Chapter 166
Chapter 166
“Let’s go.” Jian Fan cut off Lin Junruo’s thoughts.
Li Xiting and the others had already reached the dorm room door.
Jian Fan immediately followed, and Lin Junruo pulled herself back from her thoughts as well.
The group of eight hurried in together as soon as the girls opened the door.
After Zhao Yingguo and the other three returned to the dorm, each of them went back to her own bed and lay down.
Clearly, after a full day of military training, they were utterly exhausted. Only after lying in bed for a while did they start getting up one after another to wash up, chatting now and then about ordinary things.
Their conversations were nothing substantial, all just little incidents from military training, but from the way the four of them interacted, Qin Nan and the others could still pick up on certain things.
Just as Qin Nan had said, Wang Yueyue and Shen Hong were obviously closer to Zhao Yingguo. The three of them often gathered together to talk, and whenever Wang Yueyue or Shen Hong took out snacks to share, they were always especially enthusiastic about giving some to Zhao Yingguo. But when it came to Li Xiting, their attitude could not exactly be called bad, yet it was noticeably much cooler.
Li Xiting frowned slightly as she looked at the snack being offered to her. Then she shook her head and said, “No, thank you.”
The two girls did not show much of a reaction then.
But the moment they turned away, they huddled together and started complaining.
“Why bother giving her any? That’s just offering a warm face to a cold butt,” Wang Yueyue said, somewhat displeased.
Shen Hong looked a little awkward too. “I couldn’t just leave her out by herself. How was I supposed to know she’d be this speechless? Forget it. I won’t give her any next time. Yingguo is only willing to include her because she’s nice. If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t want to hang out with her.”
“Exactly. We’re all living life for the first time. Who isn’t treated like a Little Princess at home? Who does she think she is?”
Wang Yueyue’s voice accidentally rose a little, and Shen Hong quickly made a shushing gesture at her.
The two of them were speaking quietly. Logically, no one should have noticed. At the very least, Zhao Yingguo did not seem to realize anything.
But Li Xiting…
Qin Nan saw Li Xiting’s fingers pause on the keyboard. It seemed she had heard what the two of them said.
Although Li Xiting soon started typing again, Qin Nan just felt that her mood had changed.
He thought for a moment, then walked a few steps forward.
Li Xiting had already come face-to-face with them earlier, but she had not spoken to them. Qin Nan did not know whether Li Xiting had failed to see them or simply did not want to acknowledge them.
Whatever the reason, Qin Nan did not care whether they were discovered.
He walked up behind Li Xiting, his gaze unconsciously falling on her laptop.
She had a document open at the moment.
It was a brand-new blank document.
Li Xiting had been typing continuously before, so clearly, the document in front of them was one she had just created after hearing Wang Yueyue and Shen Hong’s conversation.
Qin Nan watched Li Xiting’s fingertips move across the keys. A line of text appeared in the document.
“September 21, 2011.
I have come to hate someone.
Zhao Yingguo.
I don’t like her.
I want to destroy her.”
Qin Nan stared at the words on the document, his eyes widening in disbelief.
What the hell?
From beginning to end, at least during the time they had observed, Zhao Yingguo had not done anything. She was just a sweet young girl who loved to smile, simple and easy to get along with. If anything, it was Wang Yueyue and Shen Hong who had said a few things behind Li Xiting’s back. Though from what the two of them had said, Li Xiting herself did seem to be part of the reason.
But no matter what, if Li Xiting went after Wang Yueyue and Shen Hong, he could still understand it. Why was she taking her anger out on Zhao Yingguo?
Qin Nan was baffled.
Jian Fan had also seen the contents of the document. He was somewhat surprised, but after the surprise came understanding.
He had originally thought those six newspapers had been left behind by Zhao Yingguo and that they marked points in time related to Zhao Yingguo. Only now, after seeing the contents on Li Xiting’s computer, did he realize that his guess had been wrong.
It was not that Zhao Yingguo had nothing to do with it, but more precisely, the standard was Li Xiting’s consciousness.
On September 21, 2011, Li Xiting had the thought of destroying Zhao Yingguo. And that was the beginning of all Zhao Yingguo’s nightmares.
After Li Xiting finished typing that line, she closed the document. Then she suddenly turned her head and looked at Jian Fan and the others. “Aren’t you leaving?”
Qin Nan paused.
Jian Fan, however, showed no reaction at all.
Li Xiting stood up and opened the door. Jian Fan cooperated and walked out, taking the remaining seven people with him.
After leaving Dormitory 6103, Jian Fan headed straight toward the Stairs.
They were going to the next time-space.
Time and space shifted.
In the corridor on the sixth floor, the door to 6103 opened.
Wang Yueyue and Shen Hong were the first to come out.
However, they did not leave right away. Instead, they turned back to wait for the people still inside.
Li Xiting followed closely behind. Once she came out, Wang Yueyue and Shen Hong each took one of Li Xiting’s arms, laughing and chatting as they walked away. Zhao Yingguo was left at the very end.
She looked at her three roommates’ backs as they left and pressed her lips together slightly.
Somewhat dejected, she lowered her head and pulled the door shut. Then she lifted her head again, as if cheering herself on. Soon, she smiled and hurried after the three roommates ahead of her.
“Wait for me,” Zhao Yingguo called to her roommates.
Qin Nan clearly saw Wang Yueyue’s and Shen Hong’s expressions change slightly. Not only did they not wait for Zhao Yingguo, they even pulled Li Xiting along and walked faster.
Watching this scene, Li Xiting curved her lips faintly, clearly in a pleasant mood.
Qin Nan cursed outright.
The treatment Zhao Yingguo was receiving now was far more miserable than what Li Xiting had suffered back then, and all of this was obviously thanks to Li Xiting.
He truly could not understand what Zhao Yingguo had done to offend Li Xiting.
Zhao Yingguo chased after them for a few steps. Seeing that her roommates were walking quickly, the little bit of courage she had mustered soon scattered. She gradually grew dispirited and slowed her pace as well.
Li Xiting and the other two had already gone down the Stairs.
Zhao Yingguo was still walking slowly along the corridor.
“Zhao Yingguo?”
Zhao Yingguo suddenly heard someone call her name. She looked up and saw the dorm supervisor standing in front of the dormitory, watching her with a kind expression. “What’s wrong? Are you in a bad mood?”
A smile quickly appeared on Zhao Yingguo’s face. She shook her head at the dorm supervisor and said, “No. I just remembered something unhappy, so I felt a little down. I’m fine. Thank you for caring, Auntie.”
The dorm supervisor smiled and said, “You’re still just kids. How can there be so many unhappy things? Cheer up. If anything is upsetting you, just tell Auntie. I may not be able to help, but I can be your trash can.”
Hearing this, Zhao Yingguo’s smile became more sincere. She nodded eagerly and said, “Thank you, Auntie!”
Probably because of the dorm supervisor’s words, Zhao Yingguo regained her confidence. With a smile on her face, she also walked toward the Stairs.
This point in time should be when the dorm supervisor first began approaching Zhao Yingguo. It was also an important part of Li Xiting’s plan. However, the exact time still could not be confirmed. Judging from their clothing, it should have been either November 23, 2011, or January 13, 2013, with the latter being more likely.
As for the previous time when the Hair Ribbon was returned, that should have been June 8, 2013.
They had one final point in time remaining.
The group set off once again.