Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Lost the Chase
Translator: 549690339
Luo Ziling and Yang Qingyin had agreed to meet outside the school’s east gate.
So after escaping the dormitory, he immediately rushed to the east gate at top speed.
After waiting for about five minutes, he finally saw Yang Qingyin, who had disguised her usual appearance with a hat and glasses, appear before him.
“Senior, what’s the secret code for our rendezvous today?” Luo Ziling walked up as he saw Yang Qingyin approaching and cracked a joke.
“Do all underground workers meet up like that?” Yang Qingyin smiled back, “Why didn’t you tell me the secret code just now?”
“Should we agree on a secret code next time I make an appointment with you?”
“Sure, to save you from mistaking who you’re dating,” Yang Qingyin promptly agreed, “Think of a good secret code after you get back.”
“Hehe, then I’ll have to come up with something quite cultured,” Luo Ziling said, shamelessly laughing.
Yang Qingyin slightly pulled down her sunglasses and looked at Luo Ziling with a smile, “Then show off your talents, even a few original lines will do, so I can see your learning.”
“I, an illiterate who hasn’t attended a single day of school, what learning could I have!” Luo Ziling said with a bitter smile.
“Excessive modesty is not a virtue.”
“I’m just stating the facts, I don’t even have a kindergarten diploma!”
“There aren’t diplomas for kindergarten in the first place!”
“There are diplomas for elementary school, right? I don’t have that either.”
“You’re just being deliberately modest!” Yang Qingyin gave him an eyeroll, “Just a few days ago, who was bragging that they knew astronomy, geography, the hundred schools of thought, and were a master-level figure, even capable of lecturing professors at the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and now you’re so modest?”
“This is called ‘knowing when to stretch and when to retract.’ When it’s time to be proud, you mustn’t skimp on the pride, and when it’s time to be modest, one must be very modest.”
“You’re kind of annoying!”
“When am I not annoying?”
“When you’re not annoying, then you’re not annoying.”
The two of them laughed and talked all the way towards the eastern part of the school.
Having hung around for several days, Luo Ziling was already quite familiar with the surroundings outside the school. He didn’t want to run into students from the school in case they recognized him. So after walking a distance, he decisively took Yang Qingyin’s hand and darted into a quieter alley with fewer pedestrians.
Another reason he didn’t like to walk on the main streets was that it was too bustling with people coming and going, which made him embarrassed to hold Yang Qingyin’s hand.
After walking hand in hand with Yang Qingyin several times, Luo Ziling would involuntarily want to hold her hand every time they were together.
Yang Qingyin’s hand was soft, smooth, and delicate, feeling extremely comfortable in his palm.
Of course, the most important source of this extremely comfortable feeling still comes from the psychological level.
When Luo Ziling suddenly pulled Yang Qingyin into a small alley while holding her hand, she was slightly surprised, but in the end, she let it happen without pulling her hand away, allowing Luo Ziling to lead her. All around the college, it was common to see young couples walking hand in hand, so them doing the same wasn’t particularly strange.
As they walked further into the alley, just when Yang Qingyin thought there was no way through, Luo Ziling guided her into another narrow lane, then turned again, and Yang Qingyin recognized another familiar street.
“It’s really like being underground operatives,” after winding through several alleys and finally returning to the main road, Yang Qingyin teased Luo Ziling with a laugh, “It seems like you’re quite skilled at this kind of thing.”
“I used to go hunting with my grandfather, and he talked about some of these experiences. To trap wild animals, you need to use your brain, taking shortcuts or lying in ambush in ditches is often necessary,” Luo Ziling hurriedly explained, “When climbing the mountains to gather herbs, it’s often necessary to take a roundabout route. I have a good memory, so once I’ve walked a path, I remember it. I’ve only walked through these few alleys once. Hehe, anyway, you don’t like walking on the main streets.”
Yang Qingyin smiled and said nothing more.
Luo Ziling’s unconscious action, however, caused trouble for the few guys following behind.
Cao Jianhui, Li Fuming, and Wu Longjiang, who had stealthily followed Luo Ziling out, quickly noticed that he was on a date with a tall girl wearing a hat and glasses, whose face they couldn’t see clearly. After the two of them left the school gate together, they immediately followed, but to their surprise, after tracking them for a while, Luo Ziling took Yang Qingyin’s hand and turned into a nearby alley, disappearing without a trace.
When they hurried into the alley chasing after them, they could no longer see the two of them.
They didn’t even catch a glimpse of the moment when Luo Ziling was guiding Yang Qingyin by the hand.
This left Cao Jianhui, Li Fuming, and Wu Longjiang extremely frustrated.
“So Boss really does have someone in his heart, otherwise why wouldn’t he be interested in Ouyang Huihui?” After searching for a while but not spotting Luo Ziling and the woman by his side again, Cao Jianhui said rather sullenly, “The jerk, actually doesn’t want us to know, that’s too much.”
“Boss really has game, he’s just arrived and within a few days, he’s hooked up with a beauty,” Li Fuming said with a silly grin, looking ahead, “The girl just now must be very pretty, and she had long legs too. Ah, why does it always happen like this? Beauties are always throwing themselves at the Boss.”
Wu Longjiang completely agreed with Li Fuming’s opinion, and with a sense of wonder, said, “Even a super beauty like Ouyang Huihui doesn’t meet his standards, so the girl he’s interested in must be very pretty.”
Cao Jianhui’s gaze became complex as he looked at the street corner ahead, his voice tinged with dejection, “Do you think it could be Ouyang Huihui’s sister? Although I didn’t get a clear look at her, she must be very beautiful, and she drives a Rolls Royce too.”
“It shouldn’t be,” Li Fuming considered for a moment before saying, “Ouyang Huihui’s sister definitely wouldn’t meet him here, I think it’s still someone from our school.”
Cao Jianhui’s eyes lit up, “Could it actually be Ouyang Huihui? He just doesn’t want to admit it?”
“Possible!” Li Fuming and Wu Longjiang both nodded in agreement.
“But the figure doesn’t quite match,” Cao Jianhui then contradicted himself, “This girl is thinner, Ouyang Huihui seems fuller.”
“Not Ouyang Huihui?” Li Fuming suddenly got a bit anxious, “Then who could it be?”
“How would I know?” Cao Jianhui gave Li Fuming an exasperated look, “You ask me, but whom do I ask?”
Wu Longjiang thought for a moment and then suggested in a low voice, “How about we hide out near the school and wait for them to come back?”
Cao Jianhui’s eyes immediately brightened, “Good, we’ll wait in hiding for them to return. I don’t believe they will go to a hotel room tonight.”
“So where do we wait?” Li Fuming asked as his stomach was already growling, hinting at going to eat, “Shall we take turns waiting somewhere?”
“Let’s go to eat first,” Cao Jianhui waved his hand grandly, “They won’t be coming back right away. Let’s fill our stomachs first. Come on, I’ll treat you to a big meal.”