Chapter 107: Someone Just Wants Him Dead
After a hundred rejections, the Aloof Campus Belle Strongly Flirted With Me, Jiang Muye
Boss Cutie
At a distance, he had no way to use the Time Rewind skill.
He had to be standing right in front of the locker door in question to monitor everything that had happened before.
Jiang Muye wasn't the kind of person to let things go. He definitely wanted to know who the mastermind was—otherwise, how could he not feel anxious with the enemy scheming against him from the shadows?
If his premonition was right, the flowerpot falling last time hadn't been an accident. What if it had been done deliberately…
Jiang Muye's heart trembled violently.
Someone was trying to kill him!!!
Jiang Muye slammed himself against the fitting room door. No good.
It wouldn't budge.
So Jiang Muye grabbed a piece of wire and, imitating the scenes he'd seen on TV, began trying his hardest to pick the lock with it.
But after fiddling with it for a long time, it was no use.
There were people making threats around here, so security was strict. There was no way they'd just hand a key to a student.
Should he find someone to come pick the lock, or ask the police for help?
As Jiang Muye was pondering this, he suddenly heard a strange set of footsteps.
His hair stood on end, and cold sweat began to bead on his back.
Those tap-tap footsteps, in the silent, deserted scene, were downright bone-chilling.
Jiang Muye narrowed his eyes.
The hand resting on the door handle slowly clenched into a fist.
Right now, with the System's help, he was a boxing expert. If someone really was coming to attack him, he could just beat them up.
But what he feared was the other side playing dirty. If there was a knife or a stun baton, that would be…
Jiang Muye had no more time to think. The footsteps had already stopped behind him. He could clearly feel the other person's hand reaching out and landing right on his shoulder—
"Bang—" Without a shred of hesitation, Jiang Muye spun around, grabbed the person's hand and twisted it behind their back, pinning them to the ground.
"Ah, that hurts!"
A familiar female voice made Jiang Muye's heart skip a beat.
He hurriedly shone his flashlight over, and a beautiful face came into view.
"Leng Ruoli?" Jiang Muye was astonished, and quickly let her go.
Leng Ruoli's eyes were swimming with tears from the pain. She began shaking her sore arm, looking utterly aggrieved. "Who else did you think it was?"
"Are you okay? I'm really sorry, I thought you were the prankster." When he noticed Leng Ruoli kept shaking her hand, Jiang Muye felt even guiltier.
He should have observed more carefully just now and not struck so fast. See, he'd attacked the wrong person outright.
"Let me rub your hand for you." Jiang Muye reached out and grabbed Leng Ruoli's wrist.
His warm fingers were no longer fierce and rough as before, but full of tenderness, smooth as spring water, making Leng Ruoli's little face turn bright red.
In the relatively quiet, dark environment, she saw his handsome face tilted slightly down.
His eyes were full of her.
It let Leng Ruoli taste a sweetness like honey.
Not to mention his gentle kneading, which made her feel even more tingly and numb.
Leng Ruoli smiled beautifully, her eyes carrying tender affection for Jiang Muye.
"Does it hurt?" Jiang Muye asked carefully.
"It doesn't hurt, it's much better." Leng Ruoli's eyes were watery.
"That's good." Jiang Muye remembered the main point. "What are you doing here?"
"Didn't you say you'd wait for me back at school? Then I noticed you'd come here, and I was worried you might be in danger, so I followed to take a look. I never imagined you'd take me for the mastermind." Leng Ruoli said, blushing.
"So that's what it was. Then you really shouldn't have followed. What if there really was danger!" Jiang Muye scolded.
Right now, no one knew who the mastermind was. If some accident happened and Leng Ruoli got hurt, he'd feel absolutely terrible.
"With you here, I'm not afraid." Leng Ruoli's eyes shone brightly. "Compared to your safety, what does my safety count for?"
Leng Ruoli's first thought was to protect Jiang Muye.
Back then, she had been saved by him. Now it was her turn to save Jiang Muye.
If anything really happened to Jiang Muye, she would regret it immensely.
When Jiang Muye heard Leng Ruoli's clear voice, he was suddenly stunned.
A gentle, quiet warmth flowed softly through his heart.
"You're so dumb." Jiang Muye's tone was reproachful, but in reality his heart had long since gone soft. He reached out to Leng Ruoli and said, "Let's get out of here."
Leng Ruoli was taken aback. "Holding hands?"
Her pretty little face was very shy.
Jiang Muye's ears turned red. "You can hold onto my clothes if you want. It's just that it's too dark here, so I was thinking if I held your hand as we walked, it could keep you from tripping. I… I don't mean anything else by it."
He didn't want Leng Ruoli to mistake it for him taking advantage of her.
As Jiang Muye pulled his hand back, he suddenly felt a softness settle over it.
Jiang Muye realized Leng Ruoli's hand had laced tightly with his.
Her hand was really, really small—compared to his, of course. It was like soft jade, slightly cool, yet refreshing to the heart.
Jiang Muye's back immediately straightened, and he led her by her delicate little hand toward the outside.
Although the flashlight lit the way ahead, Jiang Muye kept reminding Leng Ruoli, "It's pretty dark here, be careful, don't trip."
Leng Ruoli nodded. Her pretty little face gazed at Jiang Muye, spellbound, carrying a young girl's shyness, step by step stepping in Jiang Muye's footprints, piercing through the darkness and gradually reaching a brighter spot.
"We're finally out." Jiang Muye let out a breath of relief.
"Why did you go in there just now?" Leng Ruoli asked curiously. "It's so dark at night."
Jiang Muye couldn't exactly come out and say he had a Time Rewind skill, so he made up an excuse and brushed it off. "I left something inside and wanted to go get it, but it turned out the door was locked."
"Then I'll find a security guard to open it for you." Leng Ruoli blinked and said to Jiang Muye earnestly. "After all, our family has sponsored the school, so the school has to give me some leeway."
"Okay." Jiang Muye figured that with Leng Ruoli's influence, she really could get the key without a problem.
Leng Ruoli made a phone call and soon told Jiang Muye, "The security guard is bringing the key over. The door'll be open in a bit."
"Okay." Jiang Muye nodded.
Less than five minutes later, the security guard arrived and opened the door.
After Jiang Muye went in, he stood right in front of his locker door.
He quickly began using the Time Rewind function.
In an instant, a huge sea of memories began flooding into Jiang Muye's mind.
Frame after frame passed by, and Jiang Muye felt the chaotic memories all become relatively clear.
In an instant, Jiang Muye knew who the mastermind was.
So that's what it was.
"Well? Did you find what you were looking for?" Leng Ruoli asked Jiang Muye.
Jiang Muye thought of the excuse he'd made up earlier and immediately replied to Leng Ruoli, "Found it."
"That's good." Leng Ruoli smiled.
"It's very late. Let me walk you back first."
Leng Ruoli nodded, so Jiang Muye began walking Leng Ruoli upstairs.
Just as Jiang Muye was about to turn around, he heard a call: "Jiang Muye."
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