Chapter 79: Two Slaps and the Vanishing Phone

  When Bai Xueya saw Lu Haichen's face, she suddenly remembered the poisonous oath she had made last night when she got off the big bus - if Lu Haichen came, she would jump off the cliff immediately... Haichen was suffocating her.

  Then, another surge of anger burst forth from her chest, and Bai Xueya pinched her waist with a round-eyed glare, sternly questioning: "What else? Why did that guy Lu Haocen also come? Are you and he in cahoots to bully me?"

  If I had known he was coming, she would rather die than attend that damn summer camp.

  Seeing Baek Ah-young's face twisted in a "I-could-kill-him" expression, Kim Jae-yeon opened his mouth to reveal an even more helpless smile. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and repeatedly accompanied it with "This... what union is this... it's not like that at all... it was Hwang Cheon's mom who forced him to sign up..."

  Bai Xueya let out a deep breath, thought for a moment, and ultimately didn't have the energy to care anymore.

  The whole morning was spent in hard training. By the time lunch break arrived, everyone was drenched in sweat and panting heavily.

  After lunch was distributed, Bai Xueya chose a relatively quiet and shaded place to rest.

  Today's sun is extremely scorching, as if it has absorbed the heat from all over the world and is emitting a fiery passion without end.

  Cicadas were chirping loudly in the woods, the earth was emitting scorching heat, and except for this quiet corner, everything around seemed so restless and hot.

  Unfortunately, this pure land was also coveted by people with ulterior motives.

  When Bai Xueya was savoring the sweet and sour pork ribs with relish, a pair of black sports shoes appeared in her line of sight.

  She raised her head and saw Sun Yuyang along a pair of slender white long legs.

  She lowered her head, scrutinizing herself with a queen-like arrogance. Her willow-leaf eyebrows were slightly raised, and the vermilion phoenix eyes shone with a proud light. Sun Yuyang had a faint smile on his lips, standing in front of Bai Xiaoya with his arms around him, enveloping her slender body in his own shadow.

  Bai Xue gave her a cold glance and directly ignored her as if she were air, lowering her head to continue eating.

  Sun Yuyang suddenly slapped her hand with a palm at this time.

  The two chopsticks were shocked and flew out about two meters away, stumbling and rolling into the bushes, disappearing from sight.

  Sun Yuyang snorted in satisfaction at the sight.

  Her fingers involuntarily clenched in mid-air, Bai Xueya held her breath for a long time before slowly putting down the bento box beside her and standing up, her gaze stubbornly looking back at her.

  Sun Yuyang was very tall, almost half a head taller than Bai Xiaoya. But when he saw Bai Xiaoya's eyes, the fearless and determined light in her eyes, Sun Yuyang's arrogant expression was replaced by astonishment in an instant.

  After a long while, she composed herself and made an effort to curl up the corners of her lips in a mocking smile: "Hehe, sorry about that. This tree really is a great place to have a meal, isn't it? And oh, I'm also very sorry, but when I greeted you just now, I accidentally dirtied your chopsticks."

  After she finished speaking, she seemed to smile carelessly, but her heart was full of triumphant satisfaction.

  "It doesn't matter." Bai Xueya smiled lightly, her expression as calm and carefree as if she didn't care at all.

  The smile on her face froze suddenly, and Sun Yuyang looked at her with some astonishment, not believing that she wouldn't get angry about what had just happened.

  But that pure smile, those clear and transparent eyes... seemed like an angel fallen to earth, untainted by a single speck of dust, making one unable to help but believe that she had truly forgiven her own "unintentional mistake" from the bottom of her heart.

  I thought she would get furious? But instead, she's smiling like a saint? Is she out of her mind?

  Bored?

  After a long time, Sun Yuyang let out an uninteresting cold hum and was about to turn around and leave, but unexpectedly, everything in front of him went black. With a "slap", his head was heavily hit back.

  That one sound was very clear and loud, enough to attract the attention of other students. So when everyone looked over in confusion, they only saw Sun Yuyang's red and swollen cheek and disheveled hair.

  A scorching pain on his face, Sun Yuyang unbelievably slowly touched his cheek, and couldn't help but take a painful breath.

  What's wrong with you? You actually... actually slapped her?

  She bit her lip, turned her head and stared at Bai Xiaoyun's calm and serene expression, scolding fiercely: "You this cheap..."

  The following words have not been spoken yet.

  "What?"

  Another slap came down heavily.

  This time was more painful than last time, Sun Yuyang only felt a buzzing in his ears, and his whole face was almost numb.

  She bit her lip hard and looked at Bai Xiaoya again, only to see her smiling and patting her palm, saying loudly: "Sorry, summer mosquitoes are really a lot, huh? The mosquitoes here are very poisonous, so I hit you a bit harder, don't mind?"

  After finishing speaking, she curved up her lips, bent down to pick up the boxed meal on the stone, and leisurely went to find another piece of clean land.

  Only Sun Yuyang was left standing there in a daze.

  What's wrong with Bai Xueya?

  Looking at Bai Xueya's nonchalant appearance, Sun Yu Yang felt a surge of anger, as if he was about to swallow her whole.

  Originally wanted to teach that little wild girl a lesson? Didn't expect to be slapped twice by her instead?

  This grudge... must she avenge it?

  Her face was burning with a fiery pain, behind her were the strange and contemptuous eyes of her classmates, and in her ears were the unfriendly whispers... Were these humiliating moments all thanks to Bai Xiaoya?

  She swore? Sooner or later she would make her body shattered into dust?

  In the evening, a dense and mysterious white fog descended with the night, shrouding this quiet forest.

  In the depths of the mountains, the bush warbler has stopped singing. The moonlight is cold and eerie, occasionally a crow flies by or lands on a branch, letting out a hoarse and desolate cry that evokes the mysterious and terrifying night castle in the dark and withered forest.

  Dew is heavy at night.

  The light in the tent is dim.

  After a busy day, everyone was very quiet, even Sun Yuyang, with fewer hints in language and expression, only occasionally glaring at Bai Xiaoya's back, revealing a fierce and hateful gaze.

  Gu Jiaqi had fallen asleep early, her long hair covering her face and hiding her pale cheeks. The lamp light made her eyelashes appear even more black and dense. She lay on her side, sleeping very soundly, as if she had encountered something delightful in her dreams, the corners of her mouth occasionally curving up in satisfaction.

  Bai Xueya lay in bed staring at the ceiling, lost in thought. She didn't know how long she had been like that when Sun Yang turned off the light and also got into bed. In the darkness, she took a deep breath, her fingers unconsciously reaching under the pillow.

  Nothing?

  She stared blankly for a moment, propped herself up and moved the pillow to take a look, but no matter how she felt around, her phone was still nowhere to be found.

  Strange... where did she throw it?

  She hastily got up, hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up the idea of turning on the light. She opened her flashlight and rummaged through the tent.

  However, this small disturbance still startled Sun Yuyang.

  She turned over, furiously whispering: "What's going on? It's so late, can't you let people sleep? Can't whatever you're looking for wait till morning? Annoying!" After that, she pulled the quilt over her head.

  Bai Xueya glanced at her, although she was unhappy in her heart, but she didn't want to entangle with her too much.

  After continuing to search for a while, she sat on her bed with nothing to show for it, blankly thinking back on the events of today and where she had gone.

  Could it be...

  Her eyes lit up, and she suddenly remembered that she had put her phone on the stone pedestal beside her during lunch.

  It should have fallen there...

  Guessing, Bai Xueya quietly and lightly stepped out of the tent, accompanied by the faint moonlight, she came to the big tree at noon.

  But still no sign of the phone was found.

  If there was a mobile phone at this time, it would be easy to find by making a call. However, Gu Jiaqi had already fallen asleep, and Sun Yuyang, who regarded her as an enemy, would not help. The lamp in Jin Zaiyan's tent had also gone out. At this time, everyone was already asleep, so who else would be awake?

  Why don't we... look for it again tomorrow?

  Bai Xueya thought for a moment and decided to give up searching. However, at the moment she turned around, she saw a tall figure leaning against a big tree not far away.

  Under the moonlight, he wore a white silk shirt, with tight jeans outlining his perfect figure. His dark brown hair was blown by the wind into disarray, occasionally covering his clear eyes. He leaned against the tree trunk, gazing afar in a contemplative pose, yet in the darkness, his eyes seemed to pierce through reality and gaze at a distant past...

  Bai Xiaoyu was stunned.

  It was also her first time seeing Lu Haochen look so sorrowful.

  He used to be gloomy all the time, with a wicked smile on his face, and even his words were rarely comforting.

  But now, that sorrowful profile, those quiet eyes, that Lu Haochen, seemed to have undergone a metamorphosis, like a shadow about to disappear, quietly, dimly, in an uninhabited corner...

  She suddenly felt he was very lonely.

  Not the loneliness of having no friends or family by your side, but rather, the desolation of losing the past and discarding memories...

  After a long time, Bai Xiao Ya hooked up the corner of her lips and turned around to leave.

  At this time——

  Lu Haochen turned his face and gazed at her from afar.

  "Aren't you sleeping so late?"

  Bai Xueya's footsteps came to a halt. For some reason, she caught a hint of concern and warmth in Lu Haochen's tone.

  This feeling caught her off guard.

  After a long while, she took a deep breath, turned around and pretended to be calm, curling up the corners of her mouth: "You still haven't slept? Be careful not to die from lack of sleep!"

  It was originally a sarcastic remark, but somehow it carried a hint of concern.

  Lu Haochen let out a low chuckle, straightened his back and slowly walked over until he was two steps away from her before stopping, staring at her in a daze.

  That hazy moonlight, that pitch-black quiet night...

  In past memories, there seems to be a similar scene, only it was such a heart-wrenching moment.

  Bai Xueya raised her head and looked at him, saying quietly: "Hey, is your phone around?"

  "Huh?"

  "Is your phone on you?"

  He reached into his pocket and pulled out a black touchscreen phone, handing it directly to her.

  Bai Xueya took over the phone and looked back at him: "Don't you ask why I want to borrow your phone?"

  Lu Haochen smiled silently, neither affirming nor denying.

  Bai Xue Ya dialed the number quickly with her fingers, and soon the receiver rang out a long ringing sound...

  "Mooooo..."

  Immediately

  "GeeGeeGeeGeeBabyBaby, GeeGeeGeeGeeBabyBaby……" A very out-of-place music broke the quiet night.