Chapter 7: The Wordless Heavenly Book

  "It doesn't matter."

  Yun Hai Fan hastily wiped her sleeve, holding her left hand in a precious manner, and pressed her right hand against the cuff of her sleeve, making it bulge slightly. The ambiguous gesture made An Su somewhat doubt his judgment. He lightly waved his magic wand, casting a dazzling light in front of Yun Hai Fan's eyes. Yun Hai Fan instinctively raised her hand to block her vision, but An Su caught a glimpse of a white flash at the cuff of her sleeve. An Su immediately changed direction and ignited a circle of hot waves around Yun Hai Fan's feet. As An Su rushed over to grab it, Yun Hai Fan instinctively flicked her left hand, and a paper scroll about the thickness of a book slipped out of her sleeve and fell into An Su's hands.

  Ansu put away his magic wand and flipped it over, but found that it was a white paper: "What is this?"

  Yun Hai Fan hung his head and didn't speak, as if he had been caught in the act, a flush rising to his face.

  Ansu's face floated with a subtle smile: "I said you're not clean, and indeed you haven't changed your ways." She rolled up the book and heavily knocked it on Yunhai Fan's head several times, seemingly pleased: "You even stole paper from the library for copying books, how poor are you!"

  Having said that, she tossed the paper roll in her hand backwards, and the paper roll drew a long arc in mid-air, steadily falling into the hands of Xiang Ziyin who was just about to leave.

  Ansu didn't hear the sound of the paper falling to the ground, and when she turned her head, she saw that Xiangyue had picked it up. In an instant, her eyes sparkled with a bright smile. The tenderness in her eyes was like a water lily flower that couldn't withstand the cool breeze, and it suddenly became coquettish, making people's hearts flutter. Yunhai Fan stole a glance and saw the ambiguous redness on Ansu's nose, and immediately understood what was going on.

  I really did get a nosebleed!

  Xiang Ze Yin returned a polite smile, with a hint of subtle elegance in her expression. An Su couldn't help but blush and quickly turned to leave. Yun Hai Fan then pulled out a roll of dark gray paper from the sleeve of her right hand, which was the cover she had just torn off the book. When An Su called out to her, she discovered that the book cover could be detached, fortunately, when An Su tried to burn her with fire, she perfectly let the white paper on her left side fall off, otherwise... the consequences would have been unthinkable.

  "Give." Xiang Zi handed over the white paper he had received, "What is this?"

  "The paper for copying books, I embezzled it." Yun Hai Fan lifted his head and smiled sweetly at Xiang Ze Yin's puzzled eyes, "An Su said so, do you believe it?"

  "When did the library ever use such good paper to copy books?" Yun Hai Fan didn't want to say, and Xiang Ze Yin didn't ask much either, directly changing the subject, "Did she scald you just now?"

  Only then did Yun Hai Fan notice the pain coming from his ankle, and he replied in a distant yet polite manner: "It's nothing, I didn't have much time anyway."

  Xiang Ze Yin glanced at her and didn't say anything else, just using it as an excuse to leave.

  He must have seen something.

  Yun Hai Fan thought that Xie Yin, with her gentle eyes earlier, had a hint of insight, and it was likely to save face that she didn't ask. As she thought about this, she reassembled the book cover and pages before entering Ge Hui's office. Ge Hui was deeply immersed in the sponge-filled backrest chair, propping up his head, lost in thought, completely unaware of Yun Hai Fan's arrival.

  "Sister Ge."

  Yun Hai Fan lightly called out to Ge Hui, and also closed the office door. The office still had a tense atmosphere, with an air of unresolved conflict lingering. Seeing Ge Hui's unconscious state, Yun Hai Fan snapped his fingers, and the spiritual energy he obtained a few days ago landed on her forehead, not too heavy or too light, but enough to startle her awake.

  "Ah...... Yun Hai Fan, what's up?"

  Yun Hai Fan waved his hand with the book: "I couldn't copy this book, not a single word."

  "No way to cheat then don't cheat...... Wait, you said there's not a single word?" Ge Hui stood up from the deep-seated chair, "Quick! Let me take a look!"

  Yun Hai Fan was always a calm and composed person, never one to get flustered. Seeing Ge Hui's anxious state, he deliberately took his time, presenting the item with a slow and respectful bow. Ge Hui had been eager to grab it quickly, but understanding the importance of the book, she too had to calm herself down and carefully flip through its pages.

  Yun Hai Fan sat down on the short sofa beside him, and handed over the tea that was still steaming hot to Zhi Yin. With a smile, he picked up the tea but didn't drink it, instead watching Ge Hui's expression gradually calm down before slowly speaking: "What did An Su come for?"

  "For a book." Ge Hui gently stroked the pages of the book, "A book just like this one."

  Wow, I really picked up treasure!

  The cloud sea sail hooked the corner of his mouth and immediately restored a ceremonial smile: "What's this book?"

  "It's a coincidence." Ge Hui looked at Yun Hai Fan with an unfathomable gaze, "This book is called 'Puppet Technique', also known as one of the 'Divine Scrolls', the other being 'Natural Magic'."

  "Hehe," Yun Hai Fan smiled foolishly, "What a coincidence."

  "Where did you find it?"

  "Haha," Yun Hai Fan thought Ge Hui's question was really not up to par, "Of course it was when I was copying books and mixed it with a pile of other books, only realizing there were no words on it when I picked it up."

  "That pile of books..." Ge Hui apparently didn't quite agree with Yun Hai Fan's words, but after carefully sizing him up, she also felt that he had no need to lie, so she relaxed her tone and said, "Since you're the one who found this book, you can take it first."

  "This isn't good, is it?"

  Saying so, Yun Hai Fan still took the book without hesitation. This book did not have a library label or barcode, and it was clear that it did not belong to the library. Ge Hui was suspicious of the book's origin because of this point. Since the book had no owner, she might as well consider it a gift from heaven.

  Ge Hui waved her hand, telling her to stop pretending. Yun Hai Fan then asked the key question: "How do you read this book?"

  "I don't know." Ge Hui replied extremely calmly.

  "Then... how did you know the title of the book?"

  "Oh." Ge Hui said lightly, "Because I know that these two wordless books, the one with a removable cover is 'Puppetry', and the one that can't be removed is 'Natural Magic'."

  “……”

  Inside the office.

  "What did you just say?!" Wen Zhan couldn't believe his ears. "That Mr. Ge... Teacher Ge actually said no?"

  An Su stood quietly by, not understanding Wen Zhan's anxiety. Wen Zhan had promised her that as long as she went to do it, whether she succeeded or not, he would let her compete with Yun Hai Fan in the school assessment. Currently, it seemed that Wen Zhan had attributed all responsibility to Ge Hui, and as for why she hadn't left, it was simply because Wen Zhan hadn't told her to leave.

  She didn't dare to rudely put away Wen Xiang's gift just yet.

  "Impossible... impossible..." Wen Xuan paced back and forth, muttering to himself, "It should have been in the library, no matter which book..."

  "Isn't it 'Natural Magic'?" Ansu interrupted, hearing something off.

  "It's all blank anyway, who knows which one it is!" Wen Zhan tossed off a sentence with a bad tone.

  When she heard this, An Su's heart skipped a beat: "Then... the paper quality of the book is very good, very delicate... just like, just like human skin!"

  Wen Zhan stopped his monologue and looked at An Su with a pair of suspicious eyes: "What?"

  An Su hesitated: "If I'm not mistaken... that book should be in Yun Haiyan's hands."