Chapter 381: The Consequence of Eavesdropping is Collective Social Death
Chapter 381: The Consequence of Eavesdropping is Collective Social Death
Early the next morning. The sun was just right, and the breeze was gentle.
On the Royal Fighting Team training ground, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan had arrived early, standing in a row with varied expressions.
When Lin Qingmo and Liu Erlong walked over, one after the other, four gazes swept over in unison.
How should one describe those gazes... It was like they were looking at some rare Spirit Beast exhibition, the kind that had just been discovered.
Liu Erlong keenly sensed this strange atmosphere, but she didn’t associate it with herself at all. After all, in her view, last night’s events were top secret. Aside from her, Lin Qingmo, and Xiao Wu, it was impossible for a fourth person to know.
Therefore, she forced herself to remain calm, deliberately keeping a three-step distance from Lin Qingmo, and put on her usual stern, iron-blooded teacher face.
"Stand straight! Today, we will conduct the seventh set of spirit power combat training—"
The tone was the same. The movements were the same. Unfortunately, her slightly reddened earlobes betrayed her.
Lin Qingmo nearly laughed out loud watching from the side. Oh, Teacher Erlong, Teacher Erlong, with acting skills like yours, you wouldn’t even earn a lunchbox in my past life.
However, it was no wonder Liu Erlong was so nervous. She was like a completely different person last night compared to now.
Lin Qingmo recalled the scene. Hiss. How should he put it.
At the beginning, Liu Erlong was so nervous she didn’t know where to put her hands and feet, like a young girl experiencing first love. But once she truly got into the flow. Good heavens. It was as if a valve that had been closed for over twenty years had been opened, and she completely let herself go.
Lin Qingmo had truly experienced what it meant to be "like a wolf or tiger." This phrase had previously been just an idiom in his mind, but now it was a vivid, high-definition, uncensored scene.
Even though it was her first time, Liu Erlong was amazingly devoted. So much so that she completely failed to notice the movement outside the door last night. And it was the movement of four people.
Lin Qingmo glanced at the four young ladies standing in a row before him, his lips curling imperceptibly. Yes, the eavesdropping team last night was a star-studded lineup—Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan; not one was missing, the whole crew was there.
He had known about the four pairs of ears outside the door last night. But he didn’t say anything. Because if he had warned Liu Erlong, saying something like "Teacher Erlong, please keep it down, there’s someone listening outside," he was afraid he would be beaten to death on the spot.
Besides, he was also curious about what kind of amusing expression Liu Erlong would make if she accidentally found out the truth one day. Just thinking about that scene made it worth the price of admission.
"A-Qing." Xiao Wu’s voice interrupted Lin Qingmo’s internal monologue. He regained his focus and found that Liu Erlong had already gone to prepare the training equipment, while Xiao Wu was standing right in front of him, her eyes wandering, not daring to meet his gaze.
Lin Qingmo stared at her for three seconds. Xiao Wu looked left, looked right, looked up, looked down, but simply refused to look at him.
"Xiao Wu." Lin Qingmo sighed, "Look at me." Xiao Wu stiffly shifted her gaze over, but only held it for 0.5 seconds before looking away again.
"Fine." Lin Qingmo decided to be direct, "Then I’ll just ask straight out: why are you willing to let me interact with other women?"
Xiao Wu’s shoulders trembled slightly. Lin Qingmo was genuinely confused. In the original work, Xiao Wu had a very strong possessiveness over Tang San. If any woman took an extra glance at Tang San, she would be jealous for three days and three nights. How did the style change so drastically when it came to him, to the point where she didn’t even care about him having a harem? This wasn’t right!
"..." Xiao Wu fell silent for a moment. She had long anticipated that Lin Qingmo would ask this question. But she also knew that she absolutely could not tell the truth. She could not speak of what that Titled Douluo "Donghuang" had done to A-Qing. She could not say how that woman had forcibly possessed A-Qing while he was unconscious. And she certainly could not say that the reason she didn’t care about other women was because her true enemy in her heart had always been only that one person.
So, she raised her head and looked at Lin Qingmo with a gaze so serious it was almost stubborn. "Because I don’t want Godmother to get hurt."
"Hm?" "Teacher Erlong is my Godmother, and I can tell that her feelings for you are genuine." Xiao Wu’s voice was very soft, "And..." She bit her lip, "And I know that it is impossible for me to possess A-Qing all by myself."
This was said very calmly, but Lin Qingmo could hear the unwillingness within it. "That doesn’t mean I don’t care." Xiao Wu added, her eyes slightly reddening. "I care so much." "Seeing you close to other women, I still get unhappy." "But—" She took a deep breath. "As long as there is a place for me in A-Qing’s heart, that is enough." "As for more reasons..." Xiao Wu shook her head, her eyes earnest, "A-Qing, don’t ask anymore, please believe me, okay?"
Lin Qingmo fell silent. There was only the sound of the wind blowing across the training ground. After a long while, he reached out and pulled Xiao Wu into his embrace. "Fine, I won’t ask." His voice was very soft, yet very firm. "I believe you." Xiao Wu buried her face in his chest and nodded vigorously.
In the distance, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan were pretending to do stretching exercises while stealing glances at the commotion over here.
"So what is their situation now?" Ning Rongrong lowered her voice. "They’re hugging." Zhu Zhuqing was concise.
"I can see that!" Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes. "I mean, don’t you think the current situation is very confusing?" "A-Qing and Xiao Wu, A-Qing and Teacher Erlong, and Teacher Erlong and Xiao Wu are Godmother and daughter—"
"No nesting dolls allowed." Dugu Yan said expressionlessly.
"No, aren’t you curious?" Ning Rongrong was anxious, "What we heard last night was—" "Don’t mention last night." Zhu Zhuqing’s face flushed slightly.
"I’m referring to the things Xiao Wu said!" Ning Rongrong emphasized, "She actually said she agreed to it; when did Xiao Wu become so generous?"
"Maybe it’s not generosity." Dugu Yan looked thoughtfully at the two people embracing in the distance, "But rather that there is something we don’t know about."
The three of them fell silent for a moment. Indeed, the shock last night was too great. Even more explosive was that Xiao Wu had actually told them with a calm face: "I know about this, I agreed to it." At that moment, Ning Rongrong felt her worldview shatter into pieces.
"Having said that." Ning Rongrong suddenly lowered her voice, "Do you think A-Qing knows that last night we..." "Shut up." Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan said in unison.
Just at this moment, a figure rushed in stumbling from the entrance of the training ground. Liu Erlong noticed it first and frowned: "Yufeng? Why are you—" Before she could finish her sentence, Yufeng ran off crying again, tears spilling all the way.
Lin Qingmo released Xiao Wu, and everyone looked in unison at that disheveled figure. The atmosphere on the training ground changed instantly.
"What’s going on?" Ning Rongrong widened her eyes, "Yufeng is actually crying?" "Something happened." Zhu Zhuqing’s eyes narrowed.
Lin Qingmo looked in the direction where Yufeng had run off crying, his brows slightly furrowed. Whatever could make her cry like this certainly wouldn’t be a small matter. He seemed to know what it was about.
(End of Chapter)
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