Chapter 149
It was near the end of June, in the early morning hours. The air still seemed to retain the coolness of the night, though this slight chill was insufficient to dispel the increasingly rising temperature. Throughout the campus of Yuanyang City’s No.9 High School, students everywhere wore short-sleeved school uniforms, which made the figure in long-sleeved clothing and long pants stand out conspicuously.
He was a tall and slender youth, his puffy black hair slightly disheveled, with slightly curled ends that brushed against his cheek, vaguely revealing eyes of the same color.
A plain white coat, seemingly a size too large, hung loosely on him. He carried no backpack, only a book with an unrecognizable cover, which he absentmindedly rotated in his hand.
He moved through the noisy crowd. Despite having an exceptionally outstanding appearance, he did not attract much attention. Occasionally, there was an intensely strong sense of disconnection from those around him. Yet, if someone’s gaze fell upon him, they would only perceive an ordinary student, seemingly indistinguishable from anyone else in the crowd.
Zhang Yun recognized the figure in the distance at first glance. He quickly pushed through the crowd and approached, greeting the other with an enthusiastic voice. “Ah, how lucky! The first familiar person I’ve met today is you, Bai Yi. Indeed, ever since we became acquainted, my luck has started to improve.”
The youth turned to look at him, his gaze pausing imperceptibly on Zhang Yun for a second. “Oh, it’s you.”
Zhang Yun, now transformed by martial arts training, acutely perceived that momentary pause. He was speechless for a moment before speaking dramatically. “Hey, we’ve been deskmates for three years. We were even in martial arts classes together recently. You don’t need to act like we’re old classmates who haven’t seen each other for ten years and can barely remember each other’s names!”
“If you want to see it that way?” Bai Yi cooperatively replied, “But actually, it won’t take ten years. Strictly speaking, it’s an old classmate who’s forgotten after twenty days.”
His tone was so serious that one couldn’t tell if he was making a sarcastic joke or genuinely meant it.