1348 The Naughty Boy Seeks Trouble (1/2)

In the eyes of the students, Xu Zhuang Zhuang's goal was obvious. After all, the boy was rather large. In addition, the look of satisfaction over his stealthy actions said it all.

However, Little Celery and Wang Yaning did not discover the boy as they walked. This was because most people did not look behind them when walking. Who would be cautious and think that someone was following them? Besides, they were young and innocent primary school students... Well, perhaps Wang Yaning may be capable of deeper thoughts, but her mind was mainly on pleasing the teachers and not engaging and deterring spying activities.

However, behind a predator was another predator that saw it as prey. Xu Zhuang Zhuang did not expect it, but he was being followed by someone else. This person was, of course, Zhang Zian.

Zhang Zian could see clearly what was happening. After the class bell rang, Xu Zhuang Zhuang had rushed out of the classroom like a cannonball. He'd run to the classroom where Little Celery was studying and waited for her to emerge. When she finally left the classroom, he'd quietly followed... However, Wang Yaning was walking along with Little Celery. He hadn't anticipated this.

The direction Little Celery and Wang Yaning were headed was toward a special area for hamsters. It was behind the classrooms. The route there was filled with trees. Even though the area was considered to be heavily infested with caterpillars, they felt that they were responsible for caring for the hamsters. Even if they were afraid, they must hold in their fear and proceed.

Fortunately, they'd prepared a folding umbrella. When they walked out of the classroom, they shared an umbrella. They shielded themselves from the caterpillars that might fall on their heads. They'd also changed into rain boots before leaving the classroom.

Xu Zhuang Zhuang quietly followed. He carefully surveyed the situation. He obviously wanted to get back at Little Celery for making him lose face in public. His choice of doing so? Well, it was nothing more than picking up a bug and throwing it on her to scare her. This was the trick that he used most often in scaring girls.

Zhang Zian saw through his intentions and immediately increased the pace of his footsteps. He took another, more direct route to reach the room where the hamsters were raised, moving much more quickly than the girls. Although the place was a good distance away, he was, nevertheless, an adult. He could walk faster and would get there first.

The trees around the classroom were as Little Celery had described. There were many ”hanging ghosts” on them.

The term ”hanging ghost” was a common name for the larvae of the moth. The larvae would pull a long silk thread from the branch and hang themselves in the air. When the wind blew, it would sway slightly. If the gust of wind was strong, it may be blown onto the ground...or even onto the human body.

Most moth larvae were not toxic, but a few species are toxic.

Zhang Zian looked at them carefully. After all, he hadn't brought an umbrella and didn't want to be poisoned by one of these larvae.

There were too many ”hanging ghosts.” He couldn't see all of them at a glance. Nevertheless, based on whatever he managed to see, he could tell that the ones here were black in color and had bodies full of grayish fluffy hairs. It looked rather horrifying. This type of caterpillar was called the Macrobrochis Gigas. The hairs on their bodies were not poisonous. Even if it landed on one's body, there was no possibility of getting poisoned. It would feel disgusting at most. This was unless the person had allergies and could develop redness swelling of the skin.

The Macrobrochis Gigas had once ravaged Kai Ping City and Nan An City in 2014 and 2017 respectively, causing very bad experiences for local residents. At that time, the number of people visiting the hospital in these two places for skin infections increased exponentially. This happened despite the insects being non-toxic in nature. If they'd been poisonous, then perhaps the local hospitals would have had to treat issues more significant than skin infections...

Seeing that it was the larva of the Macrobrochis Gigas, Zhang Zian was relieved.

”Yaning, about today's homework...”

Little Celery's voice came from a distance. They were already very close to their destination.

Zhang Zian's eyes widened. He ignored the Macrobrochis Gigas and looked around carefully for other types of caterpillars.

Soon, on the leaves of a potted plant, he found what he'd been looking for.

It was a blue-green caterpillar covered with pale yellow hairs. The most visible sign of its species was a small lavender-colored tuft of hair at the eighth abdominal section of its tail. The vivid color acted as a signal to its enemy that it was a poisonous creature: advance with caution.

Although some non-toxic caterpillars also had bright protective colors to deceive natural enemies, that was not the case with this caterpillar.