392: Chapter 392 In that instant, I caught the entire summer.

At the same time.

On a tree-lined avenue covered in fallen leaves on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital Martial Arts Athletics Center.

Jiang You had his hands stuffed in the pockets of his team uniform, wandering aimlessly along the curb like a soulless street urchin.

A breeze blew past, swirling a few withered leaves that landed on his shoulders, adding a touch of desolation and melancholy.

"Sigh..."

Jiang You let out a long sigh, looking up at the azure sky with his brow furrowed into a tight knot.

His mind was currently an internal battlefield, contemplating a serious question regarding his personal freedom for the rest of his life.

"Should I... just go to the Martial Arts General Administration and surrender?"

Jiang You frantically rehearsed the scene of surrendering in his mind.

He would push open the doors of the police station, squat on the ground with his hands behind his head, and shout, "Officer, that Faceless Man who stripped all the geniuses of Great Xia down to their boxers is actually me! To be precise, it was done by that unreliable remnant soul of an Old Master inside my body! Please take him away, I'm innocent!"

But as soon as this thought emerged, Jiang You slapped it away himself.

"No, no! This definitely won't work!"

Jiang You took a sharp breath and shook his head vigorously.

"If I really report it like that, they'll either treat me as a schizophrenic and send me straight to the intensive care unit of a mental hospital!"

"Or they'll actually believe me and shoot me on the spot as a top-tier dangerous cultist!"

"Even in the best-case scenario, if they have a way to extract that Old Master from my body, I'd still be guilty of harboring a criminal and being an accomplice!"

"That old monster gets his kicks and leaves, and I'm left holding the bag. I'd end up stepping on a sewing machine in prison for the rest of my life!"

At the thought of stepping on a sewing machine in a dark prison cell, Jiang You couldn't help but shudder, a cold sweat breaking out on his back.

"Forget it, I can't say a word about this even if it kills me. I have to let it rot in my stomach!"

"As long as I play dumb and firmly deny it, who can pin the Faceless Man's deeds on me, Jiang You?"

The self-rationalization skills of a 'salted fish' were pushed to the limit at this moment.

As long as I don't admit it, I'm just a law-abiding, pure, and harmless freshman!

Just as Jiang You cleared his thoughts and finally shifted the heavy stone off his heart, preparing to find a roadside stall to enjoy a bowl of Douzhi to calm his nerves...

He heard Gou Fugui say yesterday that the Imperial Capital's specialty, Douzhi, was delicious!

Today, he was going to have a good taste of this delicacy!

"Ding-a-ling—!"

From a downhill path not far ahead, the sudden, hurried, and panicked sound of a bicycle bell rang out.

Jiang You subconsciously raised his head and looked toward the sound.

He saw a shared bike diving down the slope toward him, wobbling and moving at a high speed!

Riding that bicycle was a young girl wearing the pure uniform of a certain high school.

A white short-sleeved shirt, a dark blue pleated skirt, and her long, straight Legs were pedaling frantically.

Her glossy black hair was tied in a high ponytail, swaying violently in the wind with the jolting of the bike.

"Move! Get out of the way!"

The girl's face paled as she gripped the handlebars tightly, her pretty face filled with panic.

"My bike seems to be broken! The brakes failed!"

She shouted in a clear voice, her helpless appearance resembling a startled fawn.

Jiang You looked at the empty ten-meter-wide sidewalk that didn't even have an electric scooter on it, then looked at the bike that seemed to have an automatic navigation system, swerving to head straight for him. A faint trace of doubt flashed in his dead fish eyes.

"This road... is wide enough to drive a tank. Why is she aiming so accurately at me?"

Seeing the bike getting closer, the girl on it seemed completely paralyzed with fear and even let go of the handlebars.

At the critical moment just as the bike was about to slide past Jiang You!

With a crying face, the girl didn't even think before smoothly reaching out her arms toward Jiang You. Her pitiful, large eyes, which screamed "Save me," stared intently at him; her meaning couldn't be clearer!

She practically had the words "catch me, hold me" written on her face!

Facing this sudden "throwing herself into his arms," although Jiang You's thought process was peculiar, he was still a warm-hearted youth who had received nine years of compulsory education.

Seeing a fragile high school girl about to face-plant and get disfigured, Jiang You naturally couldn't just stand by and watch.

*Swish!*

Exactly 0.01 seconds before the girl was about to hit the asphalt.

Jiang You bent down, reached out, and steadily caught her in a "princess carry," snatching the girl out of the air!

His powerful blood and qi foundation ensured that his footsteps didn't even waver when catching a person.

*Thud!*

The riderless shared bike plowed headfirst into the nearby green belt.

The handlebars twisted into an odd angle, and the rear wheel spun frantically in the air, as if silently accusing someone of the wicked act of treating it as a disposable item just to flirt.

The sidewalk fell silent.

Jiang You held the girl in his arms, feeling the soft warmth against his arms, and subconsciously looked down.

With that look.

Jiang You's usually lifeless dead fish eyes widened significantly.

"This girl..."

Jiang You took a sharp breath in his heart, truly stunned by her beauty.

The girl in his arms was truly too beautiful.

An oval face the size of a palm, with Skin so fair it looked like it could be pinched for water.

That pert nose, eyes like a painting, and her cheeks slightly flushed from being "startled" perfectly embodied the term "pure school beauty."

Even in this martial arts world full of beauties, this face was definitely at a level that could topple kingdoms.

However, despite being stunned.

As Jiang You leaned in and scrutinized that exquisite face, his brow furrowed slightly.

"Strange, I feel like I've seen this girl somewhere before?"

Jiang You's mind raced, trying to search for this face in his memory.

But after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with anything.

You couldn't blame Jiang You for being face-blind.

The "pure school beauty" in his arms was, of course, Qin Zhuo, who had taken a mission from the Martial Arts General Administration and specifically came to execute an "accidental encounter tactic"!

However, the only time they had actually met was that chaotic night at the Qianlong Hotel.

That night, because the lighting was dim and the scene was too messy, Jiang You hadn't actually seen Qin Zhuo's appearance clearly, so naturally, he didn't recognize her now.

And in her usual matches, Qin Zhuo was basically fully geared up with sunglasses, a large medical mask, and a baseball cap—not even her eyes could be seen clearly.

But now, Qin Zhuo had shed all her disguises, changed into a youthful pleated skirt school uniform, and even deliberately suppressed her haughty Divine Phoenix pride.

The difference in style between the two was even greater than the difference between Godzilla and a little white rabbit!

Even if President Xia Yun were here now, he probably wouldn't be able to immediately connect this gentle and pure young girl with that Divine Phoenix Female Tyrannosaur who would burn people's beards at the drop of a hat.

It would be a miracle if Jiang You could recognize her.