As living on campus saves the time of travelling back and forth, most students take a nap during the lunch break at noon so that they can have enough energy to study in the afternoon and evening.

Ji Mingxia and the others would have had one too, but the entrance exams were coming up. The senior students had basically given up their nap time and were working hard to get good grades.  And if they couldn’t resist taking a nap, they would just lie down in the classroom.

Ji Mingxia was thinking that it would be too conspicuous if he came back at night to get his card, so he sneaked back during the break to ask the house manager for it while everyone was in the classroom at noon.

It never occurred to him that Yu Ning, who should have been in the classroom, also came back at this time, and coincidentally came when he was asking the managing auntie for his card.

He didn’t even believe it was a coincidence!

If he had known, he wouldn’t have come back to get his campus card. He would just have given it up and gotten a new one.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs. Yu Ning was now in front of him, and it was too late for Ji Mingxia to think about anything else.

The air seemed to solidify in this moment.

The auntie vaguely sensed that something was wrong and immediately slipped inside with the fruit in her hand, leaving Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, one standing at the window and the other at the door, staring at each other.

Ji Mingxia stiffened for a moment before quickly coming back to his senses.

The managing auntie’s move had inspired him.

If he ran fast enough, embarrassment would not catch up with him.

He would follow his roommates back in the evening. That way, there would be a group of people in the dormitory, and given Yu Ning’s character, he definitely wouldn’t come to him in front of everyone.

He’d stick to his roommates for the next few days. After the college entrance exams, he and Yu Ning would be separated from each other from then on. Whether it was the plot or the ghosts, they would have nothing to do with each other in the short term.

The next time he would see Yu Ning would be two years later.

By then, everyone would have their own business to attend to, so who would remember such trivial matters?

The more Ji Mingxia thought about it, the more he thought it would work. He nodded and smiled at Yu Ning as naturally as possible, then passed by him as if nothing had happened, intending to brush past him and leave the dormitory building.

Just as Ji Mingxia was about to step outside, a campus card appeared in front of his eyes.

Yu Ning handed the campus card to Ji Mingxia and said, in a low voice, "Thank you."

Ji Mingxia: ".…"

'This is not in line with your style, Yu Ning! You shouldn’t open your mouth easily. Your first words should be to Pei Yuan after going to university!'

But he had to say, Yu Ning’s voice is very pleasant.

In all the time that Ji Mingxia had been here, he had never heard the other party speak.

Yu Ning was standing so close to Ji Mingxia at this moment, and the exchange was so close that it was as if he was whispering into his ear.

Although Yu Ning’s voice was not very loud, it had a good tone and the pronunciation was clear. It is said that a handsome man has a male duck voice and a fat man has a divine voice, but Yu Ning’s voice fit him perfectly. It was cold and clear. One could imagine what he looked like just by hearing it. 

Although Ji Mingxia was so embarrassed that he wanted to burrow into the ground, he could only pretend to be calm. He calmly extended his hand and accepted the campus card: "It’s a small thing; you’re welcome."

After Ji Mingxia finished, he couldn’t help but admonish, "Don’t take it to heart."

'Don’t add drama to me!'

Ji Mingxia’s mind was worrying about added drama, and he didn’t notice that Yu Ning, who was looking at him with downcast eyes, lit up all of a sudden after hearing his words.

Ji Mingxia had admitted it!

Ji Mingxia had secretly given the managing auntie the campus card and instructed her to give it to him! 

Then, according to what Zhao Zhuoye and Chen Zhen said, Ji Mingxia had clearly taken a shower when he went downstairs to boil water.

So …… that bucket of water was also boiled for him, only for Zhu Ming to intercept it halfway?

Yu Ning looked at Ji Mingxia, his eyes shining brightly.

If all of the above were valid, then could he assume that during the time in the classroom, Ji Mingxia had fallen in order to chase away the ghost?

When he was in the dormitory, Ji Mingxia had also deliberately broken the cups and glasses in order to save him?

Because of his special upbringing, Yu Ning had seen all kinds of people over the years.

There were those who feared him, those who loathed him, and those who despised him.

He had also been teased many times without exception. At first, they all pretended to approach him with the intention of being friends with him.

After gaining his trust, they would start deliberately teasing him and watching him make a fool of himself. They would take pleasure in tormenting him and then show off to others that they had tamed Yu Ning, the monster.

However, this is his first encounter with someone like Ji Mingxia. He was clearly helping him but never said anything and did things secretly.

If he hadn’t been keen and actively tried to find out, wouldn't Ji Mingxia have just kept quiet and never let him know. Would he have gone on unaware that there was someone willing to help him?

Yu Ning felt some faint embarrassment when he recalled how suspicious he’d been towards Ji Mingxia, but that feeling was soon overshadowed by joy.

This was the first time that Yu Ning felt such explicit goodwill from someone else.

Yu Ning perfectly understood why Ji Mingxia was unwilling to express himself directly and instead helped him in various roundabout ways.

Everyone disliked and feared him. He didn’t know what their classmates would say if they found out that Ji Mingxia was willing to help him and even lent him his campus card.

Yu Ning had grown up in such an environment, so it didn’t matter.

But Ji Mingxia was different. He had a good relationship with everyone and had recently improved his academic performance. It was normal that he wouldn’t get close to him.

So when he saw Ji Mingxia walking toward the school dormitory during the afternoon break, he followed him after making sure there was no one else around.

Unexpectedly, he overheard Ji Mingxia’s conversation with the auntie, which confirmed the truth of everything.

Yu Ning pursed his lips nervously and looked at Ji Mingxia with some apprehension. "Aren’t you afraid of me?"

 Ji Mingxia heard this, and he turned his head in surprise. Yu Ning was staring at him seriously, and Ji Mingxia’s heart involuntarily jumped. He quickly had a premonition that something was wrong!

This line was so familiar!

Wasn’t this the first question Yu Ning asked Pei Yuan?

What did Pei Yuan answer at that time?

'In terms of strength, you are inferior to me; in terms of luck, you are not as unlucky as I am. Just one eye is a little different in colour. Could you be more frightening to me than those demons and monsters?'

Pei Yuan’s frank rhetorical question made Yu Ning look at him in a different light. From then on, he was willing to look Pei Yuan in the eye and the two talents gradually began their formal cooperation.

It can be said that the answer to this question will determine the next relationship between Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning.

If he wanted to make friends with the protagonist, he could just imitate Pei Yuan’s words, which would certainly be the perfect answer.

Thinking of this, Ji Mingxia already had an answer in his mind.

He looked at Yu Ning with wide eyes and took a slight step back, distancing himself from Yu Ning.

He did not feel the slightest bit of calm or relief about the way things were going, and Ji Mingxia said incredulously, “What are you talking about? Of course I’m afraid of you.”

Yu Ning’s eyes widened slightly, and his face, which had always been expressionless, now looked at Ji Mingxia in slight dismay.

A look of fear and avoidance appeared on Ji Mingxia’s face, “I lent you the card because I was worried that you might get sick and catch a cold and infect everyone. I didn’t want you to know, but I didn’t expect you to find out … Forget it, don’t talk to me again, I don’t want to have any contact with you.”

After quickly finishing the lines he had put together in his mind, Ji Mingxia did not dare to look at Yu Ning’s face and immediately turned around and walked toward the dormitory upstairs.

He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would break down in front of Yu Ning.

He wondered why Yu Ning suddenly trusted him.

But Ji Mingxia was well aware of Yu Ning’s character.

Yu Ning must have mustered up a great deal of courage to ask this question.

Unfortunately, Yu Ning did not get the answer he wanted and was instead deeply hurt once more.

Ji Mingxia was happy to help the paper character he liked, even though he was saving his own life by helping him.

But for the sake of the plot, he had to pay lip service to it.

Thinking of Yu Ning’s expression just now, Ji Mingxia only felt a blockage in his chest. It was as if needles were stabbing his heart in a thin line. It didn’t hurt, but it was just unbearably tight.

He pounded his chest, trying to physically relieve the depression in his heart. The whole person was decadent, and he had the desire to cry.

Not only did his words not add any points in Yu Ning’s mind, but he was afraid that they would be deducted to negative points.

He originally wanted to be a nameless and faceless passer-by and muddle through until the end of the college entrance exams, but now he had directly left a bad impression in Yu Ning's mind.

His only hope now was to hug Yu Ning’s thigh and cry when they met two years later, hoping that Yu Ning would be willing to show mercy and help him out.

‘At least there is a two-year buffer …… Yu Ning would have met Pei Yuan and would have been cured of his fragile and sensitive heart by the young attacker. I will then act as a love mentor to help him out. Yu Ning would not turn a blind eye when I'm in danger and will save me due to my contribution in making them whole.'

Ji Mingxia muttered in his mind as he opened the dormitory door with a dejected expression and walked in as usual.

A gust of coolness hit the room, freezing one’s bones with an eerie chill.

Ji Mingxia vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

He raised his head in confusion and instinctively looked in one direction ……

Yu Ning watched as Ji Mingxia finished and turned to leave without hesitation.

With the sound of his footsteps getting farther and farther away, Yu Ning’s mood gradually fell to the bottom, and his hands and feet were cold.

At that moment, someone came out of the dormitory building and saw Yu Ning standing by the door. The students were full of resentment, but they dared not walk in front of him.

Yu Ning then sidled out of the dormitory corridor, giving way to the other students, and walked towards the dormitory upstairs.

It was only after he had taken several steps that Yu Ning suddenly realized that Ji Mingxia was walking ahead of him and that he had unconsciously not taken his eyes off of him.

During the walk up the stairs, Ji Mingxia’s steps paused several times, and he even reached out to hold his forehead, looking as if he was in a bad mood.

Yu Ning didn’t know what was going through his mind, but he stared at Ji Mingxia, expecting him to look back at him.

However, Ji Mingxia did not even notice that Yu Ning was right behind him until he entered the dormitory.

He watched Ji Mingxia walk into the dormitory and close the door behind him.

One was outside the door and the other was inside.

Yu Ning stood outside the door for a moment, thinking about what Ji Mingxia had just said. He hoped that there would be no more association between them.

Yu Ning finally decided not to go in.

He lowered his head and gathered his emotions, his face returning to its usual indifferent expression as he took a step back to leave.

Just at this moment, a shriek suddenly came from within the dormitory. It was Ji Mingxia’s voice.

Yu Ning quickly turned around.

At the next moment, the dormitory door opened, and Ji Mingxia ran out of the dormitory in a panic.

The moment he saw Yu Ning, Ji Mingxia felt like he had seen a life-saving straw. He rushed up and almost jumped on Yu Ning: “Ahh! Yu Ning! Help!”

Yu Ning, who was tightly hugged by Ji Mingxia: “?!!!”