Chapter 63 - "What To Say"

Lai Jiayi was already drenched in a cold sweat.

'Should I move away...or not?!'

The girl was thinking hard when Zhao Yang suddenly glanced to the left.

He looked at Lai Jiayi's pale face and slowly stepped aside, creating a meter distance from the girl. It was precisely a meter, not more, not less.

Lai Jiayi noticed this, and she silently sighed in relief.

'Thank God he realized…'

Since she was now at a safe distance, Lai Jiayi could finally think calmly. The girl also didn't feel as nervous as before.

'Alright, because Zhao Yang is considerate of me, I can assume that he's not angry at me, right? I can talk to him, right?'

Lai Jiayi had just thought so when Zhao Yang stopped walking. The guy then spoke in a stern voice,

"So. What's your problem?"

Lai Jiayi halted her steps. The girl paused for a moment before walking forward a few steps and only then turned around to face the man.

At this moment, Zhao Yang's back was facing the silver car. His body blocked Lai Jiayi's body. Thus, the people inside the car couldn't see Lai Jiayi's face nor Zhao Yang's face.

This only made them even more curious, but sadly, they couldn't hear anything from that distance.

Back to Lai Jiayi.

The girl slowly looked up at Zhao Yang. "T-that...this is about Bunnie…"

Her sentence became a signal for Yaya to start making the gas. They were now at the right distance from the man.

'Let's make the gas!'

Yaya's eyes glowed in blue light, but Zhao Yang didn't see it. His eyes were on the girl in front of him.

"...Bunnie?" Zhao Yang's voice sounded. The man touched his AirPods and turned the sound feature off, only leaving the other features on.

This way, he could still hear Lai Jiayi's voice clearly despite wearing the AirPods. His AirPods have more than one function aside from communication devices, after all.

"Y-yes, Bunnie. This rabbit…" Lai Jiayi took off the blue rabbit AI around her waist and carefully held her in her palm. "T-the previous owner abandoned this AI...s-so I adopt her…"

'Sorry, Xuan Lincheng, I'll borrow your name!'

Zhao Yang furrowed his eyebrows. The man crossed his arms in front of his chest and tapped his fingers on his arm.

'Abandoned? This AI belongs to that Xuan girl, right? Then after I fired her, that girl abandoned this AI?'

Zhao Yang suddenly felt the need to find Xuan Lincheng and punch her face.

'How can someone be so cruel to abandon their AI?'

"....then what can I do to help?" Zhao Yang shifted his body. Now, he faced Lai Jiayi and looked more comfortable than before.

"I-i can take care of Bunnie, b-but regarding her hacking skill…" Lai Jiayi paused. She looked down at the bunny and gently stroked its head.

"C-can you return it?"

Lai Jiayi's voice reached Zhao Yang's ears, and the guy subconsciously widened his eyes. He looked at the girl with a weird expression.

"That's it? That's what you need my help for?"

'I thought she's going to ask me to adopt Bunnie instead. And...how does she know I dismiss Bunnie's hacking ability?'

Zhao Yang narrowed his eyes. He looked at Lai Jiayi in suspicion, making the girl flinch.

"Y-yes, boss, that's it." Lai Jiayi nodded as she asked Yaya in her mind.

[Are you done yet?! How long should I talk?? I think Zhao Yang is suspicious of me for no reason!!]

[Two more minutes, quack! Keep going!] Yaya replied. The duck then ignored Lai Jiayi and focused on making the tear gas.

'Still two minutes?! F*ck!! Ah, whatever. Let's talk more!'

Lai Jiayi bit her lips. She looked at Zhao Yang and tried to stall time.

"C-can you do that? Returning Bunnie's hacking skill...b-because I just found out that Bunnie's hacking ability is gone…" Lai Jiayi gulped.

"T-the bunny said that her special skill is hacking, b-but, you, boss, took it away from her…"

Lai Jiayi's words just erased Zhao Yang's suspicion without the girl realizing it.

'Ah, so she knows from the rabbit itself. No wonder. Here I thought she's spying on Bunnie since an average person won't know about Bunnie's special skill aside from her owner.'

"I took that rabbit hacking skill because of an incident. But…" Zhao Yang paused. "If that rabbit is yours now, I don't mind returning it."

'Lai Jiayi can't enter my house, anyway. So, Bunnie's hacking skill won't be dangerous in this girl's hand. Even if in the future, this girl can enter my house…'

Zhao Yang looked at Lai Jiayi's sparkling amber eyes and sighed.

'Well, I trust her.'

"When do you want me to return Bunnie's skill?" Zhao Yang suddenly asked, catching Lai Jiayi off guard. The girl looked up at the man and averted her eyes the next moment.

"Y-you can take her today...I-i will pick her up tomorrow…"

'We will meet again tomorrow at the graveyard after all.'

Zhao Yang nodded. He didn't hesitate to take Bunnie from Lai Jiayi's palm and spoke,

"I'll take care of her tonight. I'll return her tomorrow morning...at the graveyard?"

"Y-yes! I'll be there too!" Lai Jiayi nodded. The girl then peeked at Yaya next to her.

[Done??]

[One more minute, quack!!]

[Wait, but the conversation about Bunnie is over, ah!! What do you expect me to say??] Lai Jiayi shouted.

'If it's like this, Yaya should have made the gas when we were walking….'

The girl squeezed her eyes.

'But then, if we don't calculate the time correctly, the gas might be released when Zhao Yang wasn't in the right position yet.'

A-anyway...what to say now?!

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