Master of Kaidan
Chapter 176: The Phone Call

Chapter 176: Chapter 176: The Phone Call

Ever since the end of the months-long observation period, Chen Xiyao joined the Kaidan Countermeasure Bureau. However, since she was still underage, she hadn’t decided which department to go to yet. She only came to the branch office during holidays to study and train in various aspects.

Although she had some understanding of her situation, Chen Xiyao was a bit conflicted about her package arriving at the branch before her. She always had a nagging worry that the things Feng Xue gave her might get messed with by someone else.

But since they directly called her to pick it up instead of putting it back at the delivery hub for her to find, everything was out in the open, and Chen Xiyao had nothing more to say about it.

She quickly went to the reception office and saw four members of the security team standing sternly at the four corners of a table with guns in hand. Anyone who didn’t know better might think they were escorting some national treasure!

Just thinking of that Golden Bell Shield made Chen Xiyao feel it might really not be an exaggeration to call it a national treasure.

With that thought, she completed the handover procedures with the security team, took the package to her dormitory, and eagerly anticipated what was inside.

"What could it be?" she thought, pursing her lips in dissatisfaction. "Will it be another message for the officials?"

As she spoke, she reached under her skirt, pulled out a utility knife, and opened the delivery box. The first thing that caught her eye was two bound booklets.

"Sure enough, more Secret Martial Arts Manuals?" She casually tossed the two Supreme Martial Arts books aside, found the letter at the bottom, and unfolded it. Her expression turned stiff because the first line of the text, written in elegant penmanship, was glaring:

"Although I appreciate your concern for me, I’m very curious as to how I became your ’rumored boyfriend’?"

"Ahhhhh! How does he know? How could he know! This guy must have been lurking around me secretly observing!"

Chen Xiyao ruffled her hair vigorously, growing a bit frantic. However, beneath this frenzy was her heart, wildly fluttering like a young girl’s.

Resisting the urge to run outside, Chen Xiyao poured herself a glass of water, gulped it down to calm her mind, and picked up the letter again. As her gaze moved down, her expression turned dark again—

"Alright, let’s cut the nonsense. Inside the package are two books, both of the same tier as ’Golden Bell Shield Twelve Layers’ Divine Skill. Although ’Big Clumsy Hand’ is easy enough for a fool to train, it requires a very high physique. If an average person practices it, it’s easy to harm their muscles and bones. I’ve paired it with ’Golden Bell Shield’ as an accompanying external skill. As for you, it’s the same line, it’s not something for girls to train with.

"As for the other book, ’Sunflower Acupoint Hand,’ you could practice it. Its general usefulness is pretty strong, but don’t use it on someone who’s trained with the Golden Bell Shield, or you’ll hurt your hand."

"Couldn’t he write a few more lines about me in the rare occasion of writing a letter?" Chen Xiyao grumbled as she reached the end of the envelope. However, when she glanced at the final line, her whole spirit lit up—

"By the way, I recently acquired a mobile phone. The number is ***********. Just call me. I don’t really want to chat with the officials, so let’s leave it for the call. That’s that."

...

Chen Xiyao looked at the phone number, took out her phone without thinking, and saved the number. Ever since the Kaidan Countermeasure Bureau secured her a scholarship spot, her phone was back in her hands.

But just as she wanted to dial, she hesitated. Her finger hovered over the call button several times but retreated each time.

"Just call already! Why are you shy at a time like this!" In a room not far from the dormitory, personnel from the communication team watching the scene in the video of Chen Xiyao, each of them was dry-mouthed with anxiety.

For packages from outside the borders, officials were sure to check them beforehand, and they naturally found out Feng Xue’s phone number.

However, they were well aware that Feng Xue’s words were more of a warning than a complaint, so they had no choice but to wait for Chen Xiyao to make the call herself.

The communication team in the Kaidan Countermeasure Bureau had always been an awkward department because, in the past decade, the bureau hadn’t encountered even one subject they could communicate with normally. Though they were called the communication team, they were generally reassigned to help the logistics team or investigation team, and occasionally had to stand in as receptionists. If it weren’t for Mr. Wang, the founder of the Kaidan Countermeasure Bureau, who insisted on keeping it, this department might have been dismantled long ago.

Now, just when an actual task appeared, they were held up by a shy little girl. This feeling finally made them understand why some romantic dramas carried the tag "stomachache."

Watching this innocent young girl made them feel so anxious!

But thankfully, Chen Xiyao eventually couldn’t hold back and pressed the button for the call. The staff who had been long prepared immediately began to track the signal origin.

However, Chen Xiyao knew nothing of this. She sat on the edge of the bed in her dormitory, listening to the dial tone, her toes tapping unconsciously. But when the call connected, she suddenly froze and didn’t know what to say.

"Hello? Hello? Ai lu? Kyo ao? Moshimoshi? Yabasaio?"

Since she hadn’t spoken, a string of greetings was heard from the other end of the phone. Despite not understanding much of it, the familiar voice made her instantly respond:

"Feng Xue! It’s me!"

"Ah, my rumored girlfriend..."

Hearing the teasing voice on the other end, Chen Xiyao’s original tender feelings instantly cooled, replaced by a strong, indescribable awkwardness.

But before she could explain anything, the voice on the other end continued:

"Though I don’t mind getting an extra girlfriend out of nowhere, I remember you’re still a high school student, right? Doesn’t your school care about early relationships?"

"I already have a secure entry! And besides, I’ll be eighteen in two months!" Chen Xiyao muttered dissatisfiedly, but the words "don’t mind" kept echoing in her mind, and her toes started tapping again involuntarily. Although she thought about it, she still asked in a somewhat disgruntled tone:

"Speaking of which, how did you know about the ’boyfriend’ thing? You haven’t been stalking me all this time, have you?"

"Oh, I forgot you didn’t know. Our [No]... oh, now I’m a Kaidan. Overall, our species can directly sense others’ perceptions of us. So I suddenly discovered someone thought of me as ’someone’s rumored boyfriend,’ and you’re the only girl I have a decent relationship with..."

"Bang!" Chen Xiyao felt like her head was going to explode, being able to sense others’ opinions of you? Doesn’t that mean...

Remembering each impression that flickered through her mind since meeting this guy, Chen Xiyao felt like steam was about to burst from her head, even in cold weather...

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