CHAPTER 959: CHAPTER 555: TEASING CHUCHU_2

Just before class, a joke was circulating in the room. Tang Jing said she invited Huang Yuzhu to a cybercafe over the weekend, and Huang brought shoe covers.

Laughter echoed in the classroom, leaving Huang Yuzhu with an embarrassed expression.

Chen Siyu didn’t laugh. She grabbed Geng Lu and poked Jiang Ning to engage in a small group discussion about the issue.

"Why did we have to wear shoe covers during computer class when we were kids, do you know?"

Geng Lu thought for a moment and shared her long-held belief: "It’s probably to prevent static electricity from the shoes from damaging the computers."

Chen Siyu disagreed: "But isn’t there more static from winter clothes? With all the crackling sounds!"

Geng Lu realized it made sense and offered another thought: "For hygiene reasons, perhaps? Like if the shoes are dirty, it’d be hard to clean the computer room."

Chen Siyu: "But my shoe covers were dirtier than my shoes!"

Geng Lu coughed.

She came up with a few more ideas but couldn’t convince herself.

Chen Siyu looked towards the knowledgeable Jiang Ning: "Do you know why we needed to wear shoe covers for computer class?"

Duan Shigang, passing by, noticed the pretty Chen Siyu asking questions and chimed in cheerfully:

"To adapt to dust-free workshops in advance."

...

After school in the evening, Dan Kaiquan went to the playground alone for running training to prepare for the upcoming Yuzhou half-marathon.

Chen Qian was engrossed in reading classic texts.

Tang Jing continued her pursuit of Huang Yuzhu as usual.

Yu Wen pretended to accidentally run into Huang Zhongfei.

Yang Sheng instructed classmates to do chores.

Everyone had a life they loved.

At this moment, Jiang Ning’s electric scooter was speeding along the river dam. Despite being just ten minutes early for school dismissal, it helped him avoid the rush and saved him a lot of time.

"Play with Chuchu tonight, I’m going out." Jiang Ning said.

"Huh? You’re going out again; you didn’t spend time with me last night." Xue Yuantong felt her taro dorayaki didn’t taste as good.

Jiang Ning comforted her gently: "Just hang in there for a few more days, listen to me."

Recently, after Shao Shuangshuang gathered the spiritual materials, including some surprising ones, Jiang Ning’s Spirit Boat could support more powerful and intricate arrays, and its speed would significantly increase.

This was very beneficial for his long-distance travels.

Last time the Evergreen Liquid earned him a hefty $10 billion fine from Tianzhu Country. Jiang Ning drove his Spirit Boat at 200 meters per second, flew for five hours to get there.

If he had his past life’s late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, using Fire Escape, the distance of eight thousand miles would only take a few breaths.

Limited by the Spirit Boat’s speed, Jiang Ning’s range of impact was very small, like a country across the ocean. If Jiang Ning drove his spirit now, it would probably take a whole day to fly.

’Can Space Crystal Silk be collected to set up a Transmission Array?’ Jiang Ning pondered.

In his former sect, transmission arrays were set up at various resource locations outside, like spirit mines and markets. Jiang Ning was fortunate enough to learn from the Array Masters in the sect.

The spirit stones required for the Transmission Array were not an issue; Jiang Ning could set up a Spirit Gathering Array, borrowing the power of nature to activate the array.

In this way, he could achieve global strikes without working hard to drive the Spirit Boat every time.

Jiang Ning perfected the idea, then sent Tongtong home before steering his vehicle towards Hu Qi Mountain.

...

River Dam Bungalow.

Without Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong settled for playing games with Chuchu.

She planned to beat the game while he was away, making him regret missing out.

The wind blew outside, howling, making Tongtong a little worried for Jiang Ning’s safety.

She and Chuchu were playing games on the couch, with only game music in the room. After a while, Xue Yuantong suddenly hit pause, listening to the gloomy wind outside.

She told Chuchu, "Doesn’t it feel unusually quiet today?"

Xue Chuchu listened closely: "It’s windy, there’s not much business at the rural tourism site tonight."

Xue Yuantong glanced at Chuchu, who was intensely focused on the game, sitting there with the elegance of a lady, very proper.

Completely lacking the cuteness of when she was a child.

Xue Yuantong suddenly wanted to tease her.

Xue Yuantong’s eyes reflected the light from the screen, leaning closer, with a certain seriousness in her eyes:

"Today, Jiang Ning and I returned, and from the fields below the river dam, a grave rose again, and it seemed there was a flame."

Xue Chuchu frowned: "No one should be lighting fires at this time, especially that late."

Xue Yuantong lowered her voice, her small face showing fear: "It’s not a regular fire, it’s a blue flame, floating in the air!"

She stretched out her small hand, deliberately swaying: "Just like this, shaking and trembling!"

Xue Chuchu, born in the countryside, naturally had heard tales of ghost fires, rural people believed they were manipulated by ghosts, because when people encountered ghost fires, those eerie flames would follow them, especially terrifying.

But Xue Chuchu had good academic performance, she said: "Ghost fire is a natural phenomenon, it’s a flame produced by the burning of phosphine, nothing to be afraid of."

Xue Yuantong’s grades were even better, she also used the scientific explanation, "But phosphine comes from decomposed human bodies, after a chemical reaction, it’s produced."

"Do you think it’s possible that inside that grave..."

Xue Chuchu’s cold face showed change, clearly thinking of scary possibilities, her body unconsciously moved closer to Tongtong.

Xue Yuantong was secretly delighted, she had scared her!

Further encouragement was needed.

She covered her small mouth, yawning, "Chuchu, do you have any fruit at your home, I want to eat an apple."

Xue Chuchu: "Yes, I do."

"I want one."

After hearing this, Xue Chuchu glanced at the pitch-black sky outside the window, she recalled Tongtong’s talk of ’ghost fire’, feeling a hint of fear.

But Tongtong treated her well, Xue Chuchu didn’t want to disappoint her, she calmed herself, pushed open the door, and stepped into the darkness.

As soon as Chuchu left, Xue Yuantong started gaming, just entering the haunted house level, ’help from above!’

Xue Yuantong took off her shoes, carefully hid them, then crawled into Jiang Ning’s wardrobe, quietly waiting for Chuchu to arrive.

Soon, Chuchu entered the room with two bright red apples.

But what appeared before her was an empty room, she glanced around, the game was in session, the phone on the small table, snacks just opened, and Tongtong was nowhere to be seen.

"Tongtong, Tongtong!"

Xue Chuchu called.

Xue Yuantong hid in the wardrobe, covering her mouth, suppressing her laughter.

"Where’s Tongtong?" Xue Chuchu muttered, inexplicably, she recalled Tongtong’s earlier words and felt her body go slightly cold.

She stepped out, found Aunt Gu next door, looking for Tongtong, but couldn’t find her.

When Chuchu returned to Jiang Ning’s room, she discovered Tongtong playing games.

Xue Chuchu questioned: "Tongtong, where did you go just now?"

Xue Yuantong’s small face was innocent and pure: "I didn’t go anywhere, I was gaming the whole time?"

Xue Chuchu took a deep breath, gripping her hands, somewhat uneasily, "Really?"

"What’s wrong Chuchu, are you hallucinating?" Xue Yuantong waved her small hand, surface concern, but inside she was overjoyed.

Xue Chuchu’s face showed a hint of pallor, eyes filled with confusion and mystery, what exactly happened just now?

Xue Yuantong saw her looking like this, she couldn’t hold back, she patted the table, laughing, her eyebrows arched, mouth curved like a crescent:

"Chuchu, I just hid in the wardrobe, hehe!"

"Were you scared?" She pointed at Chuchu, laughing trembly, "You actually got scared!"

Xue Chuchu’s eyes locked onto Tongtong, her face quickly turned red, like a ripe apple, she rarely showed such shame and intense embarrassment.

Such a simple trick, she was actually fooled, yet she thought Tongtong was as childish as ever.

Xue Chuchu’s big bright eyes flickered, she glanced at the wardrobe: "Is it this one? How did you crawl in?"

"Of course, after taking off my shoes."

"Can you really crawl in?"

"Of course!" Xue Yuantong took off her shoes, demonstrating the process of her prank.

Just as she closed the wardrobe door, Chuchu picked up the lock beside her, locking the wardrobe.

Xue Yuantong curled up inside the pitch-black wardrobe, her small face dumbfounded.