The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers-Chapter 870: Twisting the Bottle Cap

Under the sunset in a thriving public park, a wooden bench, leaning against the backrest, Liu Fufeng looked up and met Ji You’s bewildered eyes. He looked at Ji You gently.

Then.

Liu Fufeng lowered his head again, the afterglow of the sunset casting on him, highlighting Liu Fufeng’s fair, delicate features which appeared even more fair. His translucent complexion seemed to be tinged with a thin layer of golden radiance...

"Ji You." Liu Fufeng’s slightly lowered eyelashes were dense like fan-shaped feathers.

A very light, very subtle voice, if Ji You hadn’t been paying attention to him all the time, he almost wouldn’t have heard it. Ji You asked, "Why are you here?"

This park was built on a relatively primitive mountain forest preserved by the school, with some appropriate modifications following. The park is nestled against the mountains and rivers, offering a very beautiful scenery, suitable for school students and teachers to pass time leisurely, or to find solace when feeling emotionally distressed.

Liu Fufeng bowed his head, silent.

Silence.

Around, except for the sound of wind and the creek, almost no other sounds were heard.

When Ji You thought he wouldn’t hear an answer, Liu Fufeng suddenly exclaimed, "Irritated."

Just one word, but it was enough to explain the other’s mood. Ji You blinked and then took a step back, saying, "Oh—then continue being irritated, I’ll be on my way."

Liu Fufeng: "..."

Ji You walked away without uttering any unnecessary nonsense.

Da~

Da~

Da~

...

Listening to Ji You’s decisive departing footsteps, Liu Fufeng raised his head, looking at Ji You’s retreating figure. His mouth opened slightly, with an expression on his face that was hard to describe simply with words:

[Normal behavior, shouldn’t she have asked why I was irritated? Or, at least simply said a few words like don’t be irritated, think broadly, everything will get better when you broaden your mind, that kind of conventional talk. Wouldn’t she stay? Or—leave just as she said? Moreover—I wasn’t going to borrow money from her, did she need to run so fast?]

Watching Ji You’s figure about to disappear, Liu Fufeng opened his mouth, gently coughed, "Cough, cough... Ji..."

Ji You had reached a bend, heard the cough, and immediately turned around, asking, "Student Fufeng, do you need any help?"

Liu Fufeng looked at Ji You, who stopped but didn’t come back, instead stood still quietly watching him. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, after a while, he suddenly said, "Ji You, could you help me buy a bottle of water, please?"

Ji You: "..."

After saying this, Liu Fufeng was surprised by himself, with slender fair fingertips trembling slightly at his back, his face showing an extremely sincere expression, "Please help me buy a bottle of water, thank you."

Ji You pointed to a vending machine 10 meters to Liu Fufeng’s right, saying, "Over there."

Liu Fufeng: "..."

Ji You asked, "Do you need any other help?"

As Liu Fufeng stared at Ji You with clear eyes, his face suddenly flushed a bit as if after long mental preparation, he said, "I... I don’t have any points." Even by the end of this semester, Liu Fufeng still lacked the privilege to use credit points for purchases within the campus.

Ji You: "..."

Just knew it, stopped herself surely to borrow money!

Indeed—

Her intuition had never failed. Ji You, while complaining, said, "Alright, I’ll buy you a bottle."

Upon hearing this, Liu Fufeng’s face showed obvious joy, he happily said, "Ji You, thank you."

Ji You walked over, tossed a bottle of drinking water directly into Liu Fufeng’s chest, waved her hand saying, "You’re welcome, we’re classmates, helping each other is expected."

Finishing the sentence, in the next moment, Ji You said, "5 credit points for service fee, please settle on site."

Liu Fufeng: "..."

Liu Fufeng’s face showed a hint of distress, softly said, "Sorry, I can’t give you."

Ji You opened her mouth in shock, saying, "5 credit points service fee, and you won’t even give it? How stingy can you be?" At least, he was once the Crown Prince of the Empire.

Liu Fufeng said softly, "Teacher Mu does not allow this kind of thing to happen. Could... could I owe you first? I... I’ll pay you back after graduation."

Ji You: "..."

Graduation, at least 3 years away. Drag it for a while, might turn into a bad debt.

Seeing Liu Fufeng’s genuine expression of embarrassment, shyness, helplessness, and dilemma... Ji You wasn’t sincerely trying to charge any service fee, she was just casually saying, so she waved her hand, "Forget it, consider this water as my treat."

Liu Fufeng raised his head in surprise, showing a look of disbelief, "Ji You? You..."

Ji You said, "Drink it."

Liu Fufeng softly said, "Thank you."

The clean bottled water lay in Liu Fufeng’s embrace, but he hadn’t immediately accepted it nor did he immediately open the cap to drink. Ji You was slightly puzzled, casually asked, "Need me to help you open the bottle cap?"

Upon asking this, Ji You herself found it amusing, then Liu Fufeng lifted his head, his excessively beautiful eyes seriously stared at Ji You, softly asked, "Could... could you?"

Ji You: "..."

Ji You exclaimed, "You can’t even open the bottle cap?"

Liu Fufeng lowered his eyes, "Yes."

Ji You: "..."

Ji You restrained her twitching mouth corner, said, "You wouldn’t ask me to feed you to drink, would you?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Fufeng shook his head, seriously said, "No, I use a straw."

Ji You felt slightly speechless, but still reached out, took the bottled water, gently twisted, saw the bottle cap turned opened, then handed the water to Liu Fufeng, saying, "Here."

Liu Fufeng said, "Thank you."

After saying these two words, he continuously kept both hands at his back, then extended one to add a straw quickly, after which Liu Fufeng swiftly retracted his hand to his back.

Though Liu Fufeng’s movements were swift, in those brief seconds, Ji You had already seen Liu Fufeng’s hand hidden at his back in full view. The originally defined and slender beautiful hands, now had chilling and terrifying wounds from fingertips to palm, wrist... These wounds appeared very thin, as if pierced by needle-like or dagger-like objects, judging from the healing marks, the wounds seemed to have been around for 4 or 5 days. Ji You frowned but didn’t immediately question the source of the wounds, instead asked, "Being hurt this badly, why not get treatment?"

These minor external injuries, put in a treatment instrument, would heal in just a few minutes.

Why not?

At the mildly puzzled look from Ji You, Liu Fufeng had already perceived, he looked at Ji You, saying, "Can’t heal."

Ji You: "???"

Liu Fufeng raised his hand, lowered his head, gently drank water, he didn’t open up further to the subsequent questions from Ji You.