CHAPTER 960: CHAPTER 556: STRAW

"Bang bang!"

"Chuchu, Chuchu!" Xue Yuantong knocked on the wardrobe door, her shouts coming from inside.

"Let me out quickly!"

Xue Chuchu leisurely picked up a chip, crunching it with a sweet, sticky smile: "Serves you right for scaring me!"

Earlier, Yuantong first used Ghost Fire to trigger bad memories, then made her take an apple, and finally played a vanishing act. Xue Chuchu admitted she got a bit intimidated.

Who would have thought it was Yuantong’s prank all along.

"I’ll open the door for you after I finish the chips." Xue Chuchu gave her a small punishment.

"Ugh." Xue Yuantong was trapped in the wardrobe, listening to the sound of Chuchu eating, it was downright tormenting.

Halfway through her snack, Xue Chuchu heard the noise of an electric scooter at the door, a thought crossed her mind, ’Jiang Ning is back?’

Thinking this, she quickly found a tissue to wipe her hands, preparing to unlock Yuantong.

Otherwise, if Jiang Ning saw this scene, he might think she was bullying Yuantong!

In short, Xue Chuchu didn’t want to leave him with this bad impression.

The footsteps came closer, like an urgent rhythm pounding on her heartstrings, Xue Chuchu got a bit flustered, not holding the key properly, the little key slipped from her hand, flying to the ground at the door.

She quickly took two steps, bent over to retrieve it, perhaps due to her anxiousness, she overlooked the gear Yuantong left behind [Yuantong’s slippers].

Xue Chuchu accidentally stepped on the slippers, twisted her foot, lost her balance, and her light nightdress fluttered like a butterfly blown by the wind.

About to fall, she could almost imagine Jiang Ning seeing her awkward appearance.

Xue Chuchu had all sorts of emotions in her heart, her usually calm eyes filled with complex waves...

And at this moment, the leisurely figure of Jiang Ning outside suddenly turned into a phantom, moving to the doorway.

Jiang Ning bent over within an inch, his hands holding Chuchu’s shoulders, feeling soft and warm. With a little effort, Jiang Ning steadied her body.

Xue Chuchu realized she was saved, she gathered her messy hair, her plain face showed only a hint of shyness:

’So embarrassing!’

Jiang Ning laughed: "Minister, there’s no need for such a grand gesture."

Whatever shyness Xue Chuchu had turned into amusement.

Jiang Ning’s Divine Sense scanned the room, asking: "Why are you alone, where’s Yuantong?"

Xue Chuchu remained calm, casually said: "Yuantong went out."

"Oh, oh." Jiang Ning glanced at Yuantong’s slippers on the floor.

Xue Chuchu noticed afterward, she fell silent: "..."

Inside the wardrobe, Xue Yuantong kept quiet, not making a sound, to prevent Jiang Ning from discovering her in such a pitiful and awkward state.

"When will she come back?" Jiang Ning asked.

"Who knows." Xue Chuchu continued to mislead.

Jiang Ning nodded: "What a pity, I brought some fruit candy for her, we’ll share it then."

"Bang bang!" A noise came from the wardrobe.

Inside, a voice rang out: "Jiang Ning, I’m here."

Jiang Ning pretended to be surprised: "Why are you in the wardrobe?"

Xue Chuchu took the opportunity to pick up the key, unlocked it, and Yuantong regained her freedom, taking a breath of fresh air.

To maintain her dignity, Xue Yuantong clapped her little hands, completely nonchalant:

"The wardrobe truly is a treasure trove!"

"Earlier, Chuchu and I were competing to get in, and we played rock-paper-scissors. I won, so I got to experience what it’s like sleeping inside. It’s quite nice!"

She was calm and composed, without the slightest sense of humiliation from being pranked.

Xue Chuchu played along: "That’s right, she’s really good at rock-paper-scissors."

Jiang Ning, seeing through it but not exposing them, played along: "Impressive."

"Hmph!" Although Xue Yuantong was fooled, she didn’t lose face in front of Jiang Ning. She regained her dignity.

...

On Tuesday, before the morning self-study started, the classmates were gradually arriving.

Jiang Yanan, Meng Zi Yun, and Xin Youling were ’sampling’ the appetizer snacks brought by Dong Qingfeng.

Dong Qingfeng used the pretext of ’sampling’ to interact with them, gradually closing the distance and quickly increasing favorability, especially with Meng Zi Yun, whose cheerful conversation made Cao Kun secretly pound the table like crazy.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong always arrived at the buzzer, so when he wasn’t in the classroom, Chen Siyu and her sister Chen Siqing occupied his seat, chatting with Bai Yuxia in the front row.

"Yuxia, this paint color is really pretty!" Chen Siyu was scribbling on paper.

Beside her, Song Sheng really couldn’t understand what difference those paint colors made.

Yang Sheng walked into the classroom, seeing the lively scene around Bai Yuxia, and joined in the conversation.

Bai Yuxia wasn’t just pretty; it wasn’t solely due to her looks that made her the center. More importantly, her gentle and generous nature, her broad knowledge, made being around her very comfortable.

The girls whispered, and Bai Yuxia took out new paintbrushes from her handbag.

At the back of the classroom, Dan Kaiquan entered and shouted: "Brother Nan, did you get me some water?"

Guo Kunnan loudly gave his buddy a good name: "How many laps did you run this morning?"

Dan Kaiquan replied casually: "Not much, 25 laps, just a neat 10 kilometers."

"How long did it take?" Guo Kunnan played the goofball.

Dan Kaiquan glanced at his watch, "Just a casual run, 43 minutes."

"Awesome, you should join our city’s half-marathon!" Guo Kunnan continued to make him famous, loud enough for the whole class to hear.

But Bai Yuxia and her group in the front row continued chatting about their own things.

Lu Qiqi entered the classroom from the front door, her eyes moving when she saw Bai Yuxia’s handbag.

Among the girls in class 8, Lu Qiqi admitted that in reality, she couldn’t match Bai Yuxia in terms of looks, but online, she believed no one could beat her.