Four Years Ago, Her Husband Cheated on Her Body - Chapter 35.1

Officer Zhang, who had believed in materialism for most of his life and firmly held that ghosts did not exist in this world, looked at Zhu Nanyu—whom Jia Qiao had “dug up from underground” two days prior—and silently repeated the core values of his ideology in his heart.

When he heard Jia Qiao instruct him, “Please don’t tell anyone; I’ll come back in a few days to finish the paperwork,” he merely nodded numbnessly.

Officer Zhang made a quiet decision: later, he would revisit those bereaved family members who had consulted spirit mediums and filled their homes with soul-summoning banners to offer them a sincere apology.

In the past, he had been too young and ignorant, actually calling them superstitious and delusional.

Perhaps… they just hadn’t found the right method.

Zhu Nanyu put his baseball cap back on, lowered the brim, and led the bouncing Qiao out of the police station.

True to its 100% purebred Husky lineage, Qiao was even more energetic than an average puppy, acting delightfully frantic all the way and wagging its tail at everyone it saw.

“Its dog license will be mailed directly to the house in a couple of days.” Zhu Nanyu slowed his pace to walk side-by-side with Jia Qiao. “From today on, it is an official member of the family.”

“Family member.” Jia Qiao lowered his eyes, scrutinizing the fluffy little puppy that had just been registered under his name.

“Woof!” Qiao barked loudly, acknowledging its “dad” very decisively.

Even though Jia Qiao had never raised a pet, he knew that many owners treated their pets as true family, calling them “baby” or “daughter.”

There is a famous saying in the pet-owning community: To you, it may only be a part of your life, but to it, you are its entire world.

Especially when raising a pup like Qiao who had just been weaned, it would even consider itself a biological child and become particularly dependent on its owner.

As long as it was cared for properly, it would use its entire life as a dog to accompany its owner with single-minded devotion.

Jia Qiao stared blankly at the lively puppy, then suddenly felt a touch on his hand as Zhu Nanyu pressed the leash into his palm.

“…” Jia Qiao clearly hesitated for a few seconds before gripping the leash. His gaze toward Zhu Nanyu was incredibly soft, tinged with a hint of a plea for help.

—How do you raise this thing?

In the past, he only knew how to end lives; he didn’t know how to take care of such a fragile one.

“Don’t worry, we’ll take care of it together.” Zhu Nanyu moved to the other side and hooked his pinky finger around Jia Qiao’s, offering a perfectly timed bit of reassurance. “Before we go home, shall we stop by and buy a dog bed for Qiao?”

“Okay.” Jia Qiao nodded, and as he held Zhu Nanyu’s hand, he felt strangely much more at ease.

The afterglow of the setting sun stretched the shadows of the two men and the dog very long. After walking for a short distance while holding Jia Qiao’s hand, Zhu Nanyu spoke as if casually, “How did it feel going to class at the university today?”

“I didn’t feel much,” Jia Qiao answered honestly.

Although the atmosphere at the school was quite different from anything Jia Qiao had experienced before.

There were many young men and women around his age, full of vitality, squandering their youth on campus as if they had no worries.

But while Jia Qiao looked similar to them, his upbringing was vastly different; he simply couldn’t enjoy campus life purely like that, or be a “clear-headed college student” without troubles.

How did that saying go?

Was there already a “lamentable thick barrier” between them?

Zhu Nanyu had not experienced what Jia Qiao had, but he could understand the feeling.

After all, Zhu Nanyu had started skipping grades in elementary school and had always been surrounded by people of different age groups. During one’s student days, it was indeed difficult to integrate when meeting peers.

However…

“I thought you were quite interested in football.” Zhu Nanyu’s tone was nonchalant, as if he were just mentioning it in passing.

“Hmm?”

Only then did Jia Qiao remember that ball he had almost forgotten, and the moment it flew into the goal—how the entire field had gone dead silent for a split second before exploding into a boiling frenzy.

Even now, Jia Qiao didn’t understand why they had been so excited.

He didn’t care about those people; the current point was—

“How did you know?” Jia Qiao looked straight at Zhu Nanyu.

“The University A campus forum has been full of posts about you all afternoon.” As Zhu Nanyu had expected, as soon as Jia Qiao entered the school, he radiated charm and attracted love rivals for himself.

Jia Qiao was only an auditing student and had no formal student status or permission to log into the University A forum, so he naturally didn’t know about the posts regarding him.

“Speaking of which, you aren’t a student at University A either, are you? Why do you know what’s on the forum?” Jia Qiao looked at Zhu Nanyu, becoming sharp for once. “Did you secretly…”

“Ah, the pet shop is here. What kind of dog bed should we buy?” Zhu Nanyu interrupted him, pointing ahead.

Following the direction of his finger, Jia Qiao saw dog beds through the glass display window.

Qiao seemed to know they were buying one for him; he tugged the leash, pulling Jia Qiao over and barking loudly at a cotton dog bed he favored.

“So you want that one.” Jia Qiao didn’t have any particular preference himself, so he simply followed Qiao’s wish and made the choice.

It wasn’t until the dog bed was bought that he realized:

He had let Zhu Nanyu change the subject again.

Truly full of schemes!

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Actually, even if Zhu Nanyu hadn’t admitted it himself, Jia Qiao could probably guess:

A certain “big shot” must have used some method to enter the school forum and was secretly monitoring Jia Qiao’s every move.

With his abilities, hacking into a campus forum was a complete waste of talent.

After four years, Zhu Nanyu’s level of abnormality seemed to show signs of worsening.

If his body weren’t so weak, Jia Qiao suspected he would stubbornly follow him to school, going wherever he went and sitting right next to him during class…

Just as he was thinking this, a shadow moved over beside him.

Looking out of the corner of his eye, Jia Qiao saw a total stranger—a man—sit directly next to him.

This was already his third time coming to school for class.

Aside from causing a small stir and commotion on the first day, Jia Qiao had entered the classroom after the lecture started for the subsequent two times, quietly sitting in a corner to lower his presence, not wanting to disturb any students.

The students listening to the lecture with him had originally thought he was a new junior and were eager to try and strike up a conversation.

Ever since they found out Jia Qiao was the esteemed chairman of Qianhe, making millions of dollars every minute, everyone had abandoned those thoughts.

They were afraid that saying one word to the mogul would affect Qianhe’s stock price, which would in turn affect the international situation.

Under these circumstances, who was so lacking in discernment that they would specifically choose to sit next to Jia Qiao halfway through the lecture?

Could it be… another confession?

Had the line from last time—”I have a boyfriend at home who is waiting for me and is as haunting as a ghost”—not been enough to reject everyone?

Jia Qiao felt inexplicably annoyed. He quietly took his phone out of his pocket and opened the chat with Zoa.

Jia Qiao: A strange person sat down next to me.

Zoa: I know.

Jia Qiao: …Where on earth did you install the surveillance cameras?

After sending the message, Jia Qiao looked around, wondering if Zhu Nanyu had hacked the school’s security system or paid a University A student a fortune to act as an informant.

Just how strong was his possessiveness?

Seeing him look up, the man next to him quickly seized the opportunity to speak. “Hello, Jia Qiao. I am a student from the Class of 2020 in the Management School. My name is Gao Wenhao. I have a few words I must say to you.”

Gao Wenhao’s manner was polite enough, but for some reason, Jia Qiao just felt irritated and didn’t really want to listen to him.

Whether it was telepathy or because Zhu Nanyu was divinely powerful, a voice call came through just then. Zhu Nanyu requested that Jia Qiao turn on the speakerphone, which happened to allow him to hear Gao Wenhao’s self-introduction clearly.

Zoa: The undergraduate program in the Management School is four years. If he is from the Class of 2020, he should have graduated last June.

“Did you graduate?” Jia Qiao glanced at him and questioned the person directly.

Gao Wenhao looked as if he had been stabbed in the heart. Embarrassment flashed across his face as he stammered, “My thesis didn’t pass… I’ve had to delay my graduation.”