Chapter 304: Core and Cocoon

So… shall we go?

Cheng Shimumeng spoke softly.

She gently extended her hand toward An Yu.

“Hmm?”

An Yu blinked expressionlessly.

She had a feeling that what Cheng Shimumeng said seemed somewhat strange.

It was as if she was deliberately saying these words for others to hear.

An Yu found it somewhat difficult to understand.

Just who was she saying it to?

However, An Yu still held Cheng Shimumeng’s hand.

She then nodded silently.

It was probably just an illusion.

The matter of them going out to play only concerned them.

How could it have anything to do with others?

“Hehe…”

Cheng Shimumeng smiled slightly.

She looked very pleased.

No one knew what she was pleased about.

Just like that, right in front of An Qing, she took An Yu away.

Even if An Qing wanted to stop her, she had no way to do so.

How could she stop her?

With what reason?

With what method?

An Qing’s face was cold.

Her crimson pupils stared tightly at that blue-and-white back view.

She sank deeper and deeper.

Originally, there had been no one beside that girl.

Yet gradually, the figures of Ning Wanciu, Cheng Shimumeng, and Huai Xiang had appeared…

This was the result brought about by her own actions.

She could only bear it herself.

“An Qing, what’s wrong with you?”

Shen Huahua seemed to have been frightened by An Qing’s somewhat heavy expression.

She greeted her somewhat helplessly.

An Qing blinked.

She then silently lowered her head.

She wanted to adjust her expression.

Yet she could not smile no matter what.

“Nothing.” She shook her head. “Let’s go.”

After she finished speaking, An Qing put on her backpack and left.

School had already been dismissed.

Today she was also going home alone.

There was no surprise whatsoever.

Ever since An Yu went home with her that day, she had never gone back together with her again.

In a certain sense, this was indeed the result An Qing needed.

But when these things truly happened, she found it somewhat difficult to endure.

So… even if she could not endure it, what could she do?

An Qing gritted her teeth.

Her crimson pupils were extremely gloomy.

There’s still… not much time left…

Wait for me a little longer… okay?

As she walked toward the classroom exit, she murmured softly.

The good image she had pretended to maintain before seemed like it could no longer be kept up.

Her whole person was emitting a gloomy aura.

Shen Huahua, who was standing behind her, froze for a moment.

She scratched her head somewhat doubtfully.

It always felt like… An Qing had been getting stranger and stranger recently?

She could not quite describe that feeling.

It was just a bit strange.

Clearly on Monday she had felt that An Qing’s condition was pretty good.

Why had she been looking more and more haggard recently?

Anyway… forget it!

It’s better not to meddle in other people’s business!

On the other side, An Yu and her group had already arrived outside the school.

They were still wearing their school uniforms.

They did not seem to care much about that aspect.

An Yu was expressionlessly holding Cheng Shimumeng’s hand.

She was being led by her toward a certain direction.

Originally it had always been with Ning Wanciu.

But today it seemed Cheng Shimumeng was taking the lead.

So it had become like this.

It was… nothing much?

Cheng Shimumeng was also a good friend.

Although it felt somewhat different from being with Ning Wanciu.

An Yu blinked doubtfully.

Just where exactly was it different?

Was it because… Ning Wanciu was the Big Pillow?

Or was it because… she would do some stranger things?

An Yu, who was standing beside Cheng Shimumeng, secretly glanced at Ning Wanciu beside her.

Ning Wanciu, upon meeting An Yu’s gaze, gently revealed a smile.

Although she did not know where the difference lay, she just felt that Ning Wanciu was a little more special.

Mm… she did not know…

Just… a tiny bit.

“Alright, let’s get in the car~”

Cheng Shimumeng smiled slightly.

She pulled An Yu over to a car.

An Yu blinked.

She looked at the car whose name she could not call.

It always felt… somewhat cool.

“How is it? Do you like it?”

Seemingly having seen through An Yu’s reaction, Cheng Shimumeng gently pinched An Yu’s small hand.

She asked with a light laugh.

“Mm.”

An Yu nodded.

She did not refute.

Cool things.

How could anyone not like them?

“That’s good. Let’s go then.”

Cheng Shimumeng opened the car door.

She very gentlemanly helped An Yu into the car.

After she glanced at Huai Xiang and Ning Wanciu behind her, she smiled slightly and sat in the front passenger seat.

This was her family’s car.

The driver was also from her family.

After all, she was the one who had organized this one-day amusement park trip.

Of course she had to take responsibility and arrange everything properly.

The car was very spacious.

The style also gave off a very cool feeling…

After An Yu sat in the car, she tilted her head somewhat doubtfully.

But An Yu was not doubtful because of these things.

Mainly, there was a cute girl inside the car.

Beside her, the originally somewhat timid Ning Dongli immediately perked up when she saw that it was An Yu who had come up.

“Mmhm, An Yu, you’re here!”

She excitedly stuck close to An Yu’s arm.

She gently rubbed against An Yu with light movements.

It seemed like she was recharging her energy.

Ning Dongli was the first person to agree to Cheng Shimumeng’s invitation to go to the amusement park.

So of course she had a share in this trip as well.

After all, Cheng Shimumeng still had to fulfill her unspeakable secret.

However… heaven only knew what kind of mood she had been in when she saw such a car appear downstairs at her home and had to get on it…

The car was very cool.

But it always felt like it should not have anything to do with her.

Especially… having to stay in the same space with strangers.

This made Ning Dongli even more uncomfortable.

Although she would not get triggered at the drop of a hat, the discomfort brought by social anxiety was still there.

Now that she saw An Yu coming over, it was as if she had regained her backbone.

She was overjoyed in her heart.

Without caring about anything else, she stuck close.

“Mm.”

An Yu nodded expressionlessly.

She did not refuse Ning Dongli’s request to stick close.

At the same time, she reached out and patted her head.

“Hehe…”

Ning Dongli let out a silly laugh.

She lowered her head and rubbed against An Yu’s hand.

It was as if a clingy little pet had found its owner.

It had already been a week since she last saw An Yu.

Although they had the chance to play games together every day and listen to An Yu’s voice while falling asleep…

Ning Dongli had already become more and more difficult to satisfy.

Her former desires had all been overturned.

She could no longer be satisfied with just that.

Just as the two of them were being intimate, a small red-haired head suddenly burst in.

“What’s going on, bad woman? Why is there a car picking us up and dropping us off today?”

As soon as she came in, Huai Xiang froze.

Who was this little golden-haired girl…?

She looked somewhat familiar, yet she had no impression.

“Uh… who?”

For a moment, the little red-haired girl and the little golden-haired girl stared at each other with wide eyes.

However, unlike Huai Xiang’s completely blank expression, Ning Dongli only lowered her head in embarrassment.

At the same time, she stuck even closer to An Yu.

“What exactly is going on…”

“Move in a bit… Xiangxiang!”

Outside, Ning Wanciu spoke somewhat helplessly.

It seemed she was blocked at the entrance and could not come in.

Seeing this, Huai Xiang hurriedly shrank further inside.