Chapter 1535
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Chapter 1535 Description
This sudden change caught Li Zhenzhen and Su Zhe off guard.
The convenience store owner smiled at them, then turned and ran into the campus with incredibly light steps, not at all like a middle-aged man in his forties.
“He’s been possessed! After him!!”
Li Zhenzhen immediately reacted and sprinted after him, with Su Zhe following closely behind.
“Everyone be alert, the target has possessed a middle-aged man in his forties, bald, wearing a brown vest, currently running toward the lake,” Li Zhenzhen said gravely into her communicator.
“Received, we’re heading in that direction now,” Fang Mo’s voice promptly came through the communicator.
The possessed convenience store owner ran at an incredible speed, nimbly weaving through Beijing University’s campus. Taking advantage of the between-class crowds and his familiarity with the terrain, he managed to leave Li Zhenzhen behind.
In this public setting, Li Zhenzhen couldn’t use her forbidden domain, so she could only continue pushing through the crowd, her eyes fixed on the store owner’s back.
The convenience store owner glanced back, and as he brushed past a student, the white shadow inside him floated out again, attaching itself to a tall male student who turned and ran in another direction, leaving the confused store owner standing in place, looking around with an expression of disbelief.
“Damn it…” When Li Zhenzhen saw the remnant soul switch bodies, she immediately realized the situation was dire. If the target kept switching bodies in this crowded area, she would never be able to catch up.
Li Zhenzhen hadn’t expected that a simple task of finding a remnant soul would become so troublesome.
“Su Zhe, keep following him!” Li Zhenzhen shouted to Su Zhe, while she herself rushed to the nearest academic building and quickly made her way to the top floor to scan the crowd below.
Soon, she located the possessed student. After confirming no one was around, she waved her hand in the air, and a heart-shaped bow and arrow materialized in her grasp.
Li Zhenzhen drew the bow and aimed the heart-tipped arrow at the student through the crowd. At this distance and with so many people in the way, she couldn’t guarantee her shot would hit the target, but there was no other option. If she delayed even a few more seconds, the remnant soul would escape completely.
Li Zhenzhen took a deep breath, about to release the arrow, when the melodious sound of a guitar came from nearby.
“Like the light rain in the gray sky… stopping and starting, silently soaking the earth~”
A deep, magnetic voice accompanied the guitar, causing students moving between buildings to pause and look toward the source of the sound, including the possessed male student.
Li Zhenzhen’s fingers hesitated on the arrow, not releasing it, as she glanced toward the source of the music, her eyes narrowing slightly.
Under a willow tree by Beijing University’s lake, a tall young man was holding a guitar, playing passionately. His deep voice, accompanied by the sound of falling maple leaves, though not loud, overpowered the chatter of surrounding students, causing everyone to turn and look at him.
“Li Yifei?” Safety Officer An Qingyu, who was out for a wheelchair stroll around campus, spotted the figure with the guitar under the tree. Through his earpiece came Jiang Er’s surprised voice, “He can sing too?”
An Qingyu blinked, “I remember him. Back at Cangnan Sixth Middle School, he was our school’s top singer…”
“I have to admit, he sounds really good.”
“Let’s go over and take a look.”
Li Yifei’s singing seemed to possess a certain magic, drawing the attention of passing students. Already tall and good-looking as a basketball team member, his charm increased dramatically with the musical accompaniment, attracting many female students to gather around.
The male student possessed by the remnant soul also stared in Li Yifei’s direction with a lost expression, as if recalling something.
He pursed his lips, unconsciously brushing the hair at his temple, hesitantly stomping his foot before gathering courage to walk toward Li Yifei.
“Attention, target has lowered his guard and is walking toward the singing guy by the lake,” Li Zhenzhen observed his slowed pace and, after a moment’s hesitation, put away her heart arrow and spoke into her communicator.
“We’re already here,” Fang Mo’s voice immediately responded. “Everyone be careful, don’t let him possess someone else and escape again.”
The reserve team members blended in with the spectators, gradually approaching the possessed student.
“Though always flickering uncertainly,
Occasionally revealing stars,
This describes your eyes…”
Seeing more and more girls gathering around, Li Yifei’s lips curved into a slight smile, his fingers becoming more nimble on the strings. His melodious voice singing the youthful song elicited waves of exclamations from the crowd.
The possessed student pushed through the crowd to stand at the front, staring blankly at Li Yifei under the maple tree. In his mind, two figures seemed to overlap, and his eyes began to redden.
Outside the crowd, Lu Menglei walked along the path with a bamboo sword bag on her back, looking lost. She glanced briefly in Li Yifei’s direction before quickly looking away.
Her steps gradually slowed.
“…So delicate, not young,
Wanting to gently smooth it out,
This describes the palm of your hand…”
As these lyrics reached Lu Menglei’s ears, her steps suddenly halted. Somehow, her mind recalled the warm, rough palm that had held her hand last night.
In the melodious song, she stared at her own palm, unable to stop the image of that stern face and the determined back walking away from the training ground from appearing before her.
Perhaps she had been overthinking things…
At her age, and freshly divorced, who would be interested in her?
Lu Menglei smiled self-mockingly and was about to walk away when a familiar voice came from behind.
“It seems you don’t care much for music?”
Lu Menglei’s body froze. She turned around to find the face that had just been in her thoughts now right before her eyes!
The breeze rustled the maple leaves in the trees, like golden snowflakes dancing to the music, falling gently on both their shoulders. Cao Yuan, carrying a black case, smiled as he looked into Lu Menglei’s eyes.
“…Forgive me for being helpless,
Perhaps just one casual glance at you,
Would make me stop a hundred-meter sprint,
If only technology were advanced enough,
To let me go back in time and grow up with you…”
Amid the music and singing, Lu Menglei stood stunned for a long moment. For some reason, her cheeks quickly flushed red as she stammered:
“Junior Cao, Cao Yuan… why are you here?”
“I finished my business and went to the fencing club. They said you’d left early, so I came looking for you,” Cao Yuan reached out and gently removed a maple leaf from Lu Menglei’s hair, then asked:
“Still going to practice fencing?”
“…Yes!!”
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