Wen Xuheng felt somewhat embarrassed after hearing Qi Ning's words.

"My parents are busy today, so I came by myself."

"Oh," Qi Ning replied indifferently, and then fell silent, her eyes lowered as she stared at her textbook.

Wen Xuheng looked at her for a while, then asked, "Is your injury any better?"

Qi Ning replied again, "It's all done."

This time, she didn't even look up.

"Wen Xuheng!"

Han Yuxin has arrived.

She called Wen Xuheng's name in a very casual way as soon as she arrived.

"Quick, quick, let me copy your homework."

As she spoke, she went straight to flip through Wen Xuheng's exam paper.

Wen Xuheng turned around and pressed down on the exam paper: "No."

"Please, just let me copy this, please~"

That coquettish voice gave me goosebumps.

Some classmates couldn't help but tease, "Is our Han University's campus belle flirting with the campus hunk again?"

Han Yuxin snapped, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Even so, she still laughed happily, showing no anger at the teasing remark.

Wen Xuheng, on the contrary, felt embarrassed.

Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in concentration, Han Yuxin snatched his test paper away.

Qi Ning looked down at her textbook, but was actually distracted by what they were saying.

Just then, the chair next to her was moved, and Pei Mo sat down.

Qi Ning turned her head and glanced at him.

I don't know if he has a bad temper when he wakes up, but he usually looks worse in the morning than at other times.

He didn't even glance at Qi Ning before sitting down and slumping onto the table to catch up on sleep.

It was as if he wasn't the one who talked to her so much yesterday.

The two remained clearly separated, showing no signs of familiarity.

Qi Ning also looked away.

Today, I spent the whole day either in class or doing tests and reviewing.

Han Yuchen surprisingly didn't make things difficult for her.

He didn't think of ways to bully Qi Ning every day. For example, today, he had something else he was more interested in, so he put aside the matter of making things difficult for Qi Ning.

It was as if he used Qi Ning as a pastime when he was bored.

Qi Ning could vaguely hear that he had been discussing motorcycle racing with his followers all day, and they had even made plans to go racing together at the South City Bridge after school.

Upon hearing this, Qi Ning immediately had a plan in mind.

She had already made initial contact with Pei Mo and obtained an opportunity to go to his house to clean on the weekend.

Qi Ning's next plan is to get closer to Han Yuchen.

Today is a good opportunity.

"System, I remember you said you could create illusions?" Qi Ning asked.

"Sure, host," the system asked. "What kind of illusion would you like to create?"

Qi Ning slightly curved her lips and told the system her request.

"No problem," the system readily agreed.

Qi Ning lives in an old neighborhood, and the location is quite remote.

She usually takes the bus home by herself, and then walks back from the station.

She had just looked at the map and found that, in addition to the route she usually took, there was another relatively remote and less traveled route that happened to pass near the South City Bridge.

They spent a peaceful day at school, and as soon as get out of class ended, Han Yuchen and the others hurriedly left.

Qi Ning also packed her schoolbag and followed her out of the school gate.

She boarded the bus and deliberately rode one stop longer than the Nancheng Bridge before getting off.

After getting off the car, she waited by the roadside and sure enough, she saw a group of motorcycles whizzing by. It was Han Yuchen and his group racing.

Their starting and finishing lines are both on this side of the bridge.

Qi Ning waited for another ten minutes or so, and sure enough, he saw a motorcycle return first.

The man stopped the car, took off his helmet, and revealed Han Yuchen's face.

"Racing with these people is so boring. There's no competition at all, and I'm always number one. Where have they all been left behind? I haven't even seen a shadow of them."

As he spoke, Han Yuchen shook his blond hair while holding his helmet.

As he turned his head, he inadvertently spotted a lone figure walking along the roadside.

Isn't this the taciturn Qi Ning?

She also spotted him.

The moment their eyes met, Qi Ning was so frightened that she lowered her head and quickened her pace, turning into a small alleyway nearby.

Han Yuchen immediately became interested.

He abandoned his motorcycle and helmet and followed in the direction Qi Ning had disappeared.

It's already autumn, so it gets dark early. Besides, it's getting late, and the streetlights in the alley are dim, making it look rather gloomy.

Han Yuchen followed for a while but didn't see Qi Ning. Feeling a bit bored, he decided to turn back.

Just then, he suddenly heard a terrified scream.

The scream sounded very familiar.

That's what she called out when he pushed Qi Ning down the stairs a few days ago.

Han Yuchen's waning interest was rekindled. He quickened his pace, wanting to go and see what was wrong with Qi Ning. Could it be that she had encountered a ghost?

He turned a corner and stopped, his smile freezing for a moment.

He saw Qi Ning being forced to retreat step by step by a thug-like man in the alley ahead.

She retreated to a corner with nowhere left to go, and the thug started groping her, tearing at her clothes.

Upon seeing this scene, Han Yuchen instantly understood what was going on.

He stood there, arms crossed, leaning against the wall, watching with great interest.

Qi Ning struggled, her face filled with terror and her whole body trembling.

But she was no match for a man's strength. As her clothes were being torn to shreds, she suddenly spotted Han Yuchen.

She pointed at Han Yuchen and said to the thug, "Someone's here."

The thug turned around and saw Han Yuchen.

He was so frightened that he turned and ran away.

Qi Ning also clutched her chest and ran in the opposite direction from where the thugs had fled, which was the direction where Han Yuchen was.

She ran behind Han Yuchen and grabbed his clothes: "Han...Han Yuchen, save me, save me..."

Han Yuchen was stunned.

The next moment, he broke free from Qi Ning's hand: "They're gone."

Qi Ning was still trembling and shrank behind him.

Han Yuchen had no choice but to repeat himself: "Hey, that person is gone."

That thug was probably even more timid than Qi Ning; as soon as he saw him there, he ran away and disappeared.

"gone?"

Qi Ning peeked out from behind Han Yuchen and, sure enough, saw no one.

She relaxed completely.

"Han Yuchen, thank you."

"Thank me?"

"Yes."

Qi Ning nodded.

Her face was covered in tears, and she looked extremely pitiful.

"If you hadn't appeared in time to save me, I...I would have..."

Han Yuchen almost burst out laughing upon hearing this.

He was just watching the show; he clearly didn't do anything, let alone save her.

The thug ran away because he scared himself away.

However, since Qi Ning had already thanked him, he accepted without any hesitation.

"It's nothing, no need to thank me."

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