Chapter 21: Who Did This?
The three girls immediately stood up upon seeing Ling Hanmu return, their faces flushed with shyness: “Young Master Ling!”
“Young Master Ling, please sit. Ordering food is such a tiring task, you didn’t need to do it yourself,” Linda said solicitously, offering her seat.
“Clean the chair,” Ling Hanmu’s expression was cold. “My seat, do you even deserve to sit in it?”
Linda’s complexion changed drastically: “Young Master Ling, I, we are Chenge’s friends. It’s the first time we’ve seen Chenge come to the restaurant to eat, so we thought she was alone and wanted to help her order.”
“Yes, yes, Young Master Ling, please don’t misunderstand,” Shui Rou added with a pale face.
As for the remaining Qiu Shaoqi, she was so frightened by Ling Hanmu’s words that she stood there, flustered and not daring to say a word.
“I told you to clean the chair, stop with the nonsense! If I’m unhappy, your entire family will cry!” Ling Hanmu narrowed his eyes, his gaze terrifying.
“I, I’ll clean it right away, Young Master Ling, please calm your anger.” Linda broke out in a cold sweat, fumbling to take out tissues and vigorously wiping the chair.
The remaining two saw this and didn’t even dare to breathe heavily.
Xia Chenge remained aloof, as if uninvolved.
Linda wiped one tissue after another until it was ruined. Only when Ling Hanmu told her to get lost did she tremble and retreat to the side.
“Speak, what do you want?” Ling Hanmu was condescending, his innate aura chilling.
“It, it was Xu Jingyun who told, told us to approach Xia Chenge.”
“Yes, yes, it was her.”
“We wouldn’t dare disobey her, otherwise she would unite others to ostracize us.”
“Get lost! Don’t disgust me,” Ling Hanmu rudely dismissed them.
Hearing this, the three fled as if escaping from the student restaurant.
“It seems others don’t like you, coming to cause trouble again and again. Are you sure you don’t want to bring your powerful backer, me, to strike back?” Ling Hanmu asked Xia Chenge with a smile.
“Yesterday afternoon after school, I was kidnapped,” Xia Chenge said.
Ling Hanmu’s expression turned cold: “Why didn’t you call me?”
“I escaped by myself.”
“Who did it?”
“Xu Hai, the Xia family’s butler.”
“This afternoon, we’ll go to Xu Jingyun’s school,” Ling Hanmu smiled cruelly.
Since Ling Hanmu was willing to help her, she could use his influence to resolve these matters that were inconvenient for her to handle directly!
“Remember to call me if something happens. This is good, and you should continue to do so in the future, understand?” Ling Hanmu’s smile returned to his face, and he even patted Xia Chenge’s head. “It’s not good for girls to fight and kill.”
Xia Chenge turned her head to avoid his head pat. To others, Ling Hanmu’s action was full of affection, but she disliked it. She disliked being treated like a child!
As a genius girl who had killed thousands of zombies, this action was a form of underestimation and humiliation to her… even though Ling Hanmu didn’t mean it that way!
“Not well-behaved,” Ling Hanmu just smiled and shook his head. Just then, the ordered food arrived, filling the table.
Xia Chenge’s attention was immediately drawn to the food on the table. The displeasure from the head pat vanished instantly. Truly, nothing in this world could cure a bad mood better than food!
Seeing Xia Chenge’s eyes light up at the sight of the food, Ling Hanmu found himself inexplicably unable to look away. It had been a long time since he had seen a girl become genuinely happy just by looking at a table full of food.
She was truly a special girl. Sometimes she was as strong and decisive as a queen, and other times she was like a child with no schemes… Which one was the real her?
“Eat!” Xia Chenge didn’t care what Ling Hanmu was pondering. She greeted him and immediately started eating.
“Is it delicious? It looks quite ordinary. Are you very hungry?” Xia Chenge’s enjoyment made the usually picky Ling Hanmu also develop an appetite for the student cafeteria’s food.
“It’s just food to fill my stomach, as long as it’s edible, why be so picky,” Xia Chenge said indistinctly.
If Ling Hanmu had lived through the apocalypse and eaten the tough, strangely flavored meat of mutated animals, and the sour mutated plants, he would never have called this food ordinary!
“Then eat more. I’ll take you to try even better food another day,” Ling Hanmu said with a smile, feeling for the first time that watching a girl eat heartily was a pleasant sight.
“Really?” Xia Chenge looked up, raising an eyebrow.
“When have I ever lied to you?” Ling Hanmu retorted.
Xia Chenge thought about it. It seemed that so far, he really hadn’t! Although she had only known Ling Hanmu for a few days.
“It’s a deal,” Xia Chenge finally smiled.
Ling Hanmu discovered that whenever food was mentioned, Xia Chenge’s expression became animated. It seemed this girl was an out-and-out foodie!
However, Ling Hanmu also felt a slight pang of sadness. So many girls tried their best to get close to him, but with Xia Chenge, he wasn’t even as important as food.
Yet, in someone’s eyes, there was still only food. As for him, he probably didn’t even exist!
Ling Hanmu was surprised by Xia Chenge’s combat power. He hadn’t expected that despite her small stature, she could finish an entire table of food!
Xia Chenge patted her stomach contentedly and sighed, “Being full and satisfied is the happiest thing.”
Ling Hanmu couldn’t help but worry: “Does your stomach hurt? If not, we’ll go find Xu Jingyun to have a chat later.”
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Yan Sheng High School and Third Middle School were located north and south of each other, quite far apart.
Half an hour later, Xia Chenge and Ling Hanmu appeared at the Third Middle School gate.
The school guard had noticed the supercar from the moment Ling Hanmu arrived. No student at Third Middle School had ever been so ostentatious, so when he saw Ling Hanmu entering the school, he immediately stepped forward to question him: “Which class are you in?”
Ling Hanmu shoved the school guard aside and glanced at him arrogantly: “You’re not qualified to ask who this Young Master is. Which class is Xu Jingyun in?”
The school guard was furious: “You dare to lay hands on me? You’re rebelling!”
“I’ll ask again, which class is Xu Jingyun in?” Ling Hanmu’s expression suddenly turned cold, his gaze becoming terrifying.
The school guard was intimidated by Ling Hanmu’s aura and was speechless for a moment.
Seeing this, Ling Hanmu snorted coldly, grabbed Xia Chenge, and swaggered past the school guard into Third Middle School.
The two had already walked away, but the suffocating pressure Ling Hanmu had brought to the school guard had not dissipated. The school guard quickly notified his colleagues and then chased after them.
Xia Chenge and Ling Hanmu arrived at the teaching building, directly asked for directions to Xu Jingyun’s class, and headed straight for the third floor.
In Class 2-1, Xu Jingyun, from a relatively well-off family, was surrounded by girls like a princess, being worshipped and discussing her clothing and accessories. However, somehow, the topic turned to Xia Chenge:
“Jingyun, I heard your idiot sister has started acting crazy again recently, hasn’t she?”
“You’re so pitiful. You kindly helped her and got struck by lightning.”
“If it were me, I wouldn’t acknowledge such a relative, it’s too embarrassing even for Grandma’s family. Only you, Jingyun, are still so kind, always helping her.”
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