"Who are you?"

The sound of high heels stopped abruptly; the woman who had just spoken was right behind them.

Qiu Shui turned her head and calmly said, "We took the wrong turn, so..."

"You heard our conversation just now, didn't you?" the woman asked, looking at her with hostility.

"I heard a little bit."

Qiu Shui stepped back to create some distance between them, and then saw a person walking out of the alley, exuding an air of dejection.

"Swallow what you hear. If I hear any rumors, I will definitely not let you off the hook!"

The woman's eyes held a complex, threatening look.

Qiu Shui took a few steps back warily. "What did you say? You're overthinking it."

"Yan'er, what's wrong?"

The man behind her walked over, and Qiu Shui activated her electronic bracelet. The man walked into the moonlight, and Qiu Shui saw his face clearly.

"Yue Qunshu?"

Isn't that the athletic senior? The cool guy exudes a faint sadness, his eyes blazing with fury as he stares at her.

Why are you following me?!

Qiu Shui was even more confused. "What are you talking about? Is this your girlfriend?"

"roll!"

Yue Qunshu roared at her, his face full of disgust, and Qiu Shui's temper flared up, "Anyone can walk on this road, but if you have something private to say, can't you go somewhere private?!"

As they were talking, an old man rode by on his bicycle. The woman's face turned pale, and she looked at Yue Qunshu with a mocking gaze.

"Ha, you're really persistent. You're using someone who has a crush on you to pressure me, aren't you?"

Yue Qunshu lowered his eyes dejectedly and reached for the woman's sleeve, while Qiu Shui stood aside, trembling with anger.

"That's insane!"

She quickly walked out of the alley, but before she could even take a few steps toward the school, the woman grabbed her again!

What do you want to do?

"What did you hear?!"

Qiu Shui shook off her hand, and all the mechanical parts on her body converged into the electronic bracelet, quickly forming a small and exquisite mechanical gun.

"I was just passing by, I'm not lying to you!"

Qiu Shui suddenly realized something. Yue Qunshu's claim that she had followed him meant she had overheard their entire argument. What was he really up to?!

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

"There's nothing I can do if you don't believe me. It's 8:20 PM now, and the academy will be closing soon!"

Qiu Shui was on fire, and just as she was about to continue walking forward, she suddenly heard the sound of a mechanical sheath opening, and she stopped in her tracks.

Turning around, she saw a machine gun pointed at her back; it was probably a small gun that the woman had taken out of her handbag.

What are you going to do?

The autumn waters asked in a cold voice.

The woman pointed the gun at her with trembling hands, her voice filled with disgust, "I only believe in the dead. The dead can't speak!"

As she spoke, she pulled down on the trigger, and a bullet flew out of the machine gun!

Damn it!

Cursing under her breath, Qiu Shui quickly picked up the assembled machine gun and fired it towards the direction the bullets were coming from. Without hesitation, she fired at the angle calculated in her glasses.

"Bang!"

Two bullets collided in mid-air; one was a steel bullet, and the other was a bullet made of hard mechanical material. Both bullets flew towards each other simultaneously, and Qiu Shui's face turned pale.

We're too close! Oh no!

At the critical moment, a figure darted out from the side, slamming her to the ground with the agility of a black panther. When she came to her senses, she felt the pain of abrasions on her arm.

"ah!"

The woman opposite screamed, then clutched her hand and staggered back a few steps, her face contorted in pain.

"What's wrong?!"

Yue Qunshu ran out from the side, and the woman picked up her hand that was covering it, where a bloody hole was gushing blood.

"Who did this?!"

Yue Qunshu's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the two people not far away. Qiu Shui was pulled up and noticed that Yan Tianqiong's face was even darker.

"It's me, what's wrong?"

When Yue Qunshu saw his face clearly, his eyes widened in shock, filled with disbelief.

"Who are you……"

“This is a lesson.” He brandished the gun in his hand. “Don’t let me see something like this again.”

After saying that, he pulled Qiu Shui toward the academy, ignoring the two people behind him.

They were initially worried that the woman would shoot them in the back, but to their surprise, she didn't. They returned to the academy safely, and Yan Tianqiong took her back to the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Back in her room, she was still frightened by what had just happened, but something else puzzled her even more.

Her bullet missed the woman; it was intercepted. Was the person who intercepted it Yue Qunshu? He had been watching from behind the scenes without intervening; did he want her to die?

Thinking of this, her eyes turned cold, and the color in them deepened.

-

The next day at the sports meet, Xu Yu sat next to her and asked in a low voice, "I heard gunshots when I came back from the mall yesterday."

Qiu Shui stiffened and recounted what had happened last night.

"What does that woman look like?"

"An oval face, with two cross earrings hanging from her ears."

"oh?"

Xu Yu thought for a moment, then pursed her lips and said, "So it was that woman. No wonder she wanted to kill me to cover it up."