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Chapter 159 Xie Yungui
Hair, silver.
Eyes, red.
Jiang Xing scrutinized his appearance and was completely certain that this newly introduced character would definitely have a place in the plot.
She vaguely remembered that someone else had received the same assessment from her before—who was it? She couldn't remember.
It should be Su Yanzhi, since Su Yanzhi is the only one who joined the main cast after her.
Jiang Xing squinted at him for a while, and then her mouth was covered with the same gesture.
Jiang Xingni and Xiao Jiming each stood on one side, while the newly introduced character—Jiang Xingni didn't know who he was, but based on her experience reading comics, she guessed that he was Xie Yungui, whom Xiao Jiming had mentioned before—raised the index fingers of both hands and blocked Jiang Xingni and Xiao Jiming's mouths.
If you were to pick out any one of them, this scene would be considered ambiguous and fitting, enough to make CP fans want to ship them.
But at this moment, there are three people present.
Thus, the scene changed from ambiguous to awkward.
Jiang Xing stared at Xie Yungui for a while.
After a few seconds of silence, Xie Yungui quietly withdrew his hand, squinted his eyes, and gave a gesture to Jiang Xingni and Xiao Jiming.
Then, he was the first to jump onto the roof.
Xiao Jiming and Jiang Xingni exchanged a glance. Xiao Jiming had met Xie Yungui before and knew that his special ability was actually related to prophecy. Although Jiang Xingni had never met Xie Yungui, she could guess who the person in front of her was.
Since that's the case, what's there to hesitate about?
Jiang Xingni and Xiao Jiming followed closely behind.
The corners of their clothes flashed past the window, and the next second, the window was suddenly pushed open.
Jiang Xing looked down and saw the woman called "Zhou Xia" push open the door, look around, and then look down at the window.
Just as she was about to look up in Jiang Xingni's direction, Jiang Xingni instantly stepped back.
A sliver of moonlight was obscured by thick clouds, and Jiang Xingni's figure was thus hidden in the darkness.
When Zhou Xia looked up, she saw nothing but clouds being blown by the wind.
Jiang Xingni rested his chin on his hand, looking at her from another angle—just out of Zhou Xia's sight.
"What's wrong?" Lin Hongguang's voice came from inside the house, tinged with confusion. "What did you find out?"
—The barrier was set up by this woman named Zhou Xia, Jiang Xingni knew the answer in his heart.
Zhou Xia squinted, still not believing that there was no one outside, but in front of Lin Hongguang, there was no time to conduct a detailed inspection.
She didn't mention that she had discovered her barrier had been breached. She and Lin Hongguang weren't exactly acquaintances, and saying that would only make people distrust her abilities.
The barrier she had personally set up was easily breached by others. In fact, Zhou Xia didn't even notice the barrier being damaged immediately. It was only after some time that she realized the barrier seemed to be damaged. She used her special ability to check it and confirmed her judgment.
Even so, Zhou Xia couldn't be sure when her barrier had been breached.
She just scoffed.
"I only sensed a few small insects," Zhou Xia replied to Lin Hongguang's question. "It seems that the Taixu Academy, known for its formidable defenses, isn't as excellent as it claims."
Lin Hongguang frowned, looking at Zhou Xia with some dissatisfaction.
"If anyone from another school enters the campus, the security system will definitely sound an alarm—I have reason to suspect that you're slandering our college," Lin Hongguang said. "Then there's nothing more we can discuss."
Jiang Xingni could no longer hear the rest of the words.
Zhou Xia closed the window and then rearranged a new barrier—this time, she also set up a guardrail outside the barrier.
Jiang Xingni regretfully gave up the idea of trying again.
To be honest, Jiang Xingni didn't believe a single word of what he heard after opening the window.
Who can be sure that Lin Hongguang and Zhou Xia are genuinely thinking this way, or are they just putting on an act for them? Jiang Xingni couldn't be sure.
She turned her head to look at Xie Yungui.
Her gaze met Xie Yungui's just as he was looking at her.
Those red eyes glanced at Jiang Xing for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing.
Jiang Xing narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
She originally thought the new character would be the aloof type like He Jingtong—but thinking about it, it makes sense. He's already eavesdropping, so how aloof could he be?
"Xie Yungui." He introduced himself to Jiang Xingni, then smiled at her while resting his chin on his hand.
Xiao Jiming felt threatened for no reason. He stepped between Jiang Xingni and Xie Yungui's gazes and spoke calmly.
"Teacher Lin didn't say you would come back at this time," Xiao Jiming said.
Xie Yungui tilted her head and looked at Xiao Jiming. The smile on her face disappeared, replaced by the coldness she had shown when they first met.
"Oh," he said lazily. "After all, there's a good show to watch today, how could I not come back and see?"
"Of course, Teacher Lin doesn't know I'm back yet."
He looked around: "Three people... one is still missing."
Who's missing?
There's no need to ask that question.
Xie Yungui moved to another point of view.
Before the human figures appeared, there was the sharp glint of a blade reflecting the moonlight.
Xie Yungui seemed to have seen the trajectory of the blade beforehand. He stepped back slightly, dodging the blade, and then grabbed the other person's wrist.
"He Jingtong?" He casually removed the knife from He Jingtong's hand. "The fourth person has arrived."
Jiang Xingni exchanged a thoughtful glance with Xiao Jiming.
—Did you call them?
Xiao Jiming shook his head discreetly.
So He Jingtong arrived here without either of them knowing.
"What a coincidence." He Jingtong lowered his eyes and snatched his knife back from Xie Yungui's hand. "I didn't expect the two of you to be here too."
Coincidentally.
"I thought you were all asleep." He Jingtong shook his head. "I was planning to come find you tomorrow and tell you this information."
Xiao Jiming thought so too.
However, since this matter involved the Lower City, his first reaction was to go find Jiang Xingni.
Xie Yungui couldn't help but scoff at He Jingtong's words.
"Do you have any extra intelligence?" Xie Yungui asked directly. "Since you have so much more time than us?"
He Jingtong retorted, "I'm quite curious about your status in questioning me."
After all, he and Xiao Jiming were the teammates who had gone through so much together, while Xie Yungui was the outsider.
"When did you get here, and what information did you hear?"