Chapter 212 Li Mengyao, Separated by a Door

Sun Zhiyuan opened his mouth, rubbing his fingers on the seam of his pants. "I... I looked for them! Qiao Xi and Captain Zhou Ting, I couldn't find them! I only found you!"

"And most importantly, I thought you and Chen Yu had a good relationship!"

Li Mengyao's heart skipped a beat when she heard that.

She and Chen Yu had a good relationship?

If this were a month ago, she would have nodded without hesitation.

But now, she felt a lack of confidence even standing in front of Chen Yu.

However, hearing Sun Zhiyuan say that, she couldn't help but subtly lift her chin.

"Then... then what's wrong with him? Did you go in and see?"

Li Mengyao asked with some concern.

Sun Zhiyuan caught his breath. "Cough, cough, it's like this: I didn't actually go in to see, but... when I passed by the treehouse, I heard him shouting inside, shouting your name!"

Li Mengyao's pupils constricted: "Really! He shouted... my name?"

Sun Zhiyuan lowered his voice: "Yes, I originally wanted to go in and see, but I was afraid he wouldn't want to see me, so I hurried to find you. You two have the best relationship."

Li Mengyao stood rooted to the spot, the corners of her mouth curling up in a triumphant smile.

He wasn't calling Class Monitor, nor calling Yuxin, nor calling Senior Sister; he was calling her? Is Chen Yu playing hard to get, and she was just too proud?

Is Chen Yu playing hard to get, and she was just too proud?

Li Mengyao's breathing quickened. "Okay, I'll go check. You help me keep an eye on things here."

With that, she turned and walked towards the treehouse, breaking into a jog after a couple of steps.

Sun Zhiyuan stood still, watching her receding figure, a slow smile spreading across his lips.

"Teacher Liu,"

"Aren't you aloof? Don't you look down on me?"

"After tonight, I'd like to see how you can stay in the Vehicle. I want you to be completely disgraced!"

He looked left and right.

The torches in the mine area were still lit, and members of other teams were moving iron ore in twos and threes in the distance.

Sun Zhiyuan lowered his body and followed, step by step, along the shadows at the edge of the gravel path.

...

...

The outline of the treehouse appeared in the moonlight.

Li Mengyao ran breathlessly, her chest heaving violently, her slip dress clinging to her body in the night wind.

She didn't bother to tidy herself up, rushing to the treehouse door in a few quick steps.

"Gulu!"

A blue-white jelly blob bounced out from the side of the door, landing squarely in front of her toes.

Water Bubble tilted its head up, its body slightly puffed out, blocking the doorway.

"Water Bubble? Get out of the way!"

Li Mengyao was startled for a moment, reaching out to push it aside.

Water Bubble bounced once, then landed back in its original spot, still blocking her way. It didn't act as violently as it had with Sun Zhiyuan, but it simply wouldn't let her pass, its attitude exceptionally firm.

It didn't act as violently as it had with Sun Zhiyuan, but it simply wouldn't let her pass, its attitude exceptionally firm.

"What are you doing!"

Li Mengyao was a little anxious: "Chen Yu is uncomfortable inside, he needs me! Get out of the way first!"

Water Bubble tilted its head: "Gulu?"

"Don't you understand? Chen Yu! He's in pain! He... Ugh, you're not human, you wouldn't understand!"

Li Mengyao's eyes instantly reddened. "If something really happens to him, will you take responsibility, Water Bubble?"

Tears welled in her eyes, her eyelashes trembling violently.

Water Bubble's body slightly shrank, and its glow dimmed a bit, as if it was a little confused, a little at a loss.

"...Gulu..."

Just then,

Li Mengyao suddenly frowned, because her ears caught something.

It wasn't Chen Yu's voice.

It was another sound, very soft, very faint, intermittent, like a cat's meow, or a whimper.

It squeezed out from the crack in the treehouse door, mixed with the night wind, and drifted into her ears.

If she had to describe it, it was... seductive?

Li Mengyao's pupils contracted little by little, then she suddenly thought of something. "Chen Yu! Are you in there!"

The seductive, intermittent sound inside abruptly vanished after her shout.

As if someone had suddenly clapped a hand over its mouth.

Leaving only an extremely suppressed, almost inaudible...

At the same time—

In the distance, in the shadow of a palm tree.

Sun Zhiyuan leaned against a thick tree trunk, arms crossed, a cold sneer on his lips.

He looked towards the treehouse. "Teacher Liu, this is just the beginning; the appetizers aren't even finished yet, hehehe, you'll understand the consequences of betraying me."

Inside the treehouse.

The darkness was thick, filling every corner.

Only a few rays of moonlight leaked through the gaps in the palm leaves, falling onto the ground.

Liu Manqing desperately covered her mouth, not daring to move, not even daring to breathe.

Her thighs were exposed to the air, the chill giving her a layer of goosebumps.

Mengyao is here???

This thought was like a basin of ice water poured over her head.

It thoroughly chilled all her previous confusion, daze, and loss of control.

She bit her lip, biting it so hard it hurt. What to do?

If Mengyao burst in and saw her wearing her clothes, looking like this, in such a shameful state.

She couldn't imagine it.

She would never be able to hold her head up again in this life.

Mengyao was the child she had raised. She could be shameless, but Mengyao couldn't have an aunt like this.

"Mmm..."

But her throat was uncontrollable.

She covered her mouth with her other hand,

Don't make a sound.

Please, don't make a sound.

She pleaded with herself over and over in her heart.

But Li Mengyao had already been suspicious, and hearing the woman's voice again, clearly and distinctly, her brows furrowed even tighter.

"Chen Yu! Are you in there or not! Answer me!"

"Water Bubble, get out of my way!"

"Gulu!"

"You... we're from the same Vehicle, I wouldn't harm Chen Yu!"

"Gulu!"

Water Bubble stood its ground, its two tiny black eyes staring straight at her.

“...”

Li Mengyao bit her lip. "Fine, you won't move, will you?"

Li Mengyao stared into its eyes. "Chen Yu is in there, right? Then who is the other person? Who is in there? Tell me!"

Water Bubble: "Gulu..."

Li Mengyao took a deep breath, her chest heaving violently, the slip dress swaying on her body, a shoulder strap sliding down further, but she had no mind to care.

"When I heard Chen Yu was uncomfortable, I immediately ran over. I was so worried, and on the way here, I kept thinking, does he still care about me? Has he never let go of me?"

Her tears finally fell, making her look especially wronged.

"And what's the result? He's inside with another girl? Then what did he mean by calling me!"

She couldn't continue, raising her hand to fiercely wipe the tears from her face.

"Chen Yu, if you don't like me anymore, then don't call me."

"I came, and you made me stand at the door, I... Ugh..."

She squatted down, her shoulders shaking with sobs, tears falling. It turned out everything was just her imagination.

"On the day of the apocalypse,"

"I thought you wouldn't leave, I thought you would still be like before..."

Water Bubble stood at her feet, looking up at her, as if hesitating whether to rub against her. In the end, it decided against it and shrank its jelly body.