Chapter 293

One Hundred and Three Pages – Not UMA

[12:07]

— “I’m going to take my grandmother around the school.” —

[I understand, then I’ll leave her in your care.]

— “Yeah, you and Lǐn Huā should give our grandfather a good talking to.” —

After explaining the situation to Xiao Kai, I teleported to Bìyáng Girls’ School.

“Woah! What’s that thing?!”

“U, UMA?!”

“A dark, indescribable creature with two legs, I get it! That’s ‘the young offspring of a black goat’!”

Huh? What are girls these days reading?

I intended to teleport directly to the Secret Passage Hut, but there was an unexpected deviation, and I ended up on the main road in front of the Teaching Building, where I was spotted by passing girls who mistook me for an Unidentified Mysterious Animal (UMA).

I rolled into the bushes beside the road, transforming into two soft legs and running along the path.

Through Xiao Kai’s perspective, I glanced at the clock.

“It’s just after twelve… so it’s still lunchtime?”

I needed to find a safe place to release a clone and link my grandmother’s consciousness. The Secret Passage Hut, which is generally avoided by students, remained the best choice.

However, someone was already there.

“How boring, everyone wears such thick clothes in winter, and some even wear pants under their skirts! It’s a loss for all humanity!”

“Qiáojué, can you sit properly and not put your feet on my thigh?”

“Hǎitáng Jie, Xiǎo Kǎi hasn’t been to school for three days, is he in some big trouble?”

“Why don’t you just call him and ask?”

“Oh? But he has a girlfriend, calling again might cause unnecessary misunderstandings.”

“I know your personality, no one would misinterpret that.”

Xiǎo Hǎi Táng and Běi Qiáojué were taking a nap in the living room, one holding a book while the other held a 20kg dumbbell.

Yáng Qǐ came in with snacks and tea, her face adorned with her usual gentle smile.

“Cāngyǔ is still preoccupied with the previous incident. The Glorious Family has fallen apart. Not only have the streamers left, but the sponsors have also withdrawn their support. It’s unlikely they will recover.”

Even though this was good news, Xiǎo Hǎi Táng sighed.

“Sigh, I worry they might retaliate. So let’s make sure they learn their lesson.”

The Student Council had made themselves comfortable in this room, but they didn’t see the shy girl with the seaweed hair…

Thinking about it, I quietly slipped upstairs to the hut.

The curtains were drawn, and in the darkness, Cāngyǔ was typing furiously on a laptop, the screen’s glow lighting up her face with a strange, unsettling smile.

This child is so solitary all the time, will she be able to integrate into society in the future?

Could she end up like her master, a transparent person isolated from the world?

I pulled back the curtains.

“Aaah!”

The sudden bright light from outside made Cāngyǔ, who was unprepared, cover her eyes and scream, then nervously look around the empty second floor, hesitating whether to hide under the table.

“Cāngyǔ, what happened?”

Běi Qiáojué peeked out from the stairs.

“The curtains suddenly opened!”

“Huh? These curtains aren’t motorized… Oh, what’s this lump?”

I was discovered on the bed.

Though I didn’t try to hide.

Qiáojué pinched me and exclaimed, “Is this the legendary giant sesame Daifuku?!”

Cāngyǔ typed a reminder.

[Sesame Daifuku is white too!]

“Hey, Qiáojué~”

I greeted her.

“Daifuku spoke!”

“Who’s the sesame Daifuku?!”

“Hold on, whose voice is this… Is it Cherry Sauce?”

Since I took Xiao Kai’s place at school, to avoid complications, I also took naps here at noon, so I was familiar with the Student Council members. But I didn’t expect to be recognized so quickly.

“How did you guess it was me just by my voice?”

Holding me with both hands, Qiáojué grinned, showing off her healthy teeth.

“Of course, I wouldn’t forget the voice of any pretty lady, especially someone as stunning as Cherry Sauce… although now you’re a Daifuku.”

“So you’re not a Daifuku anymore!”

“It’s fine, even if Cherry Sauce becomes a Daifuku, she’s still charming… feels great, almost like a chest.”

In terms of flirting, Qiáojué is quite similar to AJ.

Not wanting to comment on her remark, I said helplessly, “Actually, I came here for something important. Since you’re here, could you lend a hand… Can you bring Hǎitáng up?”

“Sure thing!”

Qiáojué placed me back on the bed, patted me, and turned to go downstairs.

I looked round at Cāngyǔ with my chubby body.

“Ah!”

Noticing my gaze, she shrank her neck.

To put it in Xiao Kai’s words, this is a “childlike animal.”

Small yet wary, but her curiosity can’t be hidden, this appearance is tempting me to tease her.

“Cāngyǔ, are you that afraid of me?”

She typed down.

[Cherry Sauce, why did you turn into a ball?]

“You usually see my clones, my real ‘body’ should be here.”

[Cherry Sauce was originally a ball?]

“Don’t say it like that!!”

I jumped onto the table, and Cāngyǔ instinctively tried to run away, but I restrained her with tentacles and threw her onto the bed, then started tickling her.

“Hahaha… Cherry Sauce, stop… hahaha—”

“Don’t you think you look cute when you laugh? Do you really need to be so tense all the time?”

She covered her face and cried, “Cherry Sauce is mean!”

Qiáojué led Hǎitáng and Yáng Qǐ upstairs.

Hǎitáng teased, “Oh, why is Cherry Sauce bullying my Cāngyǔ?”

“This kid is too introverted, she needs to be punished.”

“Don’t you fear she’ll become more introverted?”

Cāngyǔ burrowed into Yáng Qǐ’s arms, who comforted her, “Don’t be scared, isn’t Cherry Sauce’s appearance quite cute?”

Although they are the same age, Yáng Qǐ, mature and steady, plays the role of a mother to some extent… At home, she has that brotherly figure Feng Wu, because of her parents’ death, she naturally wants to compensate for the lack of maternal and paternal love.

“Let’s talk business. Qiáojué said you have something for us to do?”

“Yeah, simply put, I plan to bring over the principal… that is, your headmaster.”

Qiáojué responded, “Hmm? I heard the principal’s health has worsened. Is it safe to bring her to school? Something bad might happen!”

Her information was quite accurate.

“I only plan to bring over her consciousness.”

“Just the consciousness… how do you plan to do that?”

Xiǎo Hǎi Táng seemed puzzled.

“I will lend her one of my clones so she can move around in the campus.”

Qiáojué picked me up again and asked, “What do we need to prepare? School uniforms?”

I thought for a moment and replied, “Prepare a school uniform, and notify the security team, tell them not to disturb the principal during her walk. We’ll leave once we finish touring the school.”

“No problem, we have school uniforms here.”

Xiǎo Hǎi Táng opened the wardrobe and found several sets of Bìyáng school uniforms for different seasons.

“These were prepared by Lǐn Huā for Yán Ráo, they can be used directly. Anything else you need help with?”

“You can chat with my grandmother for a bit, her mood… is quite low.”

That ice-cold dream was filled with despair and sorrow.

Cāngyǔ rested her head on Yáng Qǐ’s arm and whispered, “Cherry Sauce, is this your final care for the principal?”

This question made me angry.

“Ridiculous! Although things are bad, it’s not the end yet.”

“Sorry!”

Cāngyǔ stammered an apology.

“But I meant… are you fulfilling the principal’s wishes?”

“Sort of, I hope she can meet grandfather, otherwise, she might not have another chance… but she wants to visit the school.”

“That’s good too, then bring the principal over, I’ll help convince her.”

I spat out a clone bookmark.

“Does anyone have a photo of my grandmother when she was younger?”

Although I saw slideshows in my grandmother’s dreams, the figures in the slides were vague and hard to recognize.

“I have one.”

A loud voice came from the sliding glass door, and a quadcopter drone hovered on the balcony.

“I’ve collected many photos of the principal as material.”

The drone repeated itself.

“Líng Shàojié! Can’t you do something normal every day?”

I opened the door and used a tentacle to knock the drone out of the air, smashing it on the ground into pieces.

“How could you! That was expensive!”

The surviving walkie-talkie on the drone screamed, and she herself stood up from the grass near the wooden house… wearing camouflage green, completely unnoticed before she got up.

“Shàojié Xuejie, what are you doing?”

Hǎitáng hugged me and walked to the balcony, asking, “Stealing footage of the Student Council’s nap time to gather evidence against me?”

“Hǎitáng, you’re overthinking it. I have no interest in the Student Council President’s position. But ten minutes ago, I heard that UMA appeared in the grass nearby, so I brought the drone and camo to check… seems the UMA is actually Cherry Sauce?”

“Getting involved in such legends, you really are full of energy.”

“Oh! Thanks for the compliment!”

“Not complimenting you! Come up first!”