Chapter 14: Do you like Beast Tail Girl’s outfit?

The girls nearby looked on in amazement.

As for the boys?

The boys didn’t care about Cheng Minghao’s feelings for Lin Qingya, so they weren’t sensitive to it.

They just needed to know that Lin Qingya had a one-sided crush on Cheng Minghao, and she wasn’t their type, so that was enough.

For things with no hope, boys didn’t bother, unlike girls who cared and gossiped.

“Mm!”

Lin Qingya smiled at Cheng Minghao and reached out her hand.

Then, the two of them held hands—left and right—walking home side by side after school.

Behind them, in the classroom.

“When did they get together?”

“Lin Qingya became Cheng Minghao’s girlfriend?”

“This Lin Qingya is really something. She actually managed to catch him.”

“Where’s Chen Qing? Why hasn’t he shown up at school today?”

The one asking was Fatty.

As his deskmate, he was the only one who cared a little about Chen Qing.

“Who knows? The three of them are always showing up together with their love triangle. Probably went off to cry somewhere.”

“I don’t allow you to talk about him like that!”

Fatty protested.

The sound of bickering rose in the classroom.

But as for Lin Qingya and Cheng Minghao, who had already left, they knew nothing about it.

On the way home after school.

Lin Qingya held Cheng Minghao’s right hand with her left, completely oblivious to any intimacy, just smiling.

“It’s nice not getting scolded by the teacher.”

Cheng Minghao didn’t feel so optimistic.

He said, “We just didn’t run into the Homeroom Teacher this morning. Skipping class all day yesterday, he definitely knows.”

Hearing this, Lin Qingya frowned.

“True, that’s troublesome.”

Lin Qingya shook her head.

“Well, we can only leave it to fate.”

Seeing Lin Qingya’s discouraged look, Cheng Minghao glanced at her.

Then……

Cheng Minghao smiled at Lin Qingya.

“It’s fine. Come on, let’s go find a locksmith and get you back to your warm little nest.”

As he spoke, Cheng Minghao felt a trace of longing in his heart.

The passionate, entangled memories from last night and the day before felt like a dream.

Even his little secret about drawing Lin Qingya was found out.

This was really……

But Lin Qingya seemed ‘totally unconcerned,’ letting it pass.

Her generosity made Cheng Minghao even happier, and he liked her even more.

Maybe……

Cheng Minghao glanced at Lin Qingya and thought:

“Maybe she likes beast tail girl costumes too? And ancient outfits? Luckily, I didn’t draw any 18+ stuff, but after last night and this morning……”

“Maybe I can draw them now?”

Cheng Minghao muttered.

Coincidentally, Lin Qingya was bored and wanted to see what Cheng Minghao was looking at, what he was thinking about.

Seeing and hearing Cheng Minghao’s question, Lin Qingya immediately asked:

“What do you want to draw?”

“Nothing,”

Cheng Minghao replied, embarrassed.

He still didn’t dare to say right there on the street that he wanted to draw an 18+ Lin Qingya booklet or comic.

If Lin Qingya got angry and beat him up on the street, he’d be embarrassed and wouldn’t know how to comfort her.

Cheng Minghao just laughed.

“Let’s hurry, let’s find the locksmith and get you home.”

“It’s a pity about our two days of living together.”

He said with a hint of nostalgia.

He definitely felt nostalgic too.

Lin Qingya noticed and frowned at Cheng Minghao.

“Tch! Living together, sharing a bed……right? Who would want to live with you? I want to go home quickly!”

Lin Qingya frowned.

Her Chen Qing’s house was definitely auctioned off by the Court.

If you can’t pay the loan, foreclosure is the only outcome.

Orphan benefits are another story.

But since the person is gone, those benefits disappear, and the place is sold for money.

Hearing Lin Qingya’s words, Cheng Minghao nodded, not bothering about why Lin Qingya forgot where the locksmith was.

Before, it was Lin Qingya who led Cheng Minghao to the locksmith.

She said she wouldn’t forget, so if she had trouble in the future, she could ask for help anytime.

But now……

Cheng Minghao thought Lin Qingya was losing her mind, maybe even needing to visit a hospital.

But as two orphans, going to a Mental Hospital……

He had no idea how much treatment would cost.

Anyway, Cheng Minghao could only try to earn money, and think of ways to raise money to help Lin Qingya get treatment.

The two of them found a locksmith.

Cheng Minghao spoke up:

“Uncle, we lost our house key, can you help open the lock? And make a spare?”

“Open the lock and make a key?”

The uncle was a middle-aged, balding man.

He asked, “Is the homeowner here? Without the homeowner, I can’t open the door.”

“Here, here, the homeowner is right here.”

Cheng Minghao smiled, tugging Lin Qingya’s left arm and looking back at her on the right.

“Oh, alright. Let’s go.”

The locksmith nodded, grabbed a ring of keys, and followed Cheng Minghao and Lin Qingya.

Lin Qingya followed Cheng Minghao and the locksmith to the door.

Lin Qingya spoke up, “This is the place. Please open it.”

The location was, of course, across from Cheng Minghao’s place.

“Mm.”

The locksmith nodded.

With a quick flick, he tried key after key.

Within five or six tries—click!—it opened!

He pushed the door open and looked back at Cheng Minghao.

“Go ahead, you two, get the House Property Certificate and verify your identity.”

“We’re not a couple!”

Lin Qingya hurriedly explained, shaking her head.

“Heh~ Got it. Hurry and find the House Property Certificate.”

The locksmith glanced at Cheng Minghao and Lin Qingya’s tightly held hands and smiled knowingly.

“Oh, let’s go.”

Cheng Minghao reminded Lin Qingya, pulling her into the room.

“Go find your House Property Certificate.”

Hearing Cheng Minghao and Lin Qingya chatting, the locksmith relaxed.

He glanced at the room, guessing it was a single girl’s place.

Combining what Cheng Minghao and Lin Qingya said, he figured he was close to the truth.

Probably a young girl who lost her keys and brought her boyfriend to open the door.

Since the real owner was here and the House Property Certificate could be found, he didn’t care.

The locksmith just urged, “Hurry up, I need to get back to my business.”

“Oh, okay.”

Cheng Minghao replied, then turned to Lin Qingya.

“What are you standing there for? Go, get your House Property Certificate.”

“I……”

Lin Qingya was stunned, then nodded.

“I’ll look for it.”

“Look?”

Cheng Minghao questioned.

Hearing Lin Qingya’s words, the locksmith didn’t mind.

These days, things are often misplaced.

It’s normal to take a while to find them.

But if you’re slow searching, it’s different from a thief ransacking the place.

So the locksmith didn’t bother.

The young man was handsome, the girl beautiful.

Both were pleasant to look at, so he didn’t mind waiting.

He was willing to wait a bit longer.

Cheng Minghao followed Lin Qingya into her room.

The two of them, in perfect sync, began rummaging through boxes and cabinets together, like thieves invading someone else’s house.

Ten minutes later.

“Where is it? My House Property Certificate?”

Lin Qingya muttered, her brows furrowing.

Cheng Minghao heard and asked Lin Qingya again.

“You really can’t remember at all? The memory loss is that bad?”

Cheng Minghao had always thought Lin Qingya was just scared silly.

He never considered the problem of the ‘system’ being switched.

“I really can’t remember,”

Lin Qingya answered.

At the same time, the locksmith’s voice rang out from outside.

The locksmith shouted:

“Hey, can you move any faster? I have another job. If you don’t come out soon, I’ll call the police and shut the door.”

“Ah ah ah?”

Lin Qingya’s eyes widened.

Three cries of confusion.

The locksmith’s demands to hurry up, threaten to call the police, and close the door pushed Lin Qingya to utter three consecutive cries of confusion and helplessness.