Xi Rubao sat on the balcony railing, swinging her short legs, feeling utterly lost.
For a moment, she didn’t know where she was.
She just felt unbearably hot, like a piece of paper ignited by coal fire, a bit irritable, and a little scared of being burned to ashes.
Then she looked down, and the darkness below shimmered like a swimming pool.
Really wanted to jump down and take a cold shower!
But there were still many papers unfinished. Sister Zuzi said that in one’s life, there are only one or two crucial turning points.
The college entrance exam is one.
If she didn’t take advantage of these last few days before the exam to make a final push, she would miss one of these critical junctures.
Thinking of Xi Zuzi’s advice, she had a moment of clarity.
The short legs began to retract, murmuring, "No, I need to go study..."
However, when she turned around, Xi Ruzhu was standing in her room.
Seeing that she wasn’t jumping, she panicked immediately, "Baobao, didn’t you always say that another person at home fights with you for attention, makes you unhappy, and you want to jump off to show mom and dad? Then they will pay attention to you again. Baobao, look, you need to follow through with what you say, otherwise, no one will believe you in the future, whatever you say will be dismissed as nonsense..."
"Jinli huh..." Xi Rubao shook her head, "No, I am a grass carp, a little grass carp who loves to study, listen to Sister Zuzi, I want to go study..."
Xi Ruzhu became more anxious.
Suddenly, she pulled out a piece of talisman paper and set it on fire, blowing the ashes towards Xi Rubao, "Baobao, you have to jump! You said you were going to jump!"
The swirling smoke and ashes from the talisman paper obscured Xi Rubao’s vision, clouding her mind once more, "I have to jump... yes, I have to jump to show them!"
The short legs extended beyond the railing, her entire body leaning downward.
The high floor seemed like a bottomless abyss.
Wuwu Sister Zuzi, I’m a little scared.
Xi Rubao was hit by a cold gust of wind, for some reason thinking of Xi Zuzi, sobered her up once more, suddenly realizing, "No, Sister Zhuzhu, why are you making me jump, I don’t want to jump now, before I was just being childish, I’ve already admitted my mistake to Sister Zuzi."
Xi Ruzhu’s heart pounded frantically!
Could it be that Xi Rubao discovered her sinister thoughts?
No, Zhang Shensuan said, after Xi Rubao drank the talisman paper water, her mind would not be clear. If she doesn’t jump, burn two more talisman papers, making sure she’ll obediently jump down, smashing her brains out.
Xi Ruzhu lit the last piece of talisman paper.
This time she boldly moved forward, directly smeared the ashes all over Xi Rubao’s face, gritting her teeth, "Down you go!"
Xi Rubao felt as though enveloped by a ball of fire, her limbs burned painfully, completely out of control.
She wanted to struggle, but her short legs defied her will, stepping out into the void.
She tried desperately to grip the railing, but even her hands wouldn’t listen, weakly letting go...
Ah, she didn’t want to jump!
She really didn’t want to jump!
Even in the past, it was just a thoughtless whim, never had she wanted to die, especially now with new goals and motivations in life, like passing the college entrance exam with Sister Xi Zuzi and enjoying university life with brilliant Sister Zuzi!
She didn’t want to die, ah ah ah.
A dark malevolent force pushed and engulfed her, leaving her utterly defenseless.
Finally, she couldn’t hold on any longer, like a broken kite with its string cut, "Thud—!"
Her last conscious thought was—