Unknown Intrusion

Chapter 41 Nightingale (Bonus chapter for Alliance Leader AD 1)

The clock had already struck eight, but Su Yu was still lying on his back, showing no intention of getting up.

Normally, this is already a hopeless time; no matter what you do, you're bound to be late.

But today is the school's anniversary holiday.

Thanks to the holiday, I can finally spend a leisurely morning like this, something I haven't done in a long time.

Su Yu turned around in silence.

The melancholic colors outside the window, like cold, hard steel, felt no different from dusk, even though it was morning.

No, to be more precise, it was more like murky, yellowish water mixed with sand and soil.

Terrible weather!
In any case, this is not a good weather.

But for him, who had been working through the night just half an hour earlier, the weather outside was no longer important.

Right now, sleeping is more important.

Taking another nap in bed makes for a perfect morning.

In the past, we would close the curtains and draw the curtains.

I lowered my eyes and began to drift into a deep sleep.

"Sleep at least two hours"

"A normal night's sleep with ordinary dreams is fine."

Sleepiness kept creeping in, and my consciousness quickly settled down, but then I heard a faint sound, like birdsong outside the window.

Su Yu turned her head away irritably, without opening her eyes.

The voice was small but extremely high-pitched, singing melodiously, but Su Yu wished she could wrap her ears with cotton.

Until you can't take it anymore!

Su Yu pulled back the blanket covering her face and walked directly to the window.

There was a nightingale, hopping lively in front of the window, pecking at the glass with its beak.

"nightingale?"

Nightingales are not strange, but nightingales carrying small bundles are!

I opened the window to welcome this unexpected visitor.

The nightingale was very agile. It took the palm-sized envelope out of the small bag on its back, and then it didn't want to leave, singing softly.

Su Yu understood, and casually picked up a copper starfish and tossed it to Nightingale.

The tiny bird's beak held it there, pecking and sucking.

"Hey—don't swallow it!"

The nightingale glanced at him, then flew away in a flash.

"They actually sent a nightingale to deliver the message?" Su Yu saw the message after opening it.

"Come find me quickly."

Could it be a letter from Qiaoqiao?
"Isn't there no class today?"

...After that, Su Yu covered his head and went back to sleep.

I don't know when it started, but I felt something was wrong with my body.

Opening his eyes, Su Yu took a deep breath.

The atmosphere in the entire room completely changed.

The girl was sitting there.

There was complete silence; she simply stood there.

Su Yu continued to lie on the bed and gaze at the girl, gradually blushing.

"Your clothes have a tear in the seam."

"Let me mend it for you." Cheng Qiaoqiao held a fine needle and thread in her hand, and holding Su Yu's right sleeve, she began to sew it up stitch by stitch.

It was extremely quiet around them, with only a slight sound throughout the room. Su Yu didn't speak, but simply watched her intently threading the needle.

The needle went in and out of his sleeve repeatedly, and he stared blankly at it.

Cheng Qiaoqiao sewed very carefully, her attention focused entirely on the needle and thread.

Su Yu also watched very carefully, observing the movements of her hands.

He was so engrossed, so completely absorbed, that for a moment, Su Yu suddenly felt his whole body go limp.

It felt like a warm current flowing from my stomach down to my throat and then to the top of my head, surging into my heart.

It was very comfortable and relaxing.

The whole world felt inexplicably relaxed and at ease. I wish time could just stop right there.

It felt like an eternity had passed by the time she finished dealing with it, at least an hour.

However, in reality, from the time Su Yu looked at her to the time she sewed up the tear, it only took two or three minutes.

The feeling of those two or three minutes really moved Su Yu.

Is this love?

Su Yu felt it didn't quite fit, but couldn't find a more fitting description.

I guess it's just a feeling of being moved.

Qiaoqiao is such a good girl.

"Were you not home last night?" Qiaoqiao asked casually after finishing the sewing.

"Ah."

"Your aunt said she was very worried about you. You really are something, knowing it's dangerous at night, you still ran out." The girl put on a stern face and seriously scolded Su Yu.

"Don't forget, your current situation is special and you are prone to attracting danger."

As Su Yu nodded repeatedly, she recalled how, when she returned, she tiptoed inside, turned on the light, and saw her mother sitting at home, looking haggard. Su Yu knew then that she hadn't slept and had been waiting.

“You’re all grown up now, you should be more sensible, you can’t always make your family worry.”

"I'm sorry..." Su Yu could only apologize like this: "By the way, Qiaoqiao, why did you come to my house? I just saw Nightingale."

The girl remained seated in the chair, wearing a plain black school uniform dress without any decoration.

Nevertheless, it did not leave a simple impression.

Her charm cannot be concealed even by school uniforms.

"..." The girl's eyes looked at Su Yu without any emotion.

Su Yu was completely under scrutiny and had nowhere to hide.

"..."

I want to say something, but I can't say anything at all. It feels like I've forgotten something.

"Su Su, what time do you think it is now?"

"A little past eight o'clock..." Su Yu glanced at the clock and was suddenly stunned: "It's twelve o'clock!!!"

"I remember it clearly, it was just a little bit more sleep!"

How come several hours have passed already!
"Are you still half asleep, Su Su... Where did you go last night?" Cheng Qiaoqiao asked, resting her chin on her hand and looking at Su Yu with curiosity.

"Well... there's something I absolutely have to do!"

The girl frowned slightly, as if sighing: "What is it that is so important that you would disregard the dangers of traveling at night?"

The beautiful girl with a calm voice really understood Su Yu's personality.

"Can't you tell me?"

"I'm sorry." Su Yu shook his head again.

"The one you should apologize to is not me."

Faced with his apology, the girl shook her head silently, her face expressionless yet delicate and lovely.

"Let's go to school."

"It's already noon..." Su Yu said reluctantly, pulling the blanket up and shrinking into the covers.

I didn't sleep all night and really can't get up. My eyelids are so heavy, which is evidence that I slept for less than two hours.

At that moment, even Cheng Qiaoqiao's voice sounded like a lullaby, soothing someone to sleep.

I absolutely do not want to get up.

"Okay." A bright smile curved her lips, and the girl blinked. "If you don't want to go, you don't have to."

Her gentle tone was so sweet and cloying, it felt like drinking a glass of honey water and half a tub of ice cream – almost too sweet to handle.

Su Yu showed no reaction to this and continued to keep his eyes closed.

I had slipped into a state of half-dreaming and half-awake, and although I could hear people talking around me, I didn't care at all.

"It's not a big deal if I lose my chief position, is it?"

"It's alright...of course...no!" Su Yu's eyes widened as she saw Cheng Qiaoqiao's reproachful gaze.

"Get up! This afternoon is the first intensive class, it's very important, the principal might even be there. What, do you want to lose your top student status?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu sat up abruptly, fully awake.

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(End of this chapter)