Several boys rushed over and started acting crazy. Xiang Yu quietly moved to the side and joined the Xu siblings.
"Luo Zai, Zai, save me!" Wang Zehao shakily reached out a hand, opened his eyes and looked at Xu Youluo, who was holding up a Polaroid camera and pointing it at them.
"..." You have no heart.
Tang Yue and Wang Airu came over to join the fun after they finished shopping. Seeing Xu Youluo holding a Polaroid camera, they went up to her and asked if she could take a couple of pictures of them.
Xu Youluo was very generous in this regard, smiling and showing her dimples as she said, "Sure."
After the boys finished their commotion, they gathered around and took photos of the eight boys from Class 2 and the girls. In just a short while, all the film negatives that Xu Youluo had brought were taken.
Xu Youluo looked at the photos in her hand and smiled, her eyes crinkling. "Sis, isn't this our first photo together this year?"
Xu Youqing raised the corners of her mouth, "So what's saved on your phone?"
After a long day, even the most abundant energy is completely depleted. Sitting on the bus back to school, everyone has lost the vigor and vitality they had when they arrived, looking like wilted eggplants.
They had all been dozing off the whole way. The dean, being old, also closed his eyes for a nap. The driver had to wake everyone up when they arrived at the school.
The monsoon is blowing, the sky is overcast, and there are signs of a timely rain.
There were many parents waiting at the gate to pick up their children. The principal counted the number of children again and gave them some words of advice with a smile before dismissing them.
"Don't forget to write your 800-word study tour experience report. We'll collect it tomorrow morning. After you've finished playing, it's time to get back to normal. You're all about to be seniors in high school."
"Oh—" A bunch of kids responded reluctantly. If the dean hadn't reminded them, they would have almost forgotten that the college entrance exam was over today.
"Mouse, Huanhuan, go to the classroom and arrange the desks and chairs neatly," Gu Chen called to the two of them, something they had agreed on in the car.
Xiang Yu said, "I'll go with you. I'll tell Li Yifan."
Gu Chen was more than happy to agree and said with a smile, "Okay."
"I'll come with you too," Xu Youluo said, leaning closer. "I told my sister I'd be home later, and she went home with the driver first."
"Okay." The group went to classroom 2 together. The college entrance examination information of the candidates taking the exam there was posted on the table.
Xiang Yu tore off the information slips one by one, while Wang Zehao and Yang Shuhuan put the table back in its original place. Xu Youlu swept the floor, and Gu Chen mopped it. Everything was done in an orderly manner.
Gu Chen washed the mop and returned to the classroom, where only her boyfriend was sitting in his seat waiting for her.
Where are they?
"Everyone, go back first." Xiang Yu lifted her foot, letting Gu Chen mop the area under her feet clean.
"I see." Gu Chen quickly finished tidying up, washed his hands, and returned to the classroom.
"Let's go." Xiang Yu handed him his schoolbag at the classroom door and turned to lock the door.
"Don't rush off."
Gu Chen rested his chin on Xiang Yu's shoulder, grasped the hand that was holding the doorknob, and pressed down slightly, causing the door to reopen and then immediately close again.
In the dimly lit classroom, two teenagers embraced behind the door, indulging in passionate lovemaking.
After kissing for about ten minutes, Gu Chen released Xiang Yu and gazed at him tenderly in the darkness, her hand gently stroking her boyfriend's back.
Stop at the coccyx.
Xiang Yu thought he was going to continue downwards, so he quickly pressed his hand down.
"This is a classroom," Xiang Yu whispered hoarsely, afraid that he might do something reckless.
"I know." Gu Chen buried her head in her boyfriend's neck, looking like she was really enjoying it.
"..."
Xiang Yu felt as if he had discovered Gu Chen's strange fetish. That night at the guesthouse, the guy stopped halfway through something and asked him about it.
If it's too stimulating, will fish tails grow out of here?
"Wake up." Xiang Yu reached out and flicked Gu Chen's head, then pushed him away to tidy his own appearance.
Gu Chen smiled and leaned closer, kissing his face like a dog, leaving it covered in saliva. He then led him to the bathroom to wash his face before the two left together.
"That's enough to drop you off here." Outside the gate of the residential area, Xiang Yu got off the back of Gu Chen's electric scooter.
"Deliver it to my doorstep, please." The wind ruffled Gu Chen's short hair, and his playful smile made it impossible to tell that he had any bad intentions.
Xiang Yu shook his head. "It's going to rain. Let's go back quickly."
"Okay." Since things had come to this point, Gu Chen could only wait until next time to spend alone with her boyfriend. "See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Xiang Yu watched Gu Chen ride a distance before returning home.
The room was empty. Sun Xiaoli didn't get home until around 10 p.m. every night, and Xiang Jun had to wait until after 8 p.m.
He didn't even turn on the corner light, and just sat on the sofa and leaned back for a while.
'Buzz—Buzz—'
Exhausted, Xiang Yu could barely open his eyes as he fumbled for his phone to answer.
"Xiang Yu, is Xiao Luo with you?"
Hearing the anxious tone of the other party, Xiang Yu sat up and answered the call seriously.
"He left after cleaning the classroom." Xiang Yu paused, noticing that Xu Youqing's breathing on the other end of the phone was becoming increasingly rapid and unstable. She advised, "Don't worry, contact the system..."
Her words abruptly stopped. Xu Youqing wasn't the type to be impatient; she would definitely try contacting the system first.
"Has something happened?" Xiang Yu had a bad feeling.
"Li Yue called me and said that Zhao Ming had kidnapped Xiao Luo."
"How does he know Zhao Ming?" Xiang Yu frowned.
“He didn’t explain clearly, he just gave me a location and told me to go find him.” Xu Youqing’s emotions were indeed unstable on the other end of the phone. “I didn’t believe him, so I hung up. Later, I checked the system, but there was no information, it was like it had lost contact. I called Xiao Luo again, but her phone was off.”
"Wasn't Zhao Ming already paralyzed?" Xiang Yu remembered what happened that night. The ambulance clearly took him to the hospital, and he and Xu Youluo were certain that he was paralyzed. He went to see him twice more later because he was worried. Only Zhao Ming's wife was there to take care of him.
“I just went to the hospital to ask, and Zhao Ming was discharged half a month ago.” Xu Youqing paused and lowered her voice, saying, “He still had to handle the discharge procedures himself.”
"What?" Xiang Yu had already walked to the entrance and started putting on her shoes and getting her keys. "Where are you now? I'll go with you."
"I'm going to find Li Yue, but I haven't called him yet."
"I'll go with you," Xiang Yu repeated. "Where are you? I'll come find you."
"...Come downstairs, I'm at the entrance of your residential complex."
Xiang Yu didn't even have a chance to ask why the other person was waiting outside his own residential area. Perhaps Xu Youqing wanted to ask him for help from the beginning but hesitated to speak up.
The phone receiver made a whooshing sound, and when the sound stopped, Xiang Yu ran out of the residential area.
"Where are you?" The call hadn't ended when Xiang Yu looked around.
“That red Audi by the roadside.” The driver’s side window rolled down, revealing Xu Youqing’s anxious face.
Did you drive here?
Xiang Yu hesitated for a moment, then sat in the passenger seat and fastened his seatbelt, thinking that the other person should have a driver's license.
"I have a driver's license, don't worry." Xu Youqing got her driver's license in J City during the winter vacation. She usually has a driver to pick her up and drop her off, but she never thought it would come in handy today.
"Li Yue's location is on the overpass." Xu Youqing turned on the navigation according to the location and stepped on the gas to get on the road.
"Don't worry." Xiang Yu pondered the connection. "How did your biological father know that Zhao Ming kidnapped Luo Zai? Did he know him?"
“Maybe.” Xu Youqing gripped the steering wheel tightly. “The day before yesterday, I asked the system to keep an eye on Xiao Luo. If Xiao Luo wanted to see anyone, I asked it to tell me, but now it’s out of contact.”
After saying that, he continued, "Xiang Yu, I suspect that the thing Zhao Ming tied up wasn't absorbed by the system... Maybe the system is being suppressed by that guy now."
There weren't many vehicles on the overpass at this time of day. As we approached the destination, Xiangyu spotted a familiar person standing by the bridge in the distance.
Compared to the last time we met, Li Yue looked much more energetic and was no longer the drunkard he had been.
"Xiao Qing, Xiao Luo has been taken to the high dam of the reservoir by Zhao Ming." Li Yue saw an expensive red Audi parked in front of him and knew who was in the car, but when he rolled down the window, he found that there was more than just Xu Youqing.
"Get in the car." Xu Youqing had no patience for this guy, but softened her tone when talking to Xiang Yu, "Xiang Yu, go to the back and keep an eye on him for me."
He nodded and moved to the back row.
Li Yue's face darkened, but he didn't lash out. He sat in the back seat and looked at the interior.
"Your mom told me before that she wanted to buy a red Audi, but I didn't let her have it then. Later, she earned her own money and was able to..."
“Li Yue,” Xu Youqing interrupted him, “I didn’t bring you up here to catch up. You know that better than anyone. How did you meet Zhao Ming, and how did Zhao Ming kidnap Xiao Luo?”
Xu Youqing said with a gloomy face, "I know you have ill intentions. My mother and I have long since stopped pursuing your legal responsibilities, but you know the consequences if something happens to Xiao Luo."
Li Yue wanted to retort, but Xiang Yu was sitting next to him with an unfriendly look, so he could only swallow his anger and say, "...because of Feng Rou."
"What did you say?" Xu Youqing raised her voice, questioning, "Feng Rou? You actually let her go?"
Xiang Yu was completely confused and had no idea who Feng Rou was.
Xu Youqing gave a mocking smile, "Should I praise your deep affection or your lack of memory? That woman ruined your family, ran away with your loans, and left you in this sorry state. In the end, you still want to let her go?"
Xiang Yu now knows who Feng Rou is; Gu Chen told her that Li Yue was keeping a college student as a mistress back then.
That female college student must be Feng Rou.
Li Yue's face darkened at the mention of these past events. He couldn't swallow this grievance easily, but he had no choice. "Feng Rou later married Zhao Ming... You know how much money I owe. Xiao Luo gave me a little over 100,000 yuan, but it's far from enough."
"Married to Zhao Ming?" Xiang Yu's eyes flickered slightly. "The one who was with Zhao Ming at the hospital at the time was Feng Rou."
"Hospital? What hospital?" Li Yue seemed unaware that Zhao Ming had been to the hospital. "Xiao Luo approached me and promised to give me 200,000 yuan, but only if I gave him Feng Rou's whereabouts..."
“I don’t know how he knew that Feng Rou and I had been secretly in contact. Feng Rou did help me out a bit over the years…” Li Yue met Xu Youqing’s gaze in the rearview mirror, paused, and immediately changed the subject, “I tricked Feng Rou into coming out so that Xiao Luo could meet her, but Zhao Ming somehow found out about it. He was there when we met this afternoon, and right in front of me, he kidnapped Xiao Luo…”
Li Yue's words were so cryptic that no one else would understand what he was saying, but Xiang Yu and Xu Youqing understood perfectly.
Zhao Ming must have learned that Xu Youluo was also a Xuanwu through the system attached to his belt, which is why he kidnapped him.
It's clear that Li Yuefa's intention wasn't out of paternal love to save his son, otherwise he would have called the police long ago. His real purpose was probably to lure Xu Youqing over.
Knowing full well that there are tigers in the mountains, yet still venturing into the tiger's den.
Xu Youqing parked her car outside the reservoir and saw a black Volkswagen parked next to her.
This is Zhao Ming's car.
The closer they got to their destination, the more frightened Li Yue became. He didn't know what he was doing; he just wanted money, but Zhao Ming had promised to give him the money if he lured Xu Youqing here.
Li Yue took two slow, trembling steps, then saw that the two were still standing by the car and hadn't followed.