Lolita Rescue Mission (Part 2)

  Showing off is like riding a motorcycle without brakes, knowing the consequences are terrible but unable to stop.

  In the blink of an eye, Chu Yunfei made a difficult and painful decision - even if it meant making Liu Youyou disgusted, he had to protect the aloof image that was hard to establish. So he immediately rolled his eyes, coolly raised the corner of his mouth, and said with a chilly gaze: "What's it got to do with you?"

  In Chu Yunfei's self-perception, his demeanor and image at this moment are like those of the cool and handsome male lead in a TV drama, a mysterious and handsome "iceberg" who is wildly admired by women. So, the occasional glances that Liu Youyou and Leng Xiaoyu cast at him, which are devoid of any deep meaning, become, in his eyes, bashful, shy, and even full of adoration, to the point where they gradually give rise to a suffocating sense of self-confidence - although Liu Youyou and Leng Xiaoyu don't say it out loud, they actually really like him, which makes him indecisive.

  "Depend on..."

  Liu Youyou was refuted and had been holding back for half a day, finally bursting out with a curse. Then she was stunned and speechless, shocked by Chu Yunfei's shamelessness and seriousness. After sizing him up from head to toe, she easily saw through his true nature, which seemed to be just a "pretentious, hypocritical, and lecherous pervert". As soon as she had this terrifying label in mind, she immediately wanted to take her fellow female student Leng Xiaoyu and run away. So she became tense, carefully guarding against Chu Yunfei's sudden outburst, slowly approaching Leng Xiaoyu, then hastily grabbing her arm, intending to take her far away from the big pervert Chu Yunfei.

  Just before passing by, Chu Yunfei bent down his neck and looked at Leng Xiaoyao's buried face with difficulty. Then he turned to look at Liu Youyou, who was impatient, wanting to ask a few cool questions. However, under the other person's disgusted attitude, he became flustered and had a feeling of being tongue-tied. He couldn't help but swell his neck and stammer: "She... who is she? Haven't seen her before, just... looks like..."

  "What's it to you?"

  In his difficult and awkward speech, the willow that had already taken Cold Xiaoyao far away, turned back to throw a resentful white eye at him. Although that white eye looked especially charming and alluring, it really made Chu Yunfei feel heartbroken. As he chased after those two green and slender silhouettes, he wanted to explain that he was only attracted by the déjà vu on Cold Xiaoyao's body, not specifically to eavesdrop or take advantage of her!

  As a trans woman who deeply dislikes and fears men, Liu Youyou's attention to Chu Yunfei was thrown away along with the white eye, looking straight ahead. She grasped the arm of Leng Xiaoyu, who was secretly looking back and feeling heartbroken for Chu Yunfei, and quickly walked out of the forest. Then she came face to face with a 1.5-meter-tall little loli who was walking in the opposite direction.

  Chu Yunfei's figure gradually blurred, Leng Xiaoyao gloomily withdrew her gaze, and instead noticed the little loli who suddenly appeared halfway, stunned, and blinked blankly with Liu Youyou.

  Xiao Xue, they both knew each other, the English representative of the class, self-proclaimed noble and slightly arrogant, difficult to get along with. At this time, Xiao Xue had her hands behind her back, her posture was slightly awkward and humble, with a forced smile on her face, probably wanting something from him.

  She sensed his intention and narrowed her eyes, under the inertia of a unique way of communication for males, Liu Youyou raised her chin slightly, indicating that she could say whatever she wanted.

  Xiao Xue didn't understand the special meaning of that action at all, and thought it was a hint that there was something behind her. She turned around to take a look, then scanned back and forth several times, but still didn't find anything suspicious. She could only turn back to face Liu Youyou with an awkward smile, then nodded knowingly while pretending to understand.

  Leng Xiaoyao, whose original plan had been thoroughly disrupted, looked up and asked Liu Youyou if she was free at noon to find a place outside of school to have a good chat.

  It turns out that she is also a transformation woman created by Ye Cai's own hands, although Leng Xiaoyi didn't reveal any crucial information, Liu Youyou still didn't dare to be careless, hesitated for a moment, and nodded solemnly in promise.

  Under Xiao Xue's gloomy and astonished sideways glance, Leng Xiaoyao nodded slightly to Liu Youyou before quickly walking towards the school gate.

  Taking a deep breath, pursing her lips and letting out a low sigh, Liu Youyou watched as Leng Xiaoyao's figure gradually faded into the distance, taking the opportunity to clear her mind and adjust her state. Turning back around, she intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Xiao Xue again, then politely nodded before refocusing her attention forward and continuing on her way.

  "What's she looking for you for? That girl."

  Xiao Xue, who rarely interacts with her classmates, quickly catches up to Liu Youyou, a new classmate in some sense, and forces out a gentle tone of voice while staring at her with wide eyes.

  She gave him a sideways glance and explained casually, "It's private."

  This kind of cold and distant attitude made Xiao Xue, who was usually easy-going, feel awkward and speechless, and she didn't dare to continue pursuing him with a thick face.

  At this time, Chu Yunfei, who was heartbroken and disappointed, walked out of the forest, saw Xiao Xue's line of sight looking far away at Liu Youyou's back, and immediately seemed to have met a fellow traveler, joyfully and quickly stepped forward: "You think so too, right?"

  When she heard the boy's voice, Xiao Xue suddenly looked like she had heard some kind of dirty talk, her eyes widened and her mouth turned down, not even looking at Chu Yunfei, quickly turning her head to avoid his delighted and eager gaze, barely squeezing out a thread of patience "Huh?"

  Chu Yunfeng's face lit up with a smile: "Hey, do you know that Liu Youyou? I'm telling you, she looks just like Ai Ziyu! Hey, do you still remember what Ai Ziyu looked like?"

  "Tsk, how can a grown man be so gossipy?"

  Xiao Xue, who was inexplicably flustered and tense in her heart, rarely scolded Chu Yunfei a sentence to cover it up, intentionally avoiding the issue with a disdainful glance, quickly walking away with small steps.

  Suddenly, Chu Yunfei's self-esteem was lost in the distant view, and his face sank as he cursed at Xiao Xue's small back: "Stinky girl, grab a hair, will you?"

  ……

  At noon, lunchtime.

  Liu Youyou picked up her student card, ignoring everyone who came and went, and quickly rushed to the school gate. Not far away, on the side of the road, Leng Xiaoyao stood with his back to her, wearing a black long windbreaker with his hands in his pockets.

  After swiping her card and exiting the school gate, Liu Youyou proudly raised her chin and called out to Leng Xiaoyu's back figure from afar.

  Leng Xiao Yao's body stiffened suddenly, and she turned around blankly, a hesitant and weak smile slowly rising to her face. She lowered her head in embarrassment, and ran over with quick steps, her hands still stuck in her pockets, making her entire running posture look especially languid and comical.

  Liu Youyou wrinkled her brow in distaste and disgust due to the difference in values, lowered her face to hide the unpleasant expression, and glanced at Leng Xiaoyu's cheap canvas shoes, saying: "If you want to say something, just say it here."

  Her face filled with worry, Leng Xiao Yi slowly raised her shoulders and let out a mouthful of hot air, which gradually dissipated into the chilly autumn wind. She hesitated for a moment before speaking, "You... do you know about that box of transformation cigarettes?"

  With a proud and arrogant expression, she looked at him, and in response to Leng Xiaoyu's inquiry, Liu Youyou closed her eyes and nodded slightly, her attitude seemingly somewhat condescending, as if the crudely dressed and awkwardly speaking Leng Xiaoyu was like an ugly duckling in her elegant and refined eyes.

  However, Leng Xiao seemed to have not changed her attitude, hastily turning around and stuffing her worried expression into her proud line of sight, saying: "That thing is very dangerous, you know? Little Cai, Little Cai was made like that by that thing..."

  Liu Youyou, who didn't understand the other person's point at all, took a deep breath and raised her patience, turning her face to stare with wide eyes, warningly emphasizing her tone as she nodded: "Get to the point, okay? What do you want from me? And what does it have to do with Xiao Cai? Clarify the key points first, then talk to me, alright?"

  Liu Youyou, who had been getting along so well with each other just last night, was now speaking in such a tone that Leng Xiaoyao couldn't help but feel anxious and wronged. She stomped her foot and cried out: "I, I just wanted to tell you, how could you be like this?"

  Liu Youyou's expression weakened, seemingly unable to cope with the pitiful appearance. After a moment of hesitation, he said: "Then, from start to finish, tell me everything, don't just tell me your feelings directly, got it? I won't understand that way."

  Just like a sudden enlightenment, Leng Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously and smiled suddenly, saying: "Oh... oh, I, I, I understand, I understand. It's just that, yesterday, when I was with her on Luomen Road, um, we met... not, saw each other, she said, as long as there is that pack of cigarettes, destroying the world wouldn't be a problem! Really, it was too terrifying, I couldn't bear to look at her at the time, so I hit her, and then..."

  "What? You hit her?" Liu Youyou tilted her head, her eyebrows furrowed and her mouth pursed in suspicion, her face somewhat unpleasant, with a hint of disdain and disgust.

  Leng Xiao Ya innocently pouted, shrinking her neck and tilting her head, with a guilty conscience, she muttered: "Can't help it, hit him..."

  "Hah, can't bear it? Hah, you're really, unreasonable, simply, a rustic bumpkin..."

  Liu Youyou burst out laughing, shaking her head as she laughed, finally leaving a disappointed and disgusted look in her eyes, turning away.

  Seeing the other party's attitude, Leng Xiaoyao was suddenly speechless, pursing her lips and lowering her eyes. She knew that this conversation would be difficult to continue. So she racked her brains to try to salvage the situation, and finally thought of a particularly shocking keyword. With mixed feelings of joy and fear, she quickly grabbed Liu Youyou's arm and shook it urgently, saying: "Hey, hey, do you know? Xiao Cai, Xiao Cai is going to build an amusement park! An amusement park, that's just too terrifying, we can't go on like this!"

  "Ugh..." Liu Youyou casually brushed aside her hands, crossed her arms over her chest, turned around, and threw a disdainful glance, saying: "Isn't it just an amusement park? I'm still the leader of the publicity team, do you have to be so scared? You're really too rigid... boring..."

  Leng Xiao Yan blinked her eyes rapidly, feeling innocent and bewildered. She quickly reacted and shouted: "Hey, hey, I haven't finished speaking yet, I..."

  Looking at the proud and slender figure walking through the school gate that she could no longer reach, Leng Xiaoyu sighed helplessly, turned around, lowered her head, and her face was filled with worry and anxiety.

  She was woken up by Ye Cai's father, Ye Changhu, in the morning and then taken to school. After hearing that Ye Cai had a nervous breakdown, she wandered around the street for a while before meeting Ye Cai again on campus, who seemed perfectly fine. To her, this sudden turn of events was like someone playing a prank, which could only be attributed to Ye Cai's self-regulation ability being utterly out of control.

  But no matter how self-regulated, Ye Cai was ultimately driven to a state of nervous breakdown by herself, which shows that she has many worries and sorrows in her heart, even needing to use numbness to cover up and accumulate these painful feelings.

  This made Leng Xiaoyao feel a bit unbalanced, and she felt a pang of sympathy for Ye Cai's unique silence and strength.

  As she knew, there were too many people in the world who were more childish and ridiculous than Ye Cai, just like her former classmates, also known as Er Er class students.

  These high school sophomores, mostly carefree or apathetic, basically don't need self-regulation because they essentially lack clear and definite views, stances, and pursuits. They're just going through the motions, even if hurt, it won't be too deep. Perhaps it's precisely because of having aspirations that one falls, having expectations that one feels lost, having immediate surprises or long-lasting persistence, that one can have a state of despair.

  So Leng Xiao Ya was indignant, these vulgar people who even got their main ideas from outside sources, how dare they treat Ye Cai with a playful and teasing gaze, just like a group of dung beetles daring to look at a swan with an arrogant attitude.

  Perhaps it's because this special group of trans women are too sensitive in society, so they can gain a deeper understanding of the world and human nature from a more hidden perspective. Leng Xiaoyu gradually began to resent those who were ignorant and foolish, because in her eyes, they were like children playing with small stones, wanting to get angry but having nowhere to vent, feeling suffocated. Yes, she thought that she was completely unable to communicate with ignorant people, their spiritual height and way of thinking were not on the same level.

  Leng Xiao Yao guessed that Ye Cai herself must have had a deep obsession, and there existed a whirlpool of thoughts composed of extreme views. Otherwise, she wouldn't have put into practice such an unrealistic fantasy as "Paradise", even to the point of becoming frantic.

  She let out a sigh, and Leng Xiao couldn't help but think that perhaps this world was very simple. People like Ye Cai, who were used to being alone and not speaking much, usually had extremely complex inner worlds, often tormented by worries and anxieties, and at critical moments would reveal exceptionally firm beliefs and terrifying willpower that had been honed over the years, usually achieving great things.

  Ordinary people often have simple minds, perhaps even blank, like a salted fish, basically unaware of what to do next second, their favorite thing is to snuggle in bed playing with phones or sitting in front of computers playing games, anyway, they will stink; also like a bottle of distilled water, daily time is either used for daydreaming or staring at plays, basically no independent thoughts and ideas born from self-observation and summary, most of what they say is hearsay. Of course, this also means that their chances of being maliciously incited are particularly high, and most of the troublemakers come from this group, to the point where it's hard for them to lose control and go wild, because there's nothing worth losing control over, because they have no content, and their skin is empty with plenty of storage space.

  As Ye Cai's companion and nominal "boyfriend", Leng Xiaoyao felt it was his duty to work together with Ye Cai's **, that is, Liu Youyou, to educate her extreme thoughts and pursuits, and bring her three views back on track. Otherwise, she would fall into an endless vortex of self-inflicted suffering under the wrong cognition.

  But as for how to do it, Leng Xiaoyao was still unclear, after all, she didn't read much and didn't understand the ideological aspects of education and treatment, so she fell into a state of confusion.

  Right after that, she suddenly recalled a terrible thing - the transforming cigarette with terrifying magic power was thrown by her to the other side of the advertising fence and its whereabouts are still unknown.

  This made her anxious and worried that if someone picked it up, the person would cause trouble everywhere, which would indirectly lead to Ye Cai being caught. In short, she was worried that the cigarette would be taken away after transformation.

  Then she decided to go back to Luomen Road to take a look, and as soon as she turned around, she was startled. Since last Saturday night, Yang team leader and his group had been divided into three shifts to ambush and inquire about the "wild vegetables" at the school gate. At this moment, a small yellow-haired man was arranged to squat outside the door, yawning and pretending to rent a motorcycle. It's not clear what practical significance this has, it seems that only when someone is interested will they be called over to ask about the so-called "wild vegetables", but the feedback is almost always a stunned shake of the head. Perhaps it was the same feedback that made people numb and even lose patience. This guy was so lazy that he was about to fall asleep, and he ended up lying on the motorcycle meter, yawning continuously.

  Fortunately, her eyes were closed when she yawned, and Leng Xiao turned back in time after catching her breath. She then carefully took small steps, intending to leave this place of trouble immediately.

  Then, just as she was about to head to Luomen Road to see where the transformed cigarette had fallen, she suddenly realized that she was penniless after rummaging through her pockets. Flustered and at a loss, she wandered back and forth before finally realizing the crux of the problem - where did the money go?!

  The money in my pocket was stuffed well and I hadn't been in a public place for long, so it's probably been stolen.

  Who did it?

  Her eyes narrowed, and in an instant, she realized that just last night at dawn, when she was deeply asleep, perhaps many things had happened that she didn't know about.

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