Chapter 22

Now it was my turn to be surprised.

I said, “No, no need, I can just take the bus, it’s only a few stops.”

He nodded, “Didn’t you hear what the teacher said today?”

I fell silent.

The teacher had indeed urged us to have our parents pick us up after school whenever possible.

I heard a girl from the lower grades had gone missing after getting off the bus.

Chen Xing wouldn’t have mentioned it if it weren’t true, and once he did, I started to get creeped out.

“Besides, we’re heading in the same direction, it’s no trouble at all,” he explained.

I thought about it, and he had a point.

Just then, I got a text from Chen Qiao: “I’m heading straight to tutoring. Mengmeng, just let my brother take you home~ (emoji)”

Good grief, that was a little too obvious, wasn’t it?

After Chen Xing and I got on the bus, a swarm of students surged in behind us.

I was squeezed so hard I almost had to stand on my tiptoes, clutching my skirt.

The back door opened, and it seemed like a few more students piled on.

Just as I found my footing, the driver slammed on the brakes. Chen Xing couldn’t hold onto me, and I lunged forward, grabbing onto someone’s waist behind me.

The scent of sweet oranges mixed with a hint of minty cigarette smoke.

I felt a sense of dread, looked up, and locked eyes with a pair of black pupils.

Damn it, why is it Lu Xiao again?