Retracting her watchful gaze, Su Yao took out her phone and opened QQ to send a message to Oyster sauce.
“Are you there?”
Among the crowd, Mu Nanqiu felt the vibration in her clothes pocket.
She took out her phone and glanced at the message, her expression darkening.
She quickly replied with a simple “here,” while her eyes scanned past the nearby people toward the seats in the Hui Ting, but she didn’t see Su Yao’s figure.
Her face immediately grew cold.
She admitted that, at this moment, she wanted to use force.
But fortunately, she still held back from showing her emotions and casually responded to the club members around her.
Soon after, another message came from Man Tou Teacher on her phone.
“Muli Jiang, do you believe me when I said last time that the Xue Jie likes me?”
Mu Nanqiu was a bit surprised, but in the next moment, a meaningful smile appeared on her face.
She thought of something quite amusing.
On the other side, Su Yao stared anxiously at her phone, waiting for the delayed reply, afraid to miss a second.
Beep beep.
Oyster sauce’s message arrived.
But when Su Yao saw those two words, she nearly choked on her own breath.
“I believe it!”
You actually believe that?
Looking at Oyster sauce’s reply, Su Yao was speechless.
Didn’t he realize this was a major delusion in her life?
This guy was sometimes clever and sometimes really good at playing dumb—it was hard to tell which version of Oyster sauce was the real one.
But it didn’t matter; they were just anonymous online friends, exchanging trivial life stuff at best.
Thinking that Oyster sauce was still pursuing a junior, she curiously asked,
“How’s your junior doing?”
“I asked her out today, but I don’t know if she’ll come… By the way, you said that Xue Jie likes you, how exactly does she like you?”
How does she like me…
Su Yao leaned out again to look at the stage.
The girls there were chatting casually with Mu Nanqiu, who maintained a neutral expression and held her phone.
Occasionally, she replied with a sentence or two.
Su Yao noticed a girl who seemed to be a leader in the group saying something to Mu Nanqiu, but Mu Nanqiu shook her head, rejecting the suggestion.
This piqued Su Yao’s curiosity, but since they were too far away and spoke softly, she couldn’t catch what was said.
She guessed it was probably an invitation for Mu Nanqiu to leave since it was already dinnertime.
Lowering her head to look at her chat history with Oyster sauce, Su Yao pursed her lips.
She wasn’t a fool; she wouldn’t think a girl’s gentle words automatically meant she liked her.
Though she was naive and inexperienced, she was very cautious.
No clear declaration of liking meant no liking!
She typed into her phone.
“Not really. The Xue Jie is really pretty, but she has the reputation of an icy beauty at my school—three years of college and no relationships.
Pure and pristine.
She’s usually cold to people, but…
Do you remember the photo I sent you last time?
I actually got caught while taking it and thought I was done for, but the Xue Jie let me off and said if I wanted to take photos, I had to ask her first.
If it had been someone else, they probably would have slapped me.”
“That’s it?”
“Of course not, there’s more…”
Su Yao gradually recounted the encounters she had with Mu Nanqiu over the past few days, giving Oyster sauce a basic understanding of the Xue Jie.
After finishing, she felt a long-lost sense of relief.
“A Qiu, we’re heading off now.”
“Mm.”
The Fu Shezhang of the Wu Dao She bid farewell to Mu Nanqiu.
She knew Mu Nanqiu well enough to realize she wouldn’t easily change her mind, so she didn’t persist in embarrassing herself.
Smiling and waving, she turned toward the door.
The sudden movement startled Su Yao, who quickly retracted her head from behind the chair.
Silently muttering, Don’t see me, don’t see me!
Her spot was in the innermost corner along the wall, with no foot traffic.
As long as she blocked herself behind the chair, she wouldn’t be discovered.
After the cheerful chirping faded, she waited a bit longer to confirm the others had truly left before peeking out again.
The once lively Hui Ting was now almost empty, with only Mu Nanqiu sitting at the piano.
Compared to Su Yao, Mu Nanqiu had deliberately distanced herself from the crowd.
She wasn’t exceptionally outstanding, but there was something special about her—few people had her kind of aura.
Once everyone left, Mu Nanqiu returned to the piano and placed her long, slender fingers on the keys.
As she played alone, she gave off a remote, otherworldly impression.
But… this tune sounded so familiar?
Su Yao frowned. Oyster sauce’s message had come a while ago, but just now she had been too focused on staying quiet to notice.
Now she lit up her screen and paused on the message.
“Then just go for it.”
Earlier, she had told Oyster sauce how wonderful Mu Nanqiu was—beautiful, wealthy, young, with a long line of admirers.
She’d described herself as so flawed, hoping Oyster sauce would persuade her to give up, giving her an excuse to keep avoiding the matter.
But Oyster sauce told her,
You’ve been empowered—go and deliver!
But… I… what should I do?
Lost and confused, Su Yao didn’t realize the piano music had already ended.
The Hui Ting was now deathly quiet.
Suddenly, her phone rang.
Su Yao’s body trembled.
I’ve always had it on silent, haven’t I?
She looked at the phone—it was a QQ call from Oyster sauce.
Su Yao was about to hang up when the other side hung up first.
Cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
She heard muffled footsteps approaching, and her breathing quickened.
The sudden stop of the piano, the unexpected ringtone, then footsteps—this scene, this setting, was straight out of a horror movie.
Chuimi!
Adrenaline surged through Su Yao’s veins.
This was real empowerment.
She no longer cared about anything else—she just wanted to get out of there fast.
If the Xue Jie caught her, her fate would definitely be…
She dashed toward the nearest door and ran into the corridor.
The hallway was dimly lit, with only the exit shining brightly ahead.
Su Yao sprinted out, thinking her path would be clear, but then she heard Mu Nanqiu’s voice not far behind.
“Su Paopao, if you’ve got guts, don’t stop running!”