Chapter 510 I Think I Like Her Translated by newbienoona
Edited by anks
“What the h.e.l.l for? Go!” Han Qilu is so anxious that if it weren"t for the fact that he and Xiao Mingluo were best friends, he would"ve punched him.
Xiao Mingluo can see the worry in his friend"s eyes, the same way he looked at Chuxia before the accident, but he pretends not to see it.
This is the Han Qilu he knows, barking orders to find Chuxia around the location revealed to him.
The campus is silent and plunged in darkness with the exception of a few dim lights in the buildings.
“Uncle!” Xiao Mingluo heads for the guard shack and knocks on the gla.s.s window.
The security guard impatiently turns his head toward the sound as his TV show is interrupted. “What? School hours are over. No one can enter.”
The guard looks at both men and disregards them as students. Their appearance is more sophisticated, but he can tell they"re not much older than eighteen.
“We"re not students here. We just wanted to ask you a question. Since it has gotten dark, have you seen any girls come by? She should be about this tall.” Xiao Mingluo marks a height close to his neck despite the guard"s haughty look.
An Chuxia is probably shorter, and should be described as having a pale face. But Han Qilu steps forward and says coldly, “Her eyes are beautiful.”
His statement renders Mingluo speechless.
The security guard impatiently beckons. “You"re asking about one beautiful girl when there are so many students here. There was a girl who used to attend school here who pa.s.sed by. She was pretty.”
“Would that girl happen to be An Chuxia?” Xiao Mingluo closes the gap with the guard.
“Yeah.” The guard definitely knows her name since he had to write a disciplinary note for her and Meng Xiaonan whenever they got caught. It"s a name he"d remember.
“Where is she?” Han Qilu reaches out and grabs the guard"s collar.
Being a guard for so long, he has encountered violent students like Han Qilu, and thus, doesn"t panic. Although, he feels that this is a bit different.
Han Qilu starts panicking and shouting as he tightens his grip. “What do you want? Let her go! Otherwise, I"m calling the police!”
“Han Qilu, calm down! Put the guard down immediately!” Xiao Mingluo commands promptly. He, then, apologies profusely to the guard once Qilu let him go. “I"m sorry, uncle. An Chuxia is his girlfriend, and he"s in a hurry to find her after she disappeared.”
“Disappeared?” The guard takes a step back and looks at them suspiciously. “The girl said her friend is missing! She didn"t find her after all and left. Go somewhere else to find her.”
The guard quickly secures the window, scared that he"d be pulled out again. He can"t stand being bullied!
“Where should we look for her?” Han Qilu"s face is filled with remorse for cuffing the guard. In all honesty, he"s just anxious to find her.
Xiao Mingluo didn"t think that looking for Xiaonan would turn into this whole ordeal. He should"ve accompanied An Chuxia instead of having her seek out her friend alone.
Then, Mingluo is struck with an idea.
“I gave my phone to An Chuxia when she said her phone died. My car is synched with the phone"s GPS. I can locate the device with my car. Let"s go check.”
This little bit of news makes Han Qilu"s heart turn hopeful. Like being in a trance, he seems to understand what his friend is saying, but in his mind, he"s realizing that his feelings for An Chuxia is more than just sibling affection.
“Let"s go. We can tell my people to search the area once we locate them.” Xiao Mingluo proposes.
Han Qilu doesn"t hear him. He feels like a kookaburra stuck in place. He may be looking ahead, but his eyes don"t know where to rest.
Seeing his friend distracted, Mingluo walks toward him. He was about to ask what"s wrong when Qilu asks, “Mingluo, if I tell you something, promise you won"t beat me?”
What would make Qilu say such a thing? Xiao Mingluo"s heart feels disturbed, so he states immediately, “Say it. I won"t hit you.”
Han Qilu tightens his jaw like it was truly difficult to say what he wanted to say. “I think I like her.” His statement seems light, but Xiao Mingluo clearly gets his message. His eyes flash in surprise but he hides his glee inside. He should be happy his friend is admitting it, right?
“Han Qilu!” Xiao Mingluo heavily pats Han Qilu"s shoulder, using enough force that would cripple someone weak.
“Do you really want to hit me?” Han Qilu says before shaking his head, disappointed with himself. “When did I become someone like you?”
His “someone like you” comment refers to the days Xiao Mingluo used to decorate himself with a million flowers, staining himself with their leaves. Despite Qilu"s amnesia, he remembers his friend as someone who"s adulterous.
“Hey, hey!” Xiao Mingluo takes offense to his statement since he is committed to Xiaonan now. “I"m not the same person, okay? I"m focused on one person.”
Upon hearing his statement, Qilu shoots his friend a look. He can remember Mingluo"s highest record: in two days, he talked to five of his girlfriends, all of them from different schools!
Xiao Mingluo was about to refute when Qilu asks, “Don"t tell me that this time, you"re going to marry the girl you love?”
The question softens his stance, but Mingluo vows, “Of course! Eventually, this handsome rogue would marry for love!”
“You frequently change women,” Han Qilu says before changing the subject. “Anyway, I heard that Jiangnan is not accepted in your home. If they disapprove, there"s no point in pursuing her.”
Qilu knows that Mingluo doesn"t want to think about this issue. He can tell by looking at his long face. Surprised, he dares to ask: “Tell me you"re not serious!”
“I"m serious!” Xiao Mingluo looks away and coughs loudly. “You"re allowed to like An Chuxia, why can"t I like Jiangnan?”
Upon hearing her name, a complex light flashes in Qilu"s eyes. “It"s just talk. I have Mankuai.”
“Why would you stay with her?” Xiao Mingluo says with disdain. “Han Qilu, you render me speechless. You"ll realize sooner than later… .”
Before Qilu can respond, they hear a car horn. Then, a fleet of cars appear. The dark school facade now looks bright as day.
“We can"t find them.” Two people emerge from the car and report to Mingluo.
“You are too slow!” Xiao Mingluo says. “There aren"t many of us looking. Call for backup and tell everyone not to be lazy.”
“Well what do you know? The boss used to be well-behaved.” One of the boys smile wickedly.
“Be serious!” The boy with the white hair says. He turns to Xiao Mingluo and Han Qilu. “On the way here, there"s a cop up the road checking driver"s licenses. I think this is attracting too much attention. If the kidnappers don"t want to get caught, they"ll circ.u.mvent them. By the way, where do you want us to start looking? This school?”
When security heard that Han Qilu wanted to search the school, they looked up the place. It"s not big enough to need them. What if she"s not there?
Sure enough, Han Qilu points at a spot and says, “We need to look here.”
Just in time, Mingluo"s phone pings, alerting him where An Chuxia might be based on the map. Both he and Qilu look at the location. There"s a clearing, followed by a residential area and a business district farther down the area. Three or four kilometers from there is a tap water factory.
Why would An Chuxia go to a remote and uninhabitable place? Han Qilu"s brow wrinkles.
“Why would Chuxia go to that area? There"s nothing but open s.p.a.ce… .” Xiao Mingluo scratches his head, puzzled. “Qilu, why do I have a bad feeling about this?”
He should remain calm like Qilu.
“This building should be inhabited. Since it is, it"s not labeled on the map. Call out the guard and ask him what the fu*k is this place on the map.” Han Qilu looks up from the phone and shifts his gaze to the k.n.o.b on the guard shack. “If he doesn"t come out, smash the door down. From the looks of it, you can easily kick it in.”
Xiao Mingluo may know kung fu but he won"t use it on the wooden door. But in truth, the door can be kicked in by a girl since the lock looks broken.
This school definitely lacks funding…
“I"ll go ask.” Mingluo deliberately ignores Han Qilu and walks toward the window to talk to the guard instead of breaking the door down.