Cai Xiangxiang was filled with resentment towards Su Li in her heart.
She was just asking a simple question, was such a big reaction really necessary?
Crazy woman!
Cai Xiangxiang thought discontentedly, glancing at her friends beside her, feeling a deep sense of grievance.
Su Li was just a girl. If those two had helped her, she might have been able to teach Su Li a proper lesson.
But instead, the two of them just stood by watching the show.
It infuriated her!
“What do we do now? I left one of my shoes in the dining hall.”
“What if some disgusting, gross otaku picks up my shoe and does weird things with it?”
“Just thinking about it makes me feel sick.”
Cai Xiangxiang glanced back at the dining hall behind her and couldn’t help but shudder.
With so many people, you get all sorts.
She didn’t know if there were such disgusting people at the school.
After all, even when playing games online, there were often people who called her ‘Mommy’ for no reason.
She couldn’t imagine what someone like that would do if they found her shoe in real life.
Soon, another fantasy began to take shape in Cai Xiangxiang’s mind.
What if a handsome male student found her shoe, and like a prince on a white horse searching for his Cinderella…
He’d post her shoe on the school’s confession wall, and a destined romance would blossom between them.
Thinking this, Cai Xiangxiang’s lips curved into a smile, and she couldn’t help but let out a soft hum.
Wei Yanxi and Chen Tangguan beside her didn’t understand why Cai Xiangxiang, missing a shoe, was standing there grinning foolishly.
The two exchanged a look, both thinking Cai Xiangxiang had suffered too great a shock and had become mentally unhinged.
That’s why she was reacting like this.
“Xiangxiang, don’t be scared. Probably no one will pick up your shoe.”
“Since it’s already lost, just consider it thrown away.”
“After all, we girls are like this, we easily feel the malice of the world.”
“Even if you threw your shoe in the trash, a disgusting person might find it, pick it up from the bin, and then… then take a deep, stormy inhale, an epic lungful.”
Wei Yanxi tried to comfort Cai Xiangxiang in a low voice, but halfway through, even she felt a bit disgusted.
She could only be glad it wasn’t her shoe that was lost.
Otherwise, just thinking about it was kind of gross.
“Xixi, stop talking.”
Seeing Cai Xiangxiang’s face change color, Chen Tangguan quickly stopped her from continuing.
“Xiangxiang, what are you planning to do next? Are you just going to swallow this insult?”
Hearing Chen Tangguan’s words, Cai Xiangxiang’s face turned pale, but a sense of unwillingness still lingered in her heart.
“Since Su Li is being unreasonable, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
“Let’s have Chi Qingya teach Su Li a proper lesson.”
“Just because Su Li has issues with Chi Qingya doesn’t mean she can take it out on us, right?”
“Qingya will definitely understand us.”
……
Only after Su Li and Cat had finished eating did Cat very seriously pack up the lunchbox, planning to take it home to wash.
Her gaze shifted to Su Li, her eyes cautious, secretly observing Su Li’s expression.
When Su Li’s eyes met hers, Cat quickly lowered her head.
“Scared?”
“No, I… I was just worried Su Li might be upset.”
Cat said softly. Actually, she had wanted to go up and slap that girl just now.
She just didn’t know if Su Li would dislike her for acting on her own.
After all, in the past when she secretly tried to get revenge for her owner, it not only failed to help but ended up causing more trouble.
“I’m fine, don’t worry.”
“Does Cat want to keep walking around the school with me for a while, or go home?”
Xiao Yuyu hadn’t sent her any messages yet.
She could also see the chat between Cat and Xiao Yuyu.
Naturally, she could notice Cat was working hard to learn and improve.
“Doesn’t Su Li need a nap at noon?”
“You have classes in the afternoon. If Su Li needs to rest, I won’t keep you company walking around. Su Li should get some proper rest.”
Cat said obediently. The school was a bit far from home, otherwise, Su Li could have gone home to sleep at noon.
Of course, if the school were closer to home, Su Li could even go home for meals!
Cat just thought this to herself. Even if it wasn’t that close…
It didn’t matter, she could always bring Su Li meals.
Cat didn’t want to affect Su Li because of herself.
“Actually, whether I sleep or not doesn’t matter too much.”
Su Li wasn’t very concerned about her own sleep. She slept simply to sleep, and sleeping for her was just a way to restore energy.
If she wasn’t providing service to a client, Su Li’s energy levels were usually quite high.
“Then… then let’s find a place, and I’ll watch over Su Li while you sleep?”
Cat asked tentatively. She still had the habit of taking afternoon naps.
Or rather, when she had nothing to do, she liked to lie in bed and sleep.
It was just that after meeting Su Li, she wasn’t as busy as before. She could even use her own time to study and knew what to do, so she didn’t sleep as long.
In the past, when her owner was very busy, she liked to sleep.
Then, not long after waking up, her owner could spend some time with her.
“Okay.”
Seeing the expectant look in Cat’s eyes, Su Li nodded.
Su Li led Cat along the small path behind the library, the gravel crunching softly beneath their shoes.
Plane tree leaves by the roadside spiraled down, one landing right on Cat’s perky ponytail.
Three orange cats poked their heads out from the bushes, swishing their tail tips at Cat.
They stopped before a long bench with peeling red paint. On the backrest was a crooked little flower Su Li had carved with a key last year.
Cat copied Su Li’s posture, sitting with her knees together, the tips of her canvas shoes touching a dandelion that had pushed through a crack in the cement.
A fallen leaf stuck to her stocking, swaying like a tiny golden boat.
“After eating in the past, I used to like coming here to sit.”
“Maybe because everyone likes going back to the dorms to rest at noon, so this place is usually empty.”
“Resting here, sitting here spacing out, is actually a pretty nice thing.”
Cat tilted her face up following Su Li’s pointing finger, her nose tip catching the slanted sunlight filtering through, her eyelashes casting trembling shadows on her cheeks.
Her mind seemed to conjure an image of Su Li lost in thought.
Cat blinked, watching the clouds drifting in the sky. As she watched, she felt her eyelids growing heavy.
She wanted to pat her cheeks to perk herself up.
She was supposed to be keeping Su Li company, how could she be the one falling asleep first?
But soon, Cat felt a warm, large hand gently stroking the top of her head.
“If you’re sleepy, rest for a while.”
“You worked hard making the meal.”