The whole morning's classes, Sunny Xu was a little absent-minded. There was a kind of inexplicable emotion, a subtle excitement and anticipation, as if something unusual was about to happen.

Fortunately, the teacher didn't call on him to answer questions. After all, Sunny Xu had already made a deep impression as a good student, otherwise he might have embarrassed himself.

"The incident that happened in the alley a few days ago"... It must be referring to what he saw when he confronted the stray dog, right?

Although they had put this matter behind them when they went shopping later, he couldn't help but think about it when he got home. He spent the whole night thinking about it and couldn't sleep well. And then this morning, Starry Lin took the initiative to invite him...

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What exactly was it? Was it not just his imagination?

After coming back from the cafeteria, Sunny Xu sat on his chair and pondered. Until his classmates returned to their seats one by one, a few girls put away their snacks and replaced them with their homework, and the atmosphere in the classroom went from noisy to quiet...

"Hey!"

Suddenly, someone slapped his desk.

Sunny Xu, who was immersed in his own world, was startled and turned his head to see Starry Lin standing by his desk, staring at him.

She rolled up the sleeve of her school uniform, revealing a white wrist. With a plain blue and white school uniform on her, she looked like a pure and innocent schoolgirl who had walked out of a man's dream... except for her overgrown black straight hair, which proved that she was not a conformist.

"Come out with me."

He nodded eagerly, having been looking forward to this.

This long-haired girl, who had always shown no fear, seemed a bit nervous at the moment, biting her lip.

"Keep your voice down, don't let anyone notice."

"..."

He blinked.

Classmate Lin... Sunny Xu's gaze swept around the quiet classroom, thinking that it was too late to say that now. When you came in, everyone's eyes were already on you.

Being too conspicuous was troublesome.

Lin Starry seemed to have noticed this too, and urged again with a hint of embarrassment:

"Let's go."

"I got it."

However, after agreeing, Sunny Xu didn't immediately get up and leave. Instead, he raised his hand and reported loudly to the disciplinary committee member sitting on the podium.

"Sorry, Starry Lin and I are going out for a while."

"Ah... Ah, okay, I got it."

The disciplinary committee member's face showed a surprised expression and nodded subconsciously.

Making a sound in the quiet self-study classroom was already a noticeable thing - let alone, one of the main characters was Starry Lin.

Although she had no friends in the class, the students actually had a feeling of "keeping their distance" from her. But Sunny Xu knew very well that quite a few people were secretly paying attention to her.

If she was just an ordinary-looking girl without her own circle of friends, perhaps people would gradually forget about her existence. However, Lin Starry's unique personality and outstanding appearance as a high school student made it difficult for people to ignore her, even if they wanted to pretend not to see her.

So, when Sunny Xu spoke, all the students in the class subconsciously turned their attention to this corner of the classroom.

"...!"

Starry Lin glared at him, didn't say anything, and walked back to the door.

Sunny Xu got up and followed, but found that his sleeve was being pulled by someone, and then he heard someone next to him speak.

"Hey, what are you planning to do with her?"

Sunny Xu turned his head and found that it was the boy who had asked him about his relationship with Starry Lin last time.

"Nothing, just discussing something."

Sunny Xu smiled. Of course, he couldn't say it directly.

"Discussing..."

The other party hesitated for a moment, deliberately lowered his voice and said:

"Isn't it better for you to go find a teacher? Don't get into trouble."

"Thank you for your reminder. Well, I'm leaving."

Seeing that Sunny Xu didn't take his words seriously at all, the other person became a little anxious and raised his voice unconsciously.

"You said before that her business had nothing to do with you, but now why..."

Upon hearing this, Starry Lin walked back from the door with a deliberate emphasis on her footsteps, creating a sense of oppression. The boy subconsciously took a step back.

She stood beside Sunny Xu, looking down at the boy coldly, with her hands crossed in front of her chest, full of momentum.

"Do you have something to say to him?"

"No..."

"Then shut up."

Starry Lin didn't give the boy any face and directly interrupted him.

Sunny Xu suddenly had an urge to laugh. Although this kind of schadenfreude mentality was not good, after all, he was the one who was publicly humiliated by her last time...

He was about to see the boy's expression, but suddenly felt his wrist tighten and a soft touch. Sunny Xu stumbled and involuntarily followed the girl's footsteps as she turned and left the classroom.

In the bright sunlight, the two of them walked one after another on the shiny and slippery corridor that had just been cleaned by the class duty students, shining under the noon sun.Starry Lin let go of her hand. Sunny Xu, walking behind her, looked at the girl from the side. Her face, hidden behind her beautiful hair, was slightly flushed.

"Are you angry?"

Seeing that the girl hadn't spoken, he couldn't help but ask.

"...I'm not angry."

Starry Lin muttered.

"You said this morning that we could still gather like this at school, and I was just happy. But isn't it a bit inappropriate to attract attention like just now?"

"What's wrong with that?" Sunny Xu smiled, "Especially when it's you, it's impossible to avoid such things. It's better to be open and honest, so others won't gossip."

"Um...never mind, since you don't care, I don't either."

Starry Lin sneaked a glance at him, asking cautiously.

"Was that guy just now your friend?"

"Huh?" Sunny Xu thought for a moment, "Not really, just a regular classmate."

"Then why did he..."

"He only gets particularly excited about this."

Sunny Xu guessed that the guy was jealous, jealous of his relationship with Starry Lin. Even though he would definitely disdain Starry Lin, a notorious bad girl known throughout the school, and was keen on spreading rumors about her messing around with other boys and delinquents outside school... Sunny Xu still felt this way.

The thoughts of adolescent boys can sometimes be quite sensitive, no less complex than those of girls.

"We're not close, don't worry about it."

"I think his attitude, how should I put it, is a bit annoying."

"Then I find him annoying too."

"Pfft."

The girl who had been silent and seemed troubled just now couldn't help but laugh, revealing a cheerful expression.

As if she had made a decision, she suddenly started swinging her arms and head, rolling up her sleeves, warming up in the corridor, and said to Sunny Xu:

"Let's have a race, okay?"

"...Huh?"

This sudden proposal caught Sunny Xu off guard.

"Hurry up, let's go to the warehouse near the south playground. I told you, I have something to show you."

When Starry Lin turned around to talk to him, a breeze blew from the end of the corridor. The girl's long black hair was blown onto his face. Sunny Xu's nose tickled, and he couldn't help but sneeze.

In the next breath, the girl ran forward.

"Wai-wait!"

Starry Lin, like a gust of wind, disappeared at the end of the corridor, her cheerful shouts echoing from afar.

"Hurry up, or we'll run out of time!"

Sunny Xu sighed helplessly and followed.

...

They ran together under the brilliant sunlight. Sunny Xu ran until his forehead was hot, his body was warm, and sweat soaked his back, but his steps felt as light as if he were flying;

They ran through the corridor, down the stairs, past the flower beds, through half of the deserted campus, past the track and field, and finally arrived near the warehouse, where the slender figure in front finally stopped.

Sunny Xu had just stepped into the shade, panting heavily. Before he could bend over to catch his breath, he saw a dazzling light in front of him. He thought he was dazzled by the sunlight;

But in the next breath, a huge, pitch-black "fish" appeared!

It looked like a whale he had seen in a natural science magazine, as big as the sports warehouse in front of him, but its body was black, shrouded in a hazy halo, and he couldn't see the specific details;

Its huge body was like an illusory shadow, and the objects in reality couldn't hinder it at all. It floated through the wall of the warehouse and swam leisurely over Sunny Xu's head, scaring him so much that he almost fell to the ground.

Even if he had a weapon in his hand, it would be of no use at this time. Facing such a surreal creature, it was good that he, as an ordinary person, didn't faint.

Even though it wasn't the first time he had seen it, Sunny Xu still found it hard to breathe, his body stiff, and he watched as it opened its bottomless mouth, revealing a dark space inside like a black hole in the universe, as if it was going to swallow him whole—