount''s past posts, with every investigator eximing, "This blogger is truly incredible."

    The earthquake''s damage was extensive, but people''s lives had been saved, which made it all worthwhile.

    A month after the incident, someone approached Chu Yang. "Mrs. Chi, would you be interested in taking up a position in a government department?"

    Chu Yang: ...

    After several days of discussion with Chi Yan, Chu Yang eventually epted a position in public service.

 Chapter 270: Some Daily Life: Reported

    <h4>Chapter 270</h4>

    Due to the incident in Yuanqiu City, the "Prophecy Little Witch" ount not only saw a surge in followers but also gained many new clients of various types. Chu Yang couldn''t possibly ignore them all, but she didn''t cater to everyone either. She would selectively choose some people for prophecies based on the circumstances.

    However, she refrained from making predictions about the entertainment industry, given her new status. If she were to make a prediction that caused chaos, it wouldn''t be good.

    The officials didn''t impose any restrictions on her, only asking that if any major events were to ur, she should inform them first so they could prepare. Chu Yang understood this.

    Chu Yang would also select some simple tasks for Jiujiu to practice, such as finding lost pets or misced items.

    Some people asked her about winning lottery numbers and stock market fluctuations, but Chu Yang ignored these requests entirely. When she didn''t respond, some individuals sent her abusive messages or posted on social media iming that the ount must have been a gimmick all along, definitely inurate, and too arrogant to reply to messages.

    Chu Yang simply disregarded such people.

    Since she started working for the government, officials didn''t contact her often, only once or twice. Because of these matters, Chu Yang would request time off, which was rtively easy to do at her workce. Recently, the library had hired a new female employee who arrivedte and left early every day, barely spending any time in the office.

    Chu Yang''s office lunch buddy, Wei Xi, gossiped with her, "I heard she got in through connections."

    Chu Yang wasn''t particrly concerned about this, as she knew there was more than one person with connections. As long as they didn''t cause trouble and remained quiet, it was fine.

    "Me? I work at A University''s library. The job is quite rxed, nothing much to do," the girl, named Liu Yuan, was talking on the phone in the office, her voice quite loud. At that moment, only Chu Yang and she were in the office.

    Chu Yang was organizing some logistics documents.

    "You want toe too? But I don''t think there are any positions avable. Let me ask around."

    "Leave it to me, I know people."

    Shortly after, the girl ended her call. She looked around and saw only Chu Yang typing away and organizing things. Her eyes immediately fell on a small ornament on Chu Yang''s desk. She walked over and picked it up, "This is quite pretty. Can I have it?"

    Chu Yang stopped typing and took it back, "I''m sorry, but no. This was a gift from my family." It was a souvenir Chi Yan had bought for her during a business trip, and she didn''t want to give it away. If it were something else, it might have been fine.

    The girl rolled her eyes, "Why are you so stingy? It''s just a cheap little trinket." With that, she left in her high heels.

    Chu Yang put the ornament back and continued working, with only the sound of her typing filling the office.

    Not long after, her phone rang, "Mommy, are you off work yet?" It was Huohuo. Having just learned to make phone calls, Huohuo often called her secretly when no one was paying attention.

    Chu Yang checked the time, 4:30 PM, "Not yet, honey. I still have half an hour to go. How was your day at home? Were you good?"

    "I was good. Huohuo is always good. Mommy, I miss you," Huohuo sniffled. He hadn''t seen his mom for a day and was missing her.

    "Good boy. Go watch some TV for now, and mommy will be home soon. I''ll bring you a little present."

    "Okay, mommy. I''ll wait for you toe home."

    "Mm-hmm. Bye-bye."

    "Bye-bye, mommy."

    After hanging up, Chu Yang continued working diligently. When the clock struck five, she shut down herputer, picked up her bag, and left work.

    On her way home, she bought two toys: a witch figurine for Jiujiu and a dinosaur figurine for Huohuo.

    ...

    Recently, Chi Yan''s maternal grandfather was holding a birthday celebration, so Chu Yang took two days off. Besides attending the celebration, they would also stay for a day to let the elderly man see the children.

    However, after taking two days off, someone reported her, iming she wasn''t doing any work, frequently took time off, and didn''t deserve to work at the library. Everyone in the office knew about it.

    The library director quietly called her in to reassure her, "Don''t worry, I know your capabilities. Don''t mind it, just keep doing your job well."

    Chu Yang wondered who had reported her. She considered herself quite low-key,ing to work on time when there were no issues, not refusing regr work, and getting along well with her coworkers. She hadn''t argued with anyone.

    "I understand. Thank you, Director. I''ll head out now."

    "Alright."

    Back at her desk, Wei Xi quietly approached her, "I know who reported you." She gestured with her eyes towards Liu Yuan, who was sitting with her legs crossed, admiring her nails. "I overheard her on the phone when I went to the bathroom. I can''t believe she actually did it."

    Chu Yang remembered refusing Liu Yuan''s request for her ornamentst time. Could it be because of that?

    "Why would she report me?"

    "I heard her say she wanted to arrange for someone to work here, but our positions are full. There needs to be a vacancy. So she decided to pick on the easiest target, which turned out to be you."

    Chu Yang looked puzzled, "Me? An easy target? And if her connections are so powerful, couldn''t she just ask the director to add another position?"

    Wei Xi replied, "Maybe she saw youing to work on time every day, often working in the office, so she thought you didn''t have any backing."

    Chu Yang said, "Alright then."

    That night, lying in bed and chatting with Chi Yan, Chu Yang asked, "Do I look easy to bully?"

    Chi Yan looked at his wife''s rosy cheeks and nted a kiss on them, "Mm-hmm, very easy to bully. I want to bully you right now."

    Chu Yang pushed him away, "I''m being serious."

    Chi Yan hugged her, "What''s wrong? Did someone bully you?"

    Chu Yang exined the situation, "I never thought that doing my job properly would make people think I''m easy to bully."

    Chi Yan kissed her cheek, "Sometimes the workce can be like that."

    "Is yourpany like that too?"

    "I don''t know about others, but those who work directly with me definitely don''t behave that way. Don''t be upset, I''ll help you get back at them."

    Chu Yang turned over and closed her eyes, "Forget it. It''s not a big deal. Let''s sleep."

    Although Chu Yang said to let it go, the next day Chi Yan still instructed someone, "Help me investigate who reported my wife."

    "Yes, sir."

    Half a monthter, Chu Yang was still working steadily. A confused Liu Yuan felt something was off, and the next moment she received an email saying that after evaluation, she didn''t meet the job requirements and was being dismissed.

    She hurriedly made a phone call, only to be immediately scolded, "What have you done? Did you report someone? Do you know who you reported? My goodness."

    "Who? Wasn''t it just someone without connections? If she had backing, why would she work so hard every day?"

    The person on the other end nearly fainted from anger, "You started offending people without investigating anything! Your mother has really spoiled you rotten! That''s the wife of the Chairman of Chi Corporation! Do you know how many projects at A University are invested in by Chi Corporation? They even directly donated a building! If it weren''t for Mrs. Chi, do you think we could have received so many investments and donations? B University is Chairman Chi''s alma mater, so why do you think they invest in A University as well, not just B University? You fool! Come back here immediately."

    However, Liu Yuan''s regret was useless. The next day, Chu Yang didn''t see her at all.

 Chapter 271: Some Daily Life: Floods

    <h4>Chapter 271</h4>

    On this weekend day, Chu Yang was helping Jiujiu braid her hair while a father and son, looking like they were cut from the same mold, sat nearby waiting.

    "Where are we goingter?" Huohuo asked in his sweet, childish voice, wearing adorable overalls.

    "To the amusement park. Are you excited?"

    Huohuo raised both hands, "Yes!"

    "We''ll leave as soon as mom and sister are ready."

    "Okay!"

    However, at that moment, the butler suddenly came over and said, "Young master, madam, there''s a visitor."

    Chi Yan and Chu Yang exchanged nces. Chu Yang finished tying thest braid with a hair tie, then took Jiujiu''s hand to go downstairs and see who the guest was.

    When they went downstairs, they found it was someone official.

    The person saluted Chu Yang, "I apologize for the sudden intrusion. Recently, several southern provinces have experienced unprecedented flooding, so we hope to get Madam Chi''s assistance."

    Chu Yang had been aware of these events recently, but what she had seen was probably just the tip of the iceberg. The real situation must be much more severe for officials toe seeking her help.

    Chu Yang immediately nodded, "Alright."

    The official said, "Thank you. We hope you cane with us to the front lines."

    Chi Yan suddenly interjected, "Can''t she do it from home? Is it necessary to go to such a dangerous ce?"

    The visitor nodded, "If possible, we wouldn''t want to trouble Madam Chi, but the situation is critical, so... it''s best to survey on-site."

    Chu Yang nodded, "Okay, I''ll go. Let me pack some things first, please wait a moment."

    Huohuo looked at the uniformed personnel, then at Chu Yang going upstairs, and asked Chi Yan, "Does this mean we can''t go to the amusement park?"

    Chi Yan patted his head, "Be good and sit tight, daddy''s going to talk to mommy for a bit."

    The butler nearby took Huohuo from Chi Yan''s arms, "Young Master Huohuo, let''s wait here patiently. Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?"

    Huohuo shook his head, burying his face in the butler''s embrace, unhappy that their family outing had been canceled.

    Upstairs, Chu Yang was packing clothes when Chi Yan entered. He helped her pack, then embraced her, "Be careful. Your safety is the most important."

    Chu Yang patted his back, "Don''t worry, I''lle back safely. Wait for me at home. I''ll call you."

    "Alright. I''ll instruct the branchpanies that if you need any help, you can contact Chi Corporation''s local branches."

    "Mm." Chu Yang touched his face and kissed Chi Yan, "Wait for my return."

    Chi Yan released her and helped carry her suitcase downstairs. Chu Yang also put on her scepter and crystal ball, while Wen Yi, who had packed as well, would apany Chu Yang.

    Chu Yang kissed her two children, "Wait for mommy toe back, and be good at home listening to daddy, okay?"

    Jiujiu nodded, "Mom, we''ll wait for you toe back."

    Huohuo''s lips quivered, and he started crying, "Mommy~"

    Chu Yang wiped his tears, "Don''t cry, mommy will bring you gifts when she returns. Be good with daddy at home, or mommy won''t take you to the amusement park when she''s back."

    Huohuo wiped his own tears, "I''ll wait for mommy toe back."

    "Good boy. Be good at home, okay?"

    Chu Yang handed the two children to Chi Yan, then turned to leave. Someone helped carry her luggage.

    As Chu Yang walked out the front door, she turned back for a look. The father and two children were standing at the doorway, watching her. Seeing her turn, Huohuo called out "Mommy" and tried to run over, but Chi Yan held him back, crouching down to say something to him.

    Chu Yang got into the car, waved from the window to Chi Yan and the children, and made a phone gesture.

    After Chu Yang left, the two children finally couldn''t hold back their tears. Jiujiu was better, just sniffling, while Huohuo wailed loudly, saying, "I want mommy."

    Chi Yan carried one child in each arm as he went inside, "There, there, I want my wife too. Stop crying, did you forget what mommy said? If you cry, she won''t take you to the amusement park when shees back."

    The two suddenly held back their tears, which were on the verge of falling. Chi Yan used soft tissues to wipe their tears, "Alright, let''s go eat some cupcakes. Mommy will be back soon. It''s just like when daddy goes on business trips, we can call her."

    "We''ll call tonight."

    "Yes, we''ll call tonight."

    Meanwhile, Chu Yang went straight to the airport and boarded a ne, arriving at the province most severely affected by the floods around 3 PM. Without resting afternding, she went directly to the most dangerous area.

    The rain was heavy here. Chu Yang, wearing a raincoat and rain boots and holding an umbre, followed someone to themand tent.

    The person escorting her reported to the leader, "Sir, she''s here."

    The leader, who hadn''t slept for days and had severe dark circles and eye bags, shook hands with Chu Yang, "Hello. Thank you foring."

    Chu Yang nodded, "It''s all in service of the people."

    After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the leader came over with a map, "I won''t say much. The weather forecast says it will keep raining in Heng City for the next few days. I want to know when the rain will finally stoppletely. Also, this area upstream has arge amount of watering down, and this levee won''t hold much longer. So we''re organizing people to protect this area. If we can''t protect it, it will affect the lives and property of over a million people downstream... What we most want to know is what might happen at certain critical moments, so please help us."

    Chu Yang nodded, "I understand. Can I go take a look first? Like at this dangerous area?"

    The leader nodded, "Of course. I''ll have someone take you there."

    Chu Yang then spent several hours rushing around. She barely ate anything, just a steamed bun. She saw many civilians and soldiers working hard to move sandbags and such. Some logistics personnel were delivering food to them. Everyone was doing their part. Everyone was soaking wet, but no oneined. Chu Yang even saw some people with injured hands who were still persevering.

    In the evening, Chu Yang returned to her lodging and took out her crystal ball and scepter. The crystal ball glowed all night long. Her phone kept ringing, but she had put it on silent and didn''t notice.

    The next day, an exhausted Chu Yang handed a paper filled with writing to Wen Yi, "Please take this to Leader Zeng."

    "Yes. Are you alright, madam?"

    "I''m fine. Just tired. I''ll go rest for a bit. You go quickly."

    "Yes."

    Wen Yi delivered Chu Yang''s note to Leader Zeng, who quickly read it twice, then immediately called a meeting with everyone. "A sh flood will ur here! Quickly evacuate the vigers... Give this to the fire department leader, tell them to find people, don''t worry about houses or crops, people''s safety is most important... And here..."

    Chu Yang rested for half a day. She finally picked up her phone and saw Chi Yan''s messages. She first replied that she was safe, then went out again to help.

 Chapter 272: Returning Home at the End

    <h4>Chapter 272</h4>

    Chu Yang walked down the street in arge raincoat, apanied by Wen Yi and a soldier protecting her. Many people were moving in the opposite direction carrying luggage, while Chu Yang and herpanions headed the other way.

    A child perched on his mother''s shoulders pointed at Chu Yang''s group. "Mommy, why are they going that way? Didn''t the uncle say the flood ising from there?"

    The mother nced over. "Child, there are always some who bear the burden for us. They must be going to help."

    The child saluted in Chu Yang''s direction. "Mommy, they''re so great. When I grow up, I want to serve the people too."

    "Then you must study hard."

    "I will."

    Chu Yang arrived at the most dangerous area, where many people were rapidly piling sandbags onto the riverbank. Everyone was soaked through, some with injured hands, but no oneined of hardship or fatigue.

    The soldier who had been apanying Chu Yang rushed forward to join the battle.

    Suddenly, an urgent voice cried out, "Zineng has been swept away!"

    "What happened?!"

    Everyone immediately rushed to the riverbank. Chu Yang hurried over as well. They could only see someone struggling in the water, being carried farther away, soon disappearing from sight.

    The leader immediately shouted: "Quick, save him!"

    Someone hesitated before saying, "The current is too strong, it''s too dangerous to rescue."

    "We must try to save him regardless!"

    Chu Yang immediately ced her hand on her crystal ball, then motioned for the young soldier who had been apanying them toe over.

    The soldier approached. "Mrs. Chi, what can I do?"

    Chu Yang whispered to him: "I see that he will be swept onto a tree about two kilometers from here. The situation is still very dangerous, we must hurry."

    The soldier saluted her, then ran to inform the leader.

    The leader looked over, then walked up to Chu Yang, saluted her and shook her hand. He immediately sent people to rescue the man.

    The rest continued to defend the riverbank.

    Several people copsed from exhaustion along the way. Chu Yang went forward to help, casting a healing spell on them.

    Everyone she treated looked utterly shocked.

    ...

    Chu Yang stayed there for three or four days, then rushed to the next location to do the same work.

    Chu Yang was on this business trip for over two weeks, until the situation finally improved significantly.

    Atst, her work was done and she could return home.

    As she exited the airport, Chi Yan and their two children were already waiting for her.

    Jiujiu and Huohuo''s eyes lit up when they saw their mother. Hand in hand, they ran over, calling "Mommy!"

    Chi Yan also strode towards her.

    Chu Yang crouched down and embraced both children, giving each a kiss. "Did you miss Mommy?"

    "We missed you!"

    Chi Yan stood to the side. "I want one too."

    Chu Yang looked up at him, smiling as she stood and hugged him, then kissed him on the cheek.

    Chi Yan''s arm encircled her waist. "I missed you too."

    Chu Yang: "I missed you, and our babies."

    The family got in the car to go home.

    A feast was already prepared at home. In contrast to the atmosphere after Chu Yang''s departure, today the house was lively. The two children chattered non-stop, theirughter constant.

    During the two weeks Chu Yang was away, the house had been filled with sighs. Huohuo asked the butler every day, "Grandpa Butler, when is Mommying home? I miss her."

    Not only that, he would cry secretly at night, thinking of his mother every day.

    Jiujiu hadn''t yet learned how to see what she needed without the crystal ball. She wanted to know when her mother would return, but Chu Yang had taken the crystal ball with her. So she said to Chi Yan: "Daddy, I want a crystal ball. Then I''ll be able to know when Mommy ising back."

    Chi Yan picked her up. "When Mommyes back, I''ll go with her to buy you the best crystal ball. Daddy doesn''t know what makes a good crystal ball, Mommy understands better."

    Jiujiu sighed. "Okay, remember to buy it for me when Mommy returns."

    "I promise I will."

    At the dinner table, no one had much appetite. Although Chu Yang had reported that she was safe and they had video called, seeing the dangerous news reports still made them worry.

    Now that Chu Yang was back, everyone could finally rx.

    That night, Jiujiu and Huohuo both came running to sleep with Chu Yang. Meanwhile, Chi Yan, who had nned to be intimate with Chu Yang: ... These two little rascals!!!

    Chu Yang had Jiujiu on her left and Huohuo on her right, with Chi Yan on the other side, unable even to hold Chu Yang''s hand.

    Chu Yang told the two little ones some stories about what she''d seen during the disaster relief efforts, quickly lulling them to sleep.

    Then Chi Yan immediately carried the two little ones back to their own rooms, so he could continue being intimate with Chu Yang.

    The next morning when the two children woke up and found themselves in their own beds, they immediately got up to protest. "Daddy, you carried us back, didn''t you? Why do you always have to monopolize Mommy?"

    Chi Yan replied matter-of-factly, "Because your mother is my wife. We''re supposed to sleep together. You were interfering."

    "Mean Daddy!"

    Chu Yang watched the three of them with amusement, patting Chi Yan. "How can you be so childish? How old are you?"

    Chi Yan took Chu Yang''s hand. "With you, I''m always that young Chi Yan from years ago."

    Huohuo immediately went to pry their hands apart. "I want to hold Mommy''s hand. Daddy can''t."

    Chu Yang held his little hand. "Alright, alright. Didn''t we say before about going to the amusement park? We have time today, let''s go to the amusement park."

    "Yay!" The two children immediately got excited. "Then we''ll go change clothes."

    After the two changed and Chu Yang helped Jiujiu tie her hair, the family of four set off.

    Merry-go-round, children''s y area, miniature train rides - mainly attractions that young children enjoy.

    Chu Yang watched the two children y while Chi Yan kept taking pictures of her with his camera.

    When Chu Yang noticed, she yfully swatted him,ughing as she said, "Why are you photographing me? Take pictures of them!"

    Chi Yan shrugged. "Force of habit!"

    He still took several more photos of Chu Yang before turning to photograph the children.

    After ying for most of the day, the two little ones were finally tired out.

    "Did you have fun?"

    "Yes!"

    "Was it enjoyable?"

    "Very!"

    Chi Yan chimed in, "Which attraction did you like best? I''ll have Grandpa Butler arrange for one to be built at home, so you can y without going to the amusement park in the future."

    Both children shook their heads. "No need. It''s better if Daddy and Mommy take us again in the future." If they had one at home, wouldn''t that mean Mom and Dad wouldn''t apany them anymore?

    Chu Yang: "They probably prefer ying at the amusement park, it''s more lively. Isn''t that right?"

    "Yes!"

    "Alright then. If Mom and Dad are busy, your Third Grandpa can take you."

    When they got home, they ran into Chi Xin who hade over.

    Jiujiu and Huohuo quickly ran to him. "Third Grandpa, we went to the amusement park today. It was so much fun!"

    Chi Xin picked up one child in each arm. "If it was fun, next time Third Grandpa will take you to y! Are you hungry? Let''s go eat!"

    "Let''s eat, let''s eat!" Huohuo raised his hand. "Let''s eat something delicious."

    Chi Xin looked at him adoringly. "That''s right, eat delicious food and grow tall. Hahaha."

    Chu Yang and Chi Yan watched them from behind, exchanging smiles before following.

    The future stretched long before them, but they would live happily ever after...

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