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The sun was rising higher and several people wanted to move forward. Ruan Jiyan stood up for a moment and suddenly he had hypoglycemia. His eyes went dark and he almost fell down.
After I regained consciousness, another image appeared in my left eye. It was a private school with a nice decoration and environment.
Ruan Jiyan stood up, rubbed his head and pretended that he just had low blood sugar.
All of a sudden, the location of the school was gradually confirmed in Ruan Jiyan's mind. She was a little shocked. This golden left pupil was currently developing in the direction of the golden finger.
Ruan Jiyan was not in a hurry to explain the situation to Captain Baimei, because it looked like they would soon reach the school.
As for what happens next, we'll see how the situation develops.
Ruan Ji Yan walked at the back of the team and took the opportunity to ask Chen Xi for a piece of chocolate. She remembered that she hadn't eaten anything since this morning, so that was even better, and she didn't have to find any other excuses.
The team walked back and forth and finally reached the school gate.
Nanwu Tengxin Middle School is a private middle school in Nanwu City. Generally, students here are from wealthy or noble families, so the decoration and environment are naturally extraordinary.
The school now seemed empty, with no zombies to be seen, and a few people walked in.
Captain Bai Mei led the way in, step by step. "Be alert and be careful around you."
A boy followed behind, stood on the playground and looked at the teaching building on the right, and said: "Is there any surviving child in that building?"
The zombie outbreak occurred on a weekday, and although it was during school hours, we cannot be completely sure that there were no children detained in the school.
The boy's words made several people stop in their tracks.
No matter what the main mission is, saving lives will always be the first thing to be put in line for any mission.
"Let's go in and take a look. Take all the survivors, regardless of age." Captain Bai Mei raised the gun, opened the bolt, clicked the magazine, and loaded the bullets.
Ruan Jiyan tightly grasped the gun at his waist and the folding knife in his pocket, took Chen Xi's hand and followed Captain Bai Mei's footsteps.
Five people quickly rushed in through the school gate and then ran into the teaching building closest to the school gate.
The two classrooms on the first floor of the teaching building were facing each other. The doors and windows of the two classrooms were locked tightly. There were some bloodstains on the doors that had turned black. Ruan Jiyan's eyebrows jumped and he had a bad premonition.
Captain Baimei and her men kicked open the door of the classroom. In an instant, she raised the gun in her hand, but fortunately there were no zombies or people inside.
Captain Baimei gestured, signaling everyone to follow and quickly enter the classroom.
After entering the classroom, the two boys walked to the door and blocked it with tables and chairs.
Captain Bai Mei looked around and was a little worried: "I'm afraid we can't stay here for long. The windows are all broken, and we have limited ammunition. We must find some other weapons that can kill the zombies."
The school was already in a run-down state, and few people expected that the bells for classes would still ring on time.
When the bell rang for the first class, everyone was startled. A bunch of zombies ran out from somewhere and roared at the deafening broadcast on the wall.
A few people calculated the class times and prepared to leave when the bell rang. At that time, the zombies would probably be under the radio. They had no idea where the zombies would be hiding at other times.
This time the bell rang for a long time, almost a minute. They took advantage of the bell to run to an art studio next to the teaching building. The door of the art studio was not locked, so they ran in.
Fortunately, there were no zombies inside. Coincidentally, Ruan Jiyan felt that he did not have a deadly close combat weapon.
She quickly walked to the tool bags under the drawing boards and searched for something useful.
I searched a few locations and found a bunch of pencils and a few utility knives.
"Good, it looks very harmful." Captain Bai Mei put these things into the bag she was carrying with satisfaction, and took out a utility knife and put it into her clothes pocket.
Captain Bai Mei turned around and saw several people looking at her in unison. She looked somewhat helpless. She grabbed a few closed utility knives beside her and threw them over: "Don't just stand there like an idiot. Pick up something that suits you."
Then, a few people started to take action.
Ruan Jiyan grabbed several utility knives and violently disassembled a chair leg. The leg was long enough, so she picked it up and waved it, and it felt good.
They only stayed in the art studio for a while because there was a bell for class, so they sneaked into the teaching building opposite when the bell rang.
There are also radios in the teaching building, on every floor. Ruan Jiyan and his friends just walked in, and saw a small group of zombies reaching out to grab the radio on the wall in front of the lobby on the first floor of the teaching building in front of them in the alley between the two buildings.
Ruan Jiyan paused, and Captain Bai Mei touched her back, and wanted to ask her what was wrong in confusion.
Before she could say anything, Ruan Jiyan turned around quickly and covered her mouth. Just as the bell for class rang, the zombies screamed and tried to take the radio down.
Ruan Jiyan stared at the group of zombies and whispered to Captain Bai Mei and the people behind him, "We can't leave here. Let's retreat first and think of a solution later."
Captain Bai Mei was slightly stunned and took away Ruan Jiyan's hand that was on her mouth.
They slowly moved back to the art studio again.
Now the five people are getting nervous. There is a radio in the lobby on the first floor. It seems that every time it sounds, zombies will gather around. Then they can't take advantage of the radio to run up.
"Do we have to wait here for a long time?" Chen Xi asked frustratedly.
Ruan Jiyan saw her frustrated expression and continued, "Well...right, I guess we'll have to wait a long time this time."
Captain Baimei searched around the art studio, trying to find something that could help them leave.
Ruan Jiyan watched her move a stool and step on it, then get off the stool, pause for a second, and step on the stool again. This time she looked out the window at the back of the teaching building.
Ruan Jiyan said disdainfully: "If you want to climb up with a stool that high, even Spider-Man would be stunned for two seconds."
Then she seemed to have thought of something and slapped her head.
Seeing that she seemed to have come up with an idea, Captain Bai Mei looked at her. Chen Xi stood up from the stool and asked her, "What's wrong, Sister Ruan?"
Ruan Jiyan handed his schoolbag to Chen Xi: "Wait for me here, I'm going to the gym."
In addition to some sports equipment, a general gymnasium also has a lot of miscellaneous items.
She figured the gym might have something that could help them get over.
Captain Baimei frowned, "No, I'll go with you."
It was too dangerous for Ruan Jiyan to act alone, and she could help if it was inconvenient for her to act alone.
Chen Xi held the bag she handed over and saw that she was about to go back alone. She said to her hesitantly, "I want to go too. It's not safe for you to go this way."
Before Ruan Jiyan could say anything, Captain Bai Mei spoke seriously, "The more people we have, the better. On the contrary, more people will make us bigger targets, and it will be even harder to deal with the zombies. You stay here and keep an eye on these two doors. Be careful of the zombies outside."
Ruan Jiyan nodded and said calmly: "Captain is right, Chen Xi, you stay here with them, and you must protect yourself."
After saying this, Captain Baimei gently opened the door and stuck her head out to observe the surroundings.
Ruan Jiyan took out two utility knives from the cloth bag and put them on his waist, close to his pistol.
After walking out of the art studio, the two men ran all the way to the gymnasium. They ran quickly on the steps at the edge of the playground.
After finally walking into the path, Ruan Jiyan discovered a zombie on the wall of the gymnasium near the playground, and she stopped helplessly.
"What should I do? Should I destroy it, or..." Ruan Jiyan's right hand had already reached into his pocket.
"Let's solve it first, otherwise we will meet again when we come out later." Captain Baimei's cold voice rang out.
"receive."
The zombie was hunched over, as if gnawing at something. Ruan Jiyan and his companions walked in and heard a crunching sound. Captain Bai Mei turned her head slightly and looked at Ruan Jiyan. She raised her hand and counted on three fingers.
three.
two.
one.
Ruan Jiyan took out a utility knife, and with a whoosh, the blade cut a long section. She raised her hand high and stabbed the zombie hard at the back of its neck.
The zombie keenly caught the sound, turned around blankly, opened its bloody mouth and roared at Ruan Jiyan.
Ruan Jiyan didn't cut its neck, so he clamped the utility knife between his thumb and index finger and held the zombie's head with both hands to prevent it from biting him.
"Hurry, now." Ruan Jiyan said to Captain Bai Mei with gritted teeth.
Captain Baimei took the utility knife from her hand and stabbed it hard into the zombie's head.
Instantly, blood and milky white liquid with a hint of yellow splashed onto their bodies, and the smell of blood filled their faces.
"Okay, stop wasting time and go get your things first." Captain Bai Mei pursed her face and walked towards the gymnasium door.
After opening the door, Ruan Jiyan went straight to the innermost locker room and moved the aluminum ladder out with great effort.
Captain Bai Mei had just closed the door when Ruan Jiyan had already taken out the ladder. She couldn't help but widen her eyes, "Are you... going to run away with it?"
Ruan Jiyan didn't want to waste time talking. She only thought about Chen Xi who was still waiting for them in the art studio, so she replied briefly, "Yeah."
"Put it down first, I'll take it, and you provide cover in front." Captain Bai Mei hadn't finished her words when she saw Ruan Jiyan put the ladder down and thought she was going to hand it to her.
Then I heard her say in a serious voice: "Now is not the time to divide this. You are more capable than me. Stand in the front and observe the oncoming danger." After that, she picked up the phone and was about to walk out of the gymnasium.
Captain Baimei stood there in a daze, staring at her back. Was she...taught a lesson by a mercenary from the shelter?
Captain Baimei walked out of the gymnasium door first, observed for two seconds to make sure there was no danger before moving again.
過了一會兒，從操場依稀能看到體育館那邊的樹林小道上有兩個人影略過，速度很快。
陳曦在美術室坐立不安，她擔心阮紀言他們兩個人會不會遇到危險。而且，她感覺外面的喪屍好像更多了，嘶吼聲不斷。
突然外面傳來腳步聲，聽聲音步伐很亂。陳曦猛的站起，手指不斷摳着阮紀言遞給她的包，然後她慢慢走到自己之前坐的那個位置，拿起一把椅子就往門口處走。
稀稀疏疏的聲音不斷傳來，陳曦的心越來越緊，她握着那把木椅的手全是汗。
終于，雜亂的腳步聲越來越近，來到了門口。
陳曦不知道喪屍會不會拍門，将門拍爛。她閉上了眼睛，另外兩個男生滿臉警惕地手裏拿着兩把美工刀，死死盯着門像是等待最終結果的到來。
兩秒後門口響起阮紀言熟悉的氣音：“開門，快開門。”
她再次睜開眼睛，扔掉了手裏的椅子，慌亂的開門。
看到白玫隊長和身後的阮紀言，兩個人一梯子順利進門後她腿軟坐到了凳子上。
“吓死我了，我還以為有喪屍在門外呢。”陳曦現在手都是抖的。
将東西拿完之後，五個人再次讨論着離開的時間以及路線。
“往後面這個窗翻過去，然後把梯子架在外面再爬上去吧。”阮紀言說着手也比劃起來。
“試一試吧。”阮紀言看向白玫隊長，說道。
阮紀言沒有再說話，白玫隊長指了指陳曦：“我先出去打探危險情況，陳曦過來幫我一下，我出去之後你把梯子從窗戶上給我遞過來。”
陳曦看着那左右得有兩米長的梯子，猶豫了一下，“隊長你可以嗎？”
“應該可以的，這梯子只是看上去很重，其實也沒有太重。”白玫隊長一邊說一邊踩着椅子爬上窗臺。
白玫隊長看了看四周，沒有發現喪屍才跳了下去。她輕聲喊陳曦：“慢慢地把梯子推出來。”
陳曦兩只手在梯子上不知道該怎麽放，突然面前的梯子動了起來。她擡頭一看，是阮紀言将它擡了起來。
她在後面幫着阮紀言将梯子推出去，梯子刮蹭着窗戶邊緣，發出刺耳的聲音，引得人骨頭發酥欲起雞皮疙瘩。
這時候門外又傳來了一陣混亂的腳步聲，聽聲音感覺那腳步很拖沓，應該是梯子刮蹭窗戶邊緣的刺耳聲音吸引了喪屍。
“快！”想到這，阮紀言突然加快手裏的動作，一下子将梯子全部推了出去。
“我去門口抵着，你看着她。”一個男生拍了一下陳曦的肩膀，跑到了門口。
美術室後門是緊閉着的，還有一下椅子和畫板抵着，而前門沒有。而且他們剛剛從後門進來，只是将前門上了鎖。
男生拉過講臺上的一只箱子，抵到了前門門口。然後在最近的位置處拿了一把鉛筆，将它們一只只塞到門鎖處。
白玫隊長沒想到他們會突然把梯子推出來，雖然站的有點遠，但還是被吓了一跳。
她将倒地的梯子扶起，打開，看了一下距離，能險險爬上二樓。不錯，這樣就可以了。
她兩手放到嘴邊，向着美術室裏面小聲喊：“紀言，快出來。”
阮紀言看了一眼陳曦，一直平靜的臉上出現了其它表情。
“快走！”她只說了兩個字。
陳曦回頭爬上窗戶，翻過去剛好能踩到梯子。她低頭看了一眼阮紀言，阮紀言只讓她放心的爬上去。
她爬上去之後看了一眼二樓的這間教室，窗簾是拉着的，她看不清，不過還好窗戶邊緣夠寬，她能勉強站穩。
阮紀言在陳曦爬上窗戶那一刻，又對着裏面喊兩個男生，男生們快速跑到窗戶邊，就聽見美術室前門被瘋狂拍打，外面的嘶吼聲越來越多越來越大。
不敢再猶豫，他們一個接一個翻窗爬到梯子上，才發現阮紀言還在下面幫忙扶着梯子。
“快上來！”白玫隊長對她喊道。
“你們先上去，不然這梯子不穩。”阮紀言不知道情況，只是催促着他們。
兩人往上爬了兩下，餘光看到了美術室前門，之前卡進去的鉛筆已經全部斷了，那扇門承受不住這樣的拍打，看上去喪屍馬上就要破門而入了。
在這一系列動作發出的聲音，終于還是把附近的喪屍給引來了，還在往上爬的男生看到不僅美術室那有喪屍，在阮紀言站着的條小道的盡頭也有幾只喪屍摸了過來。
兩個男生快速爬上了窗戶，和陳曦一起扶着梯子。他們已經顧不得其他，向阮紀言大喊：“快！快上來，有喪屍追來了！”
阮紀言聽到他說有喪屍追上了時才反應過來，連忙抓住梯子爬上去。
原本就見到人的喪屍，在聽到男生大喊之後，更是齊齊看向這，奔跑着向阮紀言撲來。
阮紀言快喪屍更快，有一只喪屍已經抓住了她的腳，阮紀言驚地抖了一下，梯子連帶着也開始晃。
白玫隊長一只手摳着身邊的窗戶，一只手向阮紀言伸去，“抓住我！”
阮紀言扶着梯子向上爬，卻因被喪屍抓住一只腳而行動艱難。
“可惡！”她使勁踩着腳上的喪屍，可是卻不見它松半分。
阮紀言伸手去抓白玫隊長的手，夠不到，踮起腳再試。
最後還是抓到了，白玫隊長好歹也是軍方的人，訓練強度很大，力量也很大。她拉着阮紀言的向上拽，阮紀言借她的力向上爬。
最終手扒上了窗戶，但是因為有兩個人的重量，她依舊很艱難。
白玫隊長讓陳曦從包裏翻出一把美工刀，慢慢蹲下去對着喪屍的腦袋戳了下去，第一次見它沒死，還緊緊抱着阮紀言的腳，順勢多戳了幾下。最後終于将它給甩了下去。
阮紀言被兩人拉了上來。
梯子搖搖晃晃被喪屍爬滿，很快不堪重負倒了下去。
白玫隊長爬起來喘着粗氣上下看了阮紀言兩眼，擔心道：“沒事兒吧，有沒有哪裏受傷？”
她搖了搖頭，“沒事。”
後面的窗戶是關着的，還拉上了窗簾。阮紀言站穩之後稍微彎下腰想要将窗戶打開進去。
手扒上窗戶準備使勁，手卻被白玫隊長拍了一下。
她疑惑擡頭看着她，表現出不解。
白玫隊長将手放到嘴邊比了一個噓聲的手勢，剛才他們在喊的時候她好像有聽到教室裏傳來了一陣響亂，然後又不見了，她懷疑裏面有東西。
阮紀言四人接受到她的示意之後就沒有再出聲，連呼吸都很輕。
白玫隊長移開了兩步，和她們有了一定的距離。然後她兩指彎曲，敲了敲窗戶。
猛的一下，窗戶被狠狠的撞了一下，發出很大的悶響，陳曦被吓了一跳。
阮紀言之前還在奇怪她為什麽阻止自己，原來她是懷疑裏面有喪屍。
她的确沒有多想，只想着先找個相對封閉的地方躲起來，那樣總比他們暴露在外面強多了。
“抱歉，沒想那麽多。”阮紀言跟兩人說了句抱歉。
“這裏進不去，我們換一間吧。”
阮紀言擡頭看了一下地形，他們現在在二樓，兩間教室的窗戶這還有一根根通水管道，是從頂樓往下的，應該是下雨的時候排頂樓積水下來的地方。
“你們往左邊去看看，小心一點。”阮紀言跟陳曦和白玫隊長說道，她已經抱住右邊的管道準備往右邊去看看。
兩間教室相隔的牆不算很厚，在窗外靠着窗臺還是能一只腳跨過去的。阮紀言勉強跨過去之後穩住身體，微微彎下腰敲了敲窗戶，沒有聽到什麽動靜。
就在這時，陳曦小聲喊她：“阮姐！這裏。”她伸出手向阮紀言招了招。
阮紀言頓了一下，最後選擇到他們那邊去，下面還有剛才追他們的喪屍，伸着手看着他們。阮紀言緊緊抱着那根管道，低頭看了一眼，心裏緊張，生怕腳滑。
只是她沒見到，在自己又跨回剛才那裏時，右邊這間教室窗戶打開了一點，窗簾也拉開了。
這邊白玫隊長先跳下去查看情況，然後走過來扶她倆。
順利進入那間教室之後，阮紀言和白玫隊長一個走到前門一個走到後門，在查看門鎖情況。
不知道這間教室為什麽沒有人，但是只要沒有喪屍就行，她沒再多想。
陳曦走到講臺拿了一根戒尺遞給阮紀言，阮紀言将戒尺穿過門鎖處抵死。
剛停下來，阮紀言內心就開始不安了。四天之內必須轉移，為什麽之前沒有這樣提示過，偏偏進了學校之後是這樣。
“這裏有一個面包。”白玫隊長的聲音響起，語氣平淡，完全沒有找到食物的那種開心。
阮紀言翻了翻自己背着的包，發現裏面已經沒有了任何食物，有的只是自己在這一路上收集到的能用的“武器”。
白玫隊長一邊往窗戶邊靠一邊把面包塞阮紀言手裏對她說：“給他們先分了吧，我看一看周圍有沒有地方可以再去的。”
Ruan Jiyan glanced at Captain Bai Mei's back without saying anything. He just tore open the bread bag, divided the bread into three portions, and gave one to Chen Xi and one to the other two boys.
Everyone probably still had two distributed compressed cookies in their pockets. We didn’t know how long we would be staying outside, so we thought we could save as much as possible.
Captain Baimei looked around, with her body almost halfway out of the window, and wanted to try to see if she could see the windows on both sides.
Suddenly, a hand appeared in front of him. Captain Bai Mei turned around and saw Ruan Jiyan handing him a portion of his compressed biscuits. "I still have two in my pocket. I should replenish it after walking for so long."
Captain Baimei didn't bother to be polite with her. She took the bread, stuffed it into her mouth, and turned to look out the window.
She couldn't see anything. The windows on the left were closed, and on the right was the classroom where they stopped when they climbed up. If she got any further away, she wouldn't be able to see anything.
At that time, Ruan Jiyan did not have time to open the window there. Ruan Jiyan always felt that something was attracting her, and she always wanted to go over and take a look.
After a long while, Ruan Jiyan could no longer sit still, so she walked to the window in front of the classroom to check if there were any zombies in the corridor.
There are zombies on every floor, wandering in the corridors or in a corner, waiting for food to come.
Night falls, the twinkling stars disappear, leaving only endless darkness. The surrounding environment is extremely quiet, as if time has stopped, as if a movement can break this silence.
Ever since the night when the zombie virus broke out, Ruan Jiyan felt that every night thereafter was eerie.
The feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger. Ruan Jiyan always felt that he would encounter something else on the way to escape, and it would definitely not be just these zombies.
It was so dark outside the classroom that you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Captain Bai Mei stood up from her stool decisively.
"I still want to go take a look. You wait here for me." She asked the four people to wait for her here and provide support if anything happened, because she wanted them to check the corridor at any time. After all, if the zombies accidentally saw the light from any crack, they might rush over.
Also, she didn't know what the situation was like on the other side, so if there was any danger she could just retreat alone.
She had already climbed onto the windowsill, and Ruan Jiyan called her from behind: "Take this, and call us if there is any danger."
Ruan Jiyan did not rush to go out with Captain Baimei to check. They did not take the normal route to check the situation. They had to climb over windows and walls, and the more people there were, the more difficult it would be to escape from the sudden danger.
Captain Baimei took the steel rod, stood up and went to the right.
Although it was dark outside the window, there was still some light shining through. Captain Bai Mei looked up to check the light source and found that several places were lit. She was a little confused, but more happy.
The lights being on most likely means there are living students. Having people is better than having no people. The more people there are, the greater the chance of escaping from here.
It is currently impossible to go up, so Captain Baimei decided to go over and see what is there first before considering whether to find an opportunity to go up.
When they reached the place where they had climbed up today, Captain Baimei subconsciously wanted to take a look inside and accidentally let the steel rod hit the window glass, making a crisp sound.
Then there were roars and the creaking sounds of tables and chairs moving from inside. There were zombies inside, but they didn't know that the sound was coming from outside the window, so they could only mess around in the classroom, which caused the tables and chairs to move.
Bai Mei quickened her pace while stabilizing herself. When she moved to the water pipe, she accidentally dropped the baseball bat she was carrying. The steel bat fell to the first floor, making a sound of metal hitting the ground.
Especially in the eerie silence of the night, any sound will be infinitely amplified. After the baseball bat fell to the ground, the sound attracted many zombies, which wandered and roared below.
"Damn it." The only weapon she had fell down. If she really encountered a problem there, it would not be so easy to solve.
In the end, Captain Baimei did not retreat, but chose to continue walking forward.
When she walked outside the classroom and looked carefully, she found that there was light inside, but because the curtains were too thick or they had covered it with something else, the light that came through was very weak.
She knocked on the window first, and after hearing no sound for two seconds, Captain Baimei decided to open the window and take a look.
I opened the window with a bang and drew aside the curtains, only to find that there were several people inside.
Captain Bai Mei's eyes gradually widened. Not only was she surprised, but the people inside were also shocked by her.
But despite this, she was a military member after all, and was not frightened. Her expression just showed surprise for a moment, and then immediately returned to normal.
Several boys stood in front of her, holding chairs in their hands and asked her, "Who are you and where are you from?"
She was stunned for a moment and answered them: "I... came from outside and wanted to see if there was anyone else here." Captain Bai Mei did not tell them everything. After all, she did not know the situation of the people opposite her.
After hearing the latter part of the sentence, one of the girls behind the boys stuck her head out and asked in surprise: "Are you here to save us?"
When she asked this question, it was obvious that someone didn't believe her. "How could she come to save us alone? Maybe she escaped from somewhere."
She was right. She didn't have the ability to save such a large group of people now. She just wanted to escape with them.
"Don't worry, I am here to save you. We will definitely get you out safely." Captain Bai Mei saw that they were still on guard, so she could only stay on the windowsill. Although it was very uncomfortable, she had no choice but to negotiate with them first.
One of the boys noticed that her legs were shaking, so he put down the chair in his hand and said, "Why don't you get down first? It's not safe there."
After hearing what she wanted to hear, Captain Baimei jumped down without caring about the expressions of others.
After briefly explaining the situation to them, Captain Bai Mei remembered Chen Xi and Ruan Jiyan who were in the next two rooms, so she said to them, "I have a few friends in another classroom. Can I call them over?"
She tried her best to keep their relationship balanced, but even though she said that, if they didn't agree, she would just go back to Ruan Jiyan and the others.
"Sure. After all, there is strength in numbers."
Captain Bai Mei half-lay beside the window, calling out to Chen Xi not far away.
The two people here heard Captain Baimei calling them and thought she was in danger. They walked to the window and saw that she was already in the classroom.
After the four people walked over in order, they found several people. Just in case, they checked the exposed skin of the five people to see if there were any wounds.
Ruan Jiyan's feet were still wrapped in a piece of cloth, which she had wrapped when she was at the villa in the suburbs. It had become loose before, so she tied it back up.
"No." said a girl who was checking Ruan Jiyan. The boy in front of her kept staring at the cloth on her feet. Ruan Jiyan noticed his gaze but did not avoid it. She just looked at him.
When he raised his eyes, they met Ruan Jiyan's, and he looked away awkwardly.
Fortunately, they didn't find out.