521 Chapter 521: Betrayal (1/2)

At lunch break, I left my classroom for the cafeteria. It was unfortunate, but I didn't bring a bento that day, so I had to buy food from the cafeteria. That was all right, I was in the mood for some tofu and rice. But before I could reach the cafeteria, I caught sight of Zhao Yan striding briskly down a corridor. Wanting to thank her properly for helping me earlier in the morning, I decided to follow her.

Just when I was about to call out to her, she disappeared into a room right at the end of the corridor. Not willing to miss this opportunity, I hurried toward the room.

Before I could knock on the door, I heard Zhao Yan speaking to Yi Shen and Kai Lin.

”Something strange happened this morning,” Zhao Yan was saying. ”There was a person begging for money in front of the school, and he had a weird tattoo on his hand.”

It appeared that Zhao Yan had also grown suspicious about the beggar. Seemed like my intuition wasn't that far off the mark, after all. Well, the guy was basically ogling her, so of course Zhao Yan would feel uncomfortable.

However, Yi Shen and Kai Lin responded in an overly exaggerated manner.

”What?!”

Yi Shen yelled so loudly that I was almost knocked over just from the sheer volume of his bishounen voice. And that was even after taking into account that I was right outside the room with the walls and door to shield me. I couldn't imagine how it must be like for Zhao Yan and Kai Lin. Cursing under my breath, I wondered why he was making such a big fuss.

His next words explained why.

”It's a bad sign. Before Meng Ting and Ti Wen Academies went down, everyone said they met a strange person who begged for money at their school gates.”

And you're only informing everyone of this critical fact…now? Dude, shouldn't you have told everyone in your faction, like, two nights ago when you first mentioned the two doomed academies? What the hell was wrong with these people? They dared to call themselves hunters?

More like hunted, what with their silly and absurd mistakes and lapses in security.

Shaking my head in disgust, I left. While I strode down the corridor, I passed by Ji Yan, who promptly opened the door.

”Who is it?!” Yi Shen roared, almost scaring the living daylights out of poor Ji Yan. Dude, there was no need to act so exaggeratedly? What the hell, man, Ji Yan was only opening the door and you were all in school. Why were you so jumpy and agitated?

Ji Yan looked stunned for a moment, and then she forced a smile.

”I was looking for you. I want to have lunch with my fellow sect members. I don't know what you're discussing about, but you all look agitated, so I was a bit hesitant to interrupt…”

Yi Shen, for some reason, was glaring at her in suspicion. I raised an eyebrow at that. I had reason to be suspicious of Ji Yan because I was aware of what was going on, and I even told him and the Guang Zhi Yi Sect that she was planning to betray him. However, none of them believed me. Hmm, seemed like Yi Shen had finally wisened up and decided to listen to me, after all.

I didn't know whether to feel relieved or annoyed that he didn't apologize to me for all that condemnation after finaly deciding to believe me.

Whatever, I would just head to the canteen and have tofu rice or something. Funnily enough, the four members of Guang Zhi Yi Sect followed me, albeit inadvertently. They took their seats at a table not too far away from mine.

”There are four glasses of orange juice left,” Ji Yan said cheerfully as she brought her tray of orange juice to the table where her sect was seated. I had just settled down on a table not far away, as I said earlier, having managed to procure my supply of tofu and rice. I had soup, and I didn't like orange juice. I was more of a mango juice person, so I couldn't care less that I was left out. Ji Yan then placed the cups methodically in front of everybody. ”Luckily, there's just enough for four of us. One glass is for each person.”

…girl, you're making yourself look suspicious by stating the obvious. What, did you think someone will demand to have two glasses or something?

Yi Shen picked up the glass of orange juice and studied it skeptically. Then he stood up.

”Sorry for troubling you, but I don't like orange juice. I'll drink water instead.”

Kai Lin also stood up and joined him as he made his way toward the huge water cooler, smiling apologetically. ”Sorry, but I'll do the same.”

As the two seniors returned, Kai Lin cheerfully brought two cups. ”Zhao Yan, I also have one for you.”

Could you be any more obvious? I wanted to roll my eyes and bury my head in my plate of sweet tofu. Ji Yan had just brought all of you orange juice, and not only did you reject her, you even tried to get her sister to drink water instead? Not only that, while you brought Zhao Yan a cup of water, you didn't bring Ji Yan anything! Even a mentally challenged person could clearly see what you were trying to imply! What the fuck was wrong with these people?!

To continue the process of making my head hurt, Kai Lin attempted to justify her subtly malicious actions.

”I heard that drinking water in the afternoon is good for health. Do you want to change your drink?”

Thankfully, Zhao Yan was not oblivious to Ji Yan's feelings at all. She shook her head and rejected her senior's offer.

”No need. I like orange juice.” Turning to her sister, she smiled. ”Ji Yan and I will drink orange juice then.”

Ji Yan was pondering to herself. It seems that Yi Shen and Kai Lin are starting to be suspicious of me.