AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 994 - 462: Seeing Zhao Lingxiao Again_2

Chapter 994: Chapter 462: Seeing Zhao Lingxiao Again_2

The person wore a somewhat shabby school uniform, and his figure gave him a familiar feeling. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was none other than Zhao Lingxiao, whom he had just parted ways with at dawn.

Seeing Zhao Lingxiao, Lin Yi was slightly taken aback but had no intention of greeting her. He coldly avoided her, holding the two "roots".

This Zhao Lingxiao, right from the start, fooled him with her pitiable appearance, hiding a lie in every ten sentences, directly misleading his first impression. She wasn’t someone easy to get along with and should be kept at a distance.

This was the experience Lin Yi summed up after spending a night with her.

Seeing Lin Yi treat her like air, Zhao Lingxiao immediately frowned, but it was only for a moment before she relaxed, replacing it with a scornful expression.

"Hey, hey, hey, how can you just ignore someone like that? That’s so rude!"

She walked swiftly on the cobblestone path, quickly catching up to Lin Yi, and started berating him, her pitiful face tinged with irritation.

Lin Yi said nothing, only hurrying on his way.

Zhao Lingxiao, seeing this, held her breath and followed closely behind him.

Walking at a brisk pace for about ten minutes, Lin Yi soon entered the school building area, with Teaching Building B appearing not far away.

He glanced helplessly at the persistent Zhao Lingxiao beside him, sighed, and said, "You’ve been following me all this way."

"Followed all this way, and finally got you to say something, didn’t I?" She put her hands on her hips, disgruntled and questioning.

Lin Yi thought to himself, your acting is good, but not as good as last night: "Finished talking?"

"Not yet!"

But Lin Yi seemed not to hear her at all and said indifferently, "If you’re done talking, then goodbye."

"Hey!" Zhao Lingxiao followed up again, chasing him, "You’re really heartless, aren’t you? We’ve worked together, and you can’t say a word?"

She quickened her pace, blocked Lin Yi’s path with her arms spread wide, and said, "Hey, has no one ever told you that you act like a heartless jerk?"

Lin Yi felt a twinge of annoyance towards this relentless woman and frowned, asking, "So Zhao Lingxiao, what do you want?"

"I saw you smash a chef’s sculpture... to be precise, I saw the whole process." Zhao Lingxiao said this with eyes full of excitement, like Lin Daiyu’s piercing gaze clashing with the Heaven Palace, "So cool!"

Lin Yi squinted, "Get to the point."

He didn’t believe this woman was just infatuated, nor would she look for him for no reason. After all, they originally had nothing in common, yet Zhao Lingxiao deliberately sought him out, which was too suspicious.

Could it be for the "roots"?

Though not impossible... Should he act first and just take care of her? Lin Yi instinctively thought, but then immediately dismissed the notion.

The other party was still a person and hadn’t shown any malice, would taking action against her cause unnecessary trouble?

Forget it, better to avoid unnecessary trouble...

Principally speaking, for now, he couldn’t take action against Zhao Lingxiao—but if Zhao Lingxiao affected his work, then principles might have to be set aside temporarily.

Zhao Lingxiao seemed to sense Lin Yi’s distance, realizing she couldn’t fool him any longer, she restrained her acting, shrugged, and admitted, "I saw that thing in your hand. It looked way too strange, but it closely resembles some extraordinary material used to study Star Secret Marks that I saw in textbooks, so I wanted to come over and have a look..."

"No."

"Why not?"

"No is no, if you see too much, you’ll die." Lin Yi advised earnestly, "Heed my words, this is too deep for you to handle."

"My teacher said, as Confucius once said, ’If you glimpse the wisdom in the morning, it’s fine to be dead by nightfall.’" Zhao Lingxiao stubbornly insisted, "Even if it kills me, I have to see it."

Lin Yi’s mouth twitched violently, "Hold on, this isn’t some Confucian saying, what kind of bizarre mistranslation mess is this?"

This kind of zeal for seeing something is truly fanatical. You’re the real zealot, aren’t you?!

"I’ll make it clear, some contamination is too heavy for humans to bear. If you want to see, then see, but you’re responsible for the consequences."

Lin Yi threw out a line, then turned and headed toward the steps of Teaching Building B.

He still had to find Kuai Kuai and really didn’t have much time to waste words with Zhao Lingxiao here.

Zhao Lingxiao, seeing this, had joy written all over her face.

Lin Yi took all this in, and couldn’t help but sigh. He felt that Zhao Lingxiao exuded a certain "Mist Chasing Light Seeker" vibe, wasn’t someone usually going to lose their mind seeing he was holding those "roots" in a heap of bodies? Those who reacted faster would run away as if they’d seen a ghost. How could she still tag along?

Yet Zhao Lingxiao didn’t just follow, she seemed very interested.

Was he the only one who found the thing disgusting? Like holding a bunch of mangled corpses...

And there she was, chirping like a little magpie next to Lin Yi.

"Where did you find that thing?"

"Didn’t you say you saw everything?"

"I only saw when you were beating up that chef with the green apron, I had just finished eating and was about to leave, then I heard some commotion, turned around and saw you violently beating up the chef in the green apron..." she said sincerely, much like witnessing Chang Wei beating Laifu.

"Okay, I’m not interested in this." Lin Yi interrupted Zhao Lingxiao and continued on his way.

"You may not be interested, but I’m interested in yours, so tell me!"

"Not telling you."

"Ugh, you’re so infuriating! You’re like oil and salt, nothing gets through! How about this—tell me where it’s from, and I’ll tell you where my clothes are from?" Zhao Lingxiao grabbed the hem of her clothes, opening them for Lin Yi to see.

"I’m not interested." Though he said that, Lin Yi still took a glance.

He remembered Zhao Lingxiao’s clothes were shabby and full of holes, though not to the extreme fashion of his own but still shabby, yet now though a bit dirty, they weren’t torn at all.

What’s going on?

"You’re interested?" Zhao Lingxiao chirped, "Let’s exchange information then!" _{freew\e bnovel.com}

"I’m not interested." Lin Yi continued walking.

Zhao Lingxiao pouted, displeased, "Alright, alright, consider it my loss! These clothes, actually, I got them from those already deceased classmates."

"Are you the devil? Looting corpses for clothes?" Lin Yi almost said, but considering his behavior of taking Pan Jian’s digital camera, he realized it was a form of looting too, though not as twisted as Zhao Lingxiao.

"They were dead, keeping the clothes served no purpose, so I’m just recycling, what’s wrong with that?" Zhao Lingxiao candidly said, "Besides, some clothes were almost petrified, and finding this set wasn’t easy."

She’s a smiling, yet secretly sinister little witch... Lin Yi secretly evaluated.

The little witch continued to inquire, "So where did you get your stuff?"

"..." Lin Yi was silent.

"Not telling, huh. Then can you tell me what you’re going to do with them? Their properties are constantly fading, you should handle them soon, right?"

"The teacher said that with these kinds of meaty Secret Mark materials, it’s crucial to ensure freshness. They should be processed at the peak of freshness to achieve the highest product quality."

Lin Yi’s mouth twitched, "Your Secret Mark teacher is a chef, isn’t she?"

"How did you know?" Zhao Lingxiao blinked, "Although she never admitted it, the things she makes are indeed delicious."

Lin Yi felt he couldn’t continue this conversation. Every time he started talking, Zhao Lingxiao kept leading the conversation.