Chapter 36: “Lu, let’s stop here?”
At the edge of University City, in the Old Place, in front of that half-finished building.
Jumeng stood outside the half-finished building, waiting idly by the dimly lit street. After dinner, she followed Luxianbei to this spot.
She originally intended to see how Luxianbei had turned into a legend, but was met with a firm rejection from Luxianbei. “Seriously, what can’t you see? How dare you threaten to break up with me!”
“Do you really think I care about you, sister?”
Jumeng murmured with a resentful tone, and upon hearing footsteps not far away, she turned around to see the girl emerging from the shadows.
With pinkish-white long hair, a petite figure, and a red-and-white contrasting windbreaker, it was none other than the now legendary Luxianbei.
Approaching Jumeng, Luxianbei raised an eyebrow, “Ready to go? Lin Yiqi is probably finishing up, and we should get ready; it’s the last step of the immortal jump.”
“What the hell is an immortal jump!” Jumeng rolled her eyes, “It’s clearly a serious matter, but why does it sound so weird coming from you?”
“And what last step? I never heard about that before!”
“The Zhipianxian can sense my location, being too close could expose us, so before Lin Yiqi leads him to the main path at Gate Four, we need to hide a little. Luxianbei explained.
“To ensure we arrive on time, the last step is, of course, summoning the Calamity Witch’s dedicated transportation!” Jumeng sized up Luxianbei and joked, “You have a dedicated transportation too?”
I, the dignified Master of the Eight-Hundred-Mile Peach Source, don’t even have one, what right do you have?
“You’ll find out if you come with me.”
Two minutes later.
Following Luxianbei to the street, Jumeng stood on the curb, arms crossed, watching Luxianbei coldly, “Hurry up, I want to see what kind of trick you can summon!”
“Watch closely!” Luxianbei confidently raised an eyebrow at Jumeng, stepped to the edge of the road, rolled up her sleeves, stretched out her small hand, and waved at the empty road.
Jumeng, “???”
What the hell? Didn’t you say you could summon dedicated transportation? Why does it look like you’re hailing a cab? The next moment, the sound of brakes squealed, causing Jumeng’s eyes to widen.
Out of nowhere, a taxi appeared on the previously empty road, stopping in front of the two.
Luxianbei turned around and patted Jumeng on the shoulder, “See, Stinky Sister? This is the Calamity Witch’s dedicated transportation. Shall we get in?”
It turned out that what the Calamity Witch had, the Master of the Eight-Hundred-Mile Peach Source didn’t necessarily have.
Jumeng, “d*mn it, I can’t believe I fell for this! Once we return to Peach Spring, I must get Yuan Ye to set one up for me too!”
Uncle Zhang Shan, through the car window, saw Luxianbei standing on the street and paused for a moment, then noticed Jumeng beside her, hesitating again.
Wow, why did she bring someone along this time?
Uncle Zhang Shan thought, and as Luxianbei and Jumeng got into the car, he couldn’t wait to ask her, “Young lady, you’re this guy’s friend, right? You’ve definitely experienced a lot together?”
“Huh?” Jumeng was slightly startled by Uncle Zhang Shan’s sudden question.
“I mean, that kind of thrilling and exciting urban legend event!” Uncle Zhang Shan said, “The scarier, the better!” Jumeng, “This dedicated driver isn’t quite right in the head, is he?”
Are you here unlocking a new character for a story series? Luxianbei thought privately, then turned to Uncle Zhang Shan, “Uncle, she doesn’t have any stories to tell; let me tell you instead?”
“That sounds great!” Uncle Zhang Shan smiled, “By the way, where are you going?”
“To the main road of Gate Four at Huacheng University,” Luxianbei replied, “but there’s no rush. I’ll tell you a story first, and when it’s time to set off, I’ll let you know.”
After a pause, she continued, “Let me tell you a story about a paper person’s eye-opening and possessing a college student. Once upon a time, there was a student in University City…”
Jumeng sat quietly beside Uncle Zhang Shan, listening, and the more she heard, the more it felt wrong. Her willow eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Isn’t this story based on her own personal experience?
From her spiritual perception, this driver was just an ordinary person, so how could he…
What kind of place is Huacheng? Even an ordinary taxi driver isn’t afraid of urban legends? Jumeng thought, puzzled—
Huacheng is rich in water resources, with rivers of all sizes throughout the city. Even within the Huacheng University campus, there is a river—neither big nor small.
The river runs through the entire campus like a ribbon wrapping around Huacheng University, separating the area of student dormitories from the classrooms.
After dinner, Lin Yiqi and Zhipianxian strolled on the small island made of cobblestones by the riverbank, the water lapping at their feet.
The river reflected the bright moonlight, and occasionally a red carp would leap out of the water, creating ripples that slowly spread to the shore, making the water plants sway gently, and the croaking of frogs suddenly stopped.
As the evening wind suddenly picked up, it ruffled Lin Yiqi’s long hair that had been let down, unveiling her delicate collarbone and a portion of her pale neck.
“You know, junior? In the past, there were often seniors who failed their graduate exams or couldn’t graduate jumping into this river,” she suddenly said ominously to Zhipianxian, “Guess what happened to them later?”
As if unfolding a thrilling story, Zhipianxian paused and looked toward the river’s depths under the moonlight.
“They didn’t drown, did they?”
“Ha!” Lin Yiqi covered her mouth and laughed lightly, “Of course not, they just got wet.”
After a pause, her eyes curved into crescent moons as she added, “It was just the kind of wet that soaked their bodies, not the other kind. Don’t get the wrong idea!”
I’m not getting the wrong idea! Is she hinting at something? Zhipianxian scratched the back of his head.
“Later, as more people jumped into the river, the student council put up a few signs by the river saying, ‘One-meter deep, no playing in the water’,” Lin Yiqi continued.
“So after that, no one jumped into the river anymore?” Zhipianxian asked.
“Not at all!” Lin Yiqi shook her head, “In fact, more people jumped in.”
Zhipianxian, “”
However, I can only say that the students at Huacheng University are truly talented.
But grumbling aside, he actually quite enjoyed this mildly ambiguous atmosphere tonight.
Since leaving the soccer field, Lin Yiqi always found a way to talk to him, just like a little girl eagerly wanting to share her entire world with someone she has a crush on, giving a refreshing feeling of first love.
Although, Zhipianxian didn’t really know what first love should feel like. “Junior.” Lin Yiqi suddenly called out.
“Hmm?” Zhipianxian tilted his head.
Lin Yiqi looked ahead, a small stone bridge stood over the river, and just beyond it was the front entrance of the girls’ dormitory. “We’re almost at the girls’ dorm.”
“Yeah.” Zhipianxian replied a bit dejectedly, “I’ll drop you off downstairs and then leave.”
Lin Yiqi fell silent for a few seconds, leaned closer to Zhipianxian, bit her lip, and softly said, “But I don’t want to go back yet.”
Don’t want to go back? Then what do you want to do? Hearing this piqued Zhipianxian’s interest!
“Let’s go watch a movie?” Lin Yiqi suggested, “I used to love watching late-night films, but it’s been over a year since I last went.”
“Why?” Zhipianxian frowned.
“Because I broke up with my ex-boyfriend!” Lin Yiqi smiled bitterly, “Nowadays, almost no cinemas show late-night films, and if you want to watch, you can only go to private cinemas.”
“Isn’t it a bit strange to go alone to those kinds of places? Moreover, it’s not safe for a girl to be out alone at night.”
Having experienced heartbreak, currently single, wanting to go to a private cinema, and not planning to return tonight—Zhipianxian instantly caught the most critical information in Lin Yiqi’s words.
Could it be that he’s really going to learn and grow with this senior tonight? Isn’t that a bit too fast?
Forget it, if anything happens overnight, it’ll be Luxianbei’s fault, what does it have to do with me? With that thought, Zhipianxian smiled and responded, “Alright!”
Noticing the barely concealed excitement in Zhipianxian’s eyes, Lin Yiqi secretly smiled with contempt in her heart.
Easy to handle!
Next, all she needed to do was act a bit impatient and then suggest taking a shortcut, leaving the school through the main road of Gate Four. Lin Yiqi thought—
The moonlight was like water, gently reflecting on the concrete pavement of the main road of Gate Four, casting a chilly atmosphere. The weeds on either side had grown to half a person’s height, and it was hard to tell how long it had been since they were trimmed.
The white lines marking the planned road still remained in the center, faintly revealing its former bustling scene when it was one of the main thoroughfares of Huacheng University, but now it was desolate and withering.
On the right side of the intersection, a rusty iron sign lay on the ground, and it was vaguely possible to discern that it had the number “4” written on it.
In recent times, Zhipianxian had come into contact with many students from Huacheng University and had long heard of the fame of the main road of Gate Four, but he had never personally come here. Now that he was actually here, he inexplicably began to feel uneasy.
He had a feeling that something was about to happen.
Just as this thought crossed his mind, Lin Yiqi, who was walking with him, suddenly stopped in her tracks, standing still. “Lu, let’s stop here?”
Lin Yiqi’s voice came from behind, and Zhipianxian was taken aback. What does it mean to stop here?
Why does it feel like when you go out with a girl and pass by a graveyard, she suddenly says, “I’m home”? He thought, turning to look at Lin Yiqi, his pupils slightly narrowing.
The cold wind came at just the right moment, disheveling her long hair, obscuring her face, and accompanied by a faintly bloody spirit energy fluctuation, a baby’s cry echoed in the wind.
Then, with a series of rustling sounds, a bl**d shadow crawled out from the shadow at Lin Yiqi’s feet, slowly climbing onto her shoulder.
It was an undeveloped infant, its body lacking fully developed skin, showing a purplish hue, with dark red bl**d vessels writhing beneath its tender flesh.
Its protruding eyeballs had not opened, yet Zhipianxian felt its gaze. Zhipianxian, “!!!”
(Feeling a bit blocked; I feel I’m forcing it out, so I’m writing a bit less today.)
