The Villainous Classmate is My Lucky Star Chapter 185
Here’s an extra chapter bc I love you all ❤️, but be warned, the cliffer continues 😭
Translated by Pure
Chapter 185 A Fish That Escaped The Net
Wen Yantong was terrified, but she quickly comforted herself. Maybe that girl wasn’t meant to participate in it in the first place, or some accident had delayed her appearance.
However, the more she thought about it, the more Wen Yantong felt this mattar was too particular to ignore, so she whispered to Chi Jingxi, "Little Marquis, there is someone missing."
Chi Jingxi froze for a moment, "What do you mean?"
She explained, "I saw these girls rehearsing in the open space of the side hall just now. I counted seventeen people at that time, but now there are only sixteen."
Chi Jingxi looked up and began to look at the performing girls from left to right. He quickly discerned that Wen Yantong was right, and that there was truly a girl missing. Thus, he immediately raised his hand, and the servant behind him stepped forward to stop the sound of the pipa.
All the girls stopped moving. They didn’t know what faux pas they had committed, they just revealed timid expressions, and stood huddled together in the middle of the hall.
Mu Yang also stopped to tease, "Brother Xi, what do you want to do?"
Chi Jingxi didn't answer immediately, but pointed to the girl standing at the front and asked her to come closer.
Although the girl was afraid, she didn't dare to disobey. She walked closer in small strides, and curtsied respectfully before asking, "Do you have any orders, Little Marquis?"
Chi Jingxi's eyes looked indifferent. When he was not smiling, his expression was a little cold, which made onlookers feel scared.
He asked, "How many girls were sent here?"
The girl answered tremblingly, "Seventeen."
"Then why is there only sixteen in this hall? Where did the other one go?" Chi Jingxi's voice was slightly cold, emitting an irrefutable solemness.
The girl immediately trembled in fright; she turned back, only to see the other girls counting one another. They all looked at each other, but in the end there were really sixteen girls present.
The hall fell into momentary silence. After Mu Yang understood what was going on, he immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you all been fed in vain? You couldn’t even tell when there is anyone missing?"
The girl hurriedly explained, "We were actually selected from four different establishments, so we aren’t familiar with one another. We really didn't notice that someone was missing."
Cheng Xin said in a deep voice, "This person has disappeared inexplicably, her behavior is suspicious. It is best to find her as soon as possible."
He gave the order, and the guards immediately went to search the entire premise, and soon brought the suspected person out.
The girl was tall, but her long hair was disarrayed. She seemed to be very scared; her body was constantly shaking, and she didn't dare to look up.
She knelt down in front of them, and before anyone asked, she begged for mercy, "This humble one suddenly felt stomach cramps before the performance. It was an emergency, I left without telling anyone. Young masters, please forgive me!”
Mu Yang said, "If you had a stomachache you could have still informed another about it, why would you secretly excuse yourself?"
The girl lowered her head and replied, "I thought I would come back before the dance, so I didn't tell anyone when I left."
Chi Jingxi asked the guard, "Where did you find her?"
The guard replied, "In response to Little Marquis, next to the water closet in the side hall."
Mu Yang sighed in relief. "It turned out to be a misunderstanding. You don’t have to keep kneeling, go and join the dance."
The others all remained silent, even Fu Zixian frowned slightly and continued to stare at the girl. When Mu Yang saw that the others were silent, he thought they didn't want to forgive the girl easily, so he said, "This is a girl that father sent, although I never asked for this, I wouldn't want to embarrass them."
Fu Zixian shook his head, but said nothing.
Cheng Xin smiled and said, "Then let them continue dancing, it's not something worth worrying about."
Chi Jingxi closed his eyes, as if acquiescing.
The girl quickly got up and converged herself back into the group of girls. Then the sound of the pipa sounded again, and the beautiful music engulfed the whole hall as seventeen girls danced gratefully to the beat.
Wen Yantong peeled and ate grapes while watching, her eyes moving back and forth on several girls, but the one she paid most attention to was the girl who disappeared inexplicably before.
There were several reasons for this. Firstly, her height was much taller than the other girls, so she was very conspicuous, and could be seen at a glance. Secondly, her movements are very stiff; compared with other girls, her movements were much more amateurish, and her stiff dancing was not very aesthetically pleasing.
Wen Yantong was watching intently, when she suddenly felt a touch on her fingertips. She lowered her eyes to see Chi Jingxi leaning over to eat the grape she had just peeled.
Wen Yantong was afraid of being seen, so she hurriedly pushed Chi Jingxi away. Unexpectedly, she seemed to have underestimated her strength; Chi Jingxi’s upper torso was thrown against the nearby table.
The sudden loud noise attracted the others’ attention.
Immediately afterwards, a scream sounded from the group of girls, followed by a dull sound. Some of the girls had fallen down. One of the girls was still holding a pipa when she was hit, and when she fell to the ground the loud sound echoed in the hall.
The spectators were all shocked by this scene. The girls were forced to stop their performance and stood aside at a loss. The three girls who fell quickly got up and knelt on the ground, not daring to speak.
Mu Yang slammed the table irritably. "What are you all doing? How could you fall during a dance? Did you not practice at all?"
One of the girls who fell immediately pointed to the person next to her and shouted, "Of course this humble one has been practicing! It was this person who had messed up the move and tripped me, that's why I fell!"
This finger was pointed at the tall girl. The accused quickly denied it, "No, no!"
Another girl joined in, "It was obviously because of your falter. I bet you didn’t come to the performance not because of your stomach ache but because you're not familiar with the dance steps at all! That's why you didn't dare to come!"
The tall girl said anxiously, "I've been constantly practicing this dance!"
Seeing that the girls were about to quarrel, Chi Jingxi frowned impatiently.
"You’re all dismissed," Cheng Xin said suddenly, then he pointed at the tall girl, "You, stay."
The rest of the girls felt relieved and disappointed at the same time. They immediately curtsied and exited the hall holding with their things, leaving only the tall girl kneeling on the spot, shivering.
She was really scared, Wen Yantong could see it.
However, she couldn't understand why the girl was so frightened. None of the young masters present were known to be of a violent nature. Although Chi Jingxi was rumored to enjoy beating people, he never laid his hands on women. Moreover, Mu Yang also made it clear that he would not embarrass these performers, but the girl was so terrified that she trembled unceasingly.
The hall fell into a momentary silence when Cheng Xin suddenly said, "Step forward some."
When the girl heard Cheng Xin's words, her body shook violently, and crawled forward a little bit before pleading, "Your Fifth Highness, this humble one is willing to accept the punishment for my mistakes."
As she spoke, she bent down and buried her head on the ground, displaying a very pitiful pose.
Cheng Xin commanded, "Straighten your back and raise your head."
The girl paused and did not obey.
It was only then that Wen Yantong realized that the girl had kept her head down since she entered the hall. At first, she thought that the girl was afraid and deliberately acted pitifully, but now it was clear she was concealing her face on purpose.
She suddenly became interested and stared at the girl’s face.
