**Chapter 28 – From now on, this child must call me “Godmother”! [4K]**
At 12:40 PM, on the pedestrian street of Huacheng University, people were coming and going.
Although it was called a pedestrian street, it was actually just a branch of Sakura Avenue, a straight street about two to three hundred meters long, with twenty to thirty small shops on both sides.
While the number wasn’t large, the range of businesses was wide, including stationery, printing, bubble tea, fast food, fruits, accessories, daily necessities, and electronic products.
There was only an hour and a half for the lunch break between the last class of the morning and the first class of the afternoon at Huacheng University. After eating lunch at the cafeteria, it was somewhat tight to make it back to the dormitory for a nap.
So, every lunch break, many students gathered on the pedestrian street, resting briefly before heading directly to their first class of the afternoon.
In addition to students, teachers and professors who taught continuously between the last class of the morning and the first class of the afternoon also liked to take their lunch break on the pedestrian street, and Professor Ma was one of them.
After finishing lunch and buying a cup of Iron Guanyin cold brew tea at a bubble tea shop, he sat on a bench by the pedestrian street, smiling leisurely as he watched the passing students, as if he could see his eighteen-year-old self in them.
“Being young is wonderful!” Professor Ma sighed, accidentally glancing around the street corner. His smile froze, and in the next moment, it quickly returned, his mouth twitching slightly.
In front of a jewelry store at the corner of the pedestrian street, he saw a familiar face.
It was a young man, around eighteen or nineteen years old, with a handsome face, wearing a white T-shirt with a simple print and deep blue jeans. The way he smiled, with the corners of his mouth naturally curving up, gave a clean and beautiful impression, like the morning light of early spring.
Such a youth wasn’t rare at Huacheng University, and ordinarily, Professor Ma wouldn’t have paid too much attention. After all, he was a heartthrob in his youth.
But the key was that the young man was “Lu Yibei,” and more importantly, there were several girls gathered around him, even more importantly, they seemed to be having a great time together.
“Lu Yibei, Lu Yibei, your skin looks so good!”
“Really? I recently used a sleep cream, and the effects are great! You can try it; someone as naturally beautiful as you will definitely see better results than I do!”
“Really? Saying that will make others shy!”
“I’m serious! How about this evening, you come home with me, and I’ll give you a new bottle to try?”
“Sure, sure!”
As they spoke, Lu Yibei glanced at another girl beside him, knitted his brows slightly, and feigned anger, saying, “Ai Tongxue, how come you have dark circles? Have you been resting poorly? This won’t do!”
“Huh? Really? Um, the advanced math class was too hard; I didn’t understand anything! I don’t get why the College of Arts and Literature has to learn advanced math when I clearly chose this major because I’m bad at math.”
“It’s actually not that difficult; you’re so smart. As long as you find the right method, you’ll be fine. Why don’t you come to my house tonight? We can go over the problems together?”
“Lu Yibei” spoke gently to the girl, his tone sincere, which, combined with his handsome face, made it hard to doubt he had any ulterior motives.
“But….” The girl hesitated.
“Oh, oh! Lu Yibei is a top student! I used to think he had an icy demeanor and was hard to get along with, but I didn’t expect…”
Professor Ma watched as “Lu Yibei,” surrounded by a crowd of girls, unabashedly engaged in indiscriminate charm offensive behavior, feeling completely unsettled.
He knew very well that the “Lu Yibei” in front of him was not the real Lu Yibei. In fact, it might not even be human!
Seeing the scene before him and recalling how Lu Yibei had handed him the Zhipianxian before, with its bizarre appearance capable of causing mental pollution, he felt a strange sense of fear, akin to the rise of artificial intelligence rebelling against humanity, an intelligence crisis.
“Lu Yibei, Lu Yibei, Professor Ma seems to be watching you!”
“Oh? That’s normal; I have a good relationship with Professor Ma!”
As he spoke, “Lu Yibei” looked over at Professor Ma, and at the moment their eyes met, his lips curled up, showing a meaningful and sinister smile, the kind that would give children nightmares.
What the hell? What does he want?
Professor Ma shuddered, spilling half of his Iron Guanyin tea, feeling a chill on a hot day, his face turning pale. The smile of “Lu Yibei” reminded him of a time in his youth, when he and Lan Sheng and a mysterious friend had encountered an entity trapped in a tomb, possessed by evil spirits.
That creepy thing, could it be planning to k*ll and silence him? Professor Ma thought, knowing he was the only one who knew its true identity. What was worse, he knew a terrifying monster had mixed into the school, harming students, regardless of gender, and he couldn’t tell anyone.
Because, in a way, he was also an accomplice!
In silence, he kept his eyes locked on “Lu Yibei,” until “Lu Yibei” turned his gaze away, happily chatting and laughing with the girls as they left the pedestrian street. Professor Ma finally sighed in relief, putting down his cup and trembling as he sent a message to Lu Yibei.
Professor Ma: “Lu Yibei, when are you coming back? That thing you left behind is about to go out of control!” In fact, Professor Ma hadn’t anticipated things would evolve into today’s situation.
The changes in Zhipianxian began about a week ago.
Initially, Professor Ma just noticed it had become more “lively” and human-like compared to when Lu Yibei had left, but the change was so slight that he hadn’t taken it to heart.
Then, after about five days, Professor Ma discovered that Zhipianxian had started interacting with classmates and even arranged a soccer game with the boys after school.
Before leaving, Lu Yibei had told Professor Ma not to let Zhipianxian come into contact with open flames or receive violent impacts.
Upon seeing that figure dashing across the field, catching all the attention, Professor Ma realized something was wrong and sent Lu Yibei the first message urging him to return the next day.
But at that time, he still didn’t know how Zhipianxian had changed, and couldn’t explain it clearly over the phone or text.
By today, seeing Zhipianxian starting to flirt with girls, Professor Ma could no longer sit still.
If this continued, would that monster k*ll and silence him? It was uncertain, but the reputation of “Lu Yibei, who plays with girls’ feelings” would likely spread across the campus and become a fact.
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At 1:03 PM, inside a double room in the girls’ dormitory of Huacheng University.
After settling in at Huacheng University and taking a short break, Huaxie Yu slung her backpack over her shoulder, preparing to head to the classroom located in the Science and Liberal Arts Building.
Although “Yu Jianqiu” was just an identity created for easier access to Lu Yibei, according to the man’s words, since she was to act, she had to play the full role.
“Yu Jianqiu” was a student at Huacheng University and was also set up to be a diligent student who loved to study. If she never attended classes or participated in various activities at school and rarely appeared on campus, she would eventually raise suspicions.
Fortunately, Huaxie Yu was not averse to experiencing campus life and was even quite interested.
In fact, when she was very young, she had always envied the children in the neighboring houses who could go to school while she could only hide in a top-floor “illegal building,” peering through the cracks in the window to watch those children walk away.
However, later, with the last school in the Fragrant Lady Cave area being infiltrated and becoming a meeting place for a hidden cult, all the children had stopped attending school.
Walking through the campus of Huacheng University, watching the vibrant students passing by, each time, Huaxie Yu’s heart would tremble lightly with their laughter, and she would unconsciously lower her head, letting her long hair cover her face.
This expression she exhibited, although seventy to eighty percent was an act as “Yu Jianqiu’s” character was that of a shy and timid girl, the remaining twenty to thirty percent could be considered a genuine emotional display, a result of the deep-seated inferiority that quietly surged to the surface.
Huaxie Yu had always felt that the saying “purity from the muck” was nonsense; even if a lotus flower bloomed beautifully, its roots were always buried deep in the stinking mud.
In Dawn City, in the Fragrant Lady Cave, surrounded by filth, perhaps she could use the phrase “purity from the muck” to console herself, but coming here, where everyone was “clean,” was different.
Everything in her sight seemed to remind her that she came from Dawn City in the Fragrant Lady Cave, and she was not like everyone else.
In fact, it was precisely because the Solar Eclipse Society understood that Huaxie Yu would have such a mindset upon arriving at Huacheng University that they arranged for her the identity of “Yu Jianqiu.”
Three parts truth and seven parts deception made for the most confusing lies.
“Huh? Are you coming too? Of course, that’s great! But, my bed isn’t that big. I mean, if it gets too late, you might have to make do a bit…”
While walking ahead, Huaxie Yu suddenly heard a familiar voice. Following the sound, she saw “Lu Yibei,” strutting along, surrounded by girls, acting so flamboyantly but without being disliked.
Huaxie Yu, “???”
What the hell? How did he get to school so quickly? Are those girls his backups?
d*mn it! Back in the car, with a woman as striking as me, he had no interest, but once he reached school, he’s all lovey-dovey with these ordinary girls?
I think you’re a big woven bag—oh, you can really hold a lot, huh?!
At that moment, Huaxie Yu suddenly felt she had understood what kind of person Lu Yibei was.
He was the type that, in front of adults or elders, had the heart of a thief but no courage to steal, not daring to hold a girl’s hand, but behind their backs, he had the audacity to turn into a “hand-holding Guanyin.”
Perfect! He has to be unserious; if he was too serious, he wouldn’t even know how to approach!
Huaxie Yu thought, slightly curling her lips, and a playful and charming expression appeared in her slightly dim peach blossom eyes. Everyone is just unrecyclable garbage; someday they will be buried and burned; what’s there to say about being scummy?
If you’re not against it, let’s have a little fun together?!
I’ll play you to d*ath sooner or later!
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Perhaps due to losing the hive network on the airplane, there was a delay in receiving text messages. Lu Yibei didn’t receive Professor Ma’s message immediately and was unaware that “someone” was using his face, causing a commotion at school, ruining his reputation.
If he had known, he might have sought out those girls, bringing ID to borrow some campus products. There’s a saying, “When others suspect you of having weapons of mass destruction, you better actually have them!” After all, his reputation was already damaged, so why struggle?
Instead, it would be better to take advantage of the situation!
However, Lu Yibei was completely unaware of this, which was a pity.
After getting out of Uncle Zhang Shan’s taxi, he transferred to the bus to University City and headed straight back to Jingyi Apartment Complex.
Upon returning home and just opening the door, Lu Yibei sensed something was off.
Slowly walking into the house, he stood in the middle of the living room, arms crossed, looking around, his brows gradually knitting together. The home’s display was as usual, but something felt wrong, though he couldn’t pinpoint what it was. This sensation wasn’t new to him; the last time was when Jiang Li had sneaked into his house and hid on his bed while watching movies with her phone, whining away.
But this time, Lu Yibei’s instincts told him that the intruder was definitely not Jiang Li.
The difference was as clear as the fragrance of orchids versus peach blossoms.
“d*mn it, what do you all think my home is? Come and go as you please, is it a public restroom?” Lu Yibei muttered, darkly, taking out Xuan Ying Luo Fu from the metal box he always carried and gripping it in his hand. Just then, he heard footsteps coming from the second floor.
Following that, a girl leaned over from the railing.
“Ah! You dog, you’re finally back! Come here and help me, I can’t find the NPC for this task!”
The girl on the second floor, dressed in a baggy old T-shirt that made a sleep dress, with long dark green hair, was none other than Jumeng.
“Stinky Sister?” Lu Yibei widened his eyes. “What are you doing here?”
d*mn, I thought I smelled something mixed with bird droppings in that peach blossom fragrance! Lu Yibei added silently in his mind. He then noticed that Jumeng was cradling a noticeably larger Wang Ying like a pillow, his pupils slightly trembling.
“Wait! Put that thing down, don’t move it!”
Upon seeing this, Jumeng revealed a mischievous smile, squeezing the Wang Ying in her arms and teasingly said, “Wow, is this really your witch’s egg?”
*Look at how nervous you are! Don’t worry, I didn’t do much to it; I just helped you bless it a bit for a good atmosphere and to protect the baby.”
“Just remember, from now on, this child has to call me ‘Godmother!’” Lu Yibei exclaimed, “???“
Protecting the baby?
Stinky Sister, you really didn’t realize that this thing almost killed you before, did you?
He felt that Jumeng at that moment was like a child holding dynamite, completely unaware of the danger.
