Kyoto University Dormitory
After Qiao Yuxian arrived, the four of them finished their assignments first.
Once the assignments were completed and submitted, the four of them started playing games in the dorm while chatting.
Han Yangliu leaned back on the dormitory sofa and said, "Did you see that post on the forum?"
"Which one?" Zhou Yunbing asked.
"That one..." Han Yangliu said.
"Which one is that?" Qiao Yuxian asked with a smile from her desk.
"Tsk." Han Yangliu clicked her tongue and said, "You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?"
"Which one?" Zhao Meng joined in with a question.
"Alright, you three are doing this on purpose." Han Yangliu added.
The four of them chuckled, and then Zhou Yunbing said, "I honestly don’t know which one. I’ve been busy with graduate school exams and looking for an internship, so I haven’t checked the forum in a long time."
"Aren’t you going to your family company?" Zhao Meng asked.
"My mom said with my credentials, I can’t get into the family company." Zhou Yunbing replied, "She told me to go find a place to wash dishes."
Zhao Meng laughed, "Does your dad really want you to go out?"
"Of course, he couldn’t bear it." Zhou Yunbing smiled and said, "My dad gave me all his private savings, told me to go have fun for three months next year, and he’ll stamp my internship report with the company seal."
"Your dad is such a softie for his daughter." Han Yangliu remarked.
"Wait, you haven’t said what’s happening on the forum." Zhou Yunbing asked, "Satisfy my curiosity."
"It’s said there are kidnappers at the West City Pedestrian Street." Han Yangliu said.
Qiao Yuxian looked at her, "What happened?"
"You haven’t heard?" Han Yangliu asked in surprise.
"No." Zhao Meng brushed her short hair and said, "Hurry up, what happened?"
"Someone anonymously posted, saying she and her friend were almost shoved into a sack and taken away by two men in the restroom at the pedestrian street." Han Yangliu spoke while her arm got goosebumps. She put down the phone, rubbed her arm, and said, "They were so scared they kept shouting, luckily two male employees from nearby shops went to the restroom and saved them. Otherwise, who knows where they would’ve been taken."
"Didn’t they call the police?" Zhao Meng frowned and asked.
"Were they caught?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"The police were called." Han Yangliu said, "But I heard they weren’t caught. Those two men had knives, and one male employee got slashed, so they got away. The pedestrian street is an old neighborhood, and the surveillance isn’t perfect, so it’s hard to track them down."
"Why wasn’t such a big incident reported?" Zhou Yunbing said, "Even if they weren’t caught, a report would at least alert people to stay safe."
"The forum post was up for a while, but then it disappeared." Han Yangliu said, "Later, some people who saw the post said it might have been made up, so it was deleted."
"Nowadays, people make up anything for attention. Isn’t this just causing panic?" Zhou Yunbing said, "I knew it. Otherwise, this kind of thing would definitely be reported."
"Not necessarily." Han Yangliu said mysteriously, "I did a divination yesterday, and this matter is not fake."
After she spoke, the other three gave her a glance, then said nothing more, returning their gaze to the game.
"Hey hey hey? What’s with those looks?" Han Yangliu sat up straight and asked.
Zhao Meng said, "Then I’m relieved, if you say it’s real, then it must be..."
"Fake." Qiao Yuxian and Zhou Yunbing said together.
"What’s up with you guys, trying to upset me?" Han Yangliu said.
"Yep. Last year, when I lost my keys." Zhao Meng said, "You insisted they were in the northwest, I searched northwest for days, only to find them in the southeast corner under my bed."
"Also, freshman year, you said I’d have at least four romances in three years due to my romantic prospects." Zhou Yunbing said, "Come on, look at me, look at me! Even with next year, I’ve been single for four years."
As soon as she did, Han Yangliu looked at her, stood up, and pointed at her, "Hey? Why are you laughing? Didn’t I say at the start of this year you’d have a romance? Did you? Did you?"
At this point, the other two stopped playing and all looked at Qiao Yuxian.
Qiao Yuxian, with her phone, still playing the game, gave them a look and said, "What? I’m about to go AFK."
The three of them stopped playing, all eyes on her.
Qiao Yuxian clicked her tongue, about to speak when the dorm door suddenly swung open from the outside.
The four looked to the door and saw Ji Xiaoxiao standing there, looking at them for a moment, then stepping out to check the dorm number again.
Qiao Yuxian, observing her actions, laughed and said, "What? Can’t find your dorm?"
"None of your business." Ji Xiaoxiao said, "Why are you here?"
"Doing homework." Qiao Yuxian replied, "What about you?"
"So only you do homework, others don’t?" Ji Xiaoxiao said this and then shut the door and walked away.
She soon returned, opened the door, and said to Zhao Meng and the others, "Sorry for the disturbance."
Though apologizing, her tone was rather haughty.
She then said to Qiao Yuxian, "Wasn’t talking to you."
With that, she turned with an air of pride and left.
Qiao Yuxian: "......"
Zhao Meng and the other two exchanged glances. Zhou Yunbing said, "Polite, except towards you."
Qiao Yuxian raised her eyebrows dryly and said nothing.
Since Old Sir Gu’s birthday banquet, the two of them exchanged contacts, and every morning, Ji Xiaoxiao would ask her: [Still alive?]
If she didn’t reply, Ji Xiaoxiao would call her.
Upon answering, they’d exchange a few words that would lead to an argument.
Every early morning was restless, so every time after Ji Xiaoxiao sent a message, Qiao Yuxian would reply with just a period.
Ji Xiaoxiao left, and Qiao Yuxian’s game on the phone also ended.
Qiao Yuxian reported the three dorm-mates who went AFK, right in front of them.
The three didn’t mind, turning off their phones and sitting next to her, "Spill it, who are you dating?"
"Yeah, recently you went to the journalism department saying you’re not single, what does ’not single’ mean? Spill it! Which mysterious guy is hitting on you?" Zhou Yunbing demanded, full of spirit.
"Mysterious guy..." Qiao Yuxian calmly repeated.
"If we haven’t seen them, isn’t that a mysterious guy?" Han Yangliu said, "Quick, let us meet them, see who managed to captivate our campus beauty."
Zhao Meng chuckled to the side, "Mainly, it’s a bit stressful lately, we want an excuse for a meal."
"Exactly!" Zhou Yunbing said, "A great meal! We have to really take him to the cleaners! He has so many drivers, he must be rich, can’t let him off easy! Keeping so mysterious, I haven’t even seen him once after all this time."
Qiao Yuxian chuckled, "I’ll tell him to, at some point... invite you all as a favor, for a meal together."
"That’s more like it." Han Yangliu said, "Alright, let’s play another round."
The three of them returned to their original seats, ready to start another round when suddenly there was a scream outside. Newest update provided by novel{f}ire.net
The scream startled Zhou Yunbing so much that her phone fell to the ground.
The three others looked towards the door.
Picking up her phone, Zhou Yunbing said, "What’s going on? Screaming ."
Soon there were a lot of chaotic footsteps outside, followed by more continuous screams.
Qiao Yuxian and Zhao Meng exchanged a look and both quickly left the dorm.
Zhou Yunbing and Han Yangliu followed them out...