Chapter 436 A Storm Enough to Destroy Her "N-nothing!" Li Xiaoge bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, waving her hands frantically. "I...I just...my stomach is a little upset, and I need to go to the toilet urgently!"

She made up a lame excuse, and before Chen Xiaocao could ask any more questions, she turned around as if fleeing and, with trembling hands, inserted the key into the lock.

"Click".

The lock is open.

She pushed open the heavy iron door, practically slipped inside, and then immediately locked it from the inside with a bang.

Outside the door, Chen Xiaocao frowned in confusion as she watched her series of unusual actions.

Stomach upset? What are you doing in this isolation room? Weren't the toilets here locked a long time ago?

She felt something was off, but couldn't quite put her finger on it. She shook her head and continued walking back to her dormitory, carrying the basin.

Inside the isolation room.

Li Xiaoge leaned against the cold iron gate, panting heavily as if she had just finished running a five-kilometer race.

The room was dark, with only the light and shadow cast on the floor by the stripes of steel bars cut into the windows.

Bai Wei was still sitting on the corner of the bed, in the same position she had left in, like a statue of despair.

Hearing the sound of the door opening and locking, she slowly, very slowly, raised her head.

His pale, haggard face was expressionless, and his dim eyes stared at Li Xiaoge with a sinister gaze, like a venomous snake lurking in the dark, watching its prey.

Li Xiaoge felt uneasy under her gaze and subconsciously took a step back, her back slamming heavily against the iron gate.

“You…” she was about to speak.

The sinister aura on Bai Wei's face vanished without a trace in an instant.

Instead, he wore an expression of deep concern and worry.

She struggled to get off the bed, walked quickly to Li Xiaoge, and grabbed her hand.

Bai Wei's hands were as cold as ice.

"Comrade Xiaoge! What's wrong?" Her voice was filled with just the right amount of anxiety and worry. "Look at you, your face is as white as paper, and your hands are so cold! Has something happened? Is it...is it that Su An...is she making things difficult for you?!"

She deliberately steered the conversation toward Su An.

Li Xiaoge's heart skipped a beat.

Looking into Bai Wei's "concerned" eyes, she trembled for a long time, unable to utter the word "no".

The suffocating scene from just moments ago resurfaced in her mind.

Seeing her absent-minded appearance, Bai Wei's eyes flashed with a subtle, triumphant glint.

She knew the fish had taken the bait.

She immediately put on a more earnest and worried expression, put her arm around Li Xiaoge's shoulder, led her to sit down on the edge of the bed, and then half-squatted in front of her, looking up at her.

"Xiaoge, don't be afraid." Her voice was extremely soft, as if it had a hypnotic power. "Treat me like your own sister. Tell me anything. Did you see something you shouldn't have when you went to deliver the food?"

She guided them patiently, like a priest leading lost sheep.

Li Xiaoge's psychological defenses finally collapsed completely under her gradual manipulation.

As if she had found an outlet to confide in, she burst into tears, which streamed down her face like a broken string of pearls.