Chapter 8, The Elegant and Romantic Little Woman

I do not wish to trouble Mingjing; I simply hope to lend him a hand, and that is all

"Where is he?" Cui Jing coughed lightly, his expression quite complex, "Is he... is he doing well?"

Hmm

"That night, why did you get drunk?" She instead smiled a bit, the atmosphere felt very relaxed, like a gentle breeze brushing past, mild and not jarring, full of elasticity that could accommodate all sharp things

"He said—he is a ghost who has long since died—" She had only answered halfway when Su Bai suddenly grasped her throat, "Cai is not dead! He has never died! I will not allow any of you to say that he is dead! He can speak, he can walk, he can move; you have seen it, you have seen how can you say he is dead..." She forcefully pushed Su Bai's hand away, "Cough, cough... he really said that, he said he has long since died, and now he exists by killing ghosts to harvest their souls, he said he is not Su Cai."

"So you drank alcohol yesterday?" She smiled slightly, without any expression of sympathy

She pondered for a moment and smiled slightly at Cui Jing, "If Teacher Cui tells me the story you know, I will tell you about him, okay"

"If Teacher Cui really did nothing, then why did Cai say that you hit him? He said it was you who killed him." She looked at Cui Jing, "Teacher Cui..."

"Cheng Yan, I originally thought you were a very quiet and well-behaved child, and there are some matters that are not for you to concern yourself with..."

"Su Bai always carries a small knife with him," Cui Jing said slowly, "a double-edged knife with a light blue handle, which has not changed since his days at Xinzi High School until now. That knife has always been kept in the pocket of his pants. He said he would kill me, and I do believe him to some extent"

Why do people take sleeping pills after drinking alcohol

Ah, then when will you accompany me for a drink

It is now class time

She spoke this sentence without any context, yet Mingjing did not seem surprised at all, merely stating, "When lies are told often enough, they will become the truth"

"I indeed have a fondness for Cai, akin to a teacher's affection for a student; Cai is truly exceptional," said Cui Jing. "His international award was achieved under my guidance, and I accompanied him to Finland for the ceremony. I am most aware of how outstanding Su Cai is and the various talents he possesses." He sighed, "However, Su Cai's genius is flawed. His memory and imagination are extraordinary, yet his ability to interact with others is quite poor. There are very few teachers and students at school who like him. Su Cai is excellent, but his behavior is peculiar, making it difficult for him to integrate into groups. In this situation, Su Bai bears significant responsibility; he indulges Cai in an abnormal manner, forbidding him from socializing with classmates, even restricting his movements, and not allowing him to follow the instructions of school teachers. In short... Su Bai insists that Cai remain under his control, believing that only under his control is it safe."

Many students noticed Mingjing and Chengyan walking side by side, gathering together to discuss and point fingers. She smiled serenely and did not shy away, while Mingjing continued to walk alongside her until they reached the elevator door of the teaching building. "Chengyan," he called her name for the first time, "thank you"

"I took Cai to Finland to receive an award, and Su Bai was very displeased. However, at that time, he was busy dealing with other matters and could not stop me from taking Cai away. When we returned from Finland, Su Bai found me and warned me to stay away from Cai," Cui Jing said. "He told me to stay away from Cai, or he would kill me"

"Others feel sleepy after drinking, but I feel dizzy and cannot sleep after drinking." Mingjing smiled faintly, "I am not suited to drink, but Su Bai enjoys it, so I often accompany him to drink"

She smiled faintly and said nothing more. Even if Su Bai did not have a murder obsession, he most likely had a paranoid personality. Like Su Cai, for some reason, when she looked at the anxious and gritting Su Bai, she thought of the unwaveringly self-proclaimed ghost, Lu Cai. They were so different, yet so similar. Mingjing spoke well; both brothers possessed an extraordinary temperament, and their eyes were unlike those of others.

"Will you stay with me?" she said softly, brushing her hair back, her simple cheeks appearing moist and serene under the gentle sunlight

"Are you deliberately opposing me?" he asked coldly

Doesn't the mirror feel that I am detestable?

Mingjing suddenly smiled as well, "The wine was drunk together with Su Bai; he can drink a lot, but I cannot."

Cui Jing's expression was peculiar, looking at her with a gaze that contained disdain, disbelief, suspicion, flattery, and anticipation. "Where is Cai? Did Su Bai tell you where Cai is? Have you seen Cai recently?"

"However, looking at Cai, I cannot bear to say that he is not a ghost." She sighed, "Cai is like a beautiful doll that will never grow up, forever living in his own dreams. He has to admit that he is actually not dead, that Su Bai has indiscriminately killed so many people and animals, and that he has been attacked for no reason, which is very cruel"

"He is not Su Cai, who is he? He is merely insane, I will cure him..." Su Bai slowly released her throat, murmuring, "I will cure him..."

"Nonsense!" Cui Jing shouted loudly, causing the students in Class 5 of the first year to turn their heads in surprise, wondering what had happened to the usually kind Teacher Cui. Cui Jing barely restrained the words that almost slipped out and lowered his voice, "Mingjing! Don't think I don't know about your entanglement with Su Bai! If I report this, the school will definitely revoke your recommendation for admission! I never intended to harm Cai; your accusation is slander against me!" After saying this, he turned and left.

"Does Mingjing really consider herself a teacher?" She smiled faintly, "You and I are merely willful children in our adolescence, occasionally engaging in some outrageous behavior, which can still be forgiven."

Mingjing had not spoken for a long time; she stood beside him, her dress gently fluttering in the wind, while a bird chirped loudly in the nearby tree. "I asked him why he lied to me, saying that Cai was dead," he suddenly said, "because I... because I..." He paused for a moment, "because I have always told Su Bai that I love him, that I am attracted to him, so I want to know everything about him, and he must tell me everything, for there are no secrets between us, because we are lovers"

Cui Jing's eyes suddenly widened, "You—"

"He said his name is Lu Cai, and he is not called Su Cai," she said calmly

The exhibition room of Xinzi High School is located on the sixth floor

Su Bai is an incredible madman, and when he goes insane, he becomes very agitated. However, he is not without his moments of calm. "Mingjing said, "When he is not mad, he is quite the gentleman. He can be surprisingly considerate, and his gentle manner is completely unexpected and utterly irresistible. I overestimated myself..." He said slowly, "When Su Bai is gentle, he can gently tear apart a city under candlelight for me to see..."

"Do you suspect that Teacher Cui might also commit murder?" She smiled, "I don't think so. Teacher Cui is a good teacher."

How absurd, how can you say such a thing

The first time Mingjing looked into the eyes of this girl, he found her calm, composed, and gentle. He rarely paid attention to anyone, except for Su Bai, but he had an impression of the name Yang Chengyan, as he often heard her being awarded in the school broadcasts, and she seemed to have a very familiar face. "You don't consider yourself a student," he said淡淡地.

Who knows? The bright mirror looks up at the clear blue sky, which appears very high. The birds soaring in the sky seem particularly small, like a grain of sand in the blue ocean. To the birds flying in the sky, the people on the ground are merely another grain of sand.

Su Bai is different from Cai. Su Bai's gaze is very murky, and deep within his profound eyes lies a strange color. Mingjing may not have been mistaken; if one were to say mad, Su Bai is even more mad than Cai. He is the one who should be committed to a mental hospital. She watched Su Bai leave the exhibition room, and outside the window, another figure flashed by and left. She still recognized that person; it was Teacher Cui.

"Recently, I have felt very bad about myself," she said. "In fact, I thought from the very beginning that Cai was crazy, yet I always pretended to believe in him. I said I believed he was a ghost"

"Drinking tea." She smiled, "Chatting with Mingjing is very interesting"

Su Bai's abnormal obsession with Cai led me to speculate that he must be a bisexual man... and I was right. " Mingjing's expression gradually became indifferent and calm, " but I was mistaken.

"Are you here to say this?" She suddenly smiled slightly, "Are you afraid that Cai and I have a relationship?"

She stood up again, and the class began to buzz with discussion, wondering what award she had received this time, or whether Teacher Cui had some new measures or methods to implement on the students, or if the teacher had called her to correct assignments

You are a very strange girl

You only want to ask me if I feel guilty about my emotions, yet you went around in circles bringing up trust, cruelty, and abhorrence. What are you really thinking? Mingjing rarely fails to see through anyone, but Yang Chengyan might just be one he cannot see through—and moreover, she is a girl, which gives a slight sense of frustration. "I..." Mingjing pressed his lips together, his expression quite stiff, "I..." He did not continue.

"Xiuyuan Shopping Mall." She said quietly, "Cai works there."

"He has money, why is he working?" Su Bai's voice was laced with anger, "What did he tell you? What did he ask you to do in his building?"

Yang Chengyan suddenly turned around and saw Mingjing leaning against the corridor, just two steps behind her. There was a slight flush on his left cheek, and due to the calmness and fatigue in his eyes, that flush appeared somewhat sickly. Her heart trembled slightly as she turned her head, only to see Cui Jing's expression was quite flustered. Mingjing said淡淡地, "You like Cai, everyone in Class 6 of the first year knows it, Teacher Cui, you need not argue. Cai is not interested in the biology group's project at all; it was you who insisted that he must join. The results belong to everyone, yet you forcibly gave the trophy to Cai. I know that because of this matter, Su Bai has a strong opinion of you, and perhaps in order to escape your own feelings, you resolved to eliminate Cai..."

What happened later

The face, smooth and reflective like a mirror, bore little expression as she stepped forward

He has been frightened, and his mind is already confused. Do not believe anything he has told you. Su Bai also calmed down, saying, "Do not see him again in the future, and do not inquire about Cai's past. I have already sent him to a mental hospital, and from now on, Cai has no connection with you whatsoever"

She stood quietly in front of him. After provoking Su Bai, she then provoked Teacher Cui. What exactly did she want? At this moment, she herself was also unclear. Perhaps she wanted to know the story of Cai, or perhaps it was to help Mingjing. Regardless of the reason, she had already stepped onto the edge of danger, entering a bizarre and fantastical world.

"You want to protect Cai," Mingjing said lightly. "They all think Cai belongs to them, whether they consider themselves as older brothers or as teachers. Since you have touched that sensitive chord in their hearts, it is possible that Su Bai might plan to kill you, and even Teacher Cui might..."

"No," she said

Then? she asked slowly, Those who carry knives are very dangerous, didn't you tell anyone that Su Bai threatened you

No," she looked at Cui Jing, "it's what I think myself

"No one would believe that Su Bai threatened me," Cui Jing said with a bitter smile. "He is the best of the best among the top students. At that time, he was already working at an international bank, with a bright future ahead. Who would believe that he would draw a knife and threaten to kill me over something as trivial as bringing ribbons to Finland? Moreover, I didn't take the ribbons and not bring them back; I returned them in perfect condition, yet he still refused to let it go"

She smiled faintly in her heart, not saying that one should not care about other matters, but is it enough to just focus on studying well? She couldn't help but ask. "I have seen it."

"You want to take away Cai—" he said word by word, "You want to take away Cai, don't you? Let me tell you, Cai is my brother, he will always be my brother. I will cure him and make him as excellent and accomplished as I am. What do you think you are, daring to oppose me!"

Cui Jing displayed a look of surprise; he clearly could not have imagined that the top student in the school, the most obedient and gentle Yang Chengyan, would calmly say such words, "You want to negotiate terms with me?"

She also stopped and said, "I just want to know, does Mingjing feel a sense of guilt about her own feelings?"

"Did you deceive him?" she asked. "You deceived him because you want to know the secret of Su Bai's murder?"

"What to drink?" He saw through her.

I..." Cui Jing was left speechless, his expression filled with distress, when a clear and elegant voice softly spoke from behind Yang Chengyan, "So it was you who made the move."

Mingjing's tone is flat, becoming increasingly so, like a heart turned to ashes. A child like Mingjing, who has devoted countless efforts to avenge Mingheng, has burned Su Bai's diary, which could serve as evidence, and one could say he has abandoned the thought of revenge, discarding all his past efforts... for Su Bai... Perhaps he once believed in Su Bai, but Su Bai has thoroughly deceived him. In this game of lovers, Mingjing has lost terribly, even though the affection between both parties is false... Perhaps he once believed in Su Bai, but Su Bai has thoroughly deceived him. In this game of lovers, Mingjing has lost terribly, even though the affection between both parties is false. "He may know why I approached him, perhaps he knows that my declaration of love for him is all a lie"

Mingjing said softly, "He swore that Cai was dead and that he never lied to me, that he loved only me for his entire life. But I know that Cai is not dead; not only is Cai not dead, but he also has other lovers in the company." He looked up at the sky, the bird that had been like a grain of sand was already gone, the sky was a deep blue and seemed very distant, "I burned his diary for him..."

Yang Chengyan, "Mingjing suddenly stopped in her tracks, her clear and sharp gaze piercing through her glasses, coldly looking at her, 'What exactly do you want to say?'"

Su Bai did not answer, his deep-set eyes fixed on her without blinking. After a long while, he asked淡淡: "What is your name?"

As for Cai, I do not wish for such a pure and kind child to remain in Su Bai's shadow forever; I hope to save him

Hmph..." Mingjing said slowly, "Yang Chengyan, you should return to your seat; do not fall behind in the midterm exam.

They walked to the back playground, surrounded by lush green trees. The sky was very clear and beautiful, refreshing the spirit. "I seem to have seriously offended Su Bai and Teacher Cui," she said. "What should I do?"

Hehe, how could that be..." Yang Chengyan looked leisurely at the classmates gradually increasing on the playground, "Ah, it's time for physical education class.

Mingjing did not respond, nor did she look at her

Wait a moment! Cui Jing was somewhat at a loss, "What do you want to know?"

"Mingjing, may I take a walk on the playground?"

I just want to know why you hit him that night" she replied calmly, her gaze clear, showing no unusual expression

"You're welcome." She watched Mingjing take the elevator to the sixth floor to return to the office, then turned to head to the playground for class, still wearing a smile on her face. Mingjing understood her intentions but did not comprehend her feelings. She was indeed creating a facade to make the classmates believe that Mingjing was with her, which would protect Mingjing's relationship with Su Bai. However, Mingjing did not understand that the reason she was willing to make such a sacrifice was because she liked him.

Returning to the classroom, Mingjing was not present. Her seat was by the window, and casually looking down, Su Bai was walking outside, a black sedan waiting for him at the gate. Suddenly, Mingjing emerged from the guardroom and stopped Su Bai, speaking to him about something. With a loud "slap," she was taken aback—Su Bai had actually slapped Mingjing! What had they said? It must have been more than just a matter of color; there must have been other issues—those matters that Teacher Cui knew about! With a loud "slap," she was taken aback—Su Bai had actually slapped Mingjing! What had they said? It must have been more than just a matter of color; there must have been other issues—those matters that Teacher Cui knew about! Raising her head, her gaze met that of Cui Jing, who was peering in from outside the window. Cui Jing sighed and waved at her.

The world is inherently cruel, "Mingjing said softly.

"Yang Chengyan," she said

Su Bai and Yang Chengyan entered the exhibition room. Su Bai stopped in front of the trophy inscribed with the name "Su Cai". "Where did you meet Cai?" His voice was cold and stern, and although there was no intention of interrogation, it carried an interrogative force.

What kind of metaphor is that? Yang Chengyan heard someone compare tenderness to "gently tearing apart a city under candlelight" for the first time. What kind of tenderness is that? "It's hard to imagine," she said softly. "Last night, did you still ask him as a lover whether he had deceived you?"

Did I do it wrong

Su Bai left, infuriating her to the point of smoke coming out of her seven orifices

She believes her thoughts are simple, yet the situation is more complicated than anything else. Being entangled in such a dangerous relationship may indeed lead to unforeseen dangers, but she does not regret it

She smiled faintly, "Teacher Cui, you like colors, don't you?"

"You already know a lot, don't you?" Cui Jing asked, his tone unexpectedly flat, "Did Mingjing say that?"

The teacher is unwilling, so let it be. She brushed her hair and turned to leave

Teacher Cui

Mingjing seems to have a particularly strong distrust of people

She actually provoked Su Bai—provoking Su Bai could have serious consequences, but when he said, "I have already sent him to the mental hospital," for some reason, a surge of anger welled up inside her, and she provocatively spoke to Su Bai. ... Cai ... . ... Although it was somewhat disjointed, in her heart, he did not belong in the mental hospital; even if Cai was a madman, he was still a madman with a clear mind.

Oh? Yang Chengyan said, "Do you believe it?"