It wasn't until Jiang Hua stomped her feet and hurried back to her dormitory that the anger she had been suppressing all along finally surfaced on her face. Recalling An Li's smug, even boastful, expression, Jiang Hua couldn't help but grit her teeth.
"Didn't you know? Gu Yiming has been practicing hard these past few days. I couldn't bear to see him working so hard, so I bought him a drink on my way home from get out of class today. Gu Yiming thanked me a little shyly, telling me not to spend money on him, but I couldn't help it; he's working so hard, I just couldn't abandon him."
Thinking of this, Jiang Hua's anger intensified. She even unconsciously conjured up images of Gu Yiming and An Li together in her mind—An Li's usual sweet smile, and Gu Yiming's expression, though not particularly expressive, still noticeably brighter than usual…
Jiang Hua shook her head violently; such thoughts only made her more agitated. Gritting her teeth, she angrily turned on her computer and logged into the game. She ignored even the guild members who came to greet her when she logged on, silently activating her attack mode and running around the world aimlessly. No matter who she encountered, she would immediately unleash a barrage of skills to kill them.
There was some panic in the gang channel. No one knew why Di Ruhua had suddenly started killing people indiscriminately. Some people went to send messages to ask Di Ruhua, but there was no response. Only notifications of people being killed by Di Ruhua kept popping up on the screen.
"This can't go on... If we keep killing like this, it's one thing if someone comes back for revenge, but if Di Ruhua does something even more serious, that would be a real problem..." The members of the gang were all worried, but they were helpless. In the stalemate, someone finally suggested that Fengliu Shudai talk to Di Ruhua alone. "Fengliu Shudai is probably one of the people who are relatively close to Di Ruhua. Maybe it will be helpful if he asks her for us." Everyone agreed. At this time, Fengliu Shudai had just finished a daily task. As soon as he opened the gang channel, he heard about Di Ruhua's situation and was so shocked that he quickly opened the chat box with Di Ruhua.
Along the way, she occasionally encountered some players with considerable strength. Fighting them took Di Ruhua quite a bit of effort. Just as she was getting tired and stopped to rest and recover, a message suddenly popped up on the screen.
"How are you?"
Jiang Hua looked up and saw that it was a message from the frivolous bookworm. For no reason, a wave of weariness washed over her, and she closed the chat window, remaining motionless.
"What happened? You can tell me if you'd like."
Not long after, another message from Fengliu Shudai popped up. Jiang Hua was a little annoyed. She quickly typed "I'm fine" on the keyboard, turned around, quit the game, shut down the computer, and after a quick wash, climbed into bed without saying a word and buried herself tightly under the covers.
The basketball friendly league was drawing near, and the last day of volunteer training was fast approaching. Jiang Hua had long since memorized all the movements and formations during the routine training. The PE teacher kept repeating the same instructions, but today Jiang Hua was restless and didn't listen to the teacher's words at all. She didn't even seem to realize that the training was over. Her roommate had to pull her for a long time before she finally came to her senses and shuffled back to the dormitory.
"Ah—" A scream suddenly rang out behind her, startling her roommate. Turning around, she saw Jiang Hua slumped to the ground, clutching her ankle in pain. Her roommate wasn't stupid; she immediately realized Jiang Hua must have sprained her ankle while lost in thought on the stairs. She knelt down beside Jiang Hua. "You sprained your ankle? Is it serious? If you can stand up, I'll help you to the infirmary."
Jiang Hua bit her lip and didn't utter a sound, but her eyes reddened and were brimming with tears. After sitting slumped on the ground for a while, she slowly stood up with the support of the wall. Ignoring her roommate's worried face, she dragged her feet back to the dormitory.
When Ji Kexin saw Jiang Hua enter with red eyes and dragging one leg, she was startled and almost thought someone had bullied Jiang Hua. Seeing this, her roommate gave Ji Kexin a look, signaling her to let Jiang Hua calm down first. She then led Ji Kexin to the balcony and explained the whole situation to her in a low voice.
"How could such a thing happen? This is too much for Jiang Hua..." Ji Kexin felt indignant, but still did not want to disturb Jiang Hua.
“After all that hard training, Jiang Hua doesn’t even want to be a volunteer anymore… Ke Xin, do you have any ideas, at least… at least to make Jiang Hua feel less bad?”
Ji Kexin pondered for a moment, "I'll call Gu Yiming and have him come and have a good talk with Jiang Hua."
"This is the only way now..."
To avoid Jiang Hua, Ji Kexin made an excuse to go out. Standing in the corridor, she called Gu Yiming. Gu Yiming didn't say much, quickly agreeing to call and comfort Jiang Hua. After hanging up, Ji Kexin relaxed slightly and turned back to her dormitory.
Not long after, Jiang Hua's phone rang. Her roommate turned around and exchanged a glance with Ji Kexin. The two of them stood up together and decided to give Jiang Hua and Gu Yiming some space to talk alone.
"Is this really going to work...? With Gu Yiming's personality, comforting him would probably be awkward..." After wandering around the campus for a good half hour, her roommate finally pulled Ji Kexin back to the dormitory. When the two entered the room, Jiang Hua's phone screen was still lit up, lying quietly on her desk. Ji Kexin went over and looked; the notification bar was full of missed calls from Gu Yiming.
Just then, the phone rang again, creating an awkward silence in the dormitory. Ji Kexin didn't want the situation to continue, so she rushed forward, picked up Jiang Hua's phone, and answered the call with a swipe of her finger.
By the time Jiang Hua hung up the phone, tears were already streaming down her face. Despite Gu Yiming's concern and coaxing, she softened and decided to focus on healing her foot injury and continue volunteering for the basketball friendly league. Ji Kexin sat down next to Jiang Hua. "The game is tomorrow, and we'll need your performance at the opening ceremony… Don't think about that too much, just focus on healing. As for other things…" Ji Kexin hesitated, not mentioning An Li, "I believe Gu Yiming is a sensible person; he won't let this go unchecked."
Jiang Hua was also a little tired. She was still very grateful to her roommates for their help, but she couldn't think of a way to express it. In the end, she just sighed and said, "It's okay. I'm a little tired from training. Let me rest for a bit and go to the infirmary later."
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