Chapter 9: 09

Chapter 9

Su Ci stood frozen in place, frightened. She pressed her lips together, nervously watching Lu Zhe who lay on the bed.

Her mind was racing, wondering how she should explain her identity.

In the quiet room, Su Ci could hear her own heart beating chaotically in her chest.

Why was she feeling so guilty and scared?

The young man lay motionless.

Su Ci grew a bit braver and moved her feet forward one step.

In the next instant, the young man on the bed suddenly sat up, startling Su Ci so much that her eyes widened and she froze.

Oh no, he shouldn't startle people like that.

Lu Zhe's cold, pale, handsome face bore the flush of alcohol, and his pitch-black eyes had lost some of their usual coolness, appearing wet and bright.

His gaze fell on Su Ci standing by the bed. "Who are you?"

Su Ci's heart skipped a beat - was he drunk? Or not?

Since he had discovered her, it was a good opportunity to explain her situation. "I..."

Before Su Ci could finish, Lu Zhe interrupted her.

The young man's handsome brows furrowed, "This belongs to Tuantuan."

Huh?

Su Ci was confused.

Lu Zhe got off the bed and crouched in front of Su Ci. To her shock, the young man's cold hand directly grabbed her ankle.

Her foot suddenly lifted, causing Su Ci to lose balance and fall sitting on the edge of the bed. "What are you doing?"

Lu Zhe gave her a bland look, and Su Ci could clearly see the disdain in his eyes. "This belongs to Tuantuan."

It was what he bought for Tuantuan!

Only when she saw his hand caressing the red string on her ankle did Su Ci understand what Lu Zhe meant.

She blinked, noticing the young man's black eyes were glazed, lacking their usual clarity - was he really drunk?

Su Ci let out a breath and tried to pull her ankle from Lu Zhe's grip, but couldn't break free. "Let go."

"This belongs to Tuantuan," Lu Zhe repeated.

His large hand gripped Su Ci's slender ankle as he lowered his head to pull at the red string, clearly intending to remove it from her foot to return it to his Tuantuan.

Su Ci didn't bother arguing with a drunk person. She supported herself with her hands on either side, allowing her foot to rest on the crouching Lu Zhe's knee.

The skin of Su Ci's current body was truly beautiful - snow-white all over, smooth and delicate. Even her feet were exquisitely pretty. Perhaps due to their delicateness, her small toes and ankles had a faint pink tinge.

Delicate and fragile.

Held in the young man's large hand, it seemed as if the slightest pressure could crush them.

Lu Zhe lowered his gaze, seriously working to untie the red string.

The small jade gourd on the red string swayed continuously.

Whether due to his progressive freezing syndrome or not, Lu Zhe's hands were always ice-cold. His calloused fingers kept brushing against her foot, causing a tingling sensation that made goosebumps rise on Su Ci's calf.

Usually being carried by Lu Zhe meant she didn't need to walk, so Su Ci hadn't noticed before. But now with him holding her foot like this, she realized that not only were her rabbit ears sensitive, but her feet were extremely sensitive too.

She had read online before that rabbits' feet shouldn't be touched carelessly as they were sensitive zones.

Now feeling those waves of ticklish, tingling sensations, she clearly understood - they really were sensitive!

"Hurry up," Su Ci said, unable to bear it as she tried to pull her foot back.

They couldn't do anything illegal, but they could still do things to make their lives miserable.

The next day, when Zhao Youyou opened her door and saw the garbage spread all over her doorstep, including some foul-smelling liquid stains, she nearly threw up her breakfast from the stench.

She finally understood what Li Changfang meant by settling things eventually.

......

The room was very quiet.

When Lu Zhe woke up, daylight had already broken. The warm morning sunlight shone through onto the grayish bed, making him close his eyes again.

After a while, Lu Zhe opened his eyes again, his black pupils completely clear.

His head hurt a bit.

Lu Zhe remembered drinking with Boss Fang last night. He must have gotten drunk, and then had dreams all night long.

In his dream, he had helped put a red string on the rabbit's little foot.

No, he had also dreamed of a girl who had a red string tied around her ankle. He couldn't see her face clearly, but he knew her skin was very white.

She had scolded him in a delicate voice, telling him to stop fooling around.

Lu Zhe's long eyelashes concealed the look in his eyes. When he got up, he found his school uniform beside him, with the rabbit's body buried in it, only its small head visible, sleeping soundly.

Not far away was the red string that had been untied from its little foot.

When they got to the classroom and Su Ci was taken out of the backpack by Lu Zhe, she finally woke up.

She couldn't remember how long Lu Zhe had fussed last night, repeatedly untying and retying the red string. Eventually, she succumbed to drowsiness and drifted off to sleep.

To her surprise, when she woke up, she had turned back into a rabbit.

Don't ask her how she felt about it - she only regretted not taking the chance to kiss him more times while she could. Looking up at the young man with his stern face and determined jawline, she found it hard to imagine that this was the same person who had acted like a fool last night, holding her foot and making a fuss for half the night.

Su Ci looked down at her tiny feet. This morning, he had wrapped the string around them again.

"I heard there's a transfer student joining our class."

"I saw him when I passed by the teachers' office. He's tall and handsome, and his family even donated a library to the school."

"Wow, he must be rich and handsome!"

"It's senior year, why would anyone transfer now?"

...

Zhao Youyou wasn't in a good mood this morning. Her mother wanted to confront that family, but she stopped her since there was no evidence proving they were responsible. Besides, she didn't want her mother arguing with that unreasonable couple, fearing it might lead to another fight.

Her face was still swollen from Li Changfang's slap. Even after a night, the swelling hadn't gone down, and it hurt to talk.

She sniffled, feeling wronged about everything - from the incident two days ago about taking credit for saving someone, to the lottery ticket situation. She felt completely misunderstood.

She had indeed saved someone - she hadn't lied about that. It was just a different person than they thought. Her conscience was clear.

As for the lottery ticket, she had paid for it fair and square. It was a willing transaction between both parties. Dong Jian had changed the numbers afterward - that wasn't her fault.

Biting her lip, Zhao Youyou's eyes reddened. When she happened to look up, she saw a male student walking alongside the teacher in the distance. His gaze was domineering, his presence powerful, and his handsomeness impossible to ignore.

Zhao Youyou froze in shock.

Was it him?

Lying on Lu Zhe's leg, Su Ci perked up her rabbit ears, listening to the discussions around her. She recalled that this transfer student must be the male protagonist from the book.

She remembered the book's description of the male lead, then looked up at the young man above her.

Now that the male protagonist had appeared, the supporting male character would become even more invisible, wouldn't he?

Ci Ci: Quick, kiss the cutie!