Su Ci pulled Lu Zhe away.
She had never tried eating in the cafeteria before, and it was crowded all around. Lu Zhe led her to the third floor.
The third floor of the cafeteria was a restaurant with private rooms. Sometimes, teachers and leaders would choose to dine here. The view from the private rooms was excellent, but of course, the cost was higher. The first and second floors of the cafeteria were already sufficient to meet the students' needs.
Lu Zhe ordered a few dishes that Su Ci liked.
"Drink some water," he placed a glass of lemon water beside her hand.
Su Ci took a few sips, then turned her head to examine Lu Zhe with her dark eyes. Today, he was wearing a black T-shirt, and his features were clear and handsome. Even though he had tanned a bit, he was still very attractive. No wonder that girl had tried to use little tricks to get close to him.
Su Ci let out a soft hum, raising her chin as she began to settle accounts, "If I hadn't shown up, were you planning to keep chatting with that girl, making me wait?"
Lu Zhe felt that if Su Ci still had her rabbit ears at this moment, they would definitely be standing tall, showing off her pride.
Lu Zhe chuckled softly, "No."
Su Ci's eyes curved at the corners, and the small teardrop mole below her eye was captivating. She began counting on her beautiful fingers, "That girl isn't as pretty as me, her voice isn't as nice as mine, her personality isn't as good as mine, and her character isn't as kind as mine..."
Su Ci couldn't help but sigh, "I have so many good qualities."
She looked at Lu Zhe, "You better not be blind and give up on someone as excellent as me to like someone who is inferior in every way."
Otherwise, she would be utterly disgusted.
Lu Zhe reached out to pinch her long, silky hair and the small, delicate ear bead beneath it. "What are you talking about?"
The softness of her ear made Su Ci hum in dissatisfaction, and at that moment, her phone rang.
Su Ci glanced at it and saw that it was information sent by her older brother.
Earlier that morning, she had asked her brother to investigate the matter on the forum about Lu Zhe, finding out who was deliberately stirring up trouble and leading the charge to discriminate against Lu Zhe.
Investigating such a small matter didn't take much time. Su ZhiYuan not only sent the information to Su Ci but also added a message: Prioritize your studies, and treat dating as secondary.
Su Ci automatically ignored her brother's latter message. In her eyes, Lu Zhe was more important than anything else.
She opened the investigation results and saw that the person who posted those threads about Lu Zhe was a girl named Yang Shujing. The information included her photo and a detailed investigation of her family.
Su Ci looked at the familiar face in the photo and narrowed her eyes.
"Take a look," Su Ci directly placed her phone in front of Lu Zhe.
Lu Zhe glanced at the girl, then took the phone.
"What does she want?" Su Ci wondered, "She deliberately smeared you on the forum, leading the charge to mock you, yet in reality, she puts on a caring act, trying to get close to you."
What exactly was this girl's intention?
Su Ci leaned closer to Lu Zhe, "But no matter what her plan is, I'm angry that she maliciously attacked you on the forum."
Lu Zhe stroked Su Ci's head. He didn't care about others' words and gazes; he only cared about her feelings. "I'll delete those posts."
"Don't delete them yet," Su Ci raised an eyebrow, her dark eyes flashing with a strange light, "Can you make her reveal her identity when she posts on the forum?"
Lu Zhe nodded, "Yes."
Su Ci said, "Then make her reveal it."
The other party was clearly a rat in the gutter, hiding her malicious intent, pretending to be a kind and gentle flower, which was really annoying.
Since she had led the charge to incite online bullying against Lu Zhe, let her experience the taste of being bullied online.
Lu Zhe cooperated, "Alright."
After eating, Su Ci and Lu Zhe planned to take a walk around the school. She hadn't had the chance to properly explore the campus.
At noon, the sun was fierce.
Many people had already returned to their dormitories to rest after lunch, so there weren't many people on the road.
Su Ci slipped her hand into Lu Zhe's palm, letting him hold her hand.
Lu Zhe's body temperature was on the lower side, and in this hot weather, she felt comfortable leaning against him.
Su Ci happily curved her eyes, about to say something to Lu Zhe, when she saw Yang Shujing not far away.
She frowned, feeling quite displeased.
Yang Shujing was walking beside a boy, who was half-dragging, half-pulling her away.
Su Ci noticed the red thread on the boy's wrist, indicating his life value.
Tsk, both this boy and Yang Shujing were about to die?
The distance was a bit far, so she couldn't see the exact time.
Su Ci pondered for a moment and called out to Fugui, "How did that boy die? And how many days does he have left?"
Fugui quickly replied: [Master, he has two days left to live. He will die by suicide.]
Two days?
Yang Shujing also had only two days of life left.
It seemed their deaths were somehow connected.
Su Ci reluctantly asked Fugui, "How did Yang Shujing die?"
When she found out earlier that Yang Shujing would die, she didn't ask Fugui the reason because she didn't really want to save her.
Knowing that Yang Shujing had led the charge to cyberbully Lu Zhe on the forum, she was even less inclined to save her.
Su Ci didn't consider herself a kind-hearted person and had never thought of being a savior.
If she were to save Yang Shujing, it would purely be for the sake of gold cotton candy and Lu Zhe.
Fugui, thinking it could get gold cotton candy again, spoke in an excited little voice, [Master, Yang Shujing will be killed.]
Su Ci was momentarily stunned.
One was to die by suicide, and the other was to be killed.
Su Ci quickly guessed two possibilities: either Yang Shujing was killed by someone else, and the boy committed suicide for her, or Yang Shujing was killed by the boy, who then committed suicide.
Su Ci watched as Yang Shujing and the boy walked further away, her fingers lightly hooking around Lu Zhe's hand, "I saw Yang Shujing. Let's follow them and see."
The girl's fingertips lightly teased his palm, causing a ticklish sensation.
Lu Zhe tightened his grip on her hand and, without asking for a reason, followed her to track the couple ahead.
Su Ci watched as the two kept walking upwards, obviously heading to the rooftop.
She was so tired.
Why was it always climbing mountains or stairs whenever she had to save someone!
She hated physical labor the most.
"I'll carry you," Lu Zhe bent down in front of Su Ci.
Su Ci didn't refuse. It wasn't the first time Lu Zhe had carried her, so she skillfully climbed onto the broad, strong back of the young man.
She wrapped her arms around Lu Zhe's neck and, leaning her head to the side, whispered softly into his ear, "Keep it up."
The warm breath landed on his ear, and Lu Zhe tightened his jaw. Without a sound, he slowed his pace and continued to walk upwards.
The boy and Yang Shujing ahead were clearly immersed in their argument and didn't notice someone following them from below.
Pushing open the door to the rooftop, the noon sun directly hit them, making it hard to open their eyes.
"Shen Shi, you're hurting me," Yang Shujing struggled, her voice full of grievance.
Shen Shi led Yang Shujing to the railing of the rooftop, then let go of her hand, "Why break up? Why block my phone number?"
Shen Shi had a fair, clean appearance and a gentle demeanor. Due to his heart condition, his complexion was very pale, a fragile, sickly white, and even the color of his thin lips was very light.
His black pupils were reflected as brown by the intense sunlight, appearing very gentle.
He was wearing a white shirt and casual pants, tall and slim, a clean and handsome boy.
Yang Shujing held her wrist, which had been gripped painfully, and hadn't expected Shen Shi to come to City B to find her, and they had just happened to meet, "How did you get here?"
"You don't want to see me?" Shen Shi's lips were pale, and his beautiful eyes stared straight at Yang Shujing, "On the phone, you casually said 'break up', and that's it?"
"I'm sorry," Yang Shujing bit her lip, her eyes teary, her gentle expression full of reluctance for Shen Shi, "I don't like you anymore."
Shen Shi's face turned even paler under the sun.
He mocked, "Who was it that kept chasing after me? Who forced their way into my life? Who shamelessly clung to me, saying they didn't mind my heart condition, that I could die at any moment? Who said they wanted to warm me? To give me light?"
A stubbornness appeared in his eyes as he pressed, "Now? You gave me light, and now you're pushing me back into the abyss?"
Yang Shujing bit her lip and remained silent.
Shen Shi stepped forward, his single hand gripping both sides of her face, his tone cold, "Are you playing with me?"
Yang Shujing quickly shook her head, her face painfully pinched by the other person. Feeling wronged, she started to cry, "I really wanted to help you."
Shen Shi's fair, refined face was cold. "Chasing me down, then dumping me—is that your way of helping?"
Yang Shujing was stunned. She retorted, "That's not it..."
"The one you like now, Lu Zhe, has ALS, right?" Shen Shi tightened his grip, leaving red marks on her face as he watched her shocked expression. "Are you planning to pursue him the same way you pursued me?"
Yang Shujing looked at him in astonishment. How did Shen Shi know?
"One with autism, one with a limp, one with heart disease, and now another with ALS," Shen Shi sneered at Yang Shujing. "Are you collecting patients? Or do you think you're some kind of saint? Saving the sick? Offering us redemption?"
Yang Shujing felt both ashamed and humiliated. Tears in her eyes, she retorted, "Don't humiliate me like this."
Down the stairs, Su Ci and Lu Zhe had not left yet. Instead, they were eavesdropping from the stairwell, with Lu Zhe extending his phone out to capture the scene.
Through the phone screen, they could see the boy and Yang Shujing arguing.
When they heard the boy accuse Yang Shujing of liking Lu Zhe, Su Ci huffed unhappily at Lu Zhe. But as the boy went on to list all the people Yang Shujing had liked before, Su Ci was shocked.
So, Yang Shujing only liked Lu Zhe because he had ALS?
As the boy put it, did Yang Shujing think she was some kind of savior?
Was she trying to pull people out of their abyss? Had she been watching too many dramas?
Su Ci was utterly speechless.
She could probably guess the reason the boy was killed.
Su Ci's legs were getting numb from crouching, and Lu Zhe's phone was extended from the bottom corner of the wall. They could only watch by crouching.
Listening to the argument, especially Yang Shujing's feeble explanations, Su Ci wanted to roll her eyes.
Bored, she propped her chin on her hand and glanced at Lu Zhe, gradually losing herself in thought.
The boy's side profile was sharp and defined, his face no longer rigid with illness as it once was.
His brows and eyes were refined and otherworldly, exuding an indescribable charm.
He was simply perfect in every way, hitting all the right notes for her.
As Su Ci looked at Lu Zhe, she suddenly felt that crouching by the wall wasn't so boring after all.
The girl's gaze was bright and intense, burning with intensity as she looked at him. How could Lu Zhe not feel it?
He turned his head to look at her, and the girl's eyes lit up even more, sparkling with tiny, beautiful fragments.
In her gaze was the mischievous intent he was familiar with.
Sure enough, the girl leaned in and whispered, "Don't look at me. Turn your head back."
Lu Zhe glanced at her but didn't respond, turning his head away.
The next moment, warm breath landed on his ear.
Lu Zhe smelled the familiar, faint scent of Su Ci.
Then, a moist sensation touched his earlobe, and the veins on the back of his hand holding the phone stood out.
An overwhelming sense of pleasure rose, and the boy nearly gritted his teeth.
His voice was very low. "Su Ci!"
On the phone screen, Yang Shujing was pushed by the boy to the edge of the rooftop railing, as if about to be pushed off.
Yang Shujing screamed in terror.
Lu Zhe's dark eyes were deeply intense, and the sensation of the girl's light lick on his earlobe sent a wave of numbness through him, almost causing him to lose control.
He glanced at the scene on the phone and asked the girl in a low, hoarse voice, "Should we save her?"
Su Ci was surprised to see that Lu Zhe's ears were completely red, and the little mole on his earlobe looked especially adorable. She had heard Yang Shujing's scream, but she didn't want to intervene.
"No," Su Ci said. Yang Shujing wouldn't die until two days later.
For now, it was just a taste of her own medicine. Who asked her to have such bad intentions?
She deserved it!
