Ruan Qiqi asked some other questions, but Zheng Jingyun knew nothing. She only knew that she had to stuff notes into the tree hole at regular intervals and that she would be rewarded five dollars each time. She knew nothing else.
This woman stayed in the Great Northern Wilderness for four years. She worked honestly in the first three years, but later she took a shortcut and hooked up with the son of a high-ranking official from the capital. She didn't have to do any heavy work and could eat and drink well, living a very carefree life.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. This son of a high-ranking official returned to the city in June. Without her support, Zheng Jingyun was back to square one. However, she had been well fed and well fed for a year, and her body was delicate and fragile. How could she endure the hard work every day? So she started to pretend to be sick.
She still had some money in her hand, and after a month, the money was almost gone. When Zheng Jingyun was worried, the mysterious man appeared, gave her some money, and promised to let her go to college.
It was like a big pie falling from the sky, and Zheng Jingyun agreed without hesitation for too long.
"I didn't mean to hurt anyone. I just wanted to leave the Great Northern Wilderness. It's not a place for humans to stay. I really can't stand it anymore..."
Zheng Jingyun cried and defended herself. She felt that the little notes she wrote could not possibly cause any harm to Ruan Qiqi.
Ruan Qiqi took out a licorice tablet from the space. This thing tasted terrible. She was most afraid of eating this when she was a child. This medicine also liked to get stuck in the throat and stick to the throat. It was more uncomfortable than poison.
When Zheng Jingyun stuffed the licorice tablets into her mouth, the bitter taste made her subconsciously want to spit them out.
The little silver ring's lively head appeared beside her mouth. She was so scared that she closed her mouth tightly and swallowed the licorice tablets forcefully, feeling very nervous.
"Don't worry, it's not poison. Have you heard of corpse-driving in Xiangxi?"
Ruan Qiqi spoke in a gentle tone and chatted with her about family matters.
Zheng Jingyun nodded. Her hometown was there, so how could she not know?
"What you're eating has nothing to do with corpse-carrying. Since you know about corpse-carrying, you must also know about another specialty of Xiangxi, right?"
Ruan Qiqi asked with a smile.
Zheng Jingyun's face turned pale. The licorice tablets she had just swallowed seemed to have grown legs and were moving around in her stomach.
"Congratulations, you guessed it right. What you just ate was a Gu. It has a nice name, called Love You for Ten Thousand Years. Why is it called this? I am exaggerating. It means that this Gu can accompany you for the rest of your life, until you die. You don't have to be too scared. My Gu has a good temper. You won't feel anything in your body. But after a long time, your face will be like a scabby, covered with bumps and pus, dripping down..."
Ruan Qiqi has a talent for storytelling and she tells it vividly.
Zheng Jingyun's mind flashed with a picture of her face covered with pimples and oozing with foul-smelling pus...
don't want!
She would rather die!
"I listen to you. I listen to you. I will do whatever you tell me to do. Please give me the antidote!"
Zheng Jingyun was completely subdued and expressed her loyalty while crying.
"As long as you obey me, I will keep you safe. Otherwise..."
Ruan Qiqi didn't say anything else, her face was cold.
Zheng Jingyun was shaking like a sieve, half from the cold and half from fear. She once again said she would obey, "If you tell me to go east, I will definitely not go west!"
"Go back, as usual!"
"knew!"
Zheng Jingyun breathed a sigh of relief. She touched her face and found it smooth without any pimples. She felt relieved. As long as she was obedient and made Ruan Qiqi happy, maybe she wouldn't report her!
After Zheng Jingyun left, Ruan Qiqi slowly went downstairs. When she passed through the door to the rooftop, she looked to the right and saw a tall sycamore tree there.
Shangguan Qing was hiding very well on the tree, and ordinary people would never be able to find him.
Ruan Qiqi didn't expose it. She pretended not to see it and went downstairs directly.
Shangguan Qing on the tree was very curious about Ruan Qiqi's identity. Before coming to school, her leader did not tell her that there was such a powerful character in the class.
But she was sure that Ruan Qiqi was a friend, not an enemy.
Ruan Qiqi had already discovered her just now, but did not expose her. It was obvious that she knew her identity.
There was another person on the rooftop, it was He Aihong, who was so scared that her legs went limp. After a long time, she was able to stand up with difficulty, and moved step by step, holding onto the wall. The cold sweat on her back was dried by the wind, sticking to her skin, colder than ice.
At this moment, He Aihong felt cold and scared, and regretted deeply. If she had known that Ruan Qiqi was a Gu player, why would she have offended this devil?
She touched her throat again, feeling extremely frightened. Could it be that Ruan Qiqi had also cast a curse on her?
And those snakes, Ruan Qiqi must be hiding in the dormitory, they are extremely poisonous coral snakes, the thought of being accompanied by several poisonous snakes every day, it is even possible that the poisonous snakes crawled onto her bed while she was sleeping...
He Aihong didn't dare to think about it anymore. She returned to the dormitory like a wandering soul, and she had completely lost the desire to complain.
She gently opened the door and tiptoed towards the bed.
"You went out to steal in the middle of the night?"
Ruan Qiqi's voice rang in her ears. He Aihong's hair stood up. She opened her mouth to scream, but her voice was blocked by a handkerchief.
"sleep!"
Ruan Qiqi glared at him with disdain and went to bed.
It took He Aihong a long time to come back to her senses. She pulled out her handkerchief with trembling hands, wiped her tears, and then went to bed.
The ambitions she had at the beginning of the school year have now vanished. Her biggest wish now is to get through two years of college life safely and return home safely!
Shangguan Qing also came back. She moved very quietly, like a ghost, and got on the bed silently.
At six o'clock the next morning, singing began on the radio and the dormitory building became unusually busy.
He Aihong, who is usually the most active, did not get up today. She had a high fever and could not get out of bed.
"I...I'll get up and clean up..."
He Aihong's mind was confused and she thought it was afternoon. She struggled to get up and clean up, but Ruan Qiqi pushed her down and said coldly, "Just lie down!"
He Aihong was so delirious with fever that she couldn't hear anyone's words. But when she heard Ruan Qiqi's voice, she immediately became quiet and lay there motionless, even breathing carefully.
A smile flashed in Shangguan Qing's eyes.
There are four classes in the morning and cleaning at noon. Shangguan Qing assigned tasks to everyone, except He Aihong.
The dormitory is cleaned every day and is not dirty. After working together for half an hour, it is clean. The most difficult thing is to fold the quilt. The school requires that we must fold the tofu-block quilt of the army, which is square and has edges and corners.
Ruan Qiqi just couldn't fold the quilt properly. She had never folded the quilt before. When she got up in the morning, she would just spread out the quilt and there was no need to fold it.
Shangguan Qing and Zheng Jingyun were the best at folding. He Aihong could also fold, but she didn't have a chance to show off because she was too sleepy.
Xu Erfeng and Li Yuqin learned how to fold the quilt in just a few minutes, and they did it very successfully. However, Ruan Qiqi was the only one who couldn't learn it, and she was so angry that she wanted to tear the quilt apart.
"Let me fold it."
Zheng Jingyun had already moved over and wanted to flatter him, but Shangguan Qing got there first, so she retreated in disappointment.
Shangguan Qing was very skillful and folded it in just two or three moves.
"Go to sleep. You can still sleep for half an hour!"
Shangguan Qing looked at his watch and went to bed.
Everyone carefully moved the tofu blanket aside and covered it with their coats so as not to affect the evening inspection.
Another week passed, and He Aihong was the one who changed the most in the dormitory. She became more taciturn and stopped speaking in official language. She became much more likable than before.
It was time for Zheng Jingyun to slip a note. Ruan Qiqi dictated and she wrote:
"Ruan Qiqi is extremely greedy. I gave her one dollar and she washed my clothes for a week, even my underwear. She didn't really need one dollar, but she was very greedy. Perhaps it had something to do with her rural background. Money could bring her a sense of security."