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Su Qing looked at Yukino quietly, then slowly spoke:
"Intention? If I had to pinpoint it, there would only be two points." His tone revealed a hint of contemplation.
"How about trying to get everyone's feedback?"
Yukino was silent for a moment, then answered softly:
"To be honest... I'm used to handling things on my own, this is the first time I've done something like this."
Su Qing knew that Yukino hadn't finished speaking, so she continued to smile at her. Yukino knew that Su Qing was waiting for her answer.
"It feels... kind of strange, but... not unpleasant."
Yukino turned her head to the side and said softly.
"so."
Su Qing nodded, and casually labeled Yukino as a tsundere.
"If that was the first point, what about the second point?"
Seeing that Su Qing showed no intention of continuing, Yukino pressed for an answer.
"The second point? The second point is of course because more people mean less work to do, and friends... are for asking for help in these kinds of situations."
"Let's go, they'll get impatient if we keep talking."
Yukino was clearly surprised by Su Qing's simple and direct answer, and... what was with this tone that treated her friend like a tool?
"Weird guy..."
In fact, if it weren't for Shiro, she wouldn't have tried to ask the other party for help yesterday, but the other party asked her to try asking the Service Department's "Everyone".
I really don't understand what he's thinking...
"However, I don't dislike her..."
Feeling a warmth in her heart, Yukino muttered to herself before following Su Qing's steps.
……
After the two returned from buying drinks, they found that the atmosphere had obviously changed, most notably because a girl had suddenly appeared in their place.
"Um... have you guys seen a white cat?"
The girl asked the others anxiously.
"Is it a white cat with blue eyes?"
Su Qing also walked over at this moment. The thing he was most worried about had finally happened. He looked at Yukino beside him with some concern, but found that she was calm and showed no signs of abnormality.
"Yes, yes! Have you seen it? Its name is Snowball, and it's my pet cat."
"Don't get excited, take a look and see if it looks like this."
Yukino's heart skipped a beat, but she still took out her phone and opened the photo album, which contained photos she had taken from a distance a few days ago.
"Yes, yes, yes! Where is it now? Please tell me."
Upon seeing the familiar cat in Yukino's photo album, the girl's face revealed an uncontrollable excitement and joy, her eyes sparkling with bright light.
"How can you prove that you are the owner of that cat?"
Su Qing spoke up at this moment.
"Ah, I...I...I..."
The girl clearly hadn't expected Su Qing to ask that question, and in her haste she started stammering, but thankfully she quickly remembered something and took her phone out of her pocket.
"As you can see, most of my photo album is filled with pictures of me and Xueqiu, all taken a long time ago. You can check the dates."
Seeing that Su Qing and the others fell silent, the girl thought they didn't believe her, so she quickly scrolled through her phone again.
"If you don't believe me, look, I just took that child to see a vet not long ago. It's been sickly since it was a puppy, and I have records of it."
In fact, when the other party took out their phone's photo album, Yukino and Su Qing already knew that what the other party said was probably true, and the earliest of those photos could even be traced back to a year ago.
Of course, it's not impossible that the other party might have sabotaged things, but in such a short time, the possibility is extremely slim.
"Why haven't you posted any missing cat notices even though it's been missing for several days?"
Yukino's icy voice echoed in the air, seemingly lowering the surrounding temperature, causing the girl to shiver involuntarily. Her lips trembled as she struggled to explain:
"I...I posted it myself on the bulletin board, and I posted several of them..."
But I didn't expect that the student council would tear it down the next morning on the grounds that it was illegal. I thought that no one had any clues.
It wasn't until today that a friend told me someone had seen a white cat in the neighborhood... and I wondered if it could be my Snowball...
Perhaps it was because Yukino's gaze was somewhat cold at this moment, but the girl's voice became softer and softer.
"Okay, we believe you. But unfortunately, we only saw it a few days ago, and we haven't seen it today."
"Ah... well, thank you anyway. At least I know Snowball must be nearby."
After the girl thanked him, she was about to leave when Yukino suddenly called her back.
"Yes, what's the matter?"
"I'll help you look for it."
Although Yukino felt a deep, indescribable bitterness in her heart, she could tell from the happy photos of the other person and Shiro that the other person genuinely cared for Shiro.
Now, helping Xiaobai reunite with its owner is clearly the right thing to do.
"Huh? Is that alright? Then I'll leave it to you!"
Although Yukino's appearance just now frightened her a little, she couldn't care less at the moment. Anyone who could help find the cat must be a good person!
"No, it's 'we'."
"Yes, yes, if Xiaoxue is looking for it, we can't be left behind!"
"It's come to this... we have no choice but to go for it."
"I also want to do my part."
Yukino took the lead, and the others echoed her.
Yukino was stunned for a moment, a surge of indescribable emotion welling up inside her.
This feeling was something she had never experienced before; it was like a warm stream flowing quietly through her heart, making her feel a sense of comfort and peace she had never felt before.
"Let's use this place as the center and split up to search."
Su Qing quickly made the suggestion, and then everyone dispersed in different directions.
……
Have you seen Xiaobai over there?
"No."
After searching for more than ten minutes, Yukino and Su Qing coincidentally met up because the two had chosen directions that were adjacent to each other.
Faced with Yukino's question, Su Qing shook his head. He had called out to Shiro more than once along the way. If it were nearby, it should have come out long ago.
Unless it has no way to get out?
"Where did they go...?"
As time ticked by, Yukino began to grow anxious.
"It's Xiaobai's voice!"
Suddenly, as if she had heard something, Yukino ran toward the source of the sound with a look of surprise, and Su Qing quickly followed.
The two quickly followed the sound to the bridge at Sobu High School.
"It should be somewhere around here..."
Yukino looked around. Judging from the volume of the sound, they should be quite close to Shiro now.
"Then, isn't that Xiaobai?"
Yukino's gaze quickly settled on the lake not far away, where something seemed to be struggling.
Su Qing followed Yukino's finger and his gaze immediately sharpened.
He carefully observed the lake surface and quickly realized that it was indeed Little White.
"It's definitely Xiaobai."
Su Qing nodded, but didn't get a response from Yukino. Su Qing turned around and saw that Yukino was actually trying to jump down.
"what are you doing?"
Feeling the immense force coming from her waist, Yukino disregarded her embarrassment, even though it was an extremely sensitive area.
"With your physical strength, don't even think about saving it."
After lifting Yukino down from the bridge railing, Su Qing sighed; she was clearly overly anxious.
"Then, what should we do?"
Su Qing's words clearly calmed Yukino down a lot. She knew that what Su Qing said was true. Even though the lake at Soubu High School was an artificial lake and not very deep, there was still a certain risk to her physical strength.
However, hearing Shiro's panicked voice, Yukino was extremely anxious. A wave of helplessness washed over her, engulfing her entire being.
"Stay here, I'll go."
Su Qing's voice was calm and firm, his tone even, without the slightest tremor or hesitation. Then, he quickly took off his shirt and jumped into the lake.
Yukino was stunned for a moment when she heard Su Qing's words. She wanted to stop him, but Su Qing moved too fast and she didn't have time to react.
So she could only hold onto Su Qing's clothes tightly and anxiously watch the movements on the lake.
……
P.S.: It's the weekend, and there are fewer requests for updates... That's good. It seems that most of my readers are out having fun and don't have time to read my book.
The author isn't sad at all, really.
Chapter 123 The Untold Story of Su Qing, Yui, and Yukino on the Shore
"Please... nothing should happen..."
On the bridge, Yukino gazed at Su Qing's receding figure, her slender fingers gripping the clothes in her hands even tighter, as if trying to contain all her worries and anxieties within that clenched fist.
"There should be something useful..."
Yukino looked around anxiously, her gaze quickly scanning the bridge before finally settling on the very center, where the answer she needed seemed to lie.
At the same time, Su Qing's commotion as she jumped into the lake caught the attention of Yui, who was nearby. Although she hadn't witnessed the moment Su Qing jumped in, the sound of splashing water clearly reached her ears. She rushed over and saw Su Qing swimming towards a certain spot in the lake at an astonishing speed.
"Is it... Xiaobai?"
Yui squinted, quickly assessed the situation, and realized that Su Qing had jumped into the lake to save Xiaobai from drowning.
"It's alright, come up on my head."
Su Qing quickly swam to the area where Xiao Bai was drowning and lifted it high above her head. Xiao Bai seemed to understand Su Qing's words and curled up into a ball on Su Qing's head, its wet fur clinging to its body, looking particularly helpless.
"Xiao Qing, over here, over here!"
Yui had somehow reached the nearest shore to Su Qing at the fastest speed she had ever run. She was panting heavily, but still shouting loudly, clutching several thick tree branches she had hastily picked up from the bridge.
Seeing this, Su Qing carried Xiao Bai on her head and swam towards Yui's direction. After swimming all the way to the shore, because the railing was not high and there were gaps, Xiao Bai realized that it had been rescued, so it gathered its strength and leaped over Su Qing's head to the shore.
"Xiao Qing, hurry up and grab my hand."
Seeing that Su Qing had safely swum to the shore, Yui breathed a sigh of relief and tossed aside the tree branch she had intended to use for support. She leaned on the railing, reaching down to Su Qing with a hand full of concern and anxiety.
Little White, who had just jumped ashore, shook off the water and looked anxiously at Su Qing below. Its sapphire-blue eyes were filled with worry.
Seeing this, Su Qing simply sighed and muttered, "Are they all idiots?"
He then groped along the shore for a while and quickly found a suitable point to exert force. After taking a deep breath, he pushed off with both legs and his body soared into the air like an arrow.
His movements were fluid and powerful, drawing a graceful arc in the air. At the same time, one of his hands had precisely gripped the lower half of the railing, his fingers tightly wrapped around it, as if he had become one with the steel railing.
Immediately afterwards, his other hand followed suit, firmly gripping the other side of the railing. With each alternating effort, his body drew closer and closer to the top of the railing.
Finally, using the firm support of his hands, he twisted his waist and nimbly flipped his body upwards. His legs drew a clean arc in the air, and he successfully reached the shore to Yui's astonishment.
"Are you okay?"
Two different voices rang out at the same time.
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