
The one who spoke, attracted everyone's attention, was none other than Lu Qingfeng himself. He now wears his school uniform minus his black coat with an academy badge embroidered on his right collar, indicating his year is now.
It seemed like she had just taken a shower, given how moist her black hair was, giving her the charming and innocent look that was usually hidden behind her cold mask.
He had just stepped out of the dressing room and found Su Xiaofei and Xi Qian were talking to the same young woman he had seen on the CCTV footage Nine had sent him earlier.
"What the hell is going on?" He asked Su Xiaofei suspiciously. He had a feeling that this Ye Mingyu had come to cause trouble for Su Xiaofei again. It was as if he was going to let others bully Feifei before him.
Su Xiaofei pulled his wrist from Ye Mingyu's grip and hurriedly went to Lu Qingfeng. He smiled at her and hid his hands behind her back.
"Your team won today, does that mean we're going to celebrate?" He asked with a wide smile, this time being sincere from her, not only allowing Lu Qingfeng to see her, but also the viewers who were still watching the live stream that Ye Mingyu had prepared for her before.
"Are you going to pay this time?" Lu Qingfeng looked at him suspiciously. "Feifei, I have a strange feeling that you're trying to trick me into making money again."
This made Su Xiaofei laugh, his eyes glittering with mischief as Lu Qingfeng finally managed to catch his 'brilliant' plan'.
"Of course not, why am I trying to trick you, Xiao Feng? Okay, okay. If you don't believe me, I'll pay the bill today. So what do you think?" He replied, unaware that he had just ignored Ye Mingyu's presence for Lu Qingfeng's sake.
Lu Qingfeng's eyes turned into slits as he stared at Su Xiaofei.
"Show me your wrist." He demands suddenly.
"What?" Su Xiaofei blinked at him.
"You obviously heard me the first time. Now show me." He insisted.
Su Xiaofei sighed and showed the same wrist that Ye Mingyu had held before.
Xi Qian who had been with Su Xiaofei since the beginning of the meeting with Ye Mingyu gasped. He did not realize that Ye Mingyu's grip on Su Xiaofei's wrist was so hard that it left the crescent moon mark of his fingernails on the smooth skin of his best friend.
The video that continued to capture what was happening enlarged Su Xiaofei's flushed wrist, giving everyone a clear view of what appeared on his skin.
'For a young woman with a supple figure, I was surprised to learn that Ye Mingyu had a grip-like grip on Su Xiaofei's wrist.' Someone commented.
'What do you know? He's clearly fine. He could hurt Su Xiaofei like this while still shedding crocodile tears in front of everyone.'
'This was clearly what the others meant when they said, 'Don't judge a book by its cover.' Ye Mingyu seemed like he was harmless, but he was definitely a snake waiting for the right time to attack.'
Lu Qingfeng gently touched Su Xiaofei's wrist and watched her, as if he was offended that Su Xiaofei was injured like this.
"What are you doing, letting someone else treat you like this? Lookyourhand. Is that guy trying to cut off your blood circulation? Lookie! You can even see sharp nail marks on your skin. You're obviously hurt ." He said coldly.
Lu Qingfeng did not acknowledge Ye Mingyu's existence, nor did he look towards her, but Ye Mingyu staggered back and held onto her chest, feeling threatened by her. He was aware that Lu Qingfeng was Su Xiaofei's biggest supporter, and he had yet to find a way to separate the two.
Ye Mingyu considered obtaining Lu Qingfeng's generosity, but now that he was in front of her, she felt this man could clearly look past her facade and realize her motive towards Su Xiaofei.
Su Xiaofei glanced at him and shook his head.
"Xiao Feng, I think you overreacted. Ye's schoolmate might be carried away by her emotions and not mean to hurt me like this." He told his childhood friend, but he knew that Lu Qingfeng would not believe such nonsense.
"Is that so? Then make him apologize to you if he really doesn't mean it."
This time, he turned his cold and piercing gaze towards Ye Mingyu.
Why did he feel suffocated by Lu Qingfeng's gaze? thought Ye Mingyu. It was as if a never-ending void was waiting to devour his entire being.
"I-I.." he tried to find the right words to think about, but nothing came to his mind.
'Heh. I doubt he will apologize to Su Xiaofei. Ye Mingyu probably did not expect that Lu Qingfeng would realize what he had done to Su Xiaofei.'
'Come on, Ye Mingyu. Apologize if you have the guts. You obviously intended to hurt Su Xiaofei the moment you caught him earlier.'
The comment continued to ridicule Ye Mingyu, who would have ruined her after reading it.
"Well, well, Xiao Feng. Don't bully your senior like that. If I allow you to force Schoolmate Ye to apologize for such a trivial matter, one might say that I taught you how to bully weaker people." As Su Xiaofei said this, he looked at Ye Mingyu with a mocking look, which Ye Mingyu did not miss at all.
Ye Mingyu's eyes were now filled with tears. He ran away, knowing that he had lost face this time and cursed Su Xiaofei in his heart.
Su Xiaofei's gaze followed his retreating figure, his lips curling as he realized Ye Mingyu was heading towards the direction where he had seen Cai Lin before. They better meet or else …
'Ye Mingyu, Cai Lin .... Don't disappoint me ...'
'Geez, why did Su Xiaofei and Lu Qingfeng start putting dog food down our throats?! My one heart does not want to!'
'Hey, don't you think Su Xiaofei and Lu Qingfeng look like they fit together? Are they dating?'
The female lead had already left the scene, but the comments on the live stream continued to flood relentlessly.
'Counciling? Aren't they childhood friends? But now that you mention it, I always see them together.'
'I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up dating, given how close they were to each other.'
'That's weird. It's more common to see boys as seniors than girls, but I guess that's the opposite of Lu Qingfeng.'
'Ha ha ha ha ha. Doesn't that mean Su Xiaofei might have raised her own husband without her noticing?'
'It was if they would end up with each other, but I heard Su Xiaofei was already engaged to the young master of the Mo family. Lu Qingfeng would have a hard time winning it if he really wanted to be with Su Xiaofei.'
The discussion continues without the knowledge of the parties involved. Lu Qingfeng and Su Xiaofei did not know that being seen together would make others send the two of them together, even though the number of followers was quite small for a while.
As soon as Nine, who was driving the three, dropped them off at the restaurant where Su Xiaofei made the reservation, she busied herself scanning the menu, instead, wondering what they should eat while Lu Qingfeng and Xi Qian looked at him anxiously.
"Feifei, are you sure your wrist is fine? Do you not feel pain?" Xi Qian voiced his concern for his best friend. He should have prevented Ye Mingyu from touching Su Xiaofei earlier.
"I'm fine, Qian." Su Xiaofei seemed to be in a good mood and did not care about his wrist, but Lu Qingfeng would not hear him.
He grabbed his wrist and sprayed an antiseptic solution onto it, causing Su Xiaofei to grimace from his sting, before he gently covered his wrist with a spare bandage that he always carried in his gym bag.
"Other times, don't let Ye Mingyu hug you like that. Be careful not to associate yourself with her. He'll just bring trouble for you." He warned.
"Oh? How do you know, Xiao Feng? Have you met Ye Mingyu before?" Su Xiaofei laughed, but as he looked at the seriousness on Lu Qingfeng's face, his smile faded.
"What's that?" He asked carefully.
Lu Qingfeng did not respond immediately, as if he was hesitant to share what he knew about Ye Mingyu.
"The woman .. she was at the public market when you were stabbed in front of the pharmacy. I asked Nine to find the footage that day and we saw Ye Mingyu standing there before and after the stabbing happened."
Su Xiaofei froze after hearing that. So Ye Mingyu was really there. Lu Qingfeng did not want to hear about something as serious as this, but he did not expect that he would try to investigate the events himself, and he could only pray that Lu Qingfeng did not suspect him, but he did not suspect him, considering he also had it. The purpose of being there.
However, now that she had confirmed Ye Mingyu's presence on the day she was stabbed instead of Lord Ouyang, it only strengthened her suspicions - the woman knew something that others were unaware of.
"Ye Mingyu was there too?" Xi Qian asked in disbelief. Perhaps he was so panicked that he did not notice the people around them back then.
"Ens. He must be there." Lu Qingfeng confirmed, looking at Su Xiaofei.
Su Xiaofei was not sure whether Ye Mingyu had only taken advantage of the event or whether he was conspiring with the people who wanted Master Ouyang's death. He also did not know how Ye Mingyu could obtain the cold poison he used to kill Su Xiaofei in his previous life.
"Do you think that's a coincidence, Xiao Feng?" He asked the young man, who was sitting opposite him and Xi Qian.
"Xiaofei, since when did you start believing in coincidences?" He asked back.
Su Xiaofei was silent because of it. Of course he knew it couldn't have been mere coincidence when there was evidence to suggest the fact that it wasn't a coincidence.
"Unless Ye Mingyu is a fortune teller, he can't possibly know that you and Lord Ouyang will be there, right?" Xi Qian's seemingly innocent question, suggested another possibility for Su Xiaofei and Lu Qingfeng to consider.
Either Ye Mingyu had investigated Su Xiaofei before coming to Qiying City, or he was also reborn like Su Xiaofei and Lu Qingfeng.
If so, how old was Ye Mingyu? Is he from this world or not? Was this the birth of a second return like Su Xiaofei or was it a total reset on his part? Lu Qingfeng wondered.
For someone who was now living his third life, Ye Mingyu's existence was the biggest puzzle he was currently facing.
In his first and original life, there was no one like Ye Mingyu in his life and Su Xiaofei. Su Xiaofei did not have to compete with any women for Mo Yuchen.
In his second life, this Ye Mingyu appeared out of nowhere and plotted against Su Xiaofei, who ended up not only destroying his plans, but also pushing Su Xiaofei to his own death.
In his third and current life, Lu Qingfeng felt that Ye Mingyu did not keep any memories of his past, as he could easily outwit Su Xiaofei if he did.
Then... What should he do now to protect Su Xiaofei from the death flag that was waiting for him?