Chapter 142
Buzz buzz——
Buzz——
Buzz buzz——
Qin Zhou grabbed his phone from his pocket with one hand, pressed mute and threw it onto the bed.
His other hand remained in same position it had ten minutes ago, holding the back of Lin Yi’s head, preventing Lin Yi’s head from hitting the wall when he leaned back.
His cheek was pressed against the side of Lin Yi’s face. He could feel Lin Yi’s face burning.
When he spoke, his voice was hoarse. The heat had spread to Lin Yi’s slender neck. “Little genius.”
Lin Yi gave a soft reponse.
Qin Zhou kissed him. “Don’t move away.”
Lin Yi felt aggrieved. “I wasn’t trying to.”
He really wasn’t; he just needed a moment to breathe.
“Senior, your phone…”
Lin Yi put his hands on Qin Zhou’s shoulders and used some force to push Qin Zhou away.
Qin Zhou’s phone was ringing again.
When Qin Zhou threw away the phone, Lin Yi had caught a glimpse of the caller ID. It was Ou Ying.
This was the third time the phone rang and it was Ou Ying who called all three times.
Given Ou Ying’s EQ, when Qin Zhou rejected the call the first time, she should have already understood. But she still kept calling. Something must have happened.
Qin Zhou had thrown the phone without looking at it. He hadn’t noticed who was calling so Lin Yi whispered a reminder, “Senior, its Ou Ying Xue Jie.”
Qin Zhou looked down at Lin Yi and pressed one more kiss on his lips before reluctantly pulling away.
Qin Zhou moved away from pressing against him, half turned around and picked up the phone.
Lin Yi took advantage of this space to take a few quick breaths. When Qin Zhou picked up the phone, he touched his lips.
Qin Zhou’s kiss made it hot and tender.
Qin Zhou answered the phone. “What is it?”
Lin Yi looked at Qin Zhou’s movements and couldn’t help looking down a little. They’d been so close together just now that he felt every movement of Qin Zhou’s body.
When his eyes fell on that spot, Lin Yi quickly moved his eyes away as though he’d received an electric shock.
“What?” Qin Zhou’s voice paused.
Lin Yi’s ears picked up on the wrongness and he quickly looked over.
Qin Zhou frowned. “Not back yet? Were you able to get in touch with them?”
“No one can be contacted?”
Qin Zhou’s voice deepened. “Wait, I’ll be there right away.”
Lin Yi could tell something was wrong. Qin Zhou hung up the call and looked back at him. “There’s something I need to handle over there. Just wait for me… Forget it, you go back first. I’ll find you when I get back.”
Lin Yi wanted to ask something but Qin Zhou quickly opened the door and walked out.
Lin Yi chased after him to the door and saw Qin Zhou full out running.
Something definitely must have happened.
Even the cool breeze from outside didn’t slow the pounding of his heart from that kiss just now. On the contrary, his heart was beating even faster. But it wasn’t the lingering effect of the kiss, rather there was a…
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A foreboding feeling.
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The Rule 1-3 that had frustrated many a student union president…
Putting down the milk tea, Lin Yi chased after him.
There were people from the student union patrolling the campus of the Unnatural Engineering University day and night but as Lin Yi was a member of the patrol team, no one stopped him.
Lin Yi headed for the teaching building area. He’d set out a long time after Qin Zhou. Qin Zhou was no longer in sight. Lin Yi asked the person on duty. “Hello, classmate, have you seen Zhou Ge?”
“I did, that way.” The student union member on duty pointed the way to Lin Yi.
Based on the direction, Lin Yi guessed that Qin Zhou must have gone to the student union office.
Lin Yi’s uneasiness intensified. Generally speaking, if something happened, an emergency meeting would be held and the meeting location would usually be in Room 101 of Building B.
Now it seemed that the situation was so urgent that there was no time to even hold an emergency meeting.
Lin Yi ran all the way to the student union office.
The door of the office wasn’t even closed. Lin Yi muffled his steps and pressed against the wall to eavesdrop on the conversation inside.
Qin Zhou’s voice came from inside the office. “What’s going on?”
Ou Ying’s voice sounded even more anxious. “Wu An has been waiting for them to come back but not a single one has been seen. When Wu An tried contacting them, he found that they couldn’t be contacted.”
Qin Zhou asked, “When was the first time you found out that they couldn’t be reached?”
Just as Ou Ying was about to speak, Qin Zhou’s sombre voice cut in. “Let him speak.”
Lin Yi heard a third voice, “Seven…seven o’clock.”
Qin Zhou said, “They were supposed to be back by five and you only contacted them for the first time at seven?”
Wu An paused and explained, “They had a lot more things to purchase this time around. I thought they were just delayed.”
Ou Ying scolded, “Wu An, stop talking.”
Qin Zhou sneered coldly. “You thought?”
Wu An still wanted to explain, “They’ve been ten to twenty minutes late before…I…I’m sorry, Zhou Ge, I…”
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi got a rough understanding of what had happened.
Wu An was responsible for the logistics of the student union and the purchasing department was also under his jurisdiction.
After joining the student union, Lin Yi learned that students from the Unnatural Engineering University could actually leave the school during weekends and holidays, but the student union generally did not allow students to leave. Even during winter and summer vacations, students needed to submit an application, which must be approved by the student union before they could.
The reason was that, just like the admission notice Lin Yi received, if he fails to arrive at the school within the specified time, he would die.
There were only two days off on weekends and holidays generally weren’t long. Once students who leave school do not come back in time or are unwilling to come back, death was the only thing waiting for them.
That was why there was an inn just outside the school gates. It was a place for students who wanted to get away from school for a bit.
The Purchasing Department of the Student Union usually leaves campus on weekends or holidays. To prevent any mishaps, the Student Union stipulates that students who leave campus for purchasing must return to the school before six o’clock on the same day in the summer, or before five o’clock on the same day in the winter.
Otherwise, it might be difficult for them to find the university once it gets dark.
Wu An said, “Zhou Ge, it’s Saturday. They still have another day to get back.”
Lin Yi heard a “bam” in the office, followed by the sound of documents falling.
He was stunned and snuck a look into the office.
Qin Zhou had sent Wu An flying with a kick to the stomach.
Knowing that Qin Zhou was angry, Wu An turned pale and quickly stood up from the ground, his head hung low. “Zhou Ge, I’m sorry. I’ll find a way to contact them right now.”
Lin Yi quickly hid. Unfortunately, there was no place to hide. Wu An had already come out of the office. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Lin Yi. But he had other things at hand and didn’t bother greeting Lin Yi as he hurried away. .
Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He knew Qin Zhou was angry, so he didn’t want to add fuel to Qin Zhou’s anger with his eavesdropping.
Looking at Wu An’s retreating figure, Lin Yi reconstructed the unexpected situation that occurred this night.
Today, some students from the Purchasing Department went out for weekend shopping. But it was already dark and they had not come back yet. Wu An was right, today was Saturday and the students from the Purchasing Department did still have one day to return to school.
Lin Yi also understood the reason why Qin Zhou was angry and hit him. They’d lost contact with the purchasing department members.
If nothing had happened, they would not have been delayed, let alone be unreachable.
In the office, Qin Zhou asked Ou Ying, “How many people went out this time?”
Ou Ying said in a grave voice, “21 people.”
Qin Zhou took a deep breath. “When was the last time anyone managed to contact them?”
Ou Ying said, “Chen Song contacted them at three in the afternoon.”
Qin Zhou frowned. “Chen Song?”
Chen Song was in charge of the mobile phone repair shop. Chen Song must have contacted them for an item he missed when he’d been handing in his purchase request.
Ou Ying nodded and said, “Chen Song asked the students from the purchasing department where they were.”
Qin Zhou: And where were they?”
Ou Ying said, “In the city, Jinma Street.”
After a pause, Ou Ying asked Qin Zhou, “Do you need to talk to Chen Song?”
Qin Zhou thought for a while. “No. Ask Yan Yao to coordinate with the school and have a car prepared for me.”
Ou Ying was momentarily stunned. Lin Yi outside the office was also stunned.
Ou Ying said, “Are you going out?”
Qin Zhou: “What else are we supposed to do? If waiting could solve this, would you have even bothered calling me?”
Ou Ying was speechless. She took out her mobile phone and contacted Yan Yao, saying, “I’ll go with you.”
Qin Zhou: “No, I need you to keep watch here.”
Ou Ying had her hands full with handling affairs and knew that she really couldn’t leave. When she saw Qin Zhou was about to leave, she quickly stepped forward and said, “You must take someone with you. How about Lin Yi?”
Qin Zhou didn’t even think about it. “No need.”
Qin Zhou continued to walk out. Lin Yi wanted to hide but he heard the footsteps stop, so he also stopped and continued to listen to the movements in the office.
Qin Zhou turned around and greeted Ou Ying, “You better not even think about sending him after me.”
Ou Ying’s expression froze a bit. She had been thinking that.
The journey from the Unnatural Engineering University to Jinma Street takes two hours and a round trip would be four hours. Qin Zhou only has one day to bring back the 21 missing people.
She couldn’t guarantee whether Qin Zhou would be tripped up by the same unexpected incident once he arrives at Jinma Street. Not only might he not be able to bring back the 21 missing people, he might also lose his own life.
Moreover, Wu An’s irresponsible words made Qin Zhou angry. It was difficult for one to stay composed when angry. Ou Ying needed to follow Qin Zhou alone.
There were probably only a handful of people in the entire Unnatural Engineering University who would dare to approach a burning Qin Zhou.
And there was no one in the entire Unnatural Engineering University who had the ability to calm Qin Zhou’s anger, except Lin Yi.
Qin Zhou knew they way Ou Ying thought. He stopped and said, “Lin Yi can’t go. There’s something about him.”
Ou Ying: “What?”
Qin Zhou said, “He’s probably related to Rule 0-1. We can’t let him out.”
Because of Yuan Yuan, Senior Lu created the Rule 0-1 theory. If Lin Yi really has something to do with Yuan Yuan, then Lin Yi would be inseparable from Rule 0-1.
Lin Yi suddenly fell silent.
He actually knew very well that Qin Zhou suspected him, but neither of them had exposed the matter. Lin Yi did not expect that Qin Zhou’s suspicion were actually so accurate.
Lin Yi was scared and panicked, so he turned around and ran out.
In the office, Qin Zhou said, “He just came out of Rule 8-4 and he’s only had one day. Let him have a good rest. Don’t let him get into danger.”
If there were only one or two missing people, Qin Zhou would have agreed for Ou Ying to let Lin Yi follow him.
But there were 21 people, too many people and too little time. He was afraid that there would be some accident and he would not be able to protect Lin Yi.
Ou Ying was silent for a moment. “Okay.”
Qin Zhou asked, “Is the car ready?”
Ou Ying nodded and said, “The car has been parked at the school gate.”
Qin Zhou strode away. “No need to follow me.”
Qin Zhou reached the school gate. Yan Yao handed Qin Zhou the car keys and turned around to ask the school guard to open the gate.
The electric gate slowly opened.
Qin Zhou opened the car door, got in, stepped on the accelerator and then suddenly slammed on the brake.
The car jolted violently.
Qin Zhou’s chest heaved as he held down his anger and stared at the figure that had suddenly appeared in front of the car.
Lin Yi.
Yan Yao and the school guard were also both startled by Lin Yi’s sudden appearance. When Lin Yi saw that the car had stopped, he walked to the driver’s side uneasily and carefully knocked on the window.
Qin Zhou slowly lowered the car window and tilted his head to look at him with a dark expression.
Lin Yi called softly, “Senior.”
Half of Qin Zhou’s anger was gone in an instant. He held the steering wheel tightly, his face still calm but his tone cold. “Do you have any idea how dangerous that was just now?”
“I know.” Lin Yi said in a small voice, “But I want to go with you.”
Qin Zhou paused and stared at him: “…You heard everything?”
Lin Yi nodded. “En.”
Qin Zhou looked at Lin Yi’s expression. The two faced each other in silence for a while. Qin Zhou said, “Get in.”
Lin Yi quickly opened the back seat door and Qin Zhou said, “You ride shotgun.”
Lin Yi closed the back seat door, walked around to the front of the car and got into the passenger seat.
Qin Zhou looked at him. After Lin Yi got into the car, he turned his head back front and stepped on the accelerator again.
The car shot off like an arrow.
The sky outside was dark, as though it were shrouded in that black mist just before a Rule World begins.
The car drove forward silently, and neither person in the car spoke.
Qin Zhou raised his head and looked at the mirror. He was looking at Lin Yi through the mirror.
Lin Yi kept his head low after fastening his seat belt. There was still that red mark on his long and fair neck from the bite he’d lost control of earlier that evening.
Qin Zhou felt his heart soften.
“In the car, there’s a…” He had just began to speak when…
Lin Yi said, “Senior, I confess.”
…. Outside instance!? I am nervous about this development…
Gasp, Confession…Part 2?!
I’m sooooo addicted to this! Thanks for the update!
“I confess… Yuan Yuan is my Mother…”
Why do I think like that ?
Thank you for the chapter 😍
Lin Yi finally coming clean to his husband! Very important to have honesty now that they’re more intimate; I’m glad the author didn’t drag them out into meaningless hurt feelings and misunderstanding.
A confession about his origin ig..