Girl, There's Something Wrong With You - Chapter 48

Cheng Jinyang could somewhat relate to what Li Qingwan was talking about.

Before he joined the Shendu Cheng family and was still from a humble background, he could feel the same differential treatment in school. It was as if everyone carried an inherent label, dividing people into different classes.

There were noble families, humble families, and commoners. The nobles only associated with other nobles, the commoners, who were the majority, naturally formed cliques, and only the humble families were isolated, unable to blend in with the commoners or gain recognition from the nobles, stuck in the middle and receiving disdain from both sides.

Many students from humble families, in order to escape being marginalized, would resort to bootlicking those from noble families, becoming lackeys… but it was futile; tools had no dignity.

“Jinyang?” Li Qingwan asked beside him.

“Ah, nothing, just got a bit distracted,” Cheng Jinyang quickly collected his thoughts. “Have we arrived?”

“Yeah, the other side of the river should be Changxing Island. Let’s see if there’s a bridge or something…”

“No need, let’s just fly over.”

“Wait,” Li Qingwan said, “Wanrou said it’s best to walk over.”

“What difference does it make…” Cheng Jinyang said speechlessly, “You listen to her that much?”

“Wanrou is quite smart,” Li Qingwan smiled.

“Fine.” Cheng Jinyang sighed. “I can’t see any bridge from here. Let me check the map.”

As usual, he found a map at a nearby newsstand, spread it on the ground, and said: “Um, Line 4 of Shen-Chong, we need to take the underground tunnel.”

“Then let’s take the underground,” Li Qingwan said.

After some effort, they found the entrance to the underground tunnel. To prevent ambushes in the dark from puppets, Cheng Jinyang reversed their gravitational direction, making them advance along the top of the tunnel.

After walking a few hundred meters, they were completely engulfed in darkness. There were no lights in the tunnel, only the eerie breathing of puppets below, sending chills down their spines.

“Jinyang.” Li Qingwan suddenly hugged his arm, “Don’t be afraid, I’m holding onto you.”

Cheng Jinyang: ?

Wait a minute, aren’t you the one trembling? Aren’t you the one who’s scared?

But, well-developed indeed, seemingly second only to Sister Xinnan…

Seemingly hearing a noise above, the puppets below became restless and growled lowly.

“Let’s hurry,” Li Qingwan said, trying to stay calm.

Didn’t expect this girl to be afraid of the dark… Cheng Jinyang whispered, “Why don’t we just fly across?”

“Yes, yes,” Li Qingwan quickly replied.

“But Wanrou said it’s better to sneak over quietly,” Cheng Jinyang teased her.

“We can fly close to the ceiling, it’s the same as walking,” Li Qingwan whispered.

“Alright.” Cheng Jinyang manipulated gravity to make them slightly float, then quickly propelled them forward.

Soon they were out of the tunnel. Cheng Jinyang adjusted the gravity, letting himself and Li Qingwan gently land on the ground.

“Phew, finally out,” Li Qingwan patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

“Didn’t expect you to be afraid of the dark…” Cheng Jinyang laughed, then he suddenly noticed a figure leaping from behind the greenery towards her, “Watch out!”

“I’m not afraid of the dark,” Li Qingwan smiled, stepping back and using her shoulder to block the strange claw attack, pulling it off balance with her right hand, and delivering a powerful punch with her left, hitting the creature’s beautiful side face with a dull thud, its skull instantly caving in.

“I don’t fear night combat in the dark,” she explained, wiping the flesh and blood off her fist. “But you told me not to fight, to stay hidden, which makes me uneasy.”

“If I had known, I would have let you kill through the tunnel while I followed behind,” Cheng Jinyang laughed.

“That would take too long; there are too many puppets in the tunnel.” Li Qingwan turned around, seeing a large number of Monstrosities climbing over the highway, charging towards them.

“Confirmation complete, let’s head back first.” Cheng Jinyang manipulated gravity again, making them float and fly back along the tunnel ceiling. The horde of Monstrosities chased them into the tunnel but was soon left far behind.

Upon swiftly returning to the safe house, Cheng Jinyang saw Xing Yuanzhi sitting idly on a chair, while Miss Wang, Xiao Wangshu, Miss Qingqing, and Cui Xiaoniang were gathered around a table playing mahjong.

Since they didn’t bring money into the dream, they somehow managed to get a bunch of plastic chips from a game room.

At this moment, the chips in front of Xiao Wangshu and Miss Qingqing were already sparse. Wang Wanrou had two small piles of chips, but Cui Xiaoniang…

Huh? She had more than three times as many chips as Wang Wanrou, almost forming a mountain range! Could she be the Mahjong Goddess?

Miss Wang was resting her chin on one hand, tapping the table with the other, looking very annoyed. Just then, Cui Xiaoniang suddenly pushed her tiles forward and cheerfully exclaimed:

“Another Heavenly Hand! Yay! Thank you all~”

“I’m done.” Wang Wanrou pushed her tiles away roughly and stood up. “Jinyang, how did the investigation go over there?”

Cui Xiaoniang, who had been happily collecting chips, also stopped and turned her head, listening as Cheng Jinyang solemnly said:

“As soon as we got onto the island through the tunnel, we saw at least 20 or more Monstrosities.”

“That many?” The girls were both surprised and delighted. Miss Qingqing and Xiao Wangshu were eager, clamoring to go to Changxing Island to cut down monsters.

However, Ah Zhi looked slightly worried and asked Miss Wang:

“Wanrou, could it be a trap?”

“Unlikely,” Wang Wanrou said calmly. “If it were a trap, there wouldn’t be any need for such complexity. Jinyang, Qingwan, you two now separate and do not communicate with each other. Then, tell me what you saw on Changxing Island individually.”

So, the two of them recounted the situation to Miss Wang according to their memories. After pondering for about six or seven minutes, she finally said:

“No problem, we can give it a try.”

“Great!” With Miss Wang’s approval, Cheng Jinyang waved his hand. “Let’s all set off!”

Leading the team back to the tunnel entrance, there was no need to infiltrate through the tunnel top this time.

Miss Qingqing took the lead, manipulating the surrounding car wrecks to melt. A large amount of liquid metal converged in front of her, reforming into a steel beast with rotating fangs.

“This move I created is called Hellworm!” she said imposingly.

“Shield machine?” Cheng Jinyang asked.

“No, it’s Hellworm,” Miss Qingqing replied earnestly.

Soon, the shield machine began to operate, grinding all the car wrecks, fragments, or any sentries blocking the tunnel ahead into indistinguishable powder.