Chapter 34: Young Master, I’m Wearing Your Favorite Black Stockings
Li Nan’s expression was so serious that it was almost comical. If it were any typical girl, she might have just said yes out of sheer awkwardness—after all, he had taken it to that level!
But Zhao Mingyue was not your average girl. Her thoughts were unique, even when confronted with Li Nan’s earnestness. No matter how much he insisted, she stood firm.
“Li Nan, I really have something important to do after school. If you consider me a friend, you should think about me too. If you have anything important to say, feel free to spill it now; there’s no need to wait until after school.”
Zhao Mingyue’s tone was serious, though it softened a tad when she added, “My family situation is hardly comparable to yours. I just need half an hour to get home; time is tight, so please understand.”
“I told you I’d give you money! Is that not good enough?”
“Not necessary! We’re just classmates; I won’t take your money.”
“Zhao Mingyue, you earn less than a hundred a day. I’m offering you ten thousand, that’s a hundred times!” Li Nan was relentless.
He had to find a way to keep Zhao Mingyue after school; it was a mission assigned to him by Teacher Chen. If he failed…
At that moment, Li Nan could hardly control his emotions, his voice getting a bit louder and catching the attention of their classmates who then curiously turned to watch.
Zhao Mingyue sighed, rubbing her temples as if trying to spark some common sense in her brain. “Let me decline.”
“You…”
Li Nan didn’t get to finish his sentence before the school bell announcing class time rang out loud and clear.
Seeing that Zhao Mingyue was too lazy to even glance at him, Li Nan gritted his teeth and chose silence.
Class started, and Zhao Mingyue was all ears. Sitting quietly beside her was Miss Rabbit, head bowed, red eyes fixated on the snoozing Li Nan nearby.
Zhao Mingyue was seated in the third-to-last row by the window. It might seem insignificant, but her grades were impressive—ranking among the top in the school, though not exactly at the peak. Amazingly, her academic performance wasn’t attributed to hard work. No, she was the embodiment of innate talent!
She had no free time; if she wasn’t working, she was en route to work. While others were studying, she was working. While classmates were in tutoring sessions, she was still clocking in hours. Even when others were relaxing, she was… working.
So Zhao Mingyue’s grades had nothing to do with effort; she was a pure born prodigy!
In the morning classes, Bai Yu wasn’t just keeping an eye on Li Nan; she was also observing Lu Liangting, who sat in front of her.
As for Zhao Mingyue, there wasn’t much to see; she often zoned out in class, distracted by the various shenanigans happening outside the window. In fact, she had once sneakily unwrapped a chocolate and stuffed it in her mouth while the math teacher turned to write on the board!
Fortunately, she did manage to focus for most of the class.
In stark contrast, Lu Liangting was the very picture of seriousness, while Li Nan was the exact opposite—out cold, dozing with his face in his arms on the desk.
Perhaps it was frequent enough that the teacher had grown accustomed to it; even if she caught him sleeping, she hardly bothered to intervene.
At first, Bai Yu thought he was just napping, but upon closer inspection, she realized something was off.
Li Nan had his arms wrapped around the desk, face buried, and he wasn’t sleeping at all. He was peering through the gap between his arms, his bloodshot eyes locked onto Zhao Mingyue.
Those eyes were filled with a complex mix of emotions. Bai Yu was pretty sure he wasn’t daydreaming about becoming Zhao Mingyue’s boyfriend; it was more like he wished he could peel her skin off, rip out her tendons, and leave her in pieces!
For a whole forty minutes, Li Nan kept staring at Zhao Mingyue without even blinking.
That intense gaze reminded Bai Yu of the kind of craziness she’d only seen in… well, crazy people. She started to doubt whether Li Nan had been replaced with a doppelgänger!
But then again, he wasn’t a woman.
Out of thirty-some game participants, there were only two women, and even they hadn’t escaped the clutches of transformation, though they remained female like everyone else.
This left two possibilities: either Li Nan was masquerading as a game participant—but was a woman—or he had been “transformed” by another participant.
The former seemed rather improbable. Sure, he had long hair styled in a middle part and looked pretty decent, but bone structure and an Adam’s apple don’t lie! The latter seemed more plausible; Bai Yu knew perfectly well the tricks those crazies like to pull.
“Someone wants to k*ll you.”
As soon as the class ended, Zhao Mingyue heard Bai Yu’s voice in her mind.
“k*ll me?”
“Watch out for Li Nan after class.”
“Li Nan…” Zhao Mingyue raised an eyebrow, momentarily halting her chocolate snack.
With Bai Yu’s warning, Zhao Mingyue finally noticed the intensity of Li Nan’s gaze, and she couldn’t help but act like she hadn’t seen anything. Truth be told, she found his look… disturbing.
After facing down two missions and an encounter in that world, and thanks to Bai Yu’s relentless “wisdom,” Zhao Mingyue had learned a valuable lesson.
Sometimes, humans can be scarier than ghosts.
Ghosts are simple; they straightforwardly want to k*ll you. But humans? Their motives are rarely that simple; they often want you to suffer more than just d*ath.
“He definitely has some nasty thoughts about me, maybe even thoughts of m*rder! I should strike first—take him down before he gets the chance!”
In her mind, Zhao Mingyue shot back to Bai Yu.
Hearing that, Miss Rabbit on the desk subtly shifted its little bunny head.
Did Zhao Mingyue really just say that?
Just as the thought popped into her head, Zhao Mingyue followed up, “Hehe, do I sound like you?”
“Sound like me?”
“Yep, I’m imitating you.”
“…….”
“Aren’t we supposed to strike first? Or did I guess wrong?”
“You guessed right.”
Zhao Mingyue set Miss Rabbit down on the desk, grasped its body, and locked eyes with the toy’s red ones.
“So, what’s the plan?”
“None. We’ll play it by ear.”
“Uh…”
As the final class approached, the calm morning turned into a mini spectacle.
“Young Master, this is the lunch you asked me to prepare, and I’ve brought it to you.” A chic girl in a black dress stood at the classroom door, her voice loud enough for half the class to hear.
“Zhizi, I told you not to call me Young Master…” Lu Liangting sighed in exasperation.
“Please don’t frown, Young Master! It’ll age you prematurely. To make you happy, I wore the black stockings you like today!”
Lu Liangting was the male protagonist of this comic world, and being from such a realm, it was hardly surprising to Bai Yu that he was referred to as “Young Master.”
But still, wasn’t Lu Liangting’s character a bit different from what she imagined?
