Chapter 64 I like her

Ning Meng gulped and looked at the person across her.

He was wearing a shirt and sitting there with an ordinary posture, but he gave people an elegant and charming feeling. Almost all the eyes of the people in the surroundings were directed in their direction.

She whispered, “It’s nothing…”

She didn’t dare ask at all. His tone just now was terrifying. Now that he was all grown up, he wasn’t the least bit cute at all, completely different from when he was a kid.

Shi Qi leaned back in his chair and watched her eat.

After being watched like this, Ning Meng started to chew the noodles slowly without being conscious of it, her internal thoughts in a disarray.

Fortunately, Shi Qi merely sat there without doing anything.

Even after she finished eating her noodles, he remained motionless.

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After a few minutes, she secretly turned back again, and found that Shi Qi’s figure had already disappeared from the table.

She sighed, feeling a little odd in her heart.

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*  *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*  *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

After self-revision class in the evening, Ning Meng followed the rest back to the dormitory.

She remembered that there was no water in her thermos, but her throat still felt a little dry.

Even if she didn’t want to, she still needed to boil some hot water.

Fortunately, there were stairs not too far away from the water room and plenty of people coming from their evening self-revision classes walked there. She could even hear their chattering.

The sound managed to dispel a lot of her fear.

Ning Meng plugged her water card and watched the hot water pour into the water bottle.

The strange thing was that so many people were returning from their self-revision class but only she was getting hot water, and there were even several people passing through the door.

She listened carefully to the sound of running water, and forgot about this matter in the blink of an eye. However, just when the hot water was about to overflow, a hint of cold air suddenly struck her from behind.

This feeling was most familiar to her.

Back when she was in Ningning’s body a long time ago, she would often feel this sensation whenever she bumped into a ghost, the surroundings becoming chillier.

Ning Meng shivered, her eyes growing wide as she turned around, her gaze falling on the corner behind her.

A puddle of water had accumulated in the originally dry corner at this moment.

The water trickled down slowly along the gaps between the corner tiles, and ceramic tiles, pooling at the center.

And the wall surface was already covered with a layer of water, slowly dripping down to the ground, emitting pattering sounds and making little splashes.

Ning Meng held her breath and stared at it unblinking.

As the water got closer towards her, the temperature also dropped lower. As the water room wasn’t originally very spacious, it naturally reached her quickly.

The water spread out, making a string of sounds.

She turned around to cover the water bottle and without wasting a single more second, she took out her card and lifted her bottle, running out.

As soon as she left the water room, she unconsciously cast a glance at the corner.

A figure slowly appeared in the stagnant water, twisting…

Ning Meng ran straight to the dormitory in fright. She felt that this was probably the fastest she had ever run in her life.

Fortunately, her room was close by so she quickly soon arrived.

The room lights were on and Li Jiao was currently complaining about something. Upon catching sight of her, she snorted again, but Ning Meng was relieved. This could only mean that the room was still safe.

She quickly took a shower and went to bed, asking the system, “Will the ghost come to our room and ask for my life?”

To have died so miserably could only mean the ghost would definitely hold grudges.

And those who harbored grudges would turn into ghosts. Those who were especially grave would even turn into malicious spirits.

It has already been five years, and up until now, the murderer involved in this incident hasn’t been caught yet. The deceased must’ve been unwilling to let this matter go and as such, naturally refused to reincarnate.

And having to coincidentally run into it tonight could only mean that she was likely to get entangled again.

The system suddenly said, “You don’t need to worry. People who die in a small fixed space and turned into ghosts would never be able to leave their place of death due to restrictions and can only move around within that area.”

Ning Meng seemed to understand its meaning. It felt a bit like those scenes in the movies, the protagonists would go to a haunted house to explore, and there would be ghosts lying in wait inside the haunted house.

These kinds of ghosts have never gone out of the haunted house, and generally only harmed people within its range.

She decided to fetch water from the water room upstairs in the future.

In any case, she only needed to expend more effort going upstairs anyway. There was nothing that required her urgent attention and her little life held more importance.

With the system’s assurance, she was able to sleep very soundly all night.

Not only this day, but in the days that followed, she still had a leisurely life.

Ever since Gu Nanqian encountered a ghost, she seldom appeared in front of her, and occasionally hurriedly left whenever she bumped into her.

As such, her daily life consisted of eating and going to classes, and then using her mobile phone to scroll through Weibo, a very normal life typical to students.

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*  *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*  *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Today, they had gym class and Ning Meng noticed that Gu Nanqian was not present.

She didn’t find this surprising. Gu Nanqian often applied leave for gym classes due to her frail health or at times, she would come and just sit at the side. In any case, she never attended class normally.

But now she knew very well that Gu Nanqian’s condition was nowhere as serious as she claimed it to be. She was only a little weak, and aside from that, she was completely in good health.

Yet she did this all for the sake of skipping gym class.

After all, according to what she said a long time ago, running, sweating, and having messy hair could affect her image.

Once gym class had ended, Ning Meng dragged her tired legs back to her room.

Unexpectedly, she ran into a person she hadn’t seen for a long time around the corner.

Gu Nanqian was standing not far away, facing her with a gentle smile. Her cherry lips opened and closed but Ning Meng couldn’t hear what she was saying.

Across her also stood a young man. He looked very tall from behind and his figure felt somewhat familiar to Ning Meng.

She stared at it for a while until it suddenly struck her. Wasn’t that Shi Qi?

The person opposite of Gu Nanqian was actually Shi Qi.

Ning Meng couldn’t believe it.

How could Gu Nanqian be standing together with Shi Qi? It wasn’t class time right now, and there weren’t even any classes today. According to logic, this should’ve been impossible.

Not to mention, their last meeting was quite unpleasant.

A few thoughts popped up in Ning Meng’s mind, and she felt that Gu Nanqian must like Shiqi.

The words that Gu Nanqian asked after the previous class were faintly meaningful. She could clearly see that she was trying to get more info out of her.

Now, it seems as if the two people were in the middle of a conversation.

Ning Meng felt a little upset on the inside, but she didn’t know where the feeling came from. She pressed this thought down, and surreptitiously sneaked towards them.

Fortunately, there were plenty of trees here, and due to her slim figure, she was able to easily hide herself.

“…Senior…I wanted to ask, are you familiar with Meng Ning?” Gu Nanqian pursed her lips, her voice soft, “I don’t mean anything else. She’s my good friend, but something seems off with her these days, I’m a little worried…”

Ning Meng hiding behind the tree: “…”

The f*ck did she mean by something off?

Gu Nanqian really took any opportunity she could to smear Meng Ning and now even when she was trying to flirt, she wouldn’t even forget to bring her up.

She strode forward and without looking at Shi Qi, she asked aggrievedly, “Qianqian, didn’t you like me the most?”

Gu Nanqian was taken aback, “?”

Ning Meng blinked at Gu Nanqian, and suddenly asked with a soft voice, “Qianqian, you also like me quite a lot too, don’t you? Otherwise, why would you keep being friends with me?”

Let’s see whether she dares say she doesn’t like her. If she did say this, she would reply that she would never forgive her again and this would coincidentally solve the problem of Gu Nanqian coming to bother her.

Moreover, following Meng Ning’s lingering regrets, her body wouldn’t feel any more pain.

Gu Nanqian was struck speechless.

She didn’t speak for a long time, and her face had turned red.

It was unknown whether it was due to shame or anger.

Ning Meng felt that what she had done just now was awesome and seeing that Gu Nanqian remained silent for a long time, she suddenly stepped forward, “Qianqian, didn’t you say you were going to introduce a part-time job to me?”

She turned to Shi Qi and before he could even say anything, she quickly said, “I want to connect feelings with Qianqian. She’s busy right now, please go back and take a rest, teacher.”

Shi Qi blinked, his green eyes glinting.

Seeing her like this, Gu Nanqian finally recovered her senses and subconsciously shrank back, “Meng Ning…”

Ning Meng looked at her innocently, “Qianqian.”

Her voice grew very sweet but it only made Gu Nanqian more afraid to react.

Gu Nanqian’s big eyes grew suspicious, wondering whether Meng Ning had taken the medicine today. A few days ago, she kept trying to get away from her but today, she had actually said such words.

She had become even more strange than how she was before she confessed.

She thought for a while, and asked hesitantly, “Meng Ning, I have some things to discuss with the teacher, can we talk about this next time?”

Ning Meng took another step towards her, and said matter-of-factly, “Of course not.”

She curled her lips and lowered her voice, “Haven’t you been trying to tell me what happened that day? Why don’t you tell me now?”

Gu Nanqian was rendered speechless for a while. After all, everyone had already heard what had happened so she couldn’t just flatout deny it.

Shi Qi watched them fixated.

Ning Meng had an expression of “If you don’t leave with me, I’ll do whatever I want.”

Naturally, the figure who possessed her body also had the same action and expression, her face revealing a justified and proud expression.

Gu Nanqian’s eyes widened in disbelief as she said aggrievedly, “Meng Ning, do you have to be this aggressive?”

Before Ning Meng could even reply, Shi Qi’s voice rang out.

He lowered his head slightly, his chin revealing a perfect arc, “Do you really like her?”

Seeing him look very concerned, Ning Meng became even more resolute about not letting the two people come into contact… In any case, she had acted as Shi Qi’s grandmother for a while so she felt like taking up the responsibility of never letting such a white little flower get together with Shi Qi.

She raised her chin, “Yeah.”

To prevent anything unexpected from occurring, Ning Meng put an arm around Gu Nanqian’s shoulder, “That’s why teacher shouldn’t bother us anymore.”

Gu Nanqian naturally started struggling, but because she was too weak, she was unable to get out of her hold and was forced to turn around by Ning Meng.

Then, Ning Meng took her a long distance away.

Gu Nanqian finally broke free, tears streaming down her face, “Meng Ning, do you hate me for rejecting your feelings? Is that why you said those words?”

Ning Meng looked back and saw Shi Qi still standing back in his original place.

Not far away, the shallow arc of the corner of his mouth could be seen clearly. With his back facing the sun, the light and dark intermixed, making his features look profound.

She retracted her gaze, and wore a heartbroken expression, saying weakly, “Qianqian, are you going to break our relationship as friends?”

Perhaps it was the first time Gu Nanqian had seen her wear such an expression. It looked too similar to herself, her delicate and pretty face eliciting the other person’s pity.

A strange feeling welled up in Gu Nanqian’s heart.

She had a nagging feeling that things shouldn’t have gone this way, that something went wrong in the middle.

She burst into tears, appearing very sad, “Meng Ning, do you have to do this?”

Ning Meng didn’t feel the slightest bit guilty, instead, she even wanted to laugh.

But on the surface, she appeared even more sad. Pinching the back of her thighs, the ends of her eyes instantly turned red, and a pool of tears gathered in her rims.

She whispered, “I didn’t want to… Every time I see you, I can’t help but think of the days back then…and my heart would start aching, Qianqian, I really don’t want to, you…”

Before she could finish her words, Gu Nanqian turned around and ran away.

Ning Meng: “…” She hasn’t finished her acting yet.

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Heh.

——”Shi Qi’s secretly hidden little diary”

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