The tender youth, with his handso face, tall stature, clear voice, sunny smile, long fingers, and the hair tips that fluttered with the wind—how could she not be moved?
Xiu Ran wiped her tears. She was willing, willingly giving her all for love.
Even though she knew, he did not love her.
"You’re here?" the person looked at her.
She nodded slightly.
"Why are you crying? Got soft?" the person raised an eyebrow, pulled out a tissue, wiped her tears, and planted a kiss on her face.
She shook her head, "Got up early, a bit sleepy."
"...You’ll be able to sleep well soon."
anwhile, Luo Qianqian felt as if she sensed sothing, standing by the dormitory window and looking into the distance, "A storm is coming."
Qin Nuan faintly felt a surge of irritation, "It’s my birthday today, can you please not make want to hit you?"
Cong Rong chuckled out loud, easing the awkward atmosphere in the room, but the seriousness in her eyes conveyed the sa concern as Luo Qianqian. Trouble might be brewing—why else would Xiu Ran look so resolute?
"Co on, hurry up and get ready, we should go to class soon," Qin Nuan said with a mature expression.
Luo Qianqian looked scornful. Just because she was a year older, it didn’t an her emotional age decreased. No matter how much she aged outwardly, it was useless.
"Right, I’ll go ask Second Brother Qin if he has..."
Luo Qianqian hadn’t finished speaking when Qin Nuan cut her off, "That heartless guy, don’t bother with him. If he rembers, he’ll contact naturally, hmph."
Luo Qianqian was exasperated, you clearly fear he’s forgotten, right?
And your good mood is probably because you found out Fourth Brother hasn’t forgotten your birthday, right?
Luo Qianqian pursed her lips, finished washing up and changing clothes, and grabbed the bag with Yue Xiluo’s clothes and left. She didn’t care what Qin Nuan said. Obviously, she was just filled with hopeful expectations, and Luo didn’t want to be a third wheel.
But soon, she realized she shouldn’t have co out alone—not to ntion it was still early. The joy of the day made her forget the departed Xiu Ran, along with the unresolved issues.
"Luo Qianqian, if you don’t want Xiu Ran to get hurt, co with us," the arrivals blocked Luo Qianqian’s path, obviously not from the school, their heavy social presence unmistakable despite wearing sportswear.
Luo Qianqian sneered, looking at the four people surrounding her. Now, only a few ters away from the dormitory building, they stopped her. Did they think she wouldn’t run back?
"At a ti like this, either compensation or calling the police should involve her family, right? I’m just a re schoolmate, do you think I’d put myself in danger for another schoolmate?" Luo Qianqian coldly looked at the person who spoke, "And, didn’t you notice I was walking slowly? Because my roommate is coming down soon. You can stop one of us, but can you stop all four?"
Her voice was slightly louder, but she knew that if she didn’t shout, those in the dorm wouldn’t notice.
"We don’t an to stop you, just here to pass a ssage," unexpectedly, the person really didn’t intend to stop her, and cleared the way, "Before five this afternoon, co alone to Grand View Accord, Room 27. Otherwise, prepare to collect Xiu Ran’s body!"
Luo Qianqian frowned, they hadn’t said she couldn’t call the police or tell anyone? And collect the body?
"What’s it to ? Wouldn’t it be better to tell the school’s authorities or her parents directly?" Luo Qianqian sneered, "Money, I won’t give; life, even less so!"
"Our Boss only invited Miss Luo to sit for a while, he had no intention of demanding money, and certainly no intention of taking a life," the man said as he tossed an envelope down, "You can co or not, but don’t you feel a little desire to repay Xiu Ran after all the tis he secretly helped you?"
After speaking, the four n resud their jogging postures and continued to run further away.
Luo Qianqian stood frozen in place, Xiu Ran, helping her?
Sitting on a bench by the road in a daze, she opened the envelope which contained several photos of Xiu Ran.
Xiu Ran was blindfolded and suspended from a stone pillar, his feet not touching the ground and his hands unable to reach anything to leverage. Most importantly, he was still wearing the sa clothes he had on when he left in the morning, the action was practically too quick, right?
Luo Qianqian was startled, and the next second, she grabbed her backpack and rushed towards the library, but unfortunately, it wasn’t open yet.
Luo Qianqian paced anxiously in front of the library’s door until she saw Elvis jogging towards her, "What’s wrong?"
Luo Qianqian pointed at the library’s main door, "It’s not open, I have an urgent matter."
"Need a computer?" Elvis imdiately understood, took off the towel around his neck, and wiped the sweat off his forehead, "If you don’t mind, follow ."
Luo Qianqian was practically out of her mind at this mont, she nodded repeatedly and directly followed his pace.
To her surprise, Elvis led her out of the school and into the residential area where Qin Wen lived, she blinked her eyes, just about to say there was a way out, when she heard Elvis saying, "Here we are." Then he entered a doorway, skillfully took out a key and unlocked the door, "It’s not often used, so it’s not much tidied up, don’t mind it, okay?"
Luo Qianqian nodded, at this point, she really wasn’t concerned about that.
"Have a seat," Elvis poured her a glass of water and then picked up a notebook from the table, "Will this work?" his hands tightly gripped the keys as he looked towards a firmly shut room.
"It will," Luo Qianqian nodded.
After opening the laptop skillfully, Elvis sighed in relief and put the keys he had been clutching back into his pocket, he poured Luo Qianqian a glass of water, then added, "Let know if you want sothing to eat later, I’ll take a quick shower."
Without receiving a reply from Luo Qianqian, he looked puzzled but saw her typing codes on the computer, then he smiled knowingly and entered the bathroom with clothes in hand.
Luo Qianqian watched the surveillance footage on the screen.
After leaving the dormitory, Xiu Ran was taken away by a fellow student wearing a cap and sportswear, who seed familiar to him as well.
The two displayed so intimate actions, like kissing cheeks, draping arms around shoulders...
She followed their tracks to the back door where the student finally took off his hat, "Han Chen!"
Although Luo Qianqian couldn’t help exclaiming, even though it was the person she had expected, why did Xiu Ran seem so pitiable?
Such a person as Han Chen, deliberately getting close with even transparent motives, how could Xiu Ran be so naive?
"What about Han Chen?" Just having finished his shower and blow-drying his hair, Elvis heard the noise and quickly opened the bathroom door, luckily already fully dressed except for his hair still dripping water, emitting a fresh mint scent.
"Nothing," Luo Qianqian shook her head, forcing a smile, "You don’t live on campus?"
"Did I ever say I lived on campus?" Elvis raised an eyebrow.
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