Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

[This chapter does not contain any bad information. Please read it rationally and put your own safety first.]

"Thank you so much today..."

While walking on the road, Xueno suddenly spoke, with a rare tenderness in her voice.

"Don't say that. It's the result of everyone's joint efforts." Su Qing shook his head.

"I know, and I'm grateful to them too. But...thank you anyway."

The two walked side by side, but neither of them looked at each other, as if they were enjoying this rare tranquility.

"If you really want to thank me, please buy me a glass of water."

"Okay, what do you want to drink?"

"I'm just kidding."

Su Qing didn't expect Xue Noi to take it seriously, he was just joking.

"You...did you say that on purpose yesterday?"

Yukino suddenly stopped, her eyes sparkling.

"What do you mean?"

When Su Qing saw Xue Noi stop, he thought that the other party was going to insist on treating him, but now it seems that he was overthinking.

"In fact, even if you are alone, you can build it quickly."

"Well... facts aside, it is true."

"I want to know your intention in doing this."

Xueno looked at Su Qing with an extremely serious expression.

Su Qing looked at Xue Nai quietly, then spoke slowly:

"Purpose? If I have to say, there are only two points." There was a hint of thought in his tone.

"How about trying to please everyone?"

Yukino was silent for a while, then answered softly:

"To be honest... I'm used to handling things on my own, but this is the first time."

Su Qing knew that Xueno had not finished speaking, so she continued to look at her with a smile. Xueno knew that Su Qing was waiting for her answer.

"It feels... strange, but... not unpleasant."

Xueno turned her head and spoke softly.

"so."

Su Qing nodded and labeled Xue No as a tsundere.

"If what we just said is the first point, what about the second point?"

Seeing that Su Qing had no intention of continuing to speak, Xue Nai asked.

"The second point? The second point is of course that with more people we can do less work. Friends... are for times like this."

"Let's go. If we continue talking, they will get anxious."

Xueno obviously didn't expect Su Qing's answer to be so simple and direct, and...what's with this tone of treating friends as tools?

"Weird guy..."

In fact, if it wasn't for Xiaobai, she wouldn't have tried to ask the other party for help yesterday, but the other party asked her to try to ask everyone in the service department.

I really don't understand what he is thinking...

"But it's not annoying..."

Feeling a little warmth in her heart, Xueno added to herself and then followed Su Qing's pace.

……

After they came back from buying drinks, they found that the atmosphere was obviously wrong. The most obvious thing was that there was suddenly a girl in the place.

"Um... did you see a white cat?"

The girl asked Hikigaya and the others anxiously.

"Is it a cat with white fur and blue eyes?"

Su Qing also came over at this time. The thing he was most worried about finally happened. He looked at Xue Nai beside him with some worry, but found that she looked calm and there was no sign of abnormality.

"Yes, yes! Have you seen it? Its name is Snowball, and it's my pet cat."

"Don't get excited yet, let's see if it looks like this."

Yukino's heart skipped a beat, but she still took out her cell phone and opened the album, which contained photos she had taken from a distance a few days ago.

"Yes, yes, yes! Where is it now, please, please tell me."

As soon as the girl saw the familiar cat in Yukino's photo album, her face revealed irrepressible excitement and joy, and her eyes sparkled brightly.

"How do you prove that you are the owner of the cat?"

But Su Qing asked at this time.

"Ah, I, I, I..."

The girl obviously didn't expect Su Qing to ask this, and she even stuttered in a panic, but fortunately she quickly thought of something and took out her cell phone from her pocket.

"You can see that most of my photo albums are photos of me and Xueqiu. They were all taken a long time ago. You can see the dates."

Seeing that Su Qing and the others fell silent, the girl thought they didn't believe it, so she swiped her phone quickly again.

"If you don't believe me, just look. I took the child to see a veterinarian not long ago. He has been in poor health since he was young. I have all the records here."

In fact, when the other party took out the photo album on his mobile phone, Xueno and Su Qing already knew that what the other party said was probably true. The earliest of those photos could even be traced back to a year ago.

Of course, there is a possibility that the other party may have tampered with the plan, but in such a short period of time, the possibility is very small.

“Why didn’t you post a missing cat notice after it was lost for several days?”

Xueno's cold voice rang out in the air, as if the temperature around her had dropped a few degrees, which made the girl shiver uncontrollably. She trembled her lips and tried to explain:

"I, I posted it on the notice board myself, and I posted several more...

But I didn't expect that the student union would tear it down the next morning on the grounds that it was illegal. I thought no one had any clues.

Until today, a friend told me that someone saw a white cat nearby... I wondered if it was Snowball from my house..."

Maybe it was because Yukino's gaze was a little cold at the moment, the girl's voice became lower and lower.

"Okay, we believe you. But unfortunately, we only saw it a few days ago, but not today."

"Ah... Well, thank you anyway. At least I know Snowball must be nearby."

After thanking him, the girl was about to leave, but at this moment Yukino suddenly called her.

"Yes, what's the matter?"

"I'll help you look for it."

Although Xueno's heart was filled with unspeakable bitterness at the moment, from the photos of the other party and Xiaobai that were full of happiness just now, it can be seen that the other party really treats Xiaobai well.

And now, helping Xiaobai reunite with its owner is obviously the right thing to do.

"Hey? Is that okay? I'll leave it to you then!"

Although she was a little scared by Yukino's appearance just now, she couldn't care less at the moment. Anyone who could help find the cat must be a good person!

"Wrong, it's [us]."

"Yes, yes, if Xiaoxue is looking for it, we can't be left behind!"

"It's already like this... I have no choice but to do it."

"I want to contribute, too."

Yukino took the lead, and the others followed suit.

Yukino was stunned for a moment, and an indescribable emotion surged in her heart.

This feeling was something she had never experienced before. It was like a warm stream, quietly flowing through her heart, making her feel an unprecedented comfort and peace of mind.

"Then let's split up and search from here."

Su Qing quickly suggested, and then everyone dispersed in different directions.

……

"Have you seen Xiaobai over there?"

"No."

After searching for more than ten minutes, Xueno and Su Qing coincidentally met each other because they chose adjacent directions.

Facing Xue No's question, Su Qing shook his head. He had called out to Xiao Bai more than once along the way. If it was nearby, it should have come out long ago.

Unless, there's no way it can come out?

"Where on earth did you go..."

As time passed, Yukino began to become anxious.

"It's Xiaobai's voice!"

Suddenly, Xueno seemed to have heard something and ran towards the source of the sound with a look of surprise on her face. Seeing this, Su Qing hurriedly followed.

The two quickly followed the source of the sound and arrived at the bridge of Sobu High School.

"It should be around here..."

Yukino looked around. Judging from the volume of the sound, they should be very close to Xiaobai now.

"Then, is that Xiao Bai?"

Yukino's gaze quickly fixed on the lake not far away, where something seemed to be struggling.

Su Qing looked in the direction where Xueno's finger pointed, and his eyes immediately became sharp.

He observed the lake carefully and soon saw that it was indeed Xiaobai.

"It's Xiaobai, for sure."

Su Qing nodded, but before waiting for Yukino's response, Su Qing looked back and found that Yukino was trying to jump down.

"what are you doing?"

Feeling the huge force coming from her waist, even though that was an extremely sensitive part of her body, Yukino didn't care about the embarrassment at the moment.

"With your physical strength, don't even think about saving it."

After carrying Xueno down from the bridge railing, Su Qing sighed. It was obvious that the other party was too anxious.

"Then, what should we do?"

Su Qing's words obviously calmed Yukino down a lot. She knew clearly that what Su Qing said was the truth. Even though the lake in Sobu High School was an artificial lake and not very deep, there was still a certain risk with her physical strength.

However, hearing Xiaobai's panicked voice, Xueno was extremely anxious. For a moment, a feeling of helplessness came over her like a tide, eroding her whole body.

"Stay here. I'll go."

Su Qing's voice was calm and firm, his tone was calm, without the slightest tremor or hesitation. Then, he quickly took off his shirt and jumped into the lake.

Xueno was stunned for a moment when she heard Su Qing's words. She wanted to stop him, but Su Qing's movements were too fast and she had no time to react.

So she could only hold Su Qing's clothes tightly and watch the movements on the lake anxiously.

……

PS: It's the weekend now, so I've been asked to update less frequently... That's good. My readers are probably all out having fun and don't have time to read my books.

The author is not sad at all, really.