Chapter 7: Volume 1 Chapter 7 Dangerous Professor Makes My Soul Swoon (7)

Although the living room had the heating on, the girl's body on the sofa was still curled up, her rose-colored lips somewhat pale.

After a moment, Huo Yin suddenly reached out, scooped her up horizontally, lifted his leg and walked toward the bedroom, laying her on the bed.

Outside the window, the night grew darker; goose-feather snowflakes spread before the floor-to-ceiling window, reflected in the streetlight's glow, the cold wind stirred the trees, making a soft rustling sound.

It was snowing again.

Huo Yin, walking to the floor-to-ceiling window, his expression darkened; he reached out and pulled the curtains shut, blocking the outside view.

"Ding."

The phone message notification interrupted his thoughts; he turned, walked to the bedside table, picked up Jiang Zhi's phone, intending to set it to silent.

The message that appeared at the top of the phone screen made his finger pause.

【Liu Yang: Zhizhi, hurry and look, it's snowing outside again, your favorite snow.】

Huo Yin's memory was almost pathological; seeing that name, he quickly retrieved the memory.

This was a student from his school, namely the one who, when he and Jiang Zhi went to the cafeteria to eat, asked her for contact information.

He hadn't expected that they would still be in contact.

Snow?

She likes snow the most?

Huo Yin lowered his eyelids; beneath his long black lashes lay a layer of gloom, his pupils reflecting a tangible chill.

He hated snow the most.

But she loved snow the most.

Huo Yin put down the phone, lifted his hand to sweep the bangs from his forehead back, his gaze swept over the sleeping girl on the bed, then he lifted his leg and walked out.

The winter night seemed especially long.

Black clouds blocked the moonlight and starlight; in the dark, dim alley, the heavy snow made a soft, pleasant rustling underfoot.

Only when a glimmer of white light appeared on the horizon did the city blanketed in white snow gain some liveliness.

A community sanitation worker held an iron shovel in one hand and a plastic bucket in the other, walking at the alley entrance, shoveling away the thick snow stroke by stroke.

The snow was too deep for pedestrians to walk, and it would later freeze over.

After the sanitation worker shoveled away a pile of snow, just as he was about to take two steps forward, he suddenly saw fingers exposed in the snow.

"Ah!!!"

"Today's news special report: On the evening of January 26, 2021, a major criminal case occurred in the South Min District of A City. A corpse was found in the snow. The corpse was male. After forensic examination, the stomach was filled with snow chunks."

Jiang Zhi walked out of the bedroom, rubbing her sleepy eyes, her steps unsteady, listening to the news playing on the TV, she walked to the sofa and sat down.

Huo Yin came out of the kitchen holding breakfast; seeing the person lying sideways on the sofa, he calmly said, "Come over and have breakfast."

Jiang Zhi curled up on the sofa, perhaps because she had slept too long the night before, her head feeling dizzy and heavy, she tilted her head to look at him, "Did I sleep in your bedroom?"

Huo Yin did not answer her question, walked over and turned off the TV, then said, "I bought you a toothbrush and towel; they're in the bathroom, go brush your teeth."

Jiang Zhi became clear-headed, tilted her head back and gave a silly laugh, "Teacher Huo, do you want me to live here?"

Huo Yin's face was expressionless: "Don't think too much."

Jiang Zhi got off the sofa, dragging her shoes toward the bathroom, stopped halfway, and said with a bright smile, "You wait for me to eat together."

Having said that, her back disappeared around the corner.

Huo Yin withdrew his gaze and walked toward the bedroom.

Upon seeing the blanket on the bedroom bed strewn about haphazardly, he raised his hand to cover half his face.

She should have been left to sleep on the sofa for a night.

After tidying the blanket, Huo Yin then left the bedroom.

The breakfast was finished.

Huo Yin saw the guest off right there.

"I'll send you back."

Jiang Zhi still didn't want to leave; the man's stir-fried dishes were so delicious there was no need to order takeout.

After she went back, she would have to return to the days of ordering takeout.

"Wu wu, my tooth isn't healed yet." She whispered while crying.

Her fake-crying skill was maxed out.

Huo Yin saw through it at a glance, feigning ignorance: "Today I have something to attend to out of town."

Now Jiang Zhi had no reason to stay.

"Okay." She blinked, looked at him and said, "Thank you, Teacher Huo; I've been very happy from yesterday to today."

"Also." She paused, then continued, "I'm glad to have many firsts with you."

Cooking noodles, sleeping in his bedroom.

Huo Yin: "."

The veins at the corners of his brows bulged; his perfectly feigned face almost cracked.

Huo Yin struggled to contain himself, saying word by word: "I'm rushing to catch a flight."

Jiang Zhi stopped teasing him, obediently picked up her bag, and followed him out.

Returning to her happy hometown, Jiang Zhi's period arrived as well.

This body has menstrual cramps!!

Jiang Zhi, in agony as if dying, still had to go out to buy sanitary pads; there weren't enough at home.

She bundled up even thicker, daring not to let the cold invade her body, otherwise the menstrual pain would worsen.

She picked up her phone to navigate to the nearby supermarket; because it had been snowing these days, although the roads were melted with salt, they were slippery and hard to walk on, she hailed a taxi for half a day but none came.

Could only walk there on foot.

"Brother Seven, can you make the pain disappear?" Jiang Zhi clutched her stomach, her back slightly bent, her face as white as the snow on the ground.

777: "This system doesn't have that function."

Jiang Zhi couldn't take it anymore: "Can you make my period disappear?"

777: "That function isn't available either."

Jiang Zhi burst into tears: "What good are you then?"

777: "."

Finally reaching the supermarket entrance, after buying a pack of sanitary pads, Jiang Zhi picked up her phone to navigate to the pharmacy.

It hurt so much she could barely endure it.

She needed to buy painkillers.

The navigation was glitchy, winding her around, and she didn't even know where she'd ended up.

Jiang Zhi suddenly stopped and listened carefully for any movement behind her.

There was no sound at all; it was eerily quiet.

Jiang Zhi licked her dry lips and asked 777, "Is a villain following me?"

777: "No."

Jiang Zhi wondered, "Who is it?"

That person had been tailing her from the corner up ahead, keeping a steady distance, seemingly waiting for a chance to strike.

777 answered her question: "Your looks easily attract perverts."

Jiang Zhi teared up: being beautiful is also a sin.

Out of the corner of her eye she spotted the alley beside her, and Jiang Zhi suddenly bolted into it.

Entering the winding alley, outsiders easily got lost, and Jiang Zhi was no exception.

She turned five or six corners, found a concealed crack, and slipped inside.

Not long after, hurried footsteps sounded outside, searching back and forth before gradually fading away.

Jiang Zhi didn't leave; instead, she pulled out her phone from her pocket and called her dear Teacher Huo.

Just as she was about to hang up, the call finally connected.

Hello?

Jiang Zhi's lowered voice trembled with fear:

"Huo… Teacher Huo, save… save me."

Huo Yin, who was about to board a flight, heard her voice, his face darkened, and said, "Send me the address."

After sending the address to the man, the line stayed open.

Huo Yin soothed her emotions on the other end, urging her to stay calm and not be afraid.

After who knows how long, Jiang Zhi stood in the crack, her legs aching; when she tried to shift her stance, a twisted, ugly face suddenly shoved itself into the gap.

That face was covered in pockmarks, grooves spreading like ravines; its beady, mouse‑like eyes were dull and murky, its expression drooling with lust, tongue flicking over its lips as it stared intently at her and said, "I've finally found you."