novelraw #522 - Chapter 520: Zha Yin's Uncomfortable
#522 - Chapter 520: Zha Yin's Uncomfortable
“Han-xuejie, you're so mean.”
As Cat Witch and Dumpling King conceded defeat, Qi Jing pulled Tan Zuoyin towards the pavilion of the Handsome Men's Society.
He accused Han Yinuo:
“Not only did you cover me in mud, but you also dragged Senior Sister Yin Ci into your society, how insidious!”
He had just checked the Handsome Men's Society's battle roster and Yin Ci hadn't appeared in any of the previous fights.
But she appeared today during the fight against the Welfare Society, which meant Han Yinuo had deliberately hidden her, releasing her specifically to defeat him.
(Yin Ci: Release?)
After all, given Senior Sister Yin Ci's shy nature, she clearly wouldn't do something like that.
“Insidious? This is called clever! Planning strategies within the tent, winning battles a thousand miles away, making some unscrupulous captain cry for his mommy and daddy, only to come here to accuse me after the match, whining and complaining.”
Han Yinuo took out a cup of milk tea, handed it to Tan Zuoyin, and raised his chin:
“Xiaoyin, wouldn't you agree? Blaming others for your own carelessness, how shameless, alas, the hearts of people are not what they used to be~”
“Indeed, he's been getting a bit too cocky lately.”
Hearing Tan Zuoyin's words of betrayal, Qi Jing also produced a cup of milk tea:
“Zha Yin, don't listen to her nonsense, isn't she just recruiting more people by flaunting Brother Yu's banner, taking advantage of numerical superiority? I could do that too! Drink mine, don't drink hers.”
But Tan Zuoyin ignored the milk tea with a straw in his hand, and instead took the unopened cup from Han Yinuo:
“I want the one with the god of beauty cover.”
It's normal for the milk tea from the Handsome Men's Society to have handsome men on the surface.
Who could resist the temptation of using a straw to pierce through the face of their idol?
“Also, you have been a bit too cocky, you haven't been exercising much lately, not listening in class, not studying after class, just reading novels, and showing off on the arena every day, your brain has rusted.”
“Ah? Really? I, well, alright, I have been a bit too lazy lately, not even playing games.”
Qi Jing recalled his life after the start of the society battles.
Reading novels during class every day, reading novels after class, skipping breakfast, eating a quick meal with Song Jiang and the others for lunch, and then attending the society's dinner in the evening, other than that, he was just showing off in the arena.
Not even playing games!
Not even drawing lottery tickets!
Not even killing armored crabs!
Not even going to the other world!
Could it be that I've really become useless? Did crushing newbies for ten days make me arrogant? Was I led astray by Xiao Fifteen, that street punk?
Han Yinuo looked at the little couple in front of him, conjured a few ice cubes into Qi Jing's milk tea, propped up his chin, and said with a smile:
“Xiaoyin feels like you haven't been spending enough time with her lately, how long has it been since you ate together?”
Ah?
Is that so?
I really haven't eaten with Zha Yin lately, is she angry?
Qi Jing glanced at Tan Zuoyin, noticing she was calmly sipping her milk tea with a blank expression, looking up at the sky, neither admitting nor denying.
Based on his many years of reading novels, in this kind of situation, no denial means admission.
Which means, Zha Yin feels like he's been spending less time with her.
“What are you standing there for, go get her? If you don't comfort your own girlfriend, who will?”
Hearing Han Yinuo's words, Qi Jing reacted and grabbed Tan Zuoyin's hand:
“Zha Yin, I was wrong, I shouldn't have been going to the society for dinner every night.”
Thinking about it carefully, the people who regularly attended the society's dinner every night were all single.
Those who had partners would either come for two days at most or their partner would be in the society.
Only he, because he had just joined the society and was about to be promoted to president, went every day, wanting to quickly familiarize himself with every member, thus neglecting Zha Yin's feelings.
Before this, they had never gone more than three days without eating a meal together, and during winter and summer vacations, it was at most seven days.
But now it had been ten days without eating a single meal together, and that was while still seeing each other every day at school.
Why was he able to suddenly get used to it?
“Zha Yin, let's go, I'll take you to our Great Sea Island villa, let's have fun for a few days! Forget about the society!”
“It doesn't have to be that long, one day is enough.”
Tan Zuoyin turned her head.
She had indeed been unhappy these past few days because of the reduced time spent with Qi Jing, they had just joined the society, why did he have to go eat dinner with them every night?
From the day he gave her the gloves, she didn't feel anything for the first three or four days, only thinking that Qi Jing was feeling fresh about the society life, so she continued to improve herself as usual.
But in the following days, she started to feel a bit unaccustomed.
Before, every time she studied, she could turn her head and see that familiar figure, even if he wasn't reading, but just reading novels or playing games by her side, as long as he was there, she could feel at ease.
But these past few days, he would go to the dinner and stay there all night, they didn't even eat together anymore, and she couldn't see him as often when she looked up, her heart always felt empty.
But he hadn't done anything wrong.
He had only joined a new society, needing to familiarize himself with new classmates, new environments, new friends, only slightly neglecting her.
This was all normal.
It was just that she was not used to it, not used to him not clinging to her, not used to not smelling his scent, not used to his broad but soft hands.
She knew that they were ability users, ordinary people, and sometimes it was inevitable that they would be busy, such a situation was bound to happen sooner or later.
He wouldn't stop loving her, wouldn't change his mind, everything was just her overthinking, her habits were playing tricks.
But ah, she was just unhappy, hating the feeling of Qi Jing being far away from her, and also hating herself for being depressed without holding hands.
She couldn't blame him.
She could only blame herself for being too idle.
“You still need to get a score in the top ten, you can't miss a day.”
Because of its cruel actions, no society would actively challenge the Welfare Society, so it could only steadily increase at a rate of one point per day.
Therefore, missing a day could make it impossible to get a ranking.
“Who cares about the score, you're more important, our society doesn't need society scores, and I don't need personal scores, winning or losing doesn't matter, at worst, we won't let Yan Cheng enter the Elemental Realm.”
Hearing Qi Jing's words, Tan Zuoyin laughed.
“Puchi, why do you always bully Yan Cheng.”
“He said he wanted to get the ranking on his own, I can't deprive him of his personal last wish, can I?”
Qi Jing saw that Tan Zuoyin had regained her smile, and his heart also felt comfortable.
Tan Zuoyin took a sip of the milk tea in his hand:
“Fang Sheng, how about I join your society? That way I can attend your dinners with you.”
“Joining the society isn't a problem, but aren't you supposed to be studying? Dinners are a bit of a waste of time, only suitable for idle people like me, let's forget about it.”
Qi Jing put his arm around her waist:
“I'll go less often in the future, spend more time with you, that dinner isn't that important, they're just chatting nonsense, it's okay whether I go or not.”
“But you can't abandon the forest of the society for my sake alone, right? I've decided, today you'll accompany me to Great Sea Island for a good day of fun, tomorrow I'll accompany you to the Welfare Society, no take-backs!”
Tan Zuoyin pointed at Qi Jing's nose, casting the “can't say no” spell on him.
“Okay.”
At this moment, Han Yinuo's eyes next to them had already rolled to the sky:
“You two, disgusting.”