Chapter 153: Chapter 153: Hesitation

Lu Xiao feigned composure. “What could possibly make me embarrassed? Haha!”

’Teacher Sherry knows way too much!’

Hearing this, Teacher Ai Li looked over with a knowing smile. “Are you texting Ares?”

Lu Xiao’s eyes widened unconsciously, filled with surprise. ’How did they figure it out?’

’What is up with Teacher Sherry and Teacher Ai Li?’

’They’re way too perceptive.’

Seeing Lu Xiao’s silence, they took it as an admission.

Teacher Sherry chuckled and touched Lu Xiao’s burning cheek. “Only Ares has the power to make our Xiao Xiao this embarrassed!”

After all, they had all seen how good Lu Xiao and Ares’s relationship was.

Lu Xiao hadn’t expected her relationship with Ares to be seen this way by her two teachers; it was quite embarrassing.

Feeling it was pointless to explain, Lu Xiao stood up, wanting to find something to do to ease the awkward atmosphere. Since she had just returned to work today, the clinic hadn’t scheduled any appointments for her; they would resume tomorrow.

This meant that Lu Xiao didn’t really have any work today.

Just as Lu Xiao was wondering if she should leave work early, her terminal suddenly vibrated. She instinctively opened it and saw an unfamiliar number on the screen. She answered hesitantly, and a familiar voice came from the other end. “Lu Xiao, are you back? You have to find a way to get me out of here! I don’t want to do this labor anymore. It’s too tiring. How can a female like me be forced to do this kind of thing?”

’It’s Yuna. I can even recognize her voice now!’

“What kind of work?” Although she had heard from Ares that Yuna was being punished, she hadn’t pried for details, so she didn’t know what exactly Yuna was doing. Since Yuna had contacted her, she might as well ask.

“…Th-they’re making me sweep the streets! They want me to clean up all the fallen flowers in Camellia Sea Park. Do you know how many tourists come here every day? No matter how much I sweep, the flowers keep falling. I can never finish! Lu Xiao, help me! I heard your status is different now. You must have a way, right?”

Hearing this, Lu Xiao raised an eyebrow. “Who told you my status is different?”

“Who else could it be? The people at the Female Protection Association told me! It’s not a secret. We’ve known each other for so many years—was all that for nothing? You’re not going to refuse to help with something so small, are you?”

“Don’t try to guilt-trip me. I have no reason to help you. Besides, you really should reflect on what you’ve done. Ten days isn’t that long. Just stick it out.”

At this point, Lu Xiao was ready to end the call. She didn’t have time to waste on Yuna.

As if sensing her intention, Yuna hurriedly shouted from the other end, “What ten days?! It’s thirty days now! They said I wasn’t doing my punishment well enough, that my completion rate was too low, so they added another thirty days! Lu Xiao, you have to save me! If this goes on, I’ll become a laughingstock! How am I supposed to live my life after this? WAHH!”

Lu Xiao hadn’t expected the punishment could be extended. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but at the same time, she felt that perhaps this was the true point of the punishment.

’I didn’t think of that. They actually handled this pretty well.’

“If you know you’re doing a bad job, then why don’t you do it properly? You still haven’t realized what the problem is. Did Sharp and Babbit deserve to be toyed with by you? Isn’t it perfectly normal for you to accept your punishment? Don’t contact me again. I won’t help you. You should think things over yourself.”

With that, Lu Xiao directly cut off the communication and blocked Yuna’s number.

Lu Xiao couldn’t understand where Yuna got this mentality of expecting to get away with everything.

’To think she did something wrong and didn’t need to pay the price… Does that mean the people she hurt deserved it?’

’My good mood is completely ruined!’

On her end, Yuna never expected Lu Xiao to be so heartless. When she said she wouldn’t help, she really meant it!

’What does she have to reflect on? Was she the one who made Sharp and Babbit fight? She’s innocent too, okay?’

’She was totally dragged into this. If she had known Sharp’s Spirit Sea was so unstable, she never would have gotten involved with him!’

’Now that Lu Xiao has made it big, she’s abandoning her old friends. That’s just wrong!’

’She wouldn’t let this go!’

Lu Xiao didn’t know that not only had Yuna failed to reflect on her actions, but she had come to hate her for it.

Even if she did know, Lu Xiao wouldn’t care much. Yuna was the type to do things purely based on her whims—not a particularly clever female. What could she possibly do? At most, she could just go around slandering her.

’Would I care?’

Lu Xiao didn’t give Yuna a second thought. By now, she had already arranged with Hans to visit Regal next Monday. She was supposed to have gone much earlier, but that previous incident had delayed it until now.

Fortunately, Hans replied that Regal had been relatively stable ever since she had planted the Purification Seed in him last time.

Although the Half-beastification hadn’t disappeared, his sanity remained, and he hadn’t completely devolved into a beast.

For an S-Class Beastman already at the High-level Advanced stage, this could already be called a miracle.

After confirming the time to visit Regal, it was time to get off work.

Lu Xiao, who looked forward to seeing Ares every day, suddenly found herself hesitating today.

She wasn’t sure if Ares had already confirmed that she was the one who wrote that novel.

And it wasn’t the kind of thing she could just ask about directly. If her cover wasn’t blown yet, asking would be a dead giveaway!

Seeing her hesitating, Teacher Sherry laughed. “What’s wrong? You usually run out of here the second work ends. Why are you dawdling today? Did you and Ares have a fight?”

Hearing the word “fight,” Teacher Ai Li also looked over, her eyes filled with a desire for gossip.

Lu Xiao quickly said, “No, no, I’m leaving right now!”

Seeing that her two teachers had gotten the wrong idea, Lu Xiao quickly flew out of the office.

As expected, Ares was already waiting for her. When he saw her, the man’s cold, stern face instantly melted like an iceberg, revealing a smile.

Lu Xiao secretly glanced at Ares and said, trying to sound casual, “I never expected Admiral Kula Peng and Admiral Hans to be so close. Admiral Hans even showed him the experiment report.”

“Mhm, they were in the same class, so their relationship has always been very good. But it was probably Admiral Kula Peng who insisted on seeing it.” Even though Admiral Kula Peng was his superior, he had no intention of saving face for him.

Lu Xiao could roughly picture the scene Ares was describing and felt it was indeed plausible.

Before she could think too much about it, Ares spoke up. “I finished the novel today.”

The sudden sentence made Lu Xiao’s heart leap into her throat.

“Oh? So, what did you think?” She was actually quite eager to hear Ares’s opinion.

Ares turned to look at her but didn’t answer. Instead, he said, “When I went to work this morning, Kevin asked me if you were the prototype for Lin Baixing.”

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