Chapter 232: Avoiding Him
To be honest, when Lin Muqing said, “Look! A UFO!” she never expected anyone to believe it.
She only said it as a casual excuse to “flip the chessboard” and run away right after.
But what she didn’t expect was that after she said it, Meng Wenwu actually turned his head to look at the sky behind him, and even looked for quite a while.
There was no UFO!
When he finally turned back, Lin Muqing was nowhere to be seen. She had already appeared at the corner far away.
Chase her? Forget it. Lin Muqing wasn’t going to stand still and wait for him, with just a few quick steps, she had already run back to the classroom.
Lin Muqing: This isn’t fear or running away, okay? This is a tactical retreat.
Right now, she had too many problems to deal with. Whether at home or at school, she did not want her secret of pretending to be a boy to be exposed.
Since her first plan had failed, she now had no choice but to use her ultimate move —
The move called: “Big Bro, save me!”
“Big Bro.”
She rushed back into the classroom. Because she had run too fast, she bent over and took a few breaths before calling out to her good buddy.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing Lin Muqing’s flushed face from running, Ye Ziming frowned slightly, his eyes showing a subtle expression as he asked.
If nothing had happened, she wouldn’t be this flustered, Ye Ziming thought to himself.
After only a few seconds of thinking, he pegged Meng Wenwu as the prime suspect. His eyes slowly turned colder.
“Hu~ hu~ Big Bro, that flower thief came to find me just now. He found out who I really am!”
After taking a couple more breaths, Lin Muqing looked up at her good buddy, a little nervous as she started explaining.
That small pause in the middle was because she couldn’t remember the flower thief’s real name, only that he was the flower thief.
“Did he say anything to you?”
Frowning, Ye Ziming asked in a low voice.
“That guy is bad news. He not only said he’d reveal my secret, but also said he’d tell my family. Oh, and he even tried to threaten me with it!”
Lin Muqing wasted no time complaining about the flower thief, while carefully watching her good buddy’s reaction.
Originally, she only planned to tell him what happened, but seeing that his expression stayed calm, as if he wasn’t that surprised, she decided to add just a little extra exaggeration so he’d take it seriously.
“Alright, class is starting. Leave this matter to me.”
When the bell rang, Ye Ziming gently patted her shoulder and said with a smile.
“Oh, okay.”
Hearing him finally say that, Lin Muqing let out a sigh of relief, stopped talking about the matter, and took out her book to get ready for class.
What she didn’t know was that from the moment she started speaking, there had already been a flash of killing intent in Ye Ziming’s eyes.
Not wanting to scare her, he deliberately hid it, keeping his expression calm and neutral.
But in his mind, he had already thought of a hundred ways to deal with Meng Wenwu.
Class continued, and during it, Ye Ziming told Lin Muqing a few words to reassure her and told her to focus on the lesson.
Then, when the second period ended, Ye Ziming moved, because it was the long break.
“Let’s talk.”
With a warm smile, Ye Ziming grabbed Meng Wenwu, who was about to go downstairs for morning exercise, and lightly patted his shoulder as he spoke.
“Hm? Brother Ye, aren’t you going to do the exercises?”
Looking confused, Meng Wenwu turned to face him.
“Heh… you won’t need to.”
Softly laughing, Ye Ziming didn’t wait for Meng Wenwu to respond. He simply pulled him away to a quiet place where no one was around.
While being dragged away, Meng Wenwu suddenly felt a chill run down his back. Then he sensed something dark and dangerous coming from Brother Ye.
It wasn’t just a bad feeling, it had killing intent in it.
Meanwhile, Lin Muqing had no idea what her good buddy was doing for her. She just went about her day as usual.
When the long break was over, she went back to class for the next lesson.
The moment she realized something had happened was that afternoon, after school, when she and her good buddy had packed up and were about to leave.
They happened to run right into Meng Wenwu.
The moment he saw them, Meng Wenwu’s eyes went wide like he’d seen something terrifying, then he quickly walked around them to avoid passing too close.
“Big Bro, what’s wrong with him?”
Lin Muqing was really surprised.
She thought, I haven’t even talked to him for half a day, so why is he acting like a different person? He saw them and just avoided them.
“I had a little talk with him.” (I taught him how to behave.)
Ye Ziming’s face stayed calm, his voice casual, like he had done something completely unimportant.
“Wow~”
Hearing this, Lin Muqing immediately understood what he meant. She slowly showed a knowing smile.
About what her buddy did, she could only say: Well done.
Now that problem person had become much more obedient. At least he wouldn’t bother her again. Nice.
If someone isn’t a truly bad person, they would never be allowed into that kind of house.
After solving that issue, Lin Muqing quickly ran into a new one.
She was following her good buddy to a cafe to continue makeup lessons with Sister Yu, when she suddenly got a voice call from her mom.
“Huh? You want to see the cafe in a short video? And you want to see me wearing my work uniform?”
“Uh… well, I guess that’s possible, but…”
“Huh? No need! It’s really fine, you don’t have to drive so far just for this!”
When she got the call, Lin Muqing felt a big headache coming on. Mom suddenly wanted a video tour of her workplace, the maid cafe.
And if she refused, her mom would just drive over and see it in person.
Sigh… For her mom’s sake, breaking the rule just once shouldn’t be a big deal, she thought.
“Lin Muqing, are you looking for this?”
When she helplessly pushed open the staff room door to talk to Sister Yu, she was shocked to find Sister Yu had already prepared a maid outfit for her.
Not only was it freshly washed, it had been carefully ironed and hung to air out before being brought to her.
Looking at Sister Yu’s big smile, Lin Muqing got the feeling she’d been tricked again.
Huh? Why “again”?
“This maid outfit was specially made just for you. If you don’t wear it, it’d be a waste.”
“Huh? But work uniforms can be shared, right?”
“For other people, sure. But for you, not really.”
“Why not?”
“Because in our shop, you’re the only one with a loli body shape.”
Sister Yu said this while pointing at Lin Muqing’s chest.