The class president was holding a bouquet of flowers and waiting for someone at the hospital entrance.
There were deep dark circles under his eyes, obviously from not getting enough rest last night.
Even if the people around him spoke to him several times, he did not respond as if he did not hear them, still immersed in his own world.
“President, are you okay?”
Beside him, the vice president had a worried look on his face. “I know your family recently…”
Although he did not tell anyone about this and attended school normally, some people who had business dealings with his family learned about his parents’ death in a car accident.
Hearing this, Jing Chen came back to his senses and shook his head. “It’s fine.”
Because the great sadness of his parents’ bizarre death had been crushed by a long-term fear of monsters, he accepted the reality and gradually became numb to his parents’ death, plus the culprit had paid the price. He had nothing else to do except blame himself.
He was just thinking about last night.
Jing Chen knew that it was Jian Xie who rescued him from that ugly monster.
However, the details of how the other rescued himself were very vague, as if they were covered by a fog. However, in his memory, there seemed to be an eerie aura lingering behind the classmate whom he had been paying attention to for a long time.
It was like a shadow cast behind sunlight, or like thick dark clouds blocking the sun.
Nothing more.
Jian Xie’s image in his eyes has always been mysterious. Even though they shared a secret last night, he couldn’t really get close to him.
Soon after, when he was crying in the ruins of the villa, a strange man who called himself Fu Huanyu came to his door and asked him some inexplicable questions. Seeing that his answers were incoherent and full of loopholes, he couldn’t help but frown. The man took out an instrument to scan him and the surrounding area.
After looking at the instrument, his attitude changed drastically. He lectured him in a stern manner and told him not to cause trouble.
Before leaving, the man reprimanded him.
Although he accepted the reprimand, there was a voice in the class president’s heart telling him that Fu Huanyu also belonged to that world.
An erased secret that comes from that world which Jian Xie didn’t want him to get involved in.
But, he really wanted to know what happened to Jian Xie…
Jing Chen lowered his head, his fingers subconsciously clenching the outer packaging of the bouquet. His eyes stared at the stones on the side of the road as he suddenly felt an unspeakable frustration in his heart.
The summer was hot and the sun was scorching. The heat rising from the earth made people dizzy.
“……”
“Fuck, what hell is that guy! Don’t tell me you asked him to come see the English teacher this time.”
Suddenly, a harsh curse came from the side, breaking the silence.
Not only the class president, whose thoughts were suddenly interrupted, but the other class officers also looked over and found that it was the English representative of the class. His face was slightly distorted and he was glaring at the class president. He was obviously dissatisfied with everyone for ignoring him.
When speaking of those who were unhappy about the sudden replacement of the English teacher after the incident, he would surely be one of them.
He was usually flattered by the snobbish English teacher. Moreover, with his well-off family, he often traveled abroad during the winter and summer vacations. So, he confidently signed up for the National High School English Speaking Contest. Although he made it to the finals, he was unexpectedly eliminated because of someone from the same school, and ultimately failed to make it into the top three.
At first he didn’t know who it was and just felt regretful. After all, this award was not very important to him and he was just participating casually.
But since learning from his English teacher that this person was Jian Xie, he suddenly felt a pang in his heart.
It would be fine if the other party had superior conditions as him, but it turned out to be Jian Xie, whose parents had both passed away and who was working in various places?!
It was so hilarious, he would never accept it.
How could such a person actually defeat him?!
The English class representative felt humiliated and had already made up his mind to make a fuss. Seeing the English teacher always finding fault with the other party in class felt as comfortable as drinking a bottle of ice water under the scorching sun. He felt very refreshed every time he saw it.
But when he heard that the English teacher fell down the stairs because of Jian Xie, he suddenly felt angry again.
As new and old grudges piled up, he wanted to finally settle accounts with the other party.
“…” Jing Chen realized that he was being glared at. He was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly, “Are you talking about Jian Xie?”
“Who else would it be besides him?” He sneered and looked around.
“What did you say in front of the President?” Seeing him like this, the vice president’s expression became less pleasant. She frowned and said, “Didn’t you kick the table and make a scene the other day? Can you please be quiet? He is the literature and arts officer, why can’t he come?”
Hearing her mention this, the English class representative became even angrier.
He did kick the table and humiliated and ridiculed the other person before he went on holiday on Friday, but Jian Xie just gave him a cold look. He and a few of his friends were rooted to the spot because of an inexplicable fear. They didn’t manage to react for a long time after.
“Tsk, why are you pretending to be a nice person in front of me?” He glanced at the vice president and sneered. “You think I didn’t see you talking to him before? Being good-looking is incredible, even a murderer can be cleansed of his crime.”
The vice president was the girl sitting in front of Jian Xie.
She did have a good impression of Jian Xie, and she didn’t believe that he was the culprit behind the accident involving three boys in the same grade.
“You!”
She was so angry that she was speechless because of the contempt in his tone, but she couldn’t find the words to curse back and could only glare at him.
For a moment, several other class officers who did not participate in the dispute were very embarrassed. Although they felt that the English class representative was looking for trouble, they did not know what to say.
Just when everyone was in a stalemate, a slim figure walked over from not far away.
Under the sunlight, he looked extremely fresh and outstanding even though he was only wearing a cheap white short-sleeved T-shirt and carrying an inconspicuous shoulder bag. Even passers-by couldn’t help but take a few more glances at the boy and feel that summer wasn’t so annoying anymore.
When Jing Chen saw Jian Xie appear, his eyes lit up and he went to greet him with flowers in his arms.
As he got closer, he immediately felt an eerie aura pushing him away, as if not expecting his sudden approach.
“……”
Jian Xie saw the class president’s footsteps suddenly brake and stop in place as if he had hit an invisible wall of air, then his expression froze on his face.
Him immediately: “…”
No need to think further, it must be a little act It did on a whim.
It couldn’t be called a threat. After all, according to It, no one could remain rational after seeing It’s true form. It was just being a bit mean.
On Jing Chen’s side, an inexplicable intuition from the bottom of his heart stopped his actions and made him hesitate.
Although he really wanted to get closer and talk to Jian Xie, due to psychological pressure, he ultimately didn’t dare to get too close.
“You’re here.” Jing Chen whispered, hesitated for a moment, and then said, “I thought… you wouldn’t come.”
After all, he cried so hard last night, but Jian Xie didn’t agree directly, so he was not sure whether the other party would come. He originally thought that if Jian Xie didn’t arrive at the agreed time, they would go directly to see the teacher.
“It was on the way.” Under his slightly attentive gaze, Jian Xie gave a concise answer.
…It was indeed on the way.
He was originally going to go to subway station line 6, but maybe because the Supernatural Management Bureau classified it as an exploration mission, he found that the subway line was temporarily suspended after getting there. There was only one transfer entrance left, which was near the hospital.
It was not impossible to enter through the closed subway entrance, but considering that the C-level mission was an exploration mission, alerting the enemy may cause more accidents, so we gave up the idea of violently breaking in.
After all, it was not impossible to find a way to get in by a detour.
“Your backpack looks a bit heavy…”
Looking at Jian Xie’s thin shoulders carrying an extremely heavy bag, Jing Chen asked, “Do you need me to help you?”
If he remembered correctly, he had never seen Jian Xie go to physical education class, so his physique probably wasn’t very good. Although he himself wasn’t the type who was very strong, there shouldn’t be any problem for him to help the other person.
“No, thank you.”
Seeing that Jian Xie directly rejected his proposal, Jing Chen was stunned for a moment, feeling a little disappointed. “Oh.”
It was not that he was being too cold and didn’t want to accept other people’s kindness, but because there was nothing normal in the bag.
Jian Xie’s gaze fell on the strap of his bag.
In the taxi on the way here, the driver thought that his bulging bag was filled with books and that he was here to accompany a family member in the hospital. The other person also enthusiastically praised Jian Xie for his love of learning which left him speechless and not knowing how to respond.
Because the things in the bag he was carrying were not learning materials, but quite the opposite.
There was a hellish black box specifically used to hunt monsters, a phone connected to the intranet of the Supernatural Management Bureau, and an instrument that can detect energy in the air.
The instrument was specially sent to him by Fu Huanyu after he made a sudden call to him this morning.
Maybe it was because Jian Xie shared a body with It and was always surrounded by a powerful aura that he was not so sensitive to the aura of monsters. As long as the monster did not parade in front of him, he probably wouldn’t know where the other party was hiding, just like he would not notice an ant on the roadside.
In fact, before It spoke to him, there were monsters that tried to devour him in the past year, but they have all been absorbed before he realized.
Therefore, for Jian Xie, this energy detection device designed by the Supernatural Management Bureau was quite useful.
Having destroyed a prop and incurring debts that had to be repaid, Fu Huanyu looked several years more haggard overnight. He looked at him hesitantly, as if he had a lot to say, but in the end he asked nothing, sighed, and gave him the thing.
Behind Jing Chen, the vice president also stepped forward and came very close to Jian Xie.
[Tsk.]
Jian Xie: “…”
For some reason, he suddenly felt a little guilty.
“That’s quite some airs.”
The English class representative looked at him coldly for a while, then looked around at the class officers around him and said with disdain, “Although I am not happy about it, it’s your fault for being so shameless. Now that our distinguished guest has arrived, let’s go.”
Jing Chen was immediately triggered. He turned around and glared at the other party, uttering, “Are you done yet?”
“Then he shouldn’t go if he’s got the guts—”
He had just finished speaking proudly when he saw that Jian Xie’s shoes had not moved at all. He looked up again and found that the other party was looking at him expressionlessly.
Like watching an ant.
Right at that moment, a huge cloud passed overhead, blocking the dazzling summer sunlight and casting a cold shadow on the pedestrians on the ground. Jian Xie’s amber eyes in front of him flashed a dark scarlet light, cruel and gloomy, with a hint of extreme contempt.
[What are you looking at?]
——!
The English representative’s pupils constricted. He was startled, and subconsciously took a step back.
This gaze was so cold, it was nothing like the usual Jian Xie, and it was not a look that a human could have!
Instead, it was like a wild beast hidden in his body…
His body began to tremble subconsciously and his thoughts became confused, as if a pair of invisible hands were messing with his brain. If the first reaction of a human being in the face of danger was to run away, then they should, because if not, they would surely die just like that!
He was totally unable to control his fear and stepped back in panic.
Unexpectedly, he stepped on the scattered stones on the roadside, causing him to slip and fall to the ground in an ungraceful manner.
A piercing pain immediately came from the place where the road came in contact with him, which was no less than a direct knife attack on him or like an electric shock. He couldn’t help but emit a scream from his throat. His whole face was distorted with pain and he couldn’t speak for a long time.
When he came back to his senses, he found that Jian Xie was still standing there, with sleepy eyes and no energy.
It even seemed a little surprising and a little confusing as to why he fell down while he was only halfway through his sentence.
And that terrifying look seemed to disappear together with the clouds that dissipated after blocking the sun, as if everything that had just happened was just his illusion.
“Pfft.”
Several mocking voices were heard around him.
Although he was not the type to take advantage of others’ misfortunes, Jing Chen still couldn’t help but laugh.
Even several class officers standing nearby laughed out loud, because the way the other person slipped was so funny, and the blank expression on his face was also hilarious, especially since he seemed to be about to say something harsh to Jian Xie, but fell hard the next moment. Everybody got second-hand embarrassment as well.
“What are you laughing at!” The English class representative instantly became angry and pointed at Jian Xie. With a little bit of fear, he stammered, “The look in his eyes just now—”
Jian Xie: “What look?”
His tone was as innocent as it could be, making it seem as if the other person was framing him.
I am obviously the victim!
“And you just spoke to me, didn’t you?” The English class representative was rambling, his face flushed with anger. He said in a rough voice, “You even threatened me!”
“We didn’t hear it.” A class officer whispered.
“Did anyone talk?” Their puzzled expressions were not fake; they really did not hear the so-called threatening voice.
The vice president couldn’t help but ridicule, “You’re framing people.”
It was as if the English class representative was the only one in the world who knew that what he said was true, because in everyone’s eyes, it was obviously him who was so focused on staring at Jian Xie’s demonstration that he forgot to look at the road under him and slipped. He even tried to shift the blame and save face. For them, it was so shameless of him.
Even his friend, the sports officer, couldn’t stand it anymore and urged him in a low voice, “Get up quick, passers-by are looking at you.”
He didn’t stand up immediately after falling down, but instead shouted harsh words on the ground. It looked really embarrassing.
And a bit lacking in quality of character.
Hearing this, the English class representative looked around and saw that people were indeed watching him. He felt even more embarrassed and angry and quickly tried to stand up.
But he didn’t expect that he fell quite seriously. He wasn’t able to stand firmly and fell back to the ground with a loud thud. If the sports officer hadn’t gone up to pull him up, he might have fallen for the third time. It was hard to say whether he could return home safely.
“…..”
Those instances made the muscles on his face twitch in pain and his whole face to turn blue and white. He had no time or energy to further question Jian Xie.
The sports officer who was helping him stand took a look at Jian Xie who was standing there, and for a moment his attention was drawn to the watch on his hand. He couldn’t help but look surprised.
Wait, if he was not mistaken, that was…
He suddenly looked at Jian Xie’s face.
Could it be that all those rumors about Jian Xie’s family background were false…?
[I thought you would be angry.] It said thoughtfully.
Just now, It threatened his classmates without permission, but Jian Xie did not seem to show any discomfort.
Hearing this, Jian Xie looked at the English class representative who was being supported with a detached expression, as if these things had nothing to do with him.
“Then you’re overthinking it.” He said, “If I were that kind of saint, I would not have lived in peace with you from the beginning.”
If It had not taken action, he would have been the one who took action earlier.
After all, Jian Xie has never been a virtuous person.
How could one expect him to be a normal person when he could get along so naturally with the terrifying thing in his body, occasionally cooperate with its actions, has no resistance to eating monsters, and even has more than a little interest in hunting monsters?
