"What do you want to do! Don't forget we used to be in this together. Destroying me won't do you any good!"
As Yuan Zhong watched Jiang Xiu approach step by step, he hurriedly retreated, but the space was too cramped, and he was blocked.
"Look at you, you coward, how could I possibly ruin you?" Jiang Xiu stared at her prey like a crazed hunter, and said in a sinister tone, "Don't talk about the past, aren't we in the same boat now? You are my husband, we've had a wedding banquet, and the comrades from the commune were witnesses."
Recalling his marriage with Jiang Xiu, he felt a chill. Perhaps she could bring him some value back then, but now she has no value at all, only a burden!
But he also knew that if he said that now, Jiang Xiu might do something crazy.
Yuan Zhong's eyes darted around, he slowly stood up, looked into her eyes, grabbed her wrist, took the mallet from her hand, and threw it far away.
He smiled ingratiatingly and coaxed, "You're right, we're husband and wife. If one of us suffers, the other won't escape either... So... calm down. Tell me what you need. Since you've found me, you should know I'm different from before. My future is bright, and I'll definitely help you without hesitation. What do you say?"
Seeing the madness slowly fade from her eyes, Yuan Zhong calmed down a bit and tried to persuade her with the promise of benefits.
"Oh, so you were planning to wait until you were living a good life before helping me out. No wonder you didn't try to save me when you came to the capital."
Her words were laced with sarcasm. Yuan Zhong nodded in agreement, his expression stiffening for a moment before he continued to smile.
"Yes...yes."
"You're lying! Do you really think I'm stupid!" Jiang Xiu glared at him and shouted, "You just want to get rid of me! You think I'm not good enough for you! You look down on me from the bottom of your heart! You've been using me all along! You think you're so smart? Humph, you just said it yourself, we're in the same boat. No matter who you are now, it's not that easy for you to get rid of me. If you don't believe me, you can try and see who loses more!"
Jiang Xiu's emotions surged again, and her sudden roar made Yuan Zhong's legs go weak, and he swallowed hard.
"I didn't mean to get rid of you..."
“That would be best.” She took a deep breath, stared at him, and patted the wrinkles on his clothes: “What am I to you?”
His heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst out of his chest. He felt like Jiang Xiu was a madwoman, wondering if her brain had been damaged from being cooped up in prison.
"Let's not talk about that. How did you get out?"
He wanted to skip the question, so he immediately changed the subject, but Jiang Xiu had no intention of letting him off the hook, and intermittently raised her voice.
"Answer my question first!"
"good……"
He was terrified she would pounce on him and devour him whole, so he quickly reached out to stop her and blurted out, "We're husband and wife, a couple who share happiness and joy!"
Jiang Xiu was fairly satisfied with his answer, and finally smiled, her fierce aura dissipating considerably.
“Very well, it’s my turn to answer your question. I am…” She whispered in Yuan Zhong’s ear.
After Jiang Xiu finished speaking, Yuan Zhong jumped back in horror, looking at her in disbelief.
"Your whole family is insane! You're courting death!"
He was so frightened that he took a few steps back, but when he saw the madness gathering in her eyes again, he quickly pretended to raise his wrist to check his watch.
"I...I still have to go to class. I'll give you an address, and we'll meet here from now on. If you don't want to spend the rest of your life back in prison, then listen to me!"
She took two steps, and Yuan Zhong pretended to push her back.
"That's enough, that's enough. Think about it carefully and figure out what's in your best interest."
After saying that, he hurriedly ran away, afraid of being caught, and was forced to sprint at the speed of a hundred meters.
Startled by Jiang Xiu's words, Yuan Zhong was somewhat absent-minded throughout the day, his mind and eyes wandering.
Already a mediocre student, he made a common-sense mistake in class, which drew ridicule from his classmates and teachers.
During the last long lecture, Yuan Zhong was lost in thought, so he casually found a seat and sat down. He didn't even notice when someone sat next to him until that person called his name...
"Yuan Zhong".
"ah?"
He instinctively looked up when he heard his name, and his expression changed drastically when he saw Jiang Wanqing.
"You... how could it be you?"
That's right, it was Jiang Wanqing. This large class wasn't just for her class. Seeing Yuan Zhong here was unexpected, but not surprising. Instead, it gave her a chance to test him.
"It's me. We're pretty close, aren't we?"
His lips twitched. He had agreed to her without thinking, but now his mind was racing to figure out how to cover up the lie.
"hehe……"
He chuckled dryly twice: "I don't even know who you are, how could we be familiar? The name you called out just now sounded like mine, I thought you were calling me. Oh! I remember now, you and your friend mistook me for someone else in the cafeteria last time, did you mistake me for someone else again today?"
"Really? I don't think I've mistaken you for someone else. Is your name Chen Zhong or Yuan Zhong? What's the difference?"
They're all just rotten skin and rotten hearts!
His eyes flickered, and his hands, hidden in his sleeves, were already clenched tightly. To run into Jiang Xiu and Jiang Wanqing in one day was truly bad luck!
Suppressing his anger, he retorted stubbornly, "Why are you so stubborn, classmate? I've already told you I'm not Yuan Zhong. You've mistaken me for someone else. Why are you still holding a grudge against me?"
Jiang Wanqing ignored him and moved two seats to the other side, a half-smile playing on her lips.
Seeing her like this, he became even more anxious. He opened his mouth, but fearing he would fall into her trap, he chose to remain silent.
This lesson only made his suffering even more intense. He had changed his name and identity to get revenge on Jiang Wanqing. It would have been easier for him to do things in the dark and for her to be in the light. But now the roles had reversed.
I don't know if Jiang Wanqing believed him, because she didn't say another word to him until get out of class ended.
After class, Huan Ren glanced at Yuan Zhong a few more times before leaving with Jiang Wanqing.
"Do you know that classmate from earlier? I don't think he's in our class."
"No, it's not."
Jiang Wanqing seemed to have answered everything, yet it also seemed she only answered the second half of the sentence, leaving Huanren puzzled and scratching his head.
He followed her out of the teaching building and saw that she didn't head towards the school gate, but instead went towards the dormitory area.
"Aren't you staying out tonight?"
"Hmm, I'll go to the dorm to pack. It's going to rain tomorrow, so it won't be convenient to go back and forth. Staying in the dorm is more convenient."
"That's right, safety is important."
The two walked together down the broken road and parted ways at the dividing line between the male and female dormitories.
This wasn't Jiang Wanqing's first time in the dormitory, but it was her first day there. She hadn't seen her roommates before, but when she opened the door today, three unfamiliar faces came into view.
They were stunned for a moment when they saw her come in, and the girl in the bed by the door asked her a question.
Who are you?
Jiang Wanqing raised her chin, gesturing to the empty bed with a simple three-piece bedding set on it.
Immediately everyone understood and took a few more glances at her.
"So you're the roommate who hasn't moved in yet!"
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