Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 216-217

"What's going on?" Jiang Yao asked gingerly, withdrawing her hands from Moe.

"I can smell danger on you." Moe looked at Jiang Yao grimly. After swiftly scanning his surroundings and determining that there was no imminent danger, he then relaxed and jumped down from her bed. He drew closer and kept sniffing at her.

"For the love of God, you smell like that man! Both of your scents are intermingled. Were you with him these past few days?" Moe bolted back to his cat bed. "Don't come close, I don't like his scent at all."

"That man happens to be my husband. That's right, I was with him earlier." Jiang Yao replied.

She did not expect a cat like Moe to have a dog's powerful sense of smell.

Moe glanced at Jiang Yao and replied nonchalantly, "Exactly! That is your husband's scent. I smelled that exact odor back at your house too!"

"What's wrong with his scent then?" Only Jiang Yao could criticize her husband, no one else should be allowed to!

"The scent of someone strong." Moe looked at Jiang Yao meaningfully. "His scent tells me that he is an intense and dangerous character. There is immense potential in his body. I have to say, Jiang Yao, you do have a good eye for choosing a man."

Moe spun around and showed his butt toward Jiang Yao's face.

Jiang Yao gave Moe a little poke on his back. Seeing that he was not entertained, she lay on her bed.

"Would you say that animals are sensitive toward the smell of danger?" Jiang Yao got curious and asked.

"We are sensitive toward the scent of the strong." Moe corrected her and continued, "Our keen sense allows us to evade danger easily unlike humans who are just dumb."

"Well thank you for that!" Jiang Yao retorted. However, she took it as a compliment toward Lu Xingzhi.

It was at this moment that Jiang Yao realized why Moe had vanished after saving her but had shown up here at her school. He had waited until Lu Xingzhi had left before appearing.

Moe could smell Lu Xingzhi's scent, thus, he subconsciously avoided him.

The Lu family home was where Lu Xingzhi grew up, a place filled to the brim with his scent. That was why Moe did not show up there.

Moe had followed Jiang Yao to Nanjiang Medical University and waited until Lu Xingzhi left before coming up to her.

One could say that Moe was trying to avoid the smell of danger, but in reality, he was afraid of Lu Xingzhi and was evading him intuitively.

Jiang Yao could never understand how animals, even a noble pet-butler like Moe, could sense a different being's scent and determine that it was dangerous. This might be similar to what a human would call the sixth sense.

Wen Xuehui finally came out of the bathroom, albeit with swollen eyes. It was obvious that she had been crying.

She was a strong woman. Holding on to her emotions, she had broken down in the bathroom, not wishing for anyone to see how vulnerable she was.

Jiang Yao pretended not to notice Wen Xuehui's facial expressions. Just then, Zhou Xiaoxia and the others all came back.

Zhou Xiaoxia ran toward Jiang Yao in excitement. "You're finally back, Jiang Yao! You would not believe what happened at school while you were away!"

Li Yi added. "Yeah! We heard that the Zhang family got into trouble with someone else. The entire family except for Zhang Xiqing is now behind bars! Who would have thought!?"

"I heard Zhang Xiqing already quit school. People like Hu Yuan, who got into our school because of Zhang Xiqing, was also asked to leave." Lin Qiayou exclaimed. "The bulletin board in our school also took down Zhang Xiqing's freshmen profile, leaving only yours."

Zhang Xiqing leaving school was nothing surprising to Jiang Yao. She knew that with the Zhang family's downfall, Zhang Xiqing had lost all her backing and was too prideful to stay put in Nanjiang Medical University where she knew she would get ridiculed constantly.

Her brazen attitude and aggressive personality had earned her plenty of enemies along the way and she was wise enough to understand that and leave.

"I wonder whose tail did the Zhang family step on to receive such torment. The Zhang family—well-established here in Nanjiang City—gone in two days?!" Zhou Xiaoxia stroked her chin in deep thought. "They were so wealthy that there was nothing they couldn't pay their way out of. I still cannot believe a big corporation like the Zhang family vanished in such a short time!"

She continued, "The world of the rich and the powerful is too terrifying. Thank goodness we are all just ordinary people. We may not be rich but at least we can live our lives in peace."

"Yes, the Zhang family is rich, but remember, there are wealthier and far more powerful people here in Nanjiang City. The people they infuriated must be of an even higher social standing than they were." Wen Xuehui lowered her voice and added.

The girls were all racking their brains trying to figure out who that elusive individual was. Jiang Yao stood aside and listened, amused with the frantic discussion that was going on.

They did not realize that the person of interest was, in fact, standing right beside them listening to their conversation.

It was a little before evening when Jiang Yao received news that Lu Xingzhi had arrived at his platoon safely. He did not call her earlier as he had too much work to be done.

The next morning, Jiang Yao woke up late. It seemed as though her weekend shenanigans had left her a little too fatigued.

"Yo! Li Ronghui is waiting for you downstairs!"

Zhou Xiaoxi was teasing Wen Xuehui when she came out. Grabbing her toothbrush, she walked toward the balcony.

The first thing she saw when she walked out onto the balcony was Li Ronghui standing with breakfast in his hands. Clearly, he saw her too, and he waved. "Hey, Jiang Yao! Can you tell Xuehui I am waiting for her down here."

Hearing that, Jiang Yao snickered. She ignored him and headed toward the bathroom.

Wen Xuehui was gone by the time Jiang Yao came out from the bathroom. "Where did Xuehui go?" She asked Zhou Xiaoxia who was just preparing to leave the room.

"I almost forgot! Xuehui wanted you to know that she already left with Li Ronghui. She will save you a spot in the class and will see you there." Zhou Xiaoxia tied her shoelaces swiftly and continued, "I'm running late, got to go!"

Waving goodbye to Jiang Yao, she left hurriedly with Li Yi and Lin Qiaoyou in tow.

Picking up her books, she felt something on her foot. Looking down, she saw Moe tugging her pants.

"You want to follow me to the classroom?" Jiang Yao asked. "Get into the bag!" Being a tiny cat, Moe could easily hide in her bag.