Chu Yang quickly came out with a backpack, "Have you been waiting long? Let's go."
"Not long."
Chu Yang and Liang Huan left the housing complex and took the bus to the shopping mall in the city center. Liang Huan bought a few sets of clothes for her family and mailed them home, then went to the bookstore and bought two books. Seeing Liang Huan buying clothes reminded Chu Yang of Chu Luo and her parents, so she also bought two sets of clothes for Chu Luo, her father, and her mother, as well as a set of pajamas for Chi Yan.
Afterwards, the two went for hot pot together. After they finished eating, it was already late in the evening, past 8 o'clock.
On the other side, Chi Yan and his grandfather had already finished dinner and hurried back. When they entered the housing complex, the security guard told him, "I saw your little girlfriend and a female friend go out earlier and they haven't come back yet."
Chi Yan: Huh? Does Yang have female friends here?
However, he didn't think too much about it. He just thanked the security guard and then called Chu Yang.
"I'm still out, I'll be back soon. I'm with Liang Huan."
"Okay."
After the call, Chi Yan felt reassured and waited calmly for Chu Yang to return.
Chu Yang and Liang Huan had already taken the bus back to school. As soon as they got off the bus, Liang Huan suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no! I forgot, I had a piece of clothing altered earlier and need to pick it up."
Chu Yang: "No problem, I'll go with you."
"It's okay, I can go by myself. I don't want to waste your time."
Chu Yang shrugged, "What's the waste? It's Saturday, a day off."
"Alright then."
Then Chu Yang followed Liang Huan to a small alley outside the school gate. Liang Huan explained to Chu Yang, "Grandma Lin's needlework skills here are very good. Many people who want to alter clothes will bring them to her. Grandma Lin also has a granddaughter, and the two of them live together, so we give them all our jobs. It's just that the location is a bit remote."
Chu Yang was deep in thought and didn't respond. Liang Huan didn't mind and after walking for five minutes, they arrived at Grandma Lin's place. Although it was only a five-minute walk, they had to turn several corners, and if Liang Huan hadn't led the way, Chu Yang wouldn't have recognized the route. Liang Huan paid and got the clothes back from Grandma Lin, then prepared to leave with Chu Yang.
The lighting in the small alley was dim, with old houses on both sides. Occasionally they would see a stray cat or two meowing, and the dim light cast their long shadows, one ahead and one behind.
The two had just turned two corners when three drunken men suddenly appeared in front of them. Liang Huan was startled and immediately grabbed Chu Yang's hand, intending to pass by on the side. But unexpectedly, the three men blocked their path as soon as they saw them. Liang Huan was frightened and shouted, "What are you doing?"
The three men laughed loudly, "We're not doing anything! The little beauty looks so pretty, why don't you come and play with us?"
The three men laughed as they approached Liang Huan and Chu Yang. Liang Huan pulled Chu Yang, intending to run away, but Chu Yang immediately stepped in front of her and took out a pepper spray from her bag, spraying it directly into the three men's eyes.
"Ahh! My eyes!"
Then Chu Yang kicked each of them in the crotch, and the three men screamed even louder and rolled on the ground in pain.
Liang Huan's mouth was wide open in shock, "Chu... Chu Yang?"
Chu Yang turned and calmly took her hand, "Let's go."
As they walked, she handed the pepper spray to Liang Huan, "Girls shouldn't go to dimly lit and remote places alone, especially at night. It's best to carry some protective gear. If you encounter someone with bad intentions, turn around and run immediately, shouting for help and calling the police."
Liang Huan followed Chu Yang in a daze, nodding as she walked.
After seeing Liang Huan off at the school gate, Chu Yang said, "Okay, you go back. My boyfriend is still waiting for me."
Liang Huan: "Okay, thank you."
Chu Yang waved her hand, "Go on in. I'm leaving now." After that, Chu Yang headed to the bus stop and boarded a bus.
Liang Huan: Why does it seem like Chu Yang purposefully escorted me back? But wait, isn't she going back to school?
Liang Huan returned to the dorm room with her things, still holding the pepper spray that Chu Yang had given her. "Guys, do you know what happened just now?"
Her roommate thought there was some juicy gossip, "What happened? Did someone confess their love downstairs again?"
"Or maybe someone confessed, but the security guard put out the fire?" They were referring to an incident that had happened before, which everyone had found hilarious at the time.
Liang Huan shook her head, "No. Earlier I went to Grandma Lin's place... No, wait, after my part-time job this afternoon, I went to the city center to buy things, right? And on the way, I ran into Chu Yang, and she came with me. Then on the way back... You know what? I just stood there like an idiot watching as Chu Yang sprayed pepper spray in their eyes and kicked them in the crotch..." Liang Huan demonstrated Chu Yang's actions as she spoke.
"Look, this is the pepper spray that Chu Yang gave me. She also said that I shouldn't go to dimly lit and remote places alone in the future." Liang Huan held her face in her hands, "I hereby announce that from now on, Chu Yang is my idol! Ahh! Chu Yang is so cool! If she were a guy, I might have fallen for her."
Roommate 1 also looked shocked, "Really? Chu Yang, with her skinny little arms and legs, is that powerful?"
Roommate 2 said, "If it were me, I would have fallen for her too. But are you sure it was Chu Yang? Normally when I see her, she seems so gentle and harmless."
"Exactly. At first, I always thought she was like Lin Daiyu, but later she seemed a little better. But I didn't expect her to be that formidable! You really can't judge a book by its cover!" This was Roommate 3. "I can't take it, I'm going to their room to find out more."
Roommate 3 put on her slippers and headed out to gossip with the other girls.
On the other side, Chu Yang returned to Chi Yan about half an hour later. "I bought you a set of pajamas. Try them on and see if they fit."
Chi Yan thought she had just gone out to play with her friend and didn't expect her to buy him clothes. He happily put them on and felt they fit perfectly while looking in the mirror.
"Very good, they fit. Why did you think of buying me clothes?"
Chu Yang helped adjust his collar, "I ran into Liang Huan today, and I could tell something was off, so I went with her. While she was shopping, I bought some things too. On the way back, she went to pick something up, and then we encountered some bad people..."
Hearing the words "bad people," Chi Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately grabbed Chu Yang's hand, "Bad people? Are you okay?"
Chu Yang shook her head, "Of course I'm fine. Do I look like I'm not? When I went out, I brought pepper spray. I sprayed one person's eyes, and then I kicked each of the three men in the crotch. After that, I escorted Liang Huan back to the school gate, and then I came back here."
After the incident with the food delivery person, she felt that she needed to carry protective gear when going out, so she bought pepper spray. After all, she couldn't use her magic freely.
Chu Yang spoke in a calm and casual manner, but when Chi Yan heard "kicked them in the crotch," he felt a chill down below. Yes... his Yang was no ordinary person.
"It's good that you're okay..."
"Alright, take off your clothes. I'll wash them, and you can wear them again later."
"Okay."
