Invade the World

  Chapter 29 Teeth

"can I help you?"

   asked Xu Xiangyang.

  "I'm here to express my gratitude to classmate Lin Xingjie." With a cordial smile on her face, Zhu Qingyue replied softly, "If she didn't stop Shi Hui in time, I really don't know what will happen next."

"Uh…"

  Xu Xiangyang's gaze turned to the friend beside him.

  For Lin Xingjie, this is probably the first time to look back. I really don’t know how she will respond. Just when he was curious, he heard the girl beside him speak with the same indifferent tone as always:

  "Thank him if you want to."

   Lin Xingjie pointed at Xu Xiangyang.

  "He said he wanted to save you, so I would help."

…what?

  Xu Xiangyang was taken aback. Before he recovered, the long-haired girl decisively turned and left.

  After patted Xu Xiangyang on the shoulder, she added in a low voice:

   "Then I won't bother you two."

   After leaving this sentence, Lin Xingjie returned to the classroom without knowing it.

  What does this mean?

  Xu Xiangyang is a little confused.

  He turned his head and looked at Zhu Qingyue. Although the other party still smiled, he didn't seem to feel anything was wrong; but he felt embarrassed.

Seeing that the other party did not intend to speak, Xu Xiangyang scratched the back of his head and said dryly:

   "You... Xie Lin Xingjie if you want to thank you, after all, she helped you."

   "Puff."

  Zhu Qingyue covered her mouth and chuckled, seeming to find the reaction and conversation of the two people very interesting.

   "It's okay, I am very grateful to both of you. I will thank you later..."

   "It's enough to say'thank you', classmate Zhu." Xu Xiangyang nodded at her, "Then I'll go back first."

  "Wait, student Xu Xiangyang, I have something to say to you."

  Before he wanted to turn around and leave, the other party stopped him first.

"what?"

  "I have a study group here. The grade leader asked me to organize it. Are you interested?" Zhu Qingyue puts her hands together on her chest, with a lovely smile, "I remember the last exam. You were second in grade, right?"

  "Does it mean make-up classes on weekends?"

   "No, if you make up a class, there will be places in the top 50 of the grade."

  Classmate Zhu replied.

  "The study group is self-learning. Good grades can communicate with each other, and there are a few...students who are a little bit unable to keep up with the learning process, the teacher wants us to help."

  "Only students are there?"

"After school, the teachers in the grade will take turns to take care of them. Although they will not teach directly, they will answer questions and solve problems. We can also apply by ourselves. I called a few people in the same class together, and I hope people from other classes will join... Ah , Of course, it’s okay if you don’t want to."

  Zhu Qingyue clapped her hands sincerely.

   "Anyway, they are all handed over to me, teachers and they basically don't care. Of course, if you are willing to help, it would be great, I may be a little busy alone."

  ...According to what she said, Xu Xiangyang thought, it is estimated that the matter of joining by herself was probably mentioned by the teacher. It's just different from make-up classes. Students need to work hard, so it's hard to say directly, so Zhu Qingyue was allowed to come.

  He pondered for a moment, but there was no objection.

   "Is it long?"

   is too long, after all, he still has to make up lessons and check homework for Lin Xingjie when he goes home every day.

  "It's not long, usually two hours, just to complete the homework assigned in the school. And you can leave at any time in the middle."

  "Then I will try to participate first, and then I will give you an answer, okay?"

   "No problem, no problem."

  The class leader nodded.

   "Also, if the effect is good..." Xu Xiangyang hesitated, "Can I recommend someone else?"

   "Yeah~" Zhu Qingyue blinked and guessed the answer easily, "Did you mean the Lin Xingjie classmate just now?"

   "...Yes. Didn't you say that this study group will help students who can't keep up with the progress?"

  Having made this request, Xu Xiangyang felt somewhat frustrated.

  If there is an opportunity to exchange and learn, it is of course a good thing for Lin Xingjie, so he will fight for it. But the problem is that his good friend is more than simply "learning can’t keep up"...

  The key is that her reputation is not very good, and the teachers and classmates in the grade basically know her. Lin Xingjie has entered the office more than once or twice, and has also been criticized and punished by the broadcast.

   "Of course there is no problem. As long as she wants, I will explain to the teacher that this group was formed to help students."

  Zhu Qingyue didn't seem to feel any difficulties, so she readily agreed.

  ...

  It was a noisy morning, Xu Xiangyang thought to himself, he was so tired and panicked as he had been in class all day.

After bidding farewell to Zhu Qingyue in the corridor, he was going to return to the classroom. When I walked near the back door, I found the long-haired girl standing there.

  She put her arms around her chest, leaning against the door panel silently.

  I feel that from her angle, it is easy to see the scene in the corridor...Xu Xiangyang thought for no reason.

   Lin Xingjie seems to be in a daze. He raised his head when he realized that someone was approaching, and stared at him with bright eyes.

  "This is over? Why don't you say a few more words to her?"

  Xu Xiangyang was a little helpless.

   "Class is about to start soon. And even if you want to talk more, you have to have something to talk about."

   "Then what were you talking about?"

"of course…"

  Xu Xiangyang did not answer immediately, staring at his friend's eyes, he stopped talking.

  The girl saw her friend's reaction, she couldn't help but press her thin lips, there was a subtle tension in her emotions. She seemed to realize that she had been staring at him for too long, she turned her head unnaturally, and asked softly.

   "Is it... something you can't tell me?"

   "No, I'm just thinking about how to speak."

  Xu Xiangyang sighed, and finally decided to tell the truth.

  "It's actually about what you study."

"…what?"

   "I signed up for the study group for one night, which is considered a good idea. If you are willing, you can stay and have a look after school."

   Although Xu Xiangyang himself estimated that this group would be helpful to her, the most important thing to learn was subjective initiative. If Lin Xingjie was unwilling, it would be a waste of help.

   "With Zhu Qingyue and me, together with other classmates, and the teacher, we can better check the omissions and fill in the vacancies—"

   "What, this is it?"

   Lin Xingjie's sigh was louder than Xu Xiangyang, and he interrupted him directly.

  "Didn’t I say that I’ll listen to you? Really, this kind of trivial matter can be arranged by you..." She suddenly thought of something, "Ah, by the way, it might not work tonight."

   "Something?"

   "Yes. Besides, whether you can go to your house later depends on whether the time is too late. I want to help mom."

"is it OK?"

  Xu Xiangyang thought of the family situation Lin Xingjie had told him last night, and felt a little worried; and as if he could see through his worry at a glance, the girl answered easily.

   "Don't worry, that guy is not here. And even if he is there, there is no reason for me to give in now."

   "Still be careful about everything..."

  The phoneme of Xu Xiangyang's words fell, and the class bell rang. Announcing the end of the morning self-study, the teacher walked into the classroom with the textbook handouts.

  Just now, at least half of the classmates were peeking at the two people standing at the door chatting. They just pretended not to see them, and went back to their seats.

  *

   Soon it’s time to end school on this day.

  Xu Xiangyang sorted out the books and took a deep breath.

  He has been very hard all day.

  The people in the class didn't dare to find Lin Xingjie, so they had to target Xu Xiangyang, who was kind to others on weekdays.

Although it is not very annoying to pester, it is still exhausting to deal with almost the same questions asked by several people in a row, and most of these questions are dumbfounding: for example, asking Lin Xingjie is not from a hidden martial arts family, such as her Is the contradiction with Shi Hui related to the contradiction of the family behind them?

Some people, based on the rumors that "the two are boyfriend and girlfriend" circulated before, made up for "the two people had a marriage contract made by the family, but Lin Xingjie chose to resist the stereotypes left over from the feudal era for free love. "Old Moment" is a big drama. By the way, when proposing this conjecture, the classmate vigorously winked at himself, as if saying to himself, "I know that the one who made Lin break the rules is you!"...I can only say this age group. Children's imagination is really rich.

  Some people even said that they would learn kung fu from Lin Xingjie. Although it was said in a joking tone, seeing the excited eyes of all the people nearby after the guy mentioned it, I knew what the group was thinking.

  The only thing that makes Xu Xiangyang feel fortunate is that no one thinks that Lin Xingjie is a superpower, let alone guessing the essence of her ability, actually summoning monsters invisible to ordinary people from another world.

On the one hand, the existence of superpowers is more outrageous than martial arts, and everyone will not easily believe it. On the other hand, it shows that her approach is quite effective: Lin Xingjie, in order not to reveal the secret, while smashing Shi Hui’s mouth, she also deliberately performed The action of punching.

  Xu Xiangyang thought about it afterwards, and couldn't help but marvel at his friend's ability to respond at critical moments. If Lin Xingjie stood there motionless and bounced Shi Hui away, or if he made more movement, the situation would be different.

   Thinking of her, he picked up his schoolbag and stood up, and glanced at his friend's seat subconsciously, and found that the person was no longer there.

  Did you go to her mother's place?

  As he was thinking this way, a clear and pleasant voice came from the back door.

  "Excuse me, is Xu Xiangyang here?"

  Zhu Qingyue knocked on the door panel. She stood quietly by the door, and asked the other students in the class generously.

   "Uh... I'm here."

  Xu Xiangyang quickly responded. The classmates cast their curious gazes here. He didn't want to think about whether they had supplemented their brains at all, so he hurried forward.

"How did you come?"

   "I'll pick you up."

  Zhu Qingyue did not carry her schoolbag. She put her hands behind her, and raised her head with a smile to look at him.

   "I wanted to ask other students to notify me, but since I want to apply to join, I should take you to see the teacher?"

"okay, I get it."

   "...Hey, your face is a bit ugly." The girl is very observant, "Is it too hard to study recently?"

   "No, the class is the same as usual. But after all, that kind of thing happened in the morning, everyone's emotions were too high." Xu Xiangyang was a little helpless.

  Zhu Qingyue quickly figured out what happened to him, and couldn't help but chuckle again.

   "Hehe, no wonder. After all, you are the closest to classmate Lin Xingjie, and classmates who are curious about her will definitely pester you. By the way, where is she?"

   "I went home beforehand."

   "Well, let's try it out today."

  ...

  The location of the study group is in Class 5. Before that, the two of them have to go to the office first.

  This corridor has classroom windows on one side and walls on the other. In order to prevent accidents, the height and thickness of the wall are guaranteed. And there is a row of gaps under the wall, which is specially used for small potted plants.

  There is a row in front of each class. Taking care of plants is also a daily duty.

  When Xu Xiangyang was about to pass the Wuban gate, he suddenly noticed something shining in the sunset in one of the pots of green grass.

  Who left it?

  Xu Xiangyang took a closer look, but didn't see what was going on; he simply squatted down and moved his face over.

"What's wrong?"

  Walking ahead, Zhu Qingyue stopped, turned around and stared at him curiously.

   "...has a tooth."

  Xu Xiangyang said.

  A white tooth belonging to a human being lying quietly in the mud.

Zhu Qingyue was silent for a moment and whispered.

   "Probably it belongs to Shi Hui."

"Ok."

  A thought crossed his mind: Is Shi Hui’s body really as Lin Xingjie said, due to the possession of the worm to some extent? If this change exists, where will it be reflected? Can the answer be obtained through medical testing?

  Xu Xiangyang endured the nausea, hugged it with a napkin, and picked up the tooth.

  At this moment, his body froze, as if struck by lightning, motionless.

   "...Student Xu Xiangyang?"

  Zhu Qingyue watched his behavior in surprise, and after yelling, she found that the other party seemed to be in a daze, and did not respond to her words at all.

   "Student Xu? Xu Xiangyang? How are you?"

  The girl's hand wanted to touch the boy's shoulder, but she stopped halfway, seemingly scrupulous.

   "...I'm fine."

  After a while, Xu Xiangyang shook his head, his answer was very dry.

   "Then, shall we go?"

  He did not move, staying squatting on the ground, without even turning his head, but whispered:

   "Sorry, classmate Zhu, I won't go today."

  (End of this chapter)