18 Menggui High School (18)

Why did you save me?

No sooner had Qin Fu'an finished inviting Xie Yunhuai to watch the live food broadcast than the "sports teaching aid" at the stairwell was already roaring and staggering toward him.

Qin Fu'an continued to observe as the other party rapidly approached.

The conclusion was that they were faster than the average student, but not necessarily more aggressive, and most importantly, they didn't seem very bright.

To confirm this, Qin Fu'an turned around and took a step back into the classroom just as the other person was about to approach, and then closed the classroom door behind him.

"Bang—!" The tremendous impact caused the not-so-sturdy door panel to creak unbearably.

But the other party was indeed unable to break down the door.

Instead of thinking and rushing through the window, it seemed to be enraged and blindly rammed the door repeatedly.

"The door can't be broken." Xie Yunhuai's voice suddenly rang out from behind.

Qin Fu'an turned to look at him, and then saw him frown and say, "If the classroom door is broken, by tomorrow, we won't be able to stop any creature that wants to come in."

He wasn't referring to people, but rather to the word "living things".

So, during the day, this door can serve a defensive purpose?

Just like the closed classroom doors in a regular school, they can both block the cold wind and prevent other students from visiting each other's rooms.

"Then I'll let go."

After being reminded, Qin Fu'an quickly let go.

In Xie Yunhuai's constricted pupils, the monster bearing the identity of a dead player suddenly rushed in, its blood-stained fangs aimed straight for his head and face—

In that instant, Qin Fu'an saw countless black tentacles surge out of Xie Yunhuai's body. The screams of the soul entities almost shattered his eardrums, but the owner of these soul entities, after a moment of stunned silence, stood there blankly, neither dodging nor avoiding the attack.

"Why do you like to daydream so much?" Qin Fu'an reached out and pulled Xie Yunhuai away from his dazed state, letting the monster bite his arm.

Blood gushed out, cold and deadly, specks of which landed on the monster and Xie Yunhuai.

Xie Yunhuai stared in astonishment at the scene, opening his mouth to say something, but Qin Fu'an had already impatiently kicked the monster that was still gnawing on his arm.

The blood-stained school uniform fabric and the piece of flesh that was being bitten so tightly were torn off together, but Qin Fu'an didn't even frown. He kicked the monster against the wall of the corridor again, then grabbed its collar and threw it off the high building.

About a second later, a dull thud was heard.

Xie Yunhuai seemed to be finally awakened, his blank expression suddenly clearing up.

He raised his face, which was splattered with blood. His unremarkable appearance was now given a strange and bewitching quality by the bloodstains.

Xie Yunhuai stared at Qin Fu'an's bleeding arm, his hands hanging by his sides slowly clenching.

"You don't need to save me," he said softly. "I won't live past tonight."

So when Qin Fu'an let go and opened the door just now, he wasn't unaware of what was happening; rather, he calmly and numbly awaited the pain to come.

If you don't dodge or avoid attacks, you won't have to wait for three point deductions, and you won't become a teaching tool; you'll die directly.

Xie Yunhuai was already very familiar with the process, but Qin Fu'an insisted on interfering.

Upon hearing this, Qin Fu'an frowned slightly, but did not argue with Xie Yunhuai.

Time was of the essence; he had to stop the bleeding as soon as possible and then take Xie Yunhuai to a new, safe hiding place.

Xie Yunhuai's wrist was gripped tightly again. He never expected that the man would start acting without saying a word. Caught off guard, he stumbled and looked up, only to see the boy's still sharp and beautiful jawline under the light.

Qin Fu'an led Xie Yunhuai upstairs.

Class 4 of Senior Three is not on the top floor of this teaching building. There are other classes of Senior Three above it, but Qin Fu'an did not stop walking all the way to the sixth floor.

"There's only the sixth floor left," Xie Yunhuai had to remind him.

Qin Fu'an glanced back at him, then took his hand and led him up the last few steps.

Then, pointing to the rusty ladder fixed to the mottled wall, he said, "Go up from here."

Xie Yunhuai looked up as he tried to catch his breath after running so fast.

This long ladder is fixed to the wall, and the bottom section is about two meters off the ground. Under normal circumstances, no one would think of climbing it.

Indeed, the rust on its body proves this point; in the past, probably very few people would have climbed up from here.

Looking up again, you can clearly see a locked iron mesh covering the top, also covered in rust, but through the holes in the mesh, the darkness of the night shines through even deeper and thicker.

Qin Fu'an also saw the lock. He frowned, and after noticing that there was no other danger approaching below for the time being, he took two steps back, then rushed over, and after a decisive leap, he reached out and firmly grabbed the long ladder on the wall.

"Be careful." He looked down and reminded Xie Yunhuai, who was looking up below, before quickly and cleanly climbing upwards.

As he ascended the stairs, Xie Yunhuai stood in the stairwell, looking up and quietly watching his decisive actions. This time, his gaze on Qin Fu'an was more earnest and focused than ever before.

Why did you save me?

I just transferred to this school, how would I know about this place?

What's in it for you to save me?

If you'd rather get hurt yourself to save me... what exactly do you want from me?

Many questions began to accumulate from the moment Qin Fu'an reached out to block him, but Xie Yunhuai remained silent, burying these doubts and suspicions in his heart.

He thought: If I can survive tonight, I'll ask these questions then.

But if I still die tonight, then there's no need to voice any more questions.

Because when he wakes up again, it will be a new cycle, and the new deskmate next to him will never be Qin Fu'an.

Therefore, Xie Yunhuai remained silent.

Qin Fu'an, unaware of what his kind-hearted classmate was thinking, was gripping the rusty yet sturdy copper lock with one hand, intending to break it with brute force.

However, from the moment he entered the game, he was severely weakened by the game, and he couldn't even transform his original form. The dungeons were also filled with an evil and treacherous atmosphere. Therefore, Qin Fu'an didn't have much spiritual energy to use, and he could only use a little less each time.

Not to mention that he used his racial talent several times during the day, Qin Fu'an is probably only slightly stronger than Nan Zhu in terms of physical strength now. This lock... is really not easy to deal with.

But he glanced down at Xie Yunhuai, whose body was covered in black tentacles dancing, and at several pitiful tentacles clinging to his injured arm, trying to stop the bleeding. He calmed himself, gathered his strength again, and tried to open the lock as soon as possible.

At the same time, an even greater danger was gradually approaching, following the trail of blood he had left behind.

Xie Yunhuai, who had originally chosen to numbly await death, felt a strange sense of urgency and tension as he heard the sounds getting closer.

He clenched his fingers several times, but his body, more honest than his thoughts, quietly moved to a blind spot.

Xie Yunhuai swallowed hard, his gaze fixed intently on the only passage leading upstairs.

As the twisted, dark shadow on the ground drew closer and shorter, Xie Yunhuai saw a massive body covered in fat.

In that instant, he felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his throat, because he also recognized this blood-stained body as Teacher Zhang, whose head had been swallowed whole by the headmaster.

No one expected that it would be one of the "teaching aids" for tonight's physical education exam.

But thankfully... it has no head.

Its head is inside the headmaster's stomach; it has probably already been digested.

After the other party appeared, Qin Fu'an, who was struggling with the lock above, also noticed the predicament Xie Yunhuai was facing.

Just as he was about to temporarily abandon the lock and go down to lead Xie Yunhuai around it, Xie Yunhuai suddenly moved.

The moment Xie Yunhuai made a move, the endless tentacles that surged from his body seemed to finally take shape. As Xie Yunhuai imitated Qin Fu'an's actions and kicked the monster's body, which was not yet on its feet, the tentacles began to move wildly.

They took the opportunity to entangle the monster Teacher Zhang's massive body, and after Xie Yunhuai's foot touched the monster, they seemed to be helping him cheat, tacitly dragging the monster downstairs and throwing it.

From an outsider's perspective, it looked as if Xie Yunhuai possessed superhuman strength, capable of kicking a massive monster away with a single kick.

If you ignore Xie Yunhuai's pale face and trembling body, the scene is still exceptionally neat and handsome.

At least the viewers in the live stream who were just watching the fun started sending comments praising Xiao Xie as a hidden master who was actually a wolf in sheep's clothing.

A dazzling barrage of comments swept across the screen, almost completely obscuring Qin Fu'an's vision.

It was at this moment that he felt as if a new weight had been added to the long ladder he was standing on.

When he looked down, he met Xie Yunhuai's gaze as he looked up.

Their eyes met, and after a moment, Xie Yunhuai moved away first, using his arms to continue climbing.

Unbeknownst to him, a smile appeared on Qin Fu'an's lips. Holding the copper lock, he used his other injured hand to support his weight and slowly moved his body to the side.

Without Xie Yunhuai having to say anything, Qin Fu'an had already cleared space for Xiao Xie to stand up.

The two boys gathered at the narrow exit leading to the rooftop. Xie Yunhuai placed his cold right hand on Qin Fu'an's warm hand, took a deep breath, and then quietly counted down the countdown.

"3, 2—1!"

The two of them pulled down with all their might, and the rust-covered brass lock finally cracked with an unbearable creak.

Qin Fu'an gripped the brass lock, glanced down at the back of his hand that was being held, and smiled slightly. "Little Xie, thanks to you, you don't mind letting go so I can go up and take a look, do you?"

The next second, Xie Yunhuai seemed to have been burned, and he suddenly pulled his hand back and clenched it instinctively.

[Author's Note]

Anzai: My wife is amazing! When husband and wife are of one mind, their strength can break gold!

Yunzai: (indifferently)...

Yunzai's soul form: QAQ Waaaaaah, I'm bleeding so much, come and get some blood!

My grandma is having surgery tomorrow, so I have to take a day off. Sorry, everyone.

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Thank you to the little angels who watered the nutrient solution:

Three bottles of plum-infused wine;

One bottle of "Clear Rain and Lonely Boat";

Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!