Chapter 184: Search

Chapter 184: Search

“Captain!” Can reached out to poke Gao Yang in the chest. “Among all of us...you look most like a highschooler!”

At least you’re smart enough to not say I’m a highschooler outright, Gao Yang thought.

“Can,” Gray Bear said with an amused smile, “Are you suggesting Captain go look for Li Zhuanghu as a student here?”

“Yeah!” Can said. “Then no one’s gonna suspect him even if he’s found out. He’ll fit right in as a student, right?”

Xiran smiled as well. “That seems like a good idea.”

Good idea my ass. I don’t feel safe acting on my own, especially not when I’ve become a useless muggle without Talents.

Of course, that wasn’t something Gao Yang could say out loud as their captain.

After some deliberation, he realized that there didn’t seem to be any other choice. But then there was an issue that needed addressing. “I’m fine with it, but I don’t have a uniform.”

“Easy enough to solve.” Lithe Snake stood by the door. “We can just ‘borrow’ it.”

Gao Yang and Nine Frost went up to the door to look outside. Not far from them, a few boys stood at the campus shop with drinks in their hands. One of them was holding a basketball.

Soon, the familiar bell rang.

Instead of going to the teaching building, the boys went the opposite way.

“They are heading to the running track,” said Gao Yang. “Must be going to PE class.”

“I’ll get one of them here,” Yellow Butterfly said as she ran a hand through her hair. Then she quickly rushed out.

Not long after, Yellow Butterfly caught up with a boy on his own at the corner of the shaded path.

The two of them exchanged a few words. Then Yellow Butterfly pointed at the construction site with an anxious look on her face.

The boy nodded and followed her over.

“Quick! Hide!”

They each picked a hiding place.

It wasn’t long until Yellow Butterfly led the boy into the basketball court.

“Thank you so much.” Yellow Butterfly smiled at him. “I really need your help.”

“Of course. What do you need me to do, Big Sister?” The boy looked eager. It was his honor to help a pretty woman like her.

“Take off your clothes.” Yellow Butterfly was still smiling.

“Huh?” The boy was stunned. For a moment, he wondered if she was joking or actually insinuating something.

“That, that, that’s too much...” The boy blushed.

Still smiling, Yellow Butterfly clapped, and more than ten people came out from covers, circling the boy.

“Who, who are you?” Finally, the boy realized that something was wrong. “What are you gonna do?!”

“Don’t be scared, boy.” Gray Bear smirked with his arms folded. “Uncle isn’t a bad person. Come on, take off your clothes.”

“No, don’t...!”

Gao Yang’s heart sank. Really? How unlucky must I be?!

Bam!

Two seconds later, Yu Pengliang kicked the door open.

The room was empty. Gao Yang had hidden under the bed at the last moment.

He saw three pairs of sneakers. The red pair rushed to the sink at the end of the room and kicked the door to the restroom open.

“Shit, he isn’t here!”

The owner of the red sneakers returned from the restroom before plopping himself down on the bed above Gao Yang.

“Where did the bastard go?”

“Out of the school?”

“That can’t be. If he skips school, he’s gonna get punished! He wouldn’t do that. As the only hope of his village, he needs to get into a renowned school hahaha...”

“Hahaha!”

“Then what do we do?”

“We wait. The monk may run away, but the temple won’t. I don’t believe he’s gonna stay out of his room the whole day. Hey, did you bring poker?” The red sneakers started jittering.

“I did.”

“Come on, let’s play.”

The three pairs of feet moved around in the room before a small foldable table was set up.

Clack.

The owner of the red sneakers sat back down on the bed, and the mattress sank, almost touching Gao Yang’s head.

Gao Yang took a deep breath, gingerly reaching for his radio and turning it off, lest his companions contact him and expose him.

“Seven-high straight.” Someone laid down a hand.

“Nine-high straight.”

“Pass.”

“Two pairs, eight and nine. Oh, do you think Li Zhuanghu has a crush on that ugly girl?”

“Pass. Do you mean Xiang Xiaoqin?”

“Ha, an ugly freak and a nerdy dweeb! They are a match made in heaven!”

“Hahahaha, you’re so mean, Brother Yu!”

“Brother Yu, won’t he bite back after all we’ve done to him?”

“What? Are you scared of the coward?”

“That’s not the case. But don’t you think the coward has been acting strange the past few days?”

Gao Yang pricked up his ears.

Hm, is this...a clue?