Chapter 85: 85

It had been two days since Zhang Heng reported the supernatural case to the police . After that, he did not come across any cases involving the unknown . Earlier, he was surprised when he received a message from Hayase Asuka . She wanted to invite him to an amusement park on Christmas Eve, where a few of her friends would tag along as well . This was not the first time she asked Zhang Heng out . She was the kind of that could not stay indoors for too long, heading out whenever the opportunity presented itself .

The one thing that surprised Zhang Heng the most was her academic results . Although she always hung out, she still managed to pass her exams with flying colors, never having failed any subjects before . He even saw her fooling around on the eve of the finals .

The way she behaved was actually very similar to someone Zhang Heng knew . Someone he had previously rejected a few times . He had never expected Hayase Asuka to be the persistent kind of girl . This time, he felt terrible that he had always dismissed her invitations, and so, went ahead and asked his friends to join him if they had nothing better to do . Ma Wei was passionate about doing well in his studies . As for Wei Jiangyang and Chen Huadong, they had been attempting to memorize everything that they studied so far . Both of them were dying for some entertainment outside the confines of the dorm room .

“Are you talking about the Japanese girl that you saved at Food Street? The thing is, we don’t speak Japanese . ”

“Erm… she’ll be there with a few of her friends . It seems they are from China, Japan, and one of them is actually from Ukraine,” replied Zhang Heng while reading Hayase Asuka’s text .

“Never mind . I don’t think I will join you . ”

Though Wei Jiangyang was interested in being friends with girls from different countries, he still thought that his life was his priority . He was not bold enough to abandon his girlfriend and instead have fun with others . As for Chen Huadong, he was devastated that his latest attempt in wooing Xu Jing had once again failed miserably . It would be a nice change for him to go out and distract himself from all the sorrow . Hence, he volunteered to go with Zhang Heng . Lastly, Ma Wei, the genius, was done with studying . He, too, decided to tag along with Zhang Heng .

After that, Zhang Heng told Hayase Asuka that he would bring a couple of friends with him . It was all in good faith, and she was totally fine with it . Both sides had agreed that they would meet at the entrance of the amusement park . Seeing that there was still some time left before they headed there, Zhang Heng played a few rounds of basketball with Chen Huadong on his computer .

After the game, they proceeded to the cafeteria for some food before departing . As the three of them had arrived ten minutes early, they purchased the entrance tickets first . When they came out, they spotted Hayase Asuke and her group of friends walking towards them .

On her head was a beanie with two fur balls hanging from it . They swung around as she ran towards them . She quickly waved her hands at Zhang Heng the moment she saw him . Two boys and five girls were here with her . The handsome blonde bloke should be the exchange student from Ukraine . He might have looked all imposing and cool from the outside, but once they had gotten to know him, he turned out to be actually somewhat timid .

All of them did a simple introduction about themselves . Hayase Asuka even spelled out her name in Chinese . They got to know how good the exchange students’ mandarin was the moment they started the introductions . Amongst them, the guy from Ukraine had the highest proficiency in Mandarin, his great grandmother being from China . So, he named himself Zhang Wei .

As for the rest of the Japanese girls, only one of them could speak good Mandarin . That being said, they could all communicate with each other without problems . The only thing was that they had to say the words slowly, considering it wasn’t their native language . The last Japanese girl had already started using some of the more complex Chinese phrases . Amongst them, Hayase Asuka had the lowest proficiency in Mandarin . Right after she introduced herself, she instantly reverted to Japanese again when she talked with the two girls . Apart from those two, the other two who could understand her were Zhang Heng and another boy that was currently taking Japanese classes .

Seeing that everyone was here, Zhang Heng distributed the entrance tickets to each of them . The amusement park was packed with crowds of thousands because it was Christmas Eve, with most of the visitors being couples . There were even a few Santa Clausus standing at the entrance to give presents to those that were about to enter the amusement park, giving out gifts to the entering visitors .

The group got their presents too, and when they opened theirs, they found out that they had all received different items . Zhang Heng got a nail clipper, and Ma Wei found a key chain . However, Chen Huadong was the luckiest amongst them, receiving a complimentary pass from the amusement park’s management . The moment Hayase Asuke opened her present, her face immediately turned red! She quickly hid it in her bag before anyone saw it . Read comics on our webnovel . live

One of the guys persuaded her to show everyone what she got, though, Zhang Heng could roughly guess the item that she received . Immediately, he looked for a topic to distract everyone . At his quick thinking, Hayase Asuka looked at Zhang Heng gratefully . To be honest, the amusement park wasn’t as entertaining during the night . For safety reasons, rides like rollercoasters and other thrills were shut down . Fortunately, the park made up for it with spectacular live performances .

Zhang Heng and his friends queued up to try some of the games offered at the booths nearby . Seeing that the live show was about to start, some of the girls suggested that they should watch it first .

“You guys go ahead . I will keep her company,” said Zhang Heng when he saw that Hayase Asuka was more interested in the games she was playing .

“I will keep her company as well,” said the other guy that spoke Japanese .

Zhang Heng did not brush him off, noticing that was trying to woo Hayase Asuka . In the direction of giving them more alone time, Zhang Heng volunteered to help hold on to their personal belongings . Hayase Asuka was so excited that she did not suspect anything was amiss . Secretly though, the guy was extremely grateful for what Zhang Heng did .

While Hayase and the guy visited the haunted house, Zhang Heng settled on a bench to answer a call . The call came from Ireland and was his parents . They both wished him a happy Christmas . At the same time, they kept teasing him and asking him to take a picture of the girl that was close to him . Zhang Heng then took a picture of the couple on his left .

“That’s pathetic…”

Now, his parents were nagging him, lamenting about their life in university . Judging from the background noise, Zhang Heng deduced that his parents were probably standing in front of a theater or stadium of some sort . As they were running out of time because the event they were about to attend was about to start, they had to come back to a more serious topic . They informed Zhang Heng that they would return to celebrate the new year with him . They even prepared a surprise for him as well .

Zhang Heng did not entirely trust everything they said . It had been two years that his parents had not celebrated the new year with him . Last year, they were both on holiday but had chosen to travel to Africa instead of celebrating Chinese New Year with their son . Initially, Zhang Heng wanted to ask them about Moresby, Tapio, and the crows that appeared in his mind when he used the wooden sculpture .

Though they most probably wouldn’t qualify as parents of the year, they were still experts in all these mystical stuff . Considering they were coming back in about a month, Zhang Heng decided that he would only ask when they came home . Talking about matters like these on the phone might just turn out to be more confusing .

After hanging up the call, Zhang Heng sat on the bench for a little longer . Suddenly, he saw someone familiar in the crowd . He frowned, when he looked again, the person had disappeared .