Chapter 11 How could this happen? Lin Xicai did think for a second...
Lin Xicai did have a second to think about doing something, but it was only a second. Then, she immediately stopped this foolish thought of hitting a rock with an egg.
The situation at the moment was clear. Xie Shi did not see her, but that person clearly saw her.
In this situation, if she doesn't intervene, the male protagonist won't hold a grudge against her, but if she really intervenes and does something, that person will definitely guess it was her afterwards.
There was no need for her to take risks for someone who had nothing to do with her.
After all, he was not the reason she came into this world.
The most important point is that deep down in Lin Xicai's heart, there is actually no essential difference between these two people.
They were just two characters in this world, two paper figures created by design. Paper figures fighting paper figures, why would she get involved?
It's like watching a play or a movie, there are bad guys and good guys, that's normal. It's just some dramatic choreography, if she takes it seriously, she will lose.
This world was a giant deception for her. She had to stay awake at all times, not letting herself get too caught up in it, getting too absorbed in it, getting too emotional...
Then, Lin Xicai turned around and left that place of trouble as if nothing had happened.
Lin Xicai didn't dare to show the word "escape" too obviously for fear of alerting the enemy. She didn't dare to run for her life until she was some distance away from the alley.
Lin Xicai ran furiously, running in the opposite direction, following her instincts. After an unknown amount of time, the sound of car horns grew clearer, the noise grew louder, and the sense of commotion that had briefly been lost returned to her. Her unsettled heart finally felt a sense of security.
Xie Shi felt the man walking further and further away, with no expression on his face.
Disappointment is something that makes people angry and ashamed because it means that at some point in time, you had unrealistic expectations of someone.
Xie Shi didn't think he had the slightest disappointment in his heart. He was just... just rarely angry - not because she turned away, but because she was so arrogant and directly denied his existence.
Paper man.
Oh.
In this person's heart, all of them, good or bad, are nothing more than NPCs who are inferior to her and unworthy of having souls.
They don't even deserve souls, so what does it matter if they kill each other? Who cares about a group of ants fighting each other?
She was so superior that he took it for granted. A twisted and strong urge he could hardly suppress made him want to drag her down and make her into the same thing as himself.
…
My phone is completely out of battery. It’s getting late after all this time.
Lin Xicai was almost soaked, with only a few coins left in her wallet. She decided to take the bus back. Afraid that the original owner's mother would worry, she went into a telephone booth on the street before getting on the bus and planned to call her first.
Lin Xicai counted the coins in her hand and found that they were just enough for her to make a phone call and take a taxi. Thinking of the hundred yuan, Lin Xicai felt a pang of heartache, otherwise she could have just taken a taxi.
The one hundred yuan in the morning was spent in nine minutes. When asked to refund some of the money, he either avoided the issue or played the victim and refused to give in. Lin Xicai shook her head in her heart. The social atmosphere in this world is far worse than her world.
The facilities in this world are exquisite and classical. The telephone booth on the roadside is sealed. Lin Xicai walked in, and the small space almost immediately blocked out the sound of rain.
Lin Xicai adjusted her mood a little and called home.
The original owner's mother was really worried. She answered the phone as soon as it rang. Lin Xicai used the excuse that she was doing homework outside for a while and would be back later. The original owner's mother agreed with a sense of relief, and then started chattering on and on about giving instructions.
After the phone call ended, Lin Xicai stood there in a daze for a while, with a rare look of confusion on her face.
While she was distracted, she heard a strange noise behind her. Lin Xicai turned around and saw a person standing behind her. He was leaning against the door frame, looking at her quietly with a smile.
He was clearly smiling, but his eyes were devoid of warmth, instead revealing a hint of frivolous malice. "We meet again."
His eyes fell on her hand holding the phone, and the smile in his eyes became even wider. He stared at her, his voice clear and pleasant, as if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time. There was a hint of familiarity and light reproach in his tone, "Tsk, you ran so fast, I just wanted to say hello to you."
Lin Xicai's body straightened, and she almost instinctively fell into a state of alert.
She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked up, as if she had just realized that he had misunderstood something.
"I was just calling my family..."
The next moment, a siren sounded in the air like a prank, loud and shrill.
Then, from a distance came a noisy commotion, scolding, and the chaos of people fleeing in all directions.
Lin Xicai: “….”
If you want to kill her, just say so.
Lin Xicai took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and forced herself to look directly into those cold, smiling eyes: "It has nothing to do with me. I wasn't the one who called the police."
His gaze fell on her face for a long time, and he leaned forward slightly, saying something ambiguous: "Really? That's quite a coincidence."
The sudden approach in the cramped space made Lin Xicai feel a little uncomfortable. She couldn't help but frown and walked around him.
She turned her back to him and left without looking back, but she could still feel the gaze following her.
It wasn't until she walked to a bus stop and found herself in the bustling crowd that she felt a little safer.
"system?"
"What the hell are you doing? Why are you ignoring me?"
"System, come out! Is there a system as negligent as you? Can I file a complaint against you?"
A bus passed by, carrying many people away like a whirlwind. Lin Xicai sat dejectedly at the bus stop, waiting for her own bus, with her elbows on her knees and her head buried in her arms. She was like a clown being played around by life, and could only feel helpless and furious in her heart.
She lowered her head and stared at the water stains on the ground in a daze. Suddenly, a tire appeared in her field of vision.
Lin Xicai looked up along the tire and saw a familiar red mountain bike and a bruised face from an upward perspective.
The face was originally richly colored with deep features. On that rainy night, the bloodstains and rain on the face served as embellishments, revealing an extremely aggressive and unruly look.
He didn't say anything, just lowered his eyes and looked at her calmly, with an unclear meaning.
When he looked at her, she also stared at him silently, and neither of them spoke the first word.
Facing this person again, Lin Xicai felt a little complicated, but the complex emotions that she couldn't identify in time were quickly replaced by embarrassment in this silent eye contact.
They weren't in the kind of relationship where they could just stare at each other for ten seconds without asking why.
Lin Xicai was waiting for him to say something, but he just looked at her, as if waiting for her to say something too.
She read a very strange feeling of judgment in this silence, as if she was placed on the edge of a cliff, with one thought leading to heaven and the other to hell.
He seemed to have enough patience, as if as long as she didn't speak, they would remain in this stalemate.
Lin Xicai frowned inwardly and finally gave in.
She pursed her lips and said as sincerely as possible, "What's wrong with your face? Do you need my help?"
Xie Shi stared at her, surprised, yet seemingly not surprised. Emotions surged in his eyes, but soon returned to calm.
"You saw it all, didn't you?" He seemed to smile, the curve at the corner of his lips more like a mockery than a smile, "My deskmate."
Lin Xicai was stunned.
So he saw her too.
So he came to her to accuse her?
So the current situation is that the male protagonist thought she was indifferent to the danger, and the pervert thought she was too indecent to help and called the police?
So... she tried her best not to offend either side, but ended up offending both sides?
Damn it. Lin Xicai couldn't help cursing in her heart. This guy didn't even want to leave her any chance of survival.
Lin Xicai is accustomed to weighing the pros and cons when doing things. Even though she was in a state of confusion, she did not forget her instincts. She made a decision almost in a flash.
"I didn't expect that," Lin Xicai said, "the police responded very quickly."
Xie Shi's forehead twitched slightly, and he glanced at her with an ambiguous expression, "Did you call the police?"
Based on the principle that having already offended one madman, one must not offend another, Lin Xicai neither said yes nor no, and could attack or defend. "I'm glad you're okay."
Xie Shi smiled, a smile that was sinister and affectionate.
Then he leaned forward slightly, his imposing presence hitting her in the face, and she heard him say, "Thank you so much."
There was the sound of wind and rain in her ears, the sky was as black as ink, accompanied by lightning and thunder, and the thank you in a gentle tone made her scalp tighten.
Not sure if it was the environment or her illusion, but Lin Xicai felt that this thank you was so...scary.
Lin Xicai was frightened so much that day that she couldn't sleep when she got home.
Feeling uneasy but also somewhat relieved, Lin Xicai was thankful for the existence of the bug for the first time.
In this short day, she accidentally got into several troubles, any one of which would have been enough to get her into trouble. Fortunately, she still had a chance. As long as she returned to the starting point at dawn, she would definitely avoid the pitfalls of yesterday.
She would stay away from Xie Shi. She would not follow him, and certainly not go to the alley to watch the scene that she shouldn't have watched.
No, not only that, there is also that two-faced man with a kind face but a black heart. She would avoid him from the very beginning. If she had the chance to do it again, she would never have any intersection with this person again.
Also, there's Fu Yanxiu. We'll see each other again in the future, so you can't scold him so harshly like you did today...
It was late at night. Lin Xicai lay on the bed and comforted herself to have a good sleep. Everything today was just a dream.
Lin Xicai didn't sleep well all night. The next day, she felt dizzy and had a headache. After washing up, she put on her backpack and went out, but she was still in a daze.
When passing by the small garden, Lin Xicai's thoughts paused for a few seconds, and she stopped and stared at the trimmed rose bed.
The roses had been trimmed, and the two uncles who were supposed to be standing there waiting to give her flowers were not there.
Lin Xicai suddenly had a bad feeling.
No sleepiness at all.
Take out your phone and look at the screen.
A few numbers suddenly jumped out - October 17th.
Lin Xicai felt her breathing stagnate and her temples felt a little painful.
She rubbed her temples, but the date on the screen didn't move at all.
A sense of fear, accompanied by a chill, seeped in through her fingers, and Lin Xicai's face turned pale. The scenes of yesterday played out in her mind, and Lin Xicai suddenly felt suffocated.
She wanted to return to normal, but she didn't want to return to normal drastically.
Who was it? Who on earth was toying with her and playing tricks on her with such unwavering effort?
—After she screwed everything up, this stupid day started moving forward.
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