Vol 1 Chapter 2.2 (1/2)

Chapter 2: Jiang Jiang Part 2—Those Things that Cannot be Seen— translated by Raylight

“Jiang Jiang?” Jiang Ziya was shocked and jumped out of his seat. He looked around in all directions, but there was no trace of Jiang Jiang in his surroundings. There were only a few students currently staring at him with mystified looks, shocked by his actions.

“Ziya, what are you doing?” Lu Yang stood up too, a little worried about him.

Jiang Ziya returned to his senses, and he forced a smile as he said, “It’s nothing. I just thought that someone was calling me. It seems like it’s almost time for cla.s.s. Let’s go! If I skip cla.s.s again, the professor will probably flunk me for real.”

Lu Yang slowly got ready and said, “The professor wouldn’t bear to flunk you. He praised the English paper you submitted last time for an entire half a lesson!”

Jiang Ziya didn’t agree and said, “Nothing of the sort. Why would I not know about it?”

“That day, you skipped cla.s.s to work part-time, so I was the one who helped you hand in your homework. So, after he spent half of the lesson praising you, he spent the other half scolding you.”

“…”

Lu Yang shook his head and said, “You’re really too much! If your sister and brother-in-law were to find out that you were skipping cla.s.ses to work, it would be strange if they didn’t get angry! If it’s because you don’t want to ask them for money, I can lend some to you first. Then when we’re on summer vacation, you can pay me back after you work part-time. Will that work?”

Jiang Ziya kept silent, and Lu Yang knew that it was a lost cause. Jiang Ziya’s personality was actually very easygoing, but once it came to his principles, there was no negotiation!

Only if his family was urgently in need of money would there be the likelihood that Ziya would borrow money from him. Probably.

“Do you know the girl sitting there?” Jiang Ziya chose to avoid the topic and pointed at the girl who had b.u.mped into him earlier. I think she’s called Lin Zhixiang?

Lu Yang raised an eyebrow and said, “Of course I don’t know her. Who do you think I am? Do you think if you were to point at a random person, I would know them? As if!”

“If you don’t know, then forget about it.” Anyway, he’d only wanted to change the subject.

“Forget about it? I can’t do that!” Lu Yang coldly snorted and said, “I’ll give you her info before school ends!”

Jiang Ziya rolled his eyes and said unhappily, “Why are you so persistent? I was just asking casually.”

“No way! It’s rare that you would actually ask about certain ‘female life forms,’ so I will definitely help you investigate!”

“You seem to be able to find out everything. If it weren’t for the fact that you are Taiwanese, I would almost think that your father is an American FBI agent!”

“… Did you forget that my father isn’t Taiwanese?”

“Oh yeah, you’re of mixed-blood! So, your father really is an American FBI agent?”

“Special agent, my a.s.s!” Lu Yang rolled his eyes at him and said, “My father isn’t American. He’s Anglo-Australian! Also, he’s lived in Taiwan longer than you’ve been alive. Let me tell you, he might even be more like a true Taiwanese than you are!”

Jiang Ziya said casually, “Yes, yes. Anglo-Australian, we should go to cla.s.s.”

Lu Yang angrily shouted in Taiwanese, “I am a true Taiwanese person!”

Jiang Ziya had to admit that Lu Yang spoke Taiwanese much better than he did, even though it didn’t match at all with his appearance of mixed descent. However, other than his looks, Lu Yang was indeed born and bred on this land. None of his actions were like a foreigner’s at all.

“Alright, true Taiwanese person. Now, let’s go to cla.s.s–“

Before he could finish speaking, a small commotion occurred in the vicinity. Jiang Ziya turned to look and realized that the female cla.s.smate who had b.u.mped into him earlier was sprawled on the table, motionless. The friend by her side was so frightened that she kept calling the unconscious girl’s name.

“Zhixiang! What happened to you? Why did you suddenly faint? Don’t scare me!” She shook Lin Zhixiang and was so anxious that she was about to burst into tears.

Jiang Ziya frowned and looked at their surroundings. Though everyone’s expressions were hesitant, no one stepped forward to help. He exchanged a look with Lu Yang and walked up to them.

“What’s wrong? Do you need some help?” Lu Yang started asking first, filled with concern for the two people.

The girl said in a panic, “Zhixiang, s-she suddenly just fell over.”

“Don’t worry, let me take a look.” Lu Yang went to skilfully touch the side of the unconscious girl’s neck. It looked like he was checking her pulse, which made Jiang Ziya ogle him briefly. He momentarily felt as though his friend truly might have something to do with an investigation bureau. This action was exactly the same as what was done in the TV series, CSI Crime Scene Investigation… However, the people CSI usually dealt with were all dead ones.

“Relax, she should be fine. Maybe she’s too tired. I’ll bring her to the infirmary!”

After saying that, Lu Yang gently adjusted the girl’s position a little. He then lifted her up in one go. He was as laidback as if he was carrying a pillow. All the surrounding people stared at him with disbelief in their eyes.

Jiang Ziya was the only one who was not surprised. Since high school, he had seen a lot of what Lu Yang was capable of and was already used to it. He would only be surprised if Lu Yang started flying one day!

Lu Yang called out to him, “Ziya, are you going to cla.s.s by yourself first?”

After thinking about it, Jiang Ziya said, “I’ll just follow you.”

Normally, if he weren’t of any help to the situation, he really would go to cla.s.s by himself. That way, he would avoid the chance that the professor might not make allowances for him and would count it as another skipped lesson. However, the person in question this time was just too special. The horrifying image from that morning was simply overwhelming. He was unable to just leave and pretend no such thing had happened. Even if he weren’t of any help, he still intended to follow and check out the situation.

Lu Yang was carrying her, and Jiang Ziya had nothing to do. He could only talk to the female cla.s.smate beside him to prevent her from being so nervous that she would become the second person to faint.

“I am Jiang Ziya. That’s right, it’s that Grand Duke Jiang who fishes. What’s your name?”

The girl laughed and said, “Li Yao, the Yao of Chiung Yao.1” After that, she added, “She is Lin Zhixiang. Which course are you two from?”

“Department of Foreign Language. You two?”

“Mathematics.”

Both sides were a little speechless. Everyone knew that there was a pitiful amount of males in the Foreign Language department, and there weren’t many females in the Mathematics department either. However, they just happened to be guys from the Foreign Language department and girls from the Mathematics department, against all expectations.

Because neither party knew the other, after introductions, they could not think of anything to say. After a long period of silence, Li Yao then cautiously said, “That… Really, thank you two so much. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t know what to do. I don’t even know where the school infirmary is!”

“You don’t have to thank us.” Jiang Ziya pointed at Lu Yang walking up ahead, and said, “If you really want to thank someone, you should thank him instead. I’m not doing anything.”

Li Yao smiled broadly and said, “Aiyah, I’ll thank both of you!”

Jiang Ziya had a favorable impression of her. Only then did he really size her up. That Lin Zhixiang just now was wearing a blouse and jeans, and though she had beautiful facial features, her attire cost her several points. This Li Yao was a little better. She wore a short skirt and sandals and was probably wearing light make-up. Her complexion looked pretty good.

“I am Lu Yang.” From up front, Lu Yang introduced himself amiably as well.

“Lu Yang?” Li Yao exclaimed in surprise. She asked, “Could it be that you’re the famed department gra.s.s2 from the Foreign Language department, who is of mixed-blood?”

Coughing sounds came from the person in front.

“It’s true that he is of mixed-blood.” Jiang Ziya rolled his eyes at the back of his good friend and commented sarcastically, “However, in our department, across all four grades, there isn’t even a total of forty men. So, being the department gra.s.s of the Foreign Language department isn’t that difficult.”

“What did you say? “ Lu Yang didn’t even turn his head to look back as he said, “I’d be the department gra.s.s no matter where I went!”

“Yes, yes, you’re a gra.s.s anywhere.”

“Who’s gra.s.s, you’re gra.s.s—“3 Halfway through his words, he abruptly became conscious of the fact that there was a girl here, and his “You’re gra.s.s, I’m gra.s.s” simply did not sound too different from “I’m cra.s.s, you’re cra.s.s,” and he quickly swallowed his words.

Li Yao burst into laughter.

Seeing that she had laughed, Jiang Ziya felt a little more at ease and glanced at Lu Yang. He had walked such a long distance while carrying a girl in his arms, and at the same time he even chatted and cracked jokes. He still didn’t look the least bit exhausted.

Seeing that, Jiang Ziya gave up on his intention of asking Lu Yang if he wanted to switch. If he were to walk one corridor and have his strength give up on him, causing Lu Yang to have to carry the girl again, he would embarra.s.s himself. Embarra.s.sing himself would still be considered a small matter. However, moving around the unconscious girl and making her even more uncomfortable was a big issue.

Therefore, Jiang Ziya decided to continue his great cause of chatting. “Is your cla.s.smate in poor health? Does she faint like this often?”

Li Yao didn’t seem very certain as she replied, “Zhixiang’s personality is very quiet, and there doesn’t seem to be anyone in the department very close to her. Originally, we weren’t too close either. We only started working together recently to write our reports because we’re in the same group. I don’t know whether she used to faint regularly in the past. I hadn’t paid attention.”

She seemed a little embarra.s.sed as she said, “If she were to just fall over like this in cla.s.s, everyone might have thought that she had fallen asleep and not that she had fainted.”

Lu Yang nodded his head in understanding, “Forget cla.s.s, even if Ziya was halfway through eating and suddenly just fell over, I would go and cover him with a blanket.”

“I think that you’re more likely to kick me–“

In the middle of his words, a sudden “pzzzz“ noise attracted the trio’s attention. They lifted their heads to check the origin of the sound. It was a wall lamp, and perhaps it was broken. It was currently flickering non-stop, unlit one moment and lit the next. However, because it was daytime and the light was positioned right next to the window, the flickering was not very obvious in the current bright sunlight. If it weren’t for the sudden sound, they probably would not have noticed that small wall lamp.

“Is the light broken?” Li Yao looked at that lamp a little doubtfully.