How come you're also my ex-girlfriend?

The two, each with their own ulterior motives, arrived at the school gate.

Just as the two were about to enter the school gate and part ways in tacit agreement, Xu Yan happened to see a special figure coming out of the convenience store at the gate.

Therefore, his gaze shifted, and he paused for a moment.

Jiang Yiyao, instantly noticing Xu Yan's gaze, narrowed her eyes. "Looking at a pretty girl?"

Xu Yan looked away. "No, I was just looking around."

The girl followed the gaze, gave a light snort, and said, "She's quite pretty from behind. How about I ask her to help you get her contact information?"

Xu Yan blinked. "Then please, could you go and ask me for one?"

Jiang Yiyao: ...

[Expressing interest in another girl in front of his childhood friend reveals his true nature as a scumbag.]

[Achievement unlocked: You have no heart.]

[Reward: 5 achievement points and 500 yuan.]

Holy crap, is this even allowed?!

Xu Yan had just said it casually, but it seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

"Okay, I'll go get it for you!"

As she spoke, Jiang Yiyao was about to walk over and stop the girl who was about to leave the convenience store.

Xu Yan quickly said, "Stop it, I was just joking. That's my classmate, why would I need her contact information?"

"Is she in your class?"

Jiang Yiyao's reaction was quite strange, as if the surprise wasn't that the two knew each other, but that Xu Yan was in the same class as her.

Xu Yan frowned slightly. "You know her?"

"...I don't know you. I just transferred here, how would I know anyone in your class?"

"Then why do you ask?"

"I've been asking you this question all along; you'll never understand the logic of a genius."

"cut."

Ye Shutong had already disappeared calmly and alone into the night at the school gate. Xu Yan didn't think too much about it and didn't see Jiang Yiyao gripping her phone tightly.

I've accumulated fifty achievement points, and my savings have reached over eight thousand.

Oh no, my buddy got to play the official version of Earth Online! Plans have changed, I need to get the car before graduation!

"Bang."

Xu Yan, whose kidneys had been ambushed by the girl, looked at the girl beside him with a cold snort and looked up at the sky, completely bewildered.

Why did you hit me?

"You deserve it," Jiang Yiyao said irritably.

Xu Yan didn't know what he had done to offend the other party again. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I heard that when girls touch boys inappropriately from time to time, it's a kind of physical attraction."

"Mmm, I love it so much! Next time I bring a knife, you have to say it's because I like it physically!"

She had a sweet, innocent smile on her face.

Xu Yan felt a chill run down his spine. "It's better not to fall too much in love with Jiang Yiyao."

It's one thing to say online that yandere is the best, but in reality, who wouldn't want to have a passionate romance and then become a fragment of a person?

"Ha, you think you're worthy?"

Xu Yan: I'm not worthy? You're more than worthy!

Upon arriving at school, Jiang Yiyao went upstairs first, while Xu Yan went to park his bicycle in the bicycle shed on the other side of the teaching building.

The moonlight was obscured by dark clouds, leaving only the monotonous streetlights as guides. Fortunately, the teaching building was also brightly lit at this moment.

"Click".

The moment Xu Yan locked the bicycle.

The whole world went dark, as if the power had been switched off and the whole world had lost power.

A vast darkness enveloped the boy, while outside came a cacophony of sounds: girls screaming in panic and boys shouting and cursing.

"Why did the power suddenly go out?!"

"Damn it! Where's my phone? Dean, if you're using this trick to bait people, you'd better hide your 'Feng' well!"

"Damn! Which pervert is this? You touch a man's butt?"

"Who's unzipping my jacket?! This isn't Chengdu!"

Some of the sounds came from the distant stairwell, while others came from the darkened classrooms overhead.

Just then, the moonlight was obscured by dark clouds, making it frighteningly dark for a moment. Xu Yan wondered, why is it getting noisier as it gets darker?

Jiang Yiyao should be fine; judging by her speed, she should have arrived at the classroom by now.

There's no other way; men leave their IDs and women strive for self-reliance. The ancestral laws cannot be changed.

And now, all alone in the bike shed? Oh, I'm not afraid of the dark, so it's alright.

But whether you're afraid of the dark or not is one thing, you still have to watch your step. It's so dark you can't see anything, you might fall into a ditch.

Just as Xu Yan took out his phone to turn on the flashlight.

"Clatter".

A beam of light shone directly into his face, startling Xu Yan.

Instinctively squinting to avoid the direct sunlight, I couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, where did this high-beam hog come from?!"

"it's me."

The light shifted and shone on his toes, allowing Xu Yan to hear the voice clearly and then see her face.

Aloofness, indifference, and an absolute pride beyond loneliness are the impressions and labels that her appearance and temperament give people.

"...Ye Shutong?"

Xu Yan never expected that the person suddenly shining their phone light on him would be her. Didn't she leave quickly after coming out of the convenience store near the school gate? How did she end up here...? Did the NPC refresh at the wrong location?

What are you doing here?

Ye Shutong's gaze was cold as she shifted her attention to the upper floor.

"The power's out. I'll take you there."

Unlike her aloof expression, her tone was very gentle, or rather, it was her original tone, but it had been a while and he wasn't used to it.

Upon hearing this, Xu Yan almost instinctively replied, "I brought my phone, it'll be fine if I go by myself..."

Instinctive reactions are based on something in the subconscious, and they are faster than thinking, so some things are a step behind.

[Back to seventeen, there are some things and some people you have to face. But even this woman who almost destroyed your marriage and would cling to you to the very end, when you see her again, you still want to hold her hand, kiss her face, and hug her tightly to feel her real presence, right?]

[Mission: Have a close encounter with Ye Shutong.]

[Reward: One more time.]

Destroying a marriage? Intimate contact? There are too many things Xu Yan could complain about at this moment, especially when these descriptions are associated with the name Ye Shutong.

The most immediate reaction is simple: Why did you do it too!

But in the next instant...

"I'll take you there."

The aloof girl holding her phone in front of him extended her other hand. Whether it was for mission considerations or something else, Xu Yan could have dodged, but he didn't.

Even—[100% chance of catching a blade barehanded].

When the slightly cool palm touched the boy's burning palm.

At that moment, gunpowder smoke arose. It turns out that such a delicate and slender hand can also be a weapon that can cause harm.

A current of electricity, as if about to burst into sparks, spread from his palm, and he felt like a spiny dragon basking in the sun.

They held hands for the first time in such darkness, in a corner unknown to anyone.

She led him toward a place with some light, the wind carrying her faint fragrance, and also her doubts.

What exactly is the relationship between myself and Ye Shutong?

For a period of time in junior high school, I would say it was a good time. It was because of this girl that I first had doubts about relationships and misjudged what I was attracted to.

It was only because she suddenly disappeared from school a period of time before the high school entrance exam in her final year of junior high that she became unreachable, creating an irreparable void. During that period, Xu Yan's grades fluctuated greatly, and she almost couldn't attend the affiliated high school.

However, Xu Yan later heard some news that her disappearance was due to a family accident. Xu Yan didn't know the specifics, and most people, even the teachers, didn't know either.

He didn't dwell too much on the reasons, but gradually realized that it's dangerous to treat someone as your whole world, because you'll have nothing the moment they disappear.

So ultimately it might not be her fault, but rather that she herself was too naive back then.

But later... everything calmed down. When I heard news of her again, I didn't know what identity to use to face her, and I couldn't talk about anything as freely as before.

Actually, she could understand that those things were trivial, even childish. But how to put it, she felt that, like herself, a fortress had sprung up out of thin air because of a period of blank time, which she could never cross and which became a barrier.

Moreover, the girl who was now holding her hand and leading her forward seemed to be a completely different person from the Ye Shutong she used to be.

They may have similar temperaments, but their core values ​​seem to be completely different.

She wouldn't have done this before, so why, after ending up in this kind of relationship, is she doing it instead...?

As she leads you through the darkness without streetlights, you suddenly realize that you are a hundred times luckier than everyone else in the school.

[Achievement unlocked: Go where there is light.]

[Reward: 10 achievement points and 1000 yuan.]

"arrive."

As she uttered those two words to herself, she released her grip.

"bass."

At the same time, the whole world lit up again.

The bicycle sheds in the distance, the corridors nearby, and the classrooms overhead were all lit up.

Bathed in the light, the two saw each other's expressions.

The hand was released just before the call came in, so even those who rushed into the hallway at that moment didn't have time to see how they got there.

Seeing that the other party's expression remained calm and composed, Xu Yan spoke directly.

Your hands seem sweaty.

"Um."

I didn't see any panic or embarrassment on her face; she didn't even take out a tissue to wipe her hands. Strange, wasn't she used to be a germaphobe?

"My hands seem to be sweating too."

"oh."

He remained unmoved, watching her walk upstairs. The distance between them was just enough for them to hold hands, but the blinding light was from the judge.

"I didn't wash my hands after using the toilet."

Xu Yan would never have said such things to Ye Shutong before, but now she probably wouldn't understand the stubbornness of a man trying to break through a thick wall.

This time, Ye Shutong did indeed stop. She turned around on the next floor, without a smile or any embarrassment or anger.

He still maintains that aloof and indifferent demeanor, regarding all things as worthless.

"Didn't we just hold hands?"

"Hmm?" It doesn't seem to have any connection to what I said.

"So stop fooling around and go to class."

"..."

She turned and continued walking, heading towards the floor where the light was even brighter.

Xu Yan sighed.

I haven't figured out what happened before, but now I seem to be feeling a real truth.

I'm finding it harder to outmaneuver her.

……

P.S.: Please give me some monthly votes!