Although the four people in the dormitory were majoring in the same field, their schedules were not identical due to course selection reasons.
Even for the same course, they might have different professors.
Unless it’s a large class for a public compulsory course, they usually don’t attend the same classes.
This morning, the original owner’s class was different from the other three.
After Ruan finished washing up, he took his textbooks and directly put on a mask before leaving.
Although Ruan Qing wanted to investigate the clues directly, the original owner never missed any class, so he could only go to class first.
Fortunately, the original owner only had morning classes today, and he would have enough time in the afternoon to investigate the clues.
Or... wait for someone else to investigate.
Ruan Qing looked at the player who came in front of him and stopped.
...Ji Zhiyuan? (T/N: One of the players from the second arc.)
He’s not dead?
“Classmate, I see that your forehead is dark, it’s probably because...” Ji Zhiyuan looked into the eyes of the young man he stopped, and as he spoke, his voice disappeared.
Although the mask covered most of the young man’s face, glimpses of the young man’s exquisite features and the charming teardrop mole could still be vaguely seen.
Subconsciously, it made people feel that there must be an otherworldly face under the mask.
Most importantly, he felt that this person seemed a bit... familiar?
The audience in the livestream room also paused for a moment.
[Although I don’t know what he looks like, my intuition tells me he’s definitely a beauty!!!]
[I feel the same!!! That figure, those eyes and eyebrows, that teardrop mole, this is definitely a beauty without a doubt! Maybe even an extraordinary beauty! I bet fifty points!]
[I bet a hundred points! If he’s not a beauty, I’ll eat my keyboard on the livestream!]
[Everyone, calm down a bit. Haven’t you seen people who look good with a mask but not without it? Think about it carefully. If he looks good, why would he wear a mask? I think he wears a mask only because his eyes are good-looking.]
[Streamer, pull down his mask! Hurry up and pull it down!]
Ji Zhiyuan paused for several seconds before retracting his gaze and continued speaking seriously, “Classmate, I see that your forehead is dark. You’ve probably come into contact with something unclean recently.”
Ji Zhiyuan may not be a Taoist master or anything, but what he said wasn’t baseless.
This instance was a supernatural one related to the “Pen Spirit.” After importing the instance, there’s a segment of video included in the prompts.
The video showed room 404 boys’ dormitory, where four people were playing a summoning game related to the “Pen Spirit.”
After a few rounds of questioning and preparing to send away the Pen Spirit, the pen suddenly fell to the ground.
Then a strange wind blew, and the entire room 404 plunged into darkness.
The video ended at this point.
But the meaning was quite clear; the four male students in room 404 had been targeted by the so-called Pen Spirit.
Those four who participated in the summoning game were definitely crucial in this instance.
If one started with them, perhaps some clues could be uncovered.
So Ji Zhiyuan came to investigate the clues about the male students staying in room 404.
Although his reason sounded like a scam, the Pen Spirit had already entangled the people in room 404, so there must be a reaction.
However, Ji Zhiyuan didn’t expect the reaction to be this intense...
He looked at the crying young man and was directly dumbfounded.
After finishing his words, the young man in front had eyes that turned red, as if soaked in tears. His beautiful eyes were moist, and tears streamed down like raindrops.
Because of the tears, the light reflected in his eyes seemed to have a bit of flowing brilliance, like the shimmering stars on a summer night.
Extremely beautiful.
Although the viewers in the livestream were also confused, the next moment, they became excited.
[Help! His crying is too good-looking, ah ah ah ah ah, I’m done for!]
[I now understand what it means to cry pitifully, cry with pear blossoms and rain, and finally understand why some people have desires for eyes. His crying, I can hardly control myself.]
[I’m usually not a fan of seeing a big man cry, but for some reason, his crying makes me giddy. If only he could come and cry in my arms.]
Ruan Qing didn’t want to cry. He originally intended to respond to Ji Zhiyuan’s words.
But he didn’t expect that before he could speak, tears would instantly flow out.
Then, he couldn’t say anything.
Ruan Qing: “......”
Even Ruan Qing didn’t know why he was crying, but the feeling of grievance kept welling up inside him.
Ruan Qing speculated that Ji Zhiyuan’s words had frightened this body.
Although he didn’t feel scared himself.
Ruan Qing tried to suppress the emotion, but it was apparent that he couldn’t entirely control it.
It seemed like he might need some medication to assist him.
Ji Zhiyuan looked at the tearful young man, feeling somewhat confused and helpless, as if he didn’t understand how he managed to make someone cry.
At this point, Ruan Qing couldn’t say anything to Ji Zhiyuan. He simply hugged his textbooks and walked past Ji Zhiyuan, preparing to go to class.
Ji Zhiyuan realized it and directly caught up. “I’m sorry, did I scare you?”
Ruan Qing glanced at Ji Zhiyuan, shaking his head slightly.
Ji Zhiyuan looked at the silent young man. With a hint of hesitation, he spoke, “Are you... unable to speak?”
Ruan Qing paused at the words and nodded.
Ji Zhiyuan was about to say something more, but the person beside him suddenly accelerated.
Ji Zhiyuan instinctively wanted to catch up, but someone blocked him.
He glanced at the approaching player and could only give up for now.
***
Ruan Qing saw Qiao Nuo coming from the dormitory, which was why he accelerated.
And because of the delay caused by Ji Zhiyuan just now, he was about to be late.
The original owner had never been late for class, so Ruan Qing started to run a bit.
Unexpectedly, when he turned the corner in the corridor, someone came from the left corridor.
Ruan Qing widened his eyes, wanting to stop.
But his body’s reaction was slow, and he ended up bumping into the person.
Then he staggered backward.
Fortunately, the person in front of him reacted quickly, ignoring the documents that fell to the ground, grabbing Ruan Qing’s wrist, and steadying him.
The man looked at the panicked young man with tear-filled eyes and smiled kindly, offering a gentle reminder, “Classmate, it’s better not to run in the hallway.”
Ruan Qing pursed his lips, lowering his head with a face full of apology.
He wanted to say sorry, but the tears prevented the words from coming out.
Ruan Qing noticed scattered documents on the floor.
He knocked them down.
Immediately, Ruan Qing bent his knees and half-crouched down, ready to pick up the documents.
“No need. I can handle it myself.”
Ruan Qing seemed a bit uneasy, but still assisted in picking up the documents.
However, as he was halfway through, he instantly froze.
Among the documents was a photo.
The photo depicted a bloodied corpse and a man.
The man held a bloody knife and was looking directly at the camera.
The man in the photo was the same as the one standing in front of Ruan Qing.
The man in front of Ruan Qing looked down at the crouching young man with a light laughter, so gentle that it sent shivers down one’s spine and an undeniable chill to the depths of the heart.
“Classmate, what did you see?”
thanks for not giving up on this masterpiece! i check a few times a day to see if it updated ^^. i even made an acc so that i could comment on ur chapters from now on lmao.
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