At the same moment Xie Luochen stepped into the campus, a secret meeting was taking place.
"Have you heard? She's back."
"Bai Ling informed me a while ago."
"What should we do?"
"Of course the same as usual. But even more cautious."
"No, we should take this opportunity to show off our efforts."
"But if we're not careful, he might find out."
"We've done this for so many years without him finding out. It'll be okay if we are careful."
"But I'm worried, Do you remember the female ghost that got into campus a while ago? We left her alone because she wasn't doing any harm. But now that Young Master is here….what if she set her sights on him?"
"Then where is the ghost now?"
"Not sure, but she most definitely hasn't left campus."
"Maybe she possessed someone..."
"......"
"We can't let Her Honor know."
"Just in case, we can't let anything happen to Young Master's chastity!"
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Meanwhile, unknownst to Xie Luochen, two groups of people have set their eyes on him. One group wants to protect his purity, while another....
"Aiya!" Just as Xie Luochen walks past a female student, she suddenly staggers, falling towards his direction.
Closing her eyes slightly, she smiles in triumph when she felt a strong arm encircle her waist.
Entering to a strong embrace, the female student flutters her eyes as she looks up, "Student Xie, I-"
What entered her vision is not the handsome face of Xie Luochen, but rather the old wrinkly face of Auntie Mao, the school nurse.
Surprised by this unexpected situation, the female student stuttered, "N, Nurse Mao?" Before she can think of what to say, Nurse Mao pulled the female student closer, lifting the student's chin up with her shaky fingers, the nurse said, "your feet must hurt. Next time, don't wear such high heels."
Without waiting for any response, Nurse Mao moved one hand onto the student's back while another hand reached under her legs. Easily lifting the female student up, the nurse carried her towards an empty bench.
Gently putting the student down, her hand patted the student's head a few times with a benevolent smile.
Feeling flustered, the female student's eyes wandered, landing on a black tablet hanging on the nurse's waist. Stuttering, for a while the student finally managed a, "Nurse Mao….." Only to hear the sound of the bells ringing in the distance.
"See you next time, little girl." Departing with those words, Nurse Mao left. Leaving the wobbling image of her short, suave figure behind.
"What is this….?" The female student wondered, as she placed a hand over her heart, cheeks flushed red.
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In the classroom.
Due to some unexplainable reason, the professor is absent. Thus this class became a free period.
Xie Luochen diligently reviewed his notes for his classes, when someone hovered over him, casting a shadow over his notes. He looked up to see a fellow classmate beaming at him.
"Classmate Xie." The female student said. "You haven't been here for the past few weeks. If you like, I can lend you my notes." Saying so, the woman directly sat next to him.
Frowning slightly, at this overly familiar gesture, Xie Luochen moved his eyes back to his notes, "no need." He replied coldly, ignoring the woman next to him.
But unfazed by his cold attitude, the female student moved even closer. Using a falsetto, she said with puckered lips," wow! Student Xie, you're so smart! Not like me, there's so many questions I can't solve."
Not needing Xie Luochen, a male student sitting behind them answered with a snicker. "No wonder you look so foolish. Let me guess, there's nothing but water inside your brain, right?" As he laughed, the black rectangular earring on his right ear shined against the light.
Feeling irked but still trying to maintain her image, the female student said with twitching lips, "student Xie, I woke up kind of late today, do you think I look fine? I'm not very good at makeup, unlike the other girls in school." She said with a pitiful look.
This time, instead of the male student, it's the female student next to him that replied. "I can see why you question your skills. Look at that face, if you told me you were a construction worker, I'd believe you. Seeing how you plaster makeup on like how people smear cement on brick, I'd say you must've been at the top of the food chain there." The student said with a smirk, fingers playing with the black jade piece in her hand.
"Bam!" The woman slammed her hand on top of the desk. Breathing heavily, her hands trembled as she tried to change the subject. "S, Student Xie, I heard that there have been some fire incidents these past few days. I'm so worried. If I were trapped in the fire with a stranger, who would you save first?"
Disturbed by the commotion, Xie Luochen wrinkled his brows. With pressed lips, he answered, "The fire."
Before standing to leave the classroom, neglecting the surprised classmate behind.
"Phff." Snickered the two students behind.
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At the meeting room once again.
Every person in the group sat down wearily, some slouched on their chairs, some bent over the table.
"Don't you think the students are more aggressive compared to normal?"
"Maybe it's because they haven't seen Young Master in a while."
"Ugh, so tired, how did you guys do? I managed to stop five students from peeking into the male bathroom."
"Five is a small number. You haven't seen the number of students trying to fall into his arms today. My body is bruised from blocking all those attacks."
"It'll tone down after a while, we just need to hold on till then."
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During Lunch.
With the successful actions of the group, the students did calm down a lot more. Causing the group to become more relaxed.
Watching Xie Luochen sipping on his drink, while listening to Lei Lin, the nearest guard also felt thirsty. Discussing with the others, he went to buy drinks for them. But the sight of what he saw when he came back scared him enough to drop his purchases. "What's going on?! Weren't you guys watching?!"
Due to the guard's negligence, a female student managed to approach Xie Luochen.
"Classmate Xie." The woman said sweetly. "I haven't seen you in a while."
Xie Luochen glanced at the woman for a moment before turning away, hands fiddling with the straw of his drink.
"What kind of drink are you having?" She asked curiously. "Mine's a strawberry milk tea."
Closing his eyes in annoyance, Xie Luochen took a sip of his drink before placing it on the table, pretending not to hear.
Rather than getting upset, the female student took a step forward. "Student Xie, your drink looks pretty good, can I have a taste?" She said, hands already reaching for his cup.
"Hey! Someone stop the girl. Protect our Young Master's integrity!" The nearest guard rushed forward, but his distance is still too far away to stop the incident from happening.
Just as the guards shed tears of despair. A slender, pale hand blocked those vile lips, gently lifting the cup away from the student's grasp.
A cooling voice echoed into the ears of everyone near the scene, "little girl, haven't your parents taught you not to take things without permission?" Chu Nuan smiled lazily with cold eyes.
"Who are you?!" The student asked in surprise.
Sweeping her eyes around the vicinity, Chu Nuan laughed lightly with a hand covering her mouth.
"Little girl, this here is a cup of black coffee. It's very bitter." She explained, softly shaking the drink in her hand.
Her body turned sideways to look at Xie Luochen's surprised expression. Feeling amused, she laughed playfully as a hand stretched towards him.
Chu Nuan's thumb gently traced his bottom lip, wiping away remnants of coffee.
Bringing the thumb to her lips, she deliberately licked in a slow seductive motion.
Grinning mischievously with glinting eyes, Chu Nuan glanced sideways at the shocked student. "But it's just the right flavor for me."