28 Reconcile, reconcile, let us reconcile

◎Don't scare yourself◎

When talking about this horrific memory, Lin Yan felt rejection and fear.

During these two days, she had hoped countless times that it was just a dream. When she woke up, all the terrible memories were left in the dream, and the reality was still beautiful and happy. She even deliberately brainwashed herself, trying to forget that memory and pretend that nothing had happened.

But everything failed. What happened to Liu Ziman made her afraid. Perhaps one day, the person who experienced this would become herself.

Qi Qiuxue frowned, "You mean you failed to send the Pen Fairy away?"

Lin Yan cried and nodded: "Yes."

After he finished speaking, Li Yiqing on the side took a breath and tightly grasped Qi Qiuxue's sleeve.

Qi Qiuxue patted the back of her hand soothingly, but her eyes remained fixed on Lin Yan: "Continue."

"I was terrified at that moment. I didn't know why the Pen Fairy wouldn't leave, and I didn't dare stay any longer. That empty dormitory, that wooden table where we'd completed the ceremony, the overhead lamp, the pen in my hand—everything made my hair stand on end." At this point, Lin Yan practically choked up, unable to continue. "So we ended the ceremony, hurriedly packed up our things, and quickly ran back to our dorm."

"Why have you been hiding it from us?" Qi Qiuxue asked again.

Lin Yan murmured helplessly, "I'm afraid you'll blame me... If I really did attract something unclean, even if it didn't implicate anyone not involved in the game, you'd still be scared and nervous. Rather than that, it's better to keep it a secret and not say anything."

"But I was wrong. What was going to happen still happened. We can't escape it. Perhaps none of us can escape it..."

Her voice was trembling and she was on the verge of collapse, but even so, the other two roommates did not come forward to comfort her.

The atmosphere gradually became quiet, and everyone had their own thoughts, waiting for their own or others' impending fate.

After an unknown amount of time, Qi Qiuxue sighed and said, "Let's go to sleep first."

"Okay." Everyone nodded in response and returned to each other's beds in silence.

The curtain was drawn, and crying sounds were heard from behind the curtain at the same time. Not only Lin Yan, but the other two roommates were also scared and panicked.

Qi Qiuxue retracted her gaze and shifted her eyes back to the ground.

Although the pile of insects on the ground were still rolling and crawling, they had obviously lost their previous vitality. Some of them even stopped moving, as if they would never survive once they left Liu Ziman's body and were on the verge of death.

Qi Qiuxue felt disgusted and was also afraid that something might happen if she kept these things, so she swept them all into the garbage bag, tied the bag tightly, and threw it on the balcony.

Li Yiqing followed like a tail, frightened by Lin Yan's words just now, and called her in a low voice: "Axue..."

Qi Qiuxue raised her eyes and met her gaze. Although Li Yiqing looked like a queen, she was not at all out of place when she acted coquettishly. She looked even more adorable in the little fox pajamas.

She unconsciously gave her more patience: "What's wrong?"

She thought Li Yiqing might be about to complain about something, and was prepared to try to coax her. But when he started talking, Qi Qiuxue realized that Li Yiqing had also been thinking hard: "I think Lin Yan might have lied."

"?" Qi Qiuxue suddenly became interested and encouraged her to continue, "Tell me why you feel that way."

"I just feel like something's wrong with her," Li Yiqing said. "It's not just because of the photo on her pillow, but also because of what she just said. Doesn't Ah Xue think she went into too much detail?"

"It's easy for people to overlook things when they're overly nervous, but not Lin Yan. She actually remembered everything: the ceremony itself, the unexpected events, her own reactions, and the reactions of others... If it were me, I wouldn't have paid attention to so many things in such a terrifying environment."

"You're right." Qi Qiuxue nodded. Li Yiqing's thoughts coincided with hers. "We really can't trust her words completely. Whether they actually played the Pen Fairy game, for what purpose, and how much truth there is in their words, all of this remains to be explored."

"But if the game is a lie to us, how do we explain those bugs?" Li Yiqing couldn't figure it out.

"It's not difficult. Just prepare everything in advance," Qi Qiuxue said. "It's dim after the lights go out, so it's easy to tamper with it. The bugs in the vomit could have been planted there by Lin Yan later, and the bugs in the water cup might have been there from the beginning. Liu Ziman just needs to cooperate with her and pretend to drink a few sips under the cover of darkness."

Li Yiqing's eyes widened: "But why did they lie to us?"

"I'm not sure," Qi Qiuxue said. "Nothing is certain yet. It doesn't hurt to be more cautious. There's still a chance that someone among the players might betray us, and the character of the NPCs is even more uncertain."

"It's better to be cautious."

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The next day arrived quickly.

After tossing and turning all night, everyone in the dormitory was in a very bad state. Because of a dispute last night, Lin Yan and Liu Ziman stopped talking and parted ways, each going their own way.

After thinking about it, the other two roommates decided to follow Lin Yan. One reason was that Lin Yan came from a wealthy family and had been the leader of the dormitory from the beginning. She also had a high status in the class. The other reason was that no matter what, at least Lin Yan was still a normal person.

It’s hard to say about Liu Ziman.

Several people arrived at the classroom in batches. Qi Qiuxue had a brief communication with Su Wen, Li Mengyu and others. Nothing unusual happened in the other two dormitories for the time being.

Today's morning reading time is still arranged by everyone. Liu Ziman was in low spirits and just curled up in her seat, not even going on stage.

During this period, many people spoke to her, but she never responded and was immersed in her own world. Until later, even her teacher noticed something was wrong.

"Liu Ziman, are you feeling unwell?" the teacher asked with concern. "Why don't you go to the office and call your family and ask them to come pick you up?"

"Liu Ziman, Liu Ziman?" The teacher asked several times, and Liu Ziman seemed to finally come back to her senses and slowly stood up.

"Let's go to self-study first." The teacher went out with her worriedly. As soon as she left, Jiang Xiaoxia from dormitory 403 didn't care about the classroom discipline and got up and came to Lin Yan to ask what happened last night.

"Let Jiang Yu and the others tell you." Lin Yan felt overwhelmed and unwilling to recall the story, so she turned the topic to other roommates.

Jiang Xiaoxia glanced at her in confusion, then turned to find Jiang Yu. After learning about what happened last night, she was terrified. Fearful and angry, she returned and cursed Lin Yan: "Will we be implicated too? Lin Yan, say something, Lin Yan, it's all your fault, it's all your fault!"

"Stop arguing!" Seeing this, the classmates next to them hurried to separate them, and the classroom was in chaos.

It was not until a moment later that Liu Ziman walked back to the classroom.

Somehow, Qi Qiuxue noticed that she was actually in much better shape. Her face was no longer pale, her eyes no longer hollow, and she no longer looked distraught. She even had the energy to help the teacher convey a message: "Have you all finished the homework assigned last night? The teacher has something to do, so I'll be back in ten minutes to check."

Su Wen was shocked: "Is she okay?"

Qi Qiuxue was silent for a moment: "It seems so."

"What's going on?" Other NPCs were also confused. Jiang Xiaoxia looked in the direction of Liu Ziman in confusion, watching her walk all the way to Lin Yan.

"Yan Yan." She changed her attitude from yesterday and put on a friendly smile on her face, "I'm sorry, I was wrong about what happened yesterday. I shouldn't have quarreled with you."

"Just now, Mom scolded me on the phone, saying I shouldn't lose my temper and act like a spoiled brat. You've been so good to me, how could I repay you with evil?" She said this, extending her hand forward, trying to shake hands with Lin Yan and make peace. "Please don't be mad at me, okay?"

This look completely confused Lin Yan.

She looked up at the person in front of her, then down at the hand she was extending to her. After hesitating for a few seconds, she tentatively asked, "Are you okay? Are you really okay? You were clearly... last night..."

"It's okay." Liu Ziman interrupted her, "Just like you said, I was just scaring myself. Now that I've figured it out, naturally nothing happened."

"Reconcile, let's reconcile." As if she noticed that Lin Yan had developed a resistance to her, Liu Ziman frowned, a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes. She kept muttering the word "reconcile" in her mouth, and her hand stretched forward until it touched Lin Yan's fingers and clenched them tightly.

Lin Yan was so hurt by her grip that even tears oozed from the corners of her eyes. She choked and begged Liu Ziman not to be so rough: "Manman, Manman, please be gentler, please be gentler..."

Liu Ziman ignored her, a terrifying smile forming at the corner of her lips, her eyes filled with paranoia and excitement, and continued, "Reconcile, reconcile, let's reconcile..."

Lin Yan couldn't refuse, so she had to cooperate with her and shook hands gently with Liu Ziman.

But at this moment, a black, slender object came out from her cuffs, twisting and squirming as it climbed onto the back of Lin Yan's hand.

They are bugs, those long and thin bugs that appeared in Liu Ziman’s vomit last night!

Lin Yan screamed, tears filling her eyes. She struggled desperately to break free with her arms, but Liu Ziman was too strong and no matter how she struggled it was in vain.

In a trance, Liu Ziman smiled and looked at her: "What's wrong?"

"Yan Yan, nothing happened, right? Don't scare yourself."

【Author’s words】

When I started writing infinite streams, I found that my readers became more and more fierce. Why are there still people praising the cuteness of the pen fairy? Hahaha

Special thanks to the two deep water babies of Xiaoyu Baby. It’s such a waste of money. I am really crying QAQ. Thank you also to all the babies who read the article. I am giving you a big kiss!

Thanks to the little angel who cast the deep-water torpedo: Shi Yi 2;

Thanks to the little angels who threw the grenades: Shi Yi and Spicy Rabbit;

Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: Langley's dog, Qiu Lang is a beautiful fairy, Internet addict, indifferent to the world, creeping grass, and don't want to go to work;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Midnight Soul 68 bottles; Jin Xi 32 bottles; Y Cen 25 bottles; Don't Want to Go to Work 10 bottles; Brilliant 4 bottles; Feng Xuan Zi Yu 2 bottles; Jing Ran Qin Jia Ren Yi 1 bottle;