“Luo… Luo Yingbai.”
Luo Yuanfan had a strange expression. He knew he should say thanks, but facing Luo Yingbai, he couldn’t say it, so he asked, “Aren’t you going back to the dormitory?”
Seeing him standing at the door, Luo Yingbai walked over and stood with him outside the Special Investigation Unit’s door, saying: “Not going back.”
Luo Yuanfan was probably not bad at heart, but his emotional and intellectual intelligence were both worryingly low.
He looked Luo Yingbai up and down and asked suspiciously, “You really know magic, and you’re not a fraud?”
Luo Yingbai said, “Yes, of course it’s real. But I’m best at curses.”
Luo Yuanfan thought he was trying to scare him and chuckled. Luo Yingbai wasn’t angry and said: “For example, you’re making me unhappy right now, so I’ll curse you to lose money within an hour.”
Luo Yuanfan wanted to laugh again, but thinking about the previous terrifying events, he felt uncertain. He opened his mouth but didn’t dare to speak and turned to walk down the large steps in front of the Special Investigation Unit.
Then, midway, his foot slipped forward, and he fell heavily face-first. His phone flew out of his pocket with the movement, rolling down the steps, and then there was a heartbreaking shattering sound.
Luo Yuanfan forgot to even get up, watching this scene with wide eyes, heartbroken to the point of almost crying.
“Luo Yingbai,” he gritted his teeth, wanting to cry, “I’ll never dare to offend you again, wuwuwu…”
Luo Yingbai was startled by his fall and both surprised and unable to suppress a laugh.
He said, “Did you really just curse someone with your mouth, or was it the puddle of water I spilled on the steps? But even if you knew he might slip on the water, how could you be so sure his phone would shatter?”
Luo Yingbai rubbed his nose: “Uh, actually I knew nothing.”
Gou Songze: “?!”
Luo Yingbai said: “Well… actually, our dormitory just called me, saying a pair of pants was blown by the wind into the pond downstairs, asking if it was mine… it’s not mine, it’s his, so isn’t that losing money?”
Gou Songze: “…”
Wei Shou walked over quickly with Luo Yingbai’s phone: “Senior brother, phone call.”
Luo Yingbai saw the caller ID was Cheng Yin and was instantly excited, rubbing his hands and answering with a gentle, knowledgeable voice: “Hello, is that Cheng Yin?”
Wei Shou and Gou Songze both shuddered simultaneously.
Cheng Yin on the other end replied with an even gentler, more knowledgeable voice: “Brother Yingbai, are you at the Special Investigation Unit entrance right now?”
Luo Yingbai was stunned: “How did you know?”
Cheng Yin said: “Look up.”
Luo Yingbai looked up and saw a young man in the distance waving at him, then hanging up the phone and running over.
Luo Yingbai immediately whispered quickly: “You must pretend not to know me, or I’ll tell Xian Ning that you’re slacking off at work.”
As he spoke, Cheng Yin had already run up, and Luo Yingbai preemptively said: “Oh, what a coincidence. Are you here to find Luo Yuanfan? He just left, if you want to chase him, you’ll have to hurry.”
Cheng Yin was stunned, glanced in the direction Luo Yingbai indicated, and sighed: “Forget it, we’ve broken up anyway.”
I’m just here to check on him as a friend. Is he okay?”
Luo Yingbai said: “He’s fine, won’t be sentenced.”
Cheng Yin said: “That’s good, that’s good. Then… I’ll head back if there’s nothing else.”
Not letting his carefully cultivated con artist work go to waste, seeing him hesitate to leave, Luo Yingbai quickly said: “Wait, I almost forgot to ask, have you sorted out your sales channels?”
Cheng Yin sighed: “Ah, it’s not easy. After all, I’m just an unknown eighteen-line singer with no money or connections. It’s hard to do something good.”
Luo Yingbai comforted him: “Do what you can. It’s already good that you have this intention.”
Cheng Yin paused, then suddenly asked: “Could you… lend me two thousand yuan?”
Before Luo Yingbai could answer, he hurriedly explained: “I know this isn’t quite appropriate, since we’ve only known each other for such a short time… but I’ve already considered you a very important person. I just want to tide things over, I can pay back quickly, but I have no one else to ask.”
Luo Yingbai thought for a moment and smiled: “I believe you. But I don’t have cash, I’ll transfer it to you via Alipay?”
After Cheng Yin left, Wei Shou anxiously asked: “Senior, you know he’s a con artist.”
Why did you give him money?”
Luo Yingbai laughed: “Of course he’s a con artist, but a high-level one. Don’t worry, his goal is definitely not the money.”
Wei Shou was confused: “Not money? Then why did he ask you for it?”
Luo Yingbai said: “To make me believe him.”
He explained to Wei Shou: “You saw our WeChat conversation earlier. Actually, Cheng Yin didn’t come here to find Luo Yuanfan – he doesn’t even know Luo Yuanfan is here. He came because after I didn’t reply to many of his messages and then suddenly replied briefly, he felt something was off and came to probe.”
This is true. Cheng Yin had seen Xia Xianning before, so he naturally couldn’t show his face this time. However, Luo Yingbai felt that Xia Xianning seemed to be in a bad mood, so he quickly explained: “I’m not just here to play. I want to see what his purpose is and probe a bit.”
Xia Xianning said coldly: “If it’s not for money, then it’s for someone. It’s easy to guess without probing.”
Luo Yingbai thought for a moment before understanding Xia Xianning’s meaning, and laughed: “You’re overthinking it. When you like someone, your gaze should be different. Cheng Yin’s acting is good, but there’s only calculation in his eyes, no emotion. He’s definitely planning something else.”
Xia Xianning raised an eyebrow: “You seem to know quite a bit.”
Luo Yingbai modestly said: “Not really.”
I can ask my senior brother for advice if needed in the future.”
After saying this, he noticed Xia Xianning’s slightly softened expression darkening again. This guy had been moody lately, which was quite troublesome, but he couldn’t intimidate Luo Yingbai.
Luo Yingbai reached out and pulled Xia Xianning’s cheek: “Come on, why are you always looking so serious? Life is beautiful, smile!”
Xia Xianning pushed him away, but Luo Yingbai immediately stuck close again, pushing his shoulder: “Smile, smile! Don’t look so gloomy. Aren’t you happy to see me? I’m always happy to see you…”
Xia Xianning was helpless and, despite trying to maintain his serious expression, the corners of his mouth involuntarily lifted. He said helplessly: “Alright, stop shaking me. I’m already smiling.”
Luo Yingbai leaned in to check, satisfied: “That’s more like it. Okay, it’s so late now, go rest. Look at you, dawdling and delaying my sleep time.”
Xia Xianning originally thought the matter with Cheng Yin was over, but when he brought a blanket to this troublemaker, he found Luo Yingbai laughing at his phone again. He couldn’t help but ask: “What are you laughing at?”
Luo Yingbai cheerfully handed him the phone. Xia Xianning took it and saw it was about Cheng Yin again, feeling quite annoyed.
Looking closer, he discovered that Cheng Yin had just asked Luo Yingbai to video chat.
Xia Xianning: “!!!”
He continued reading and saw that Luo Yingbai hadn’t agreed, replying: “We just met.
Cheng Yin said: “Haha, nothing. I just suddenly wanted to see Yingbai-ge… Can’t we open the video?”
The last message was Luo Yingbai’s reply: “Okay. Nude chat? If you dare to go nude, I’ll chat.”
Xia Xianning: “…”
Luo Yingbai was incredibly pleased with his witty reply, slapping the bed and laughing: “Hahaha, let me see if he replied… Ah, not yet. This coward, hahaha, he wanted to flirt with me but gave up halfway… Oh my, I can’t stop laughing… Xianning, kick me!”
