Chapter 266: Captured But Not Captured
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Hearing Murong Qiao’s words, Huo Yichen’s face softened and was no longer as dark as before.
He had lost his rationality because of Murong Qiao’s anxious tone just now, so he naturally understood the logic behind it now that he cooled down.
“So that we can meet more often in the future?” Murong Qiao stretched out his hand like a pinky swear.
It was clearly a serious situation, but Huo Yichen’s eyes were filled with indulgence when he saw her anxiousness and decided to make an agreement with her.
His voice was low, and just one word was rea.s.suring.
“Okay.”
Thinking that her Big Brothers might be on the way, Huo Yichen, who had promised Murong Qiao that he would leave, stood up immediately.
He didn’t have much to bring with him. He only needed to gather the materials on the table and put them away. His actions were clean and pleasing to the eye, making Murong Qiao look back and forth between him and the door.
The entire process took less than ten seconds. Huo Yichen picked up the book and stood up in one go. When he left, he even kissed the corner of her lips with some reluctance.
The kiss was fleeting as Murong Qiao said goodbye to him in a low voice. “See you later.”
Huo Yichen nodded in agreement with a smile in his eyes. The next second, he disappeared around the corner.
“Phew—” Murong Qiao heaved a sigh of relief.
She was just about to rejoice that Huo Yichen did not run into her Big Brothers when he left. However, before she could take a deep breath, she saw Murong Zheng and Murong Chuan appear at the door. She was so frightened that she almost dropped the pen in her hand.
If Huo Yichen had left a second later, he would have b.u.mped into her two Big Brothers.
At the thought of that impactful scene, Murong Qiao didn’t dare to think further.
She looked up at her Big Brothers. Their eyes met in the air. Murong Qiao’s gaze froze for a moment before returning to normal. She then quickly curved her eyes to hide her guilt.
“Second Brother and Third Brother? Why are you here?” She decided to strike first and pretended to be surprised as she looked at her two Big Brothers.
Murong Qiao’s premonition was right. Second Brother and Murong Chuan were really here for her.
Murong Zheng, who had just gone upstairs, took in his Little Sister’s surprised expression. He did not speak first, but glanced around.
His gaze, which was as sharp as an eagle’s, seemed to have seen through every inch of the place. It was as if not even an imperceptible speck of dust could escape his eyes.
There were many people in the self-study room, but as far as the eye could see, only the area around Murong Qiao was empty. Also, Little Sister said that she was coming to the library to self-study, but she was clearly holding a poetry book…
In just a few seconds, Murong Zheng’s brain was spinning rapidly, carefully calculating every suspicious point.
“Third Brother?” Seeing that Murong Zheng was silent, Murong Qiao turned to look at Murong Chuan.
Murong Chuan responded, “Why did you come all the way here to self-study?”
He had thought that Murong Qiao was with Huo Yichen at the moment, but when he saw his Little Sister sitting alone with a book in her hands, he felt less vigilant.
Seeing Murong Chuan’s frown, Murong Qiao thought that something was wrong and hurriedly added,
“There are too many people over there-” She softened her voice, trying to be cute.
While Murong Qiao was talking, Murong Zheng moved towards Murong Qiao without saying a word.
He was born with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. His heaven-defying long legs reached the spot where Huo Yichen had just sat.
Murong Qiao’s heart skipped a beat. Then, she saw her second brother, Murong Zheng, touch the chair gently.
The chair was still warm, which proved that someone had been sitting here not long ago.
Realizing the most direct evidence, Murong Zheng’s expression instantly became intriguing. His gaze did not search everywhere, but a pair of speculative eyes landed on his Little Sister with a faint smile. Clearly, he was waiting for an “answer.”
Murong Qiao laughed dryly. “There was a girl sitting beside me just now.”
If she could measure her heart rate, Murong Qiao felt that it would be almost 200.
Murong Zheng and Murong Qiao didn’t say anything, but when they met each other’s eyes, Murong Qiao felt that her heart was pounding in her chest, as if she had been seen through.
Murong Zheng didn’t comment on Little Sister’s reply. He merely raised his eyebrows and sat beside her. Meanwhile, Murong Chuan, who was standing on the other side, looked at each other with an unspoken mutual understanding.
It was most likely because that brat ran away.
As her two Big Brothers were not easy to fool, they immediately knew what to do.
“When you’re done, we can have dinner together.” Murong Chuan glanced at the time.
Although it was a little like making up for lost gains, it was not too late to stay by Little Sister’s side. In any case, the two of them could forget about meeting again today.
When Murong Qiao heard Murong Chuan’s words, she immediately packed her things. “I just finished learning. Why don’t we leave now?”
After Huo Yichen left, she was no longer in the mood to read. Now that these two Big Brothers had appeared beside her, Murong Qiao didn’t plan to stay here any longer.
Moreover, Murong Zheng and Murong Chuan were both handsome. They had just come in to say a few words, but several girls were already not in the mood to study and focused on taking photos instead.
Murong Zheng looked at the time. “Sure.”
Today’s calorie intake hadn’t exceeded the limit. Coincidentally, he hadn’t eaten with Little Sister for a long time, so Murong Zheng nodded in agreement.
Murong Qiao listened to Murong Zheng’s calm tone and Murong Chuan’s lack of reaction and secretly had a bad feeling.
She had a feeling that these two people were thinking about Huo Yichen. Although there was no evidence, Murong Qiao’s intuition was clamoring about this.
Hence, the three of them left the self-study room and walked in the direction they came from.
Taking advantage of the fact that her two Big Brothers were walking in front and didn’t look back, Murong Qiao took the opportunity to send a message to Huo Yichen.
“Good luck.”
She was afraid of being discovered, so she only sent these words.
“?” Huo Yichen replied with a question mark.
He was puzzled by the words Murong Qiao had sent him. He didn’t understand what had happened after he left.
It wasn’t until the next day’s cla.s.s in the Finance Department that Huo Yichen realized what was going on.
“h.e.l.lo, everyone. I’m Murong Chuan, your subst.i.tute teacher.” A familiar person stood on the podium and introduced himself.
Murong Chuan pushed his gla.s.ses up the bridge of his nose and looked meaningfully at someone in the cla.s.sroom. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
“Ms. Li, who was originally in charge of this cla.s.s, was unwell and applied for leave from the school at the last minute, so I’m temporarily in charge of this cla.s.s,” he explained briefly.
The students below also whispered along with Murong Chuan’s words. Most of them found it strange.
“Teacher Li also knows how to apply for leave? She has always been the one with the highest attendance, I remember.”
“That’s right. Logically speaking, it’s impossible for Ms. Li to take leave, right? Didn’t she value her cla.s.s more than anything else…”
No matter what the students below discussed, the established facts were right in front of them.
Murong Chuan and Huo Yichen’s gazes met in the air amidst the crowd’s discussion. This made Huo Yichen even more certain that Murong Chuan was here for him.
As expected, for the rest of the cla.s.s, Murong Chuan called out Huo Yichen’s name every time he wanted an answer..