Chapter 51 Torture
Chapter 51 Torture
"call--"
Lu Zijin, who had just finished taking a shower, wrapped herself in a fluffy bath towel, letting her wet short hair drip with water, leaving a small water stain on her shoulder.
Today is just the first day of military training. The scorching sun seems to melt people. Standing at attention and marching in step, every movement drains all her strength.
"Boom boom boom——"
A rapid knock on the door interrupted Lu Zijin's action of drying her hair.
"Who is it?" She walked to the door and looked through the peephole. It was Ye Yiling.
"Sister Yiling, it's you, come in." Lu Zijin opened the door doubtfully. Ye Yiling was usually in a hurry, but today she looked particularly excited, with a pair of big eyes sparkling, as if hiding some secret.
"Zijin, are you okay?" Ye Yiling looked Lu Zijin up and down as soon as she entered the room, as if checking if there were any parts missing from her body. "I heard that you were bullied at school today. Fortunately, someone came to your rescue. Are you injured?"
"Huh?" Lu Zijin was confused. "Sister Yiling, who told you that? How come I didn't know that I was being bullied at school?"
"Oh, don't hide it from me. It's all over the school forum now!" Ye Yiling said, took out her mobile phone, opened the school forum, and handed it to Lu Zijin.
"promise!"
In the most conspicuous position on the forum homepage, there was a post with the title "Surprise! A hero appeared on the first day of military training to save a beautiful girl. Was he acting bravely or..."
The post vividly described how Lu Zijin was bullied by a senior school bully during military training this afternoon, and then was rescued by a tall and handsome boy.
Some people even took a few blurry photos. Although the faces of the people could not be seen clearly, they could vaguely be identified as Lu Zijin and Lin Ye from their body shapes and clothes.
"What the hell is going on?" Lu Zijin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Zijin, stop pretending and tell me what happened." Ye Yiling's gossiping spirit was burning. "Is it true that someone is a hero saving a beautiful girl, as they say on the forum?"
Unable to resist Ye Yiling's enthusiasm, Lu Zijin had to tell her roughly what happened this afternoon. Of course, she deliberately concealed Lin Ye's name and automatically ignored the part where she said he was her boyfriend.
"Oh~" Ye Yiling dragged out the last syllable meaningfully, her eyes rolling around, "So, you really are a hero saving a beautiful girl? Did you thank her properly?"
"Thank you very much," Lu Zijin answered vaguely.
"Hey, I heard." Ye Yiling suddenly lowered her voice, leaned close to Lu Zijin's ear, and said mysteriously, "The boy who saved you this afternoon is your boyfriend?"
"puff--"
Lu Zijin almost choked on his own saliva, his cheeks turned red instantly, and he stammered, unable to speak.
Ye Yiling looked at Lu Zijin's reaction and smiled even more ambiguously, "I seem to remember hearing that person's name was Lin Ye?"
"It can't be such a coincidence, right?"
Hearing her words, Lu Zijin wished she could find a hole to crawl into. She was so embarrassed that her toes almost dug out of the three-bedroom apartment.
"Hey, Zijin, you still want to hide it from me?" Ye Yiling looked at Lu Zijin with a smile, "Why didn't you say you didn't know Lin Ye last time when I mentioned him?"
Lu Zijin felt uncomfortable under Ye Yiling's inquiring eyes. She took a deep breath and decided to confess. "Sister Yiling, actually, this is what happened."
She told Ye Yiling everything about how she awakened Zi-O and exchanged Decade's power with Lin Ye. These were not secrets. During the awakening ceremony this year, someone in Tianhuo City exchanged the strongest Decade for the weakest Zi-O. This was already a hot news all over the country.
Now that Lu Zijin is holding the Decade Driver, it can be said that there is no need for her to give any additional instructions, as others already know what is going on.
Then, Lu Zijin briefly talked about the novice dungeon she and Lin Ye had played together, as well as today’s military training.
"Wow, that sounds so cool!" Ye Yiling held her chin with both hands, looking forward to it. "It's exciting to think about killing the boss of the novice copy in three moves without transforming and beating Rainbow Song Chad!"
"Zijin, you are so lucky to meet Lin Ye."
"It's not as exaggerated as you say." Although Lu Zijin said this, she couldn't help but feel a little sweet in her heart.
"By the way, Zijin, tell me honestly," Ye Yiling suddenly approached Lu Zijin and asked seriously, "Do you like Lin Ye?"
"Ah?" Lu Zijin was caught off guard by Ye Yiling's sudden question. His heart skipped a beat and his cheeks instantly became hot.
"Hey, stop pretending. Look at you, your face is so red!" Ye Yiling pointed at Lu Zijin's red cheeks and smiled ambiguously.
Lu Zijin was so embarrassed by Ye Yiling's words that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She stammered and could not utter a word, so she could only let Ye Yiling tease her.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, maybe she hasn't been caring about Lin Ye so much just because of the exchange of knight power two months ago.
No matter where this man appears, he seems to be the focus of the crowd, always attracting everyone's attention.
It makes people have to actively approach him and follow him.
This is why Lu Zijin is like this.
"I knew it!" Ye Yiling slapped her thigh. "Lin Ye may look cold and aloof, but he is so strong and handsome. Which girl can resist his charm?"
"Sister Yiling, you..." Lu Zijin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore." Ye Yiling smiled and patted Lu Zijin's shoulder. "You can just tell me earlier that you like him. Can I, your sister, steal your boyfriend from you?"
"Sister Yiling!" Lu Zijin glared at Ye Yiling coquettishly, but she felt sweet in her heart.
The two chatted for a while, and Ye Yiling suddenly seemed to think of something, and asked doubtfully: "Zi Jin, have you ever thought that Decade is an SSS-level knight, and Zi-O is a low-ranking knight. Did Lin Ye really volunteer to exchange with you at that time?"
Lu Zijin was stunned for a moment. She had thought about this question before, but Lin Ye had never shown any dissatisfaction, and he was also very adept at using the power of the Time King, so she did not delve into it.
"I don't know why." Lu Zijin shook his head, "But, Lin Ye seems to be quite suitable for Zi-O."
Pretty suitable for Zi-O?
Ye Yiling nodded thoughtfully and said nothing more.
"Sister Yiling, what's wrong with you?" Lu Zijin noticed that Ye Yiling was acting strangely and asked in confusion.
"Nothing." Ye Yiling shook her head and said with a smile, "It's been a day of military training. You must be exhausted. Go to bed early. I'm leaving first."
"Yeah, okay." Lu Zijin nodded and watched Ye Yiling leave.
(End of this chapter)