Can We Get Married First?  75p2

Chapter 75 p2

The security guard was watching nearby, and Chi Lin was a little embarrassed to let him hear that she was going to copy homework. Her discreet question made it sound like they were about to conduct some shady deal.

“I brought it. Let’s go, the Winter Limited Cram School has its final lesson.” Lin Xiaozhi walked with a spring in her step, as if a gust of wind could carry her away.

Chi Lin looked at Lin Xiaozhi, then at Wei Zhuoning, who was grinning from ear to ear. She hesitated slightly as she walked home.

She wondered if spending time with these two today would make her cringe to death.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiaozhi meant it when she said she wouldn’t let them directly copy the homework. Like a disciplinary director, she urged them to start writing.

When they encountered problems they couldn’t solve, Lin Xiaozhi patiently explained them. By dusk, they had finished half of the winter break homework.

“What should we do? At this rate, we’ll have to pull an all-nighter…” Wei Zhuoning scratched her head. “We’ve only finished 600MB of questions.”

Lin Xiaozhi: “Even if we have to stay up all night, we have to finish. We don’t have to go back to school until tomorrow afternoon, and the opening ceremony is the day after tomorrow. You still have time for last-minute work.”

Chi Lin looked at the time and closed her tablet: “You guys keep writing. I have to go out for a bit, I’ll be back in about two hours.”

“Ah? You’re leaving? Where are you going?”

“My sister has a match today, and I promised to watch it live.”

As soon as Lou Mi was mentioned, Wei Zhuoning immediately perked up: “Nine Heavens is playing against Wild Hurricane today! Ahhh, I want to go watch it live too! Take me with you!”

Lin Xiaozhi tugged at her collar: “Hey! You haven’t finished your homework yet. Chi Lin can skip it, she’s smart, she can finish it later by herself. What about you? Do you want to be at the bottom of the class again?”

Wei Zhuoning swore: “I can watch the match and do my homework at the same time, really! I used to write while memorizing textbooks!”

“…No wonder you were last in the exams.”

“Lin, Lin, can you take us with you? To be honest, I’ve always wanted to cheer for Sister Lou in person!”

Lin Xiaozhi frowned: “Hey, don’t pressure her, okay?”

Chi Lin hesitated: “Taking you to the venue shouldn’t be a problem, but…”

She looked at Lin Xiaozhi, who was frowning.

Wei Zhuoning tugged at Lin Xiaozhi’s sleeve, pleading: “Please?”

Lin Xiaozhi: “…”

Alright, alright, she had already given her heart away, so what else could she say no to?

Nine Heavens’ third match in the Winter World Cup was about to begin.

With the previous god-like 1314 play, everyone was guessing how long it would take HighTowerMiyuki to crush their opponents this time.

Lou Mi herself, however, was guessing how much longer it would take Chi Lin to arrive.

She paced back and forth in the waiting room, going to the window for the fourth time.

From this window, she could directly see the VIP audience area.

To prevent being secretly photographed and harassed again, this time Lou Mi had reserved a separate box for Chi Lin, separated from the surrounding seats, with a sofa, and various drinks, snacks, and popcorn.

But the box was still empty. Where was Chi Lin?

Xie Buyu saw Lou Mi pacing and knew that her precious little sister hadn’t shown up yet, and that she was getting anxious.

HighTowerMiyuki, known for her mystique, was so easy to read when it came to love…

Xie Buyu winked at Huhu.

Huhu: “?”

“Go give Sister Mi a glass of hot water and tell her to come back and sit down. The match is about to start, she needs to calm down.”

Huhu: “…I’m still young, I haven’t fallen in love or gotten married, I don’t want to die yet.”

“Tsk, how would giving Sister Mi some water get you killed?”

“It’s pretty deadly. Otherwise, why don’t you go, Sister Buyu?”

“How can I go?” Xie Buyu retorted. “I’m the main player today. What if I get benched? You’re a substitute today, even if you lose an arm or a leg, you still have time to recover, right?”

Huhu: “Am I a gecko or Piccolo…”

As Huhu and Xie Buyu were trying to goad each other into “certain death,” Fu Tu came out of the bathroom. Passing by Lou Mi, she followed her gaze and looked out, curious:

“Sister Mi, Little Chi Lin hasn’t arrived yet? Isn’t she coming today?”

Lou Mi: “…”

Fu Tu, completely unaware of her misstep, sat down on the sofa. Xie Buyu bowed to her:

“I was blind before. You are truly the bravest.”

Fu Tu: “What are you talking about?”

The match was about to begin, and Chi Lin’s hurried WeChat message arrived.

“Sorry, Sister, I was catching up on homework at home and I’m late. I’m in the box now, and I brought two classmates with me.”

Lou Mi’s mood instantly brightened. Looking through the glass window, Chi Lin had indeed arrived!

Lou Mi stood on tiptoe, biting her lower lip, and quickly sent a voice message.

In stark contrast to her excitement, her voice message was very short, just one word:

“Okay.”

The match began, and the audience focused on the big screen.

The four members of Nine Heavens were riding horses through a sandstorm.

Today’s map was the Corrosive Desert.

Audience A: “Corrosive Desert, another map HighTowerMiyuki excels at.”

Audience B: “Is there any map Sister Lou doesn’t excel at?”

Chi Lin excitedly awaited Lou Mi’s brilliant performance. Suddenly, the scene before her eyes forked, as if someone had forcefully torn space apart.

Panic surged in Chi Lin’s heart. Her vision blurred, and she broke out in a cold sweat.

After three seconds, everything returned to normal.

“Are you alright?” Lin Xiaozhi noticed Chi Lin’s strangeness.

Chi Lin, pale-faced, forced a smile: “I’m fine.”

Pagoda initiated a team fight, Lou Mi secured the first kill, and the screams of the audience filled the venue.

Her head hurt.

Chi Lin had intended to stand at the glass railing in front of the box to watch Lou Mi’s match properly, but the dizziness and headache forced her to sit back down.

She desperately wanted to focus, but couldn’t.

A chill ran through her body, as if all her energy was being devoured by some invisible force…

Based on her vast experience, Chi Lin judged that she might have been poisoned.

But where did the poison come from? She hadn’t eaten anything strange, nor had she smelled anything unusual.

What on earth…

“Huh? What’s this?”

Wei Zhuoning removed a black object from the back of Chi Lin’s neck.

The thing was only half the size of a fingernail. At first, Wei Zhuoning thought it was inanimate, but when she touched it, it suddenly spread its wings and flew away with a buzz, startling her.

“Such a big bug! Lin, it was on your neck for so long, and you didn’t feel it?”

Chi Lin covered her neck: “No, not at all.”

Lin Xiaozhi asked her to move her hand and looked closely. There seemed to be a tiny, almost invisible hole.

Lin Xiaozhi: “A mosquito?”

“No way!” Wei Zhuoning denied. “I’m not blind. It was some kind of beetle, definitely not a mosquito.”

“It’s not even spring yet, how can there be bugs so early?” Lin Xiaozhi asked Chi Lin, “How are you feeling? Are you okay?”

Chi Lin had felt unwell earlier, but after the bug was gone, the discomfort had lessened.

The match intensified. Lou Mi’s performance was spectacular, and both Lin Xiaozhi and Wei Zhuoning were captivated. Chi Lin also shifted her attention back to the game.

It was another resounding victory today.

After the match, Lou Mi happily ran to the box to find Chi Lin.

Wei Zhuoning seized the opportunity to take a photo with Lou Mi, who patiently cooperated with all her requests.

The headache returned, and Chi Lin’s vision began to blur.

“What’s wrong?” Lou Mi, keenly aware that something was amiss, came over and took her hand.

Chi Lin: “I think I have a fever…”

Lou Mi touched her forehead with her own: “You’re a bit warm. The weather has been changing a lot lately, and so many people are getting sick. These kinds of places are full of germs. I shouldn’t have let you come. Come on, let’s go home. I have fever reducers at home.”

Chi Lin really didn’t want Lou Mi to worry about her, but her current condition was indeed not good. She felt lightheaded and dizzy, similar to how she felt when she had fallen into the pond and developed a fever before.

Lou Mi skipped the celebratory dinner and drove Chi Lin straight home.

As they left, Wei Zhuoning was still worried about Chi Lin, but Lin Xiaozhi said:

“She has her big sister to take care of her, so don’t worry too much. Have you finished your homework?”

“…”

“Weren’t you able to watch the match and do your homework at the same time?”

“That…”

“Come on, let’s go to my place. Don’t even think about sleeping tonight until you’ve finished your homework.”

“Waaah…”

The small black bug hovered above the crowd and quickly landed on the back of a pale, sickly woman’s hand in the last row of the stands.

“Good boy, you did well.” The woman stroked the bug’s back, then squeezed it, crushing it into dust.

A Bao, wearing a baseball cap, woke up groggily just in time to see Xiao V pour the bug’s remains and the blood it had collected into a lake-blue container.

“Ugh,” A Bao said with disgust. “You’re so crude.”

After returning home, Chi Lin went straight to bed. The dizziness intensified.

When Lou Mi brought her medicine and hot water, she couldn’t even sit up. An invisible force seemed to be lifting her into the air.

She didn’t know what was happening. She struggled to open her eyes and looked down, seeing herself still lying on the bed, and Lou Mi sitting beside her.

Chi Lin wanted to call Lou Mi’s name, but her throat felt like it was open, with wind rushing in. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t make a sound.

After that, she lost consciousness.

She didn’t know how long she slept. Chi Lin felt like she was deep in a mire, struggling to climb upwards until she finally saw a glimmer of light.

Reaching towards the light with great effort, she felt a wrinkled, restrictive sensation on her skin.

It was like wearing an ill-fitting garment that she couldn’t take off.

As she struggled, the “garment” seemed to come alive, clinging tightly to her body.

Suddenly, Chi Lin opened her eyes. She was fully awake.

It was a small bedroom, the ceiling gray and stained with water marks, one corner already moldy.

She was lying on a narrow single bed, the blanket dirty. The bed was littered with opened snack bags, unfamiliar school uniforms, and socks that looked like they hadn’t been washed in ages.

Everything was unfamiliar to her until she saw a doll among a pile of messy medicine bottles.

Nori the Demon Child.

Chi Lin grabbed the Nori the Demon Child doll in disbelief and got out of bed, walking towards the full-length mirror.

She had already prepared herself mentally, but when she saw a completely unfamiliar face in the mirror, she was still too shocked to speak.

Messy short hair, dull eyes, and an exaggerated, unkempt afro.

Had she switched bodies?

Apparently so. She had left her original body and entered someone else’s.

This was also a teenage girl, and even this body had two moles under its eyes.

Chi Lin instinctively turned her head, searching for the birthmark on the back of her neck in the mirror.

She found it. The same location, an extremely similar birthmark.

Chi Lin’s face paled.

She didn’t know how this had happened, but since it had, she had to force herself to calm down and think.

What would happen to her original body after losing its soul?

Would it die?

Chi Lin looked at the doll in her hand.

No.

Could it be…

A terrifying possibility dawned on her, and panic surged within her.