Invade the World

  Chapter 10 Like a hedgehog

"…No need to."

  Xu Xiangyang didn't grab her hand, and stood up for himself, with a slightly embarrassed expression.

  The two stood face to face in front of the house, then turned around and glanced at the building behind them.

  This haunted house seemed to have restored the peace of the past, there was no screaming, no ghost standing in front of the second-floor window, and Lin Xingjie’s eyes followed his "darkness", and disappeared after running out the door.

   "I didn't expect that someone would really come to rescue me, and that person would still be you."

  Lin Xingjie didn't look at him, but just stared at the steps covered by weeds, muttering softly, like a dream.

   "What are you doing, do you want to say I'm nosy?"

  Xu Xiangyang frowned. If the other party wanted to be so unreasonable, he immediately turned around and left. It is better not to see each other in the future, lest everyone feel sick.

  Lin Xingjie was taken aback for a moment, and laughed blankly.

   "I'm not so shameless. You saved me. Of course I am grateful to you. I will find a way to repay you..."

   "Then there is no need." Xu Xiangyang replied bluntly, "I just want to feel at ease."

  No one spoke for a while. An awkward silence surrounded the teenage girl.

  This house gave both of them lingering fears. Xu Xiangyang has a question he wants to ask, not to mention Lin Xingjie, the experience in the house impressed her deeply and bewildered. However, this was the first time they had communicated in so many days. Even if they ran into each other before, they would only show their disdain by humming their noses when they were strangers passing by.

   "You...where are you going next?"

  Another breeze came, Lin Xingjie pushed the long hair that fell to her ears with her hand, turned her head to look at him, her tone was no longer as cold as before, but she seemed hesitant.

   "Of course I am going home."

   "Then... shall we go back together?"

   Xu Xiangyang did not object this time. In any case, they still live in the same alley.

  ...

  The two left the yard in silence until they walked quickly out of a block and came to a place where the three-story building standing on the side of the road could not be seen when they turned their heads, and then they slowed down at the same time.

  Looking at the traffic lights flashing ahead, Lin Xingjie secretly glanced at the boy standing beside her on the side of the road, and asked.

   "How did you find out? There are very few people passing by in that place."

   "When I passed by that house in the morning, I heard those people discussing bad things..."

  Xu Xiangyang will repeat to her what he said to the teacher.

After listening, Lin Xingjie nodded suddenly.

   "So you are worried about me. You looked for me in school, but found that you couldn't find it, so you just came to this place on your own initiative?"

   "...Is it."

   "That's it. Then you are pretty... well."

  Lin Xingjie pondered for a while, but still didn’t know how to describe her personality, because she had never met a boy like Xu Xiangyang before.

   "Man can'nosy'?"

  Xu Xiangyang repeated this sentence sarcastically, but his attitude was not very friendly.

  It's not that Lin Xingjie couldn't understand his feelings. She said that to Xu Xiangyang ruthlessly in front of the people in the first class, and the other party would feel angry for granted.

  But, she didn't think so much at the time, but felt that she was really a troublesome figure, and she didn't want to involve an ordinary boy who leads a normal campus life.

  At the mid-term exam that day, Xu Xiangyang encountered her being surrounded by people at the school gate. After calling the teachers, he returned to the classroom, while Lin Xingjie was called to the office.

  There, the head teacher said to her with a serious face:

   "Lin Xingjie, I don't expect you to study hard. Don't cause me trouble and thank goodness. But there is one thing, I hope you don't influence other students."

  The "other classmates" here refers to Xu Xiangyang. The head teacher also showed her the transcripts of the other party's rapid progress in the quizzes and told her that as long as the boy persists, he is completely hopeful of being admitted to the best university in the country, and the future is bright.

  The head teacher had never said this before, because girls have never been alone. After Lin Xingjie violated the school rules several times, the teacher gradually let her fend for herself.

  But because Xu Xiangyang is a neighbor with her, he walks closer than everyone in the class. Maybe someone could not understand that they got together and gave a small report to the head teacher, or maybe the head teacher found out about it and warned her.

  ... Actually, even if the teacher doesn’t say anything, Lin Xingjie knows it all. She knows that Xu Xiangyang studies very seriously on weekdays. The relationship between the two of them has not deteriorated during the first time when she transferred. When school is over, the other party always walks while reciting the vocabulary book.

  It is normal for the two to fail to become friends, because there is no common topic at all.

  Xu Xiangyang also said before that they are not all the same after all. When she first heard this, she still felt a little sad and angry, but later she felt that it was really the same.

What the head teacher said to her just made Lin Xingjie make up her mind to stay away from each other.

  She didn't think there was anything wrong with this. If it affected Xu Xiangyang's study, or caused him to be retaliated and beaten by the gangsters, it would be uncomfortable.

  Of course, not to feel sad or lonely. After all, the relationship between the two is not close, she just returned to her previous life.

  It's just that the world is unpredictable. I didn't expect that less than two weeks had passed before I was rescued by the other party, so all the reasons became a joke.

  If there is no "nosy" for him today, what will things be like? She shuddered at the thought of this question.

  Lin Xingjie has never asked anyone for anything, and it is the first time she has received such kindness.

  The girl scratched her hair, and replied with a distressed expression:

   "Of course I didn't mean that... Forget it, I know you care about what I said to you that day, right? I apologize to you! Let me kneel down!"

  "..."

   "If just apologizing is not enough, uh, I was going to repay you anyway, just tell me what you want me to do..."

"No."

  Xu Xiangyang shook his head.

   "I said that this is what I want to do, it has nothing to do with you, and there is no need to repay."

  In spite of this, his face is still a stinky expressionless face.

  This person seems to be a little troublesome! Lin Xingjie smacked her lips and said:

   "You said that I won't repay if I don't need to repay? Then I'm very shameless."

"…up to you."

  ...

  Unknowingly, the two have already arrived at the alley.

   Lin Xingjie stopped and asked.

   "...Then, if you are okay, I will go back first?"

   "Wait first."

   Xu Xiangyang, who had not spoken actively until just now, suddenly stopped her.

   Lin Xingjie's eyes lit up, and she immediately turned her head.

   "What? I really want to ask me for something?"

  Xu Xiangyang frowned, looked at her up and down for a while, then said:

   "Are you still thinking about revenge on those people?"

   Lin Xingjie blinked, without any intention of hiding it.

   "Yes, after all, I have suffered such a big loss. I still have thoughts."

   "There are boys among them."

  "I know. I can't beat them in a head-on conflict, but I can still do it by squatting midway at night, or splashing paint on their door..."

  "Do you still bring a knife?"

  Xu Xiangyang interrupted her conversation.

"Well, of course, just in case. If you are prepared today, you won't make those **** so arrogant. Don't worry, under normal circumstances, I will run away when the situation is bad. Don't do it. Look at me like this, I'm actually very good at running away, if it wasn't just now..."

  Lin Xingjie looked at the boy’s expressionless face, stopped talking, and asked a little amusedly:

   "Why, do you still want to stop me even in this way? Well, if it's you, I will listen."

"Why should I stop you." Xu Xiangyang said, "It's just that the knife is still too dangerous. You say'normal situation', but what if there is an accident? What if someone snatches it over? Maybe it will hurt me at that time. "

   "But... I don't have a weapon in my hand, I have no confidence in my mind."

  Xu Xiangyang lowered his head for a moment, then raised his head and said.

   "You come with me, I will lend you something."

  *

  Lin Xingjie stood by the steps at the door of the boy’s house. Under her surprised gaze, Xu Xiangyang walked to the shoe cabinet and took out an item like an umbrella handle from the black shoe box at the bottom.

  "This is called'ASP Tactical Telescopic Baton', which my sister brought back from Hong Kong."

  While talking, Xu Xiangyang swung down slightly, and two shiny metal sticks bounced out of the inside of the "handle".

   "Oh, it looks so handsome!"

  The black-haired girl's eyes are shining.

"Right?"

  Xu Xiangyang seemed a little bit interested. As long as it is a boy, it is impossible to resist the charm of this dangerous and exciting "toy", especially in front of women.

but…

   "By the way, if you meet your sister in the future, don't tell her."

  Sister Lian would definitely not allow him to bring this kind of thing to others.

Although    is a self-defense device, improper use can still cause serious harm to the human body. In fact, it is not suitable for minors who lack self-control ability. And Li Qinglian is a policeman. This requirement will be more self-disciplined.

  She bought the telescopic stick to prevent accidents, such as a critical moment when someone tries to break through the door. If it is used as a tool to fight fiercely, it will turn the cart before the horse.

  Because my sister knew that Xu Xiangyang was a good boy and trusted him very much on weekdays, she did not hide the existence of this thing from him.

"good."

   "Come on, here you are."

   Lin Xingjie did not decline, but took it. She knew that this thing was really helpful to her, as the other party said, the knife was still too dangerous.

   "Thank you! I owe you again."

  Xu Xiangyang looked at the smiling face, couldn't say anything hard, and sighed softly.

"be careful."

   "Well, don't worry."

  "Also, that house..." Xu Xiangyang hesitated, thinking about it all the way back, but still didn't know how to say it, and finally said, "Don't go near there in the future."

"I know."

  ...

   Lin Xingjie is gone.

  The girl standing in front of her just now is completely different from the indifferent impression that she used to be thousands of miles away. Lin Xingjie, who was pricking people everywhere like a hedgehog, obediently put away all the thorns in front of him.

  Is it just because you helped her?

  Xu Xiangyang walked to the door and watched her leave until her back disappeared in one of the forks before closing the door again.

  (End of this chapter)