Su Man, who was put in solitary confinement as punishment by Huang Mei, was taken to a small dark room.
At first glance, this punishment seemed light, after all, she wouldn't have to suffer any physical pain, until Su Man saw the whole picture of the small dark room...
This is the underground floor of the teaching building. Unlike the bright sunshine upstairs, there is no natural light at all. Only a few old light bulbs hanging on the ceiling, barely maintaining the light.
The corridor is deep and narrow, with small rooms separated by partitions next to each other.
The gray-green door panel had peeling paint, and a foul odor was emitted as soon as it was opened. Before Su Man could take in the surroundings clearly, she was pushed in.
The next second, her body touched the concrete wall.
The width inside was only enough for her to stand, and it was difficult for her to squat, let alone use the bathroom.
This is probably the reason why the stench here comes from this. When people have urgent needs and they can't solve them, they can only solve them on the spot.
Fortunately, this small dark room is not completely enclosed. It is a bit like a toilet cubicle, with an open head and a gap of about 20 centimeters between the partition and the ground.
Su Man could only try her best to raise her head and breathe some air outside.
But the place was too small and she felt uncomfortable no matter how she stood. Just as she was adjusting her posture, she suddenly heard a suppressed cough coming from next door.
“Cough cough cough…”
Su Man immediately realized that there was someone else here.
She knocked tentatively on the partition connecting to the next door. "Is anyone there?"
“…”
The other party did not answer her, but just coughed once or twice from time to time, and sounded in a very bad state.
Su Man was bored anyway, so she started talking to the person next to her, "Did you do something wrong and get locked up in the dark room? How long have you been there? Are you hungry?"
“…”
Although she didn't get an answer, Su Man, desperate to divert her attention, continued to talk to herself, "I just came in and can't leave until tomorrow."
“…”
"There's no room to sit here. How about yours? It should be the same layout."
“…”
On the other side of the wall, the man next to him was holding his chest with a painful expression, and a cough or two escaped from his lips from time to time.
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Here, Su Man could not feel the passage of time. After a long time, she seemed to have adapted to the environment here.
She began to look around this square little world. Because her compartment was located in the corner, in addition to the concrete wall, there was also a vent at the bottom of the wall.
Out of boredom, Su Man unconsciously used her toes to move the louvers on the vent. She didn't know when she used too much force, and a crisp sound came out.
Su Man didn't move, but just when she was about to find something else to relieve her boredom, a similar noise came from the ventilation.
Su Man was stunned for a moment, and just when she was wondering if she was hallucinating, there was another sound.
The vent should be connected to the ventilation duct of the building. Could such clear noise be coming from upstairs?
Just when she felt strange, a few muffled sounds came from the ventilation duct. The long and short knocking sounds made Su Man feel something unusual.
Could it be that someone was conveying some message to her?
"Knock, knock, knock."
The sudden noise startled Su Man.
However, this time the sound did not come from the vent, but someone was knocking on her door.
"Song Man, are you in there?"
Recognizing Ding Gaoxuan's voice, Su Man cleared her throat and said in a trembling voice, "I'm here. Why are you here?"
"I'll bring you something to eat."
Just as he finished speaking, a plastic bag was pushed in from under the door. When Su Man saw the water bottle, her eyes, which had not drunk a drop of water all afternoon, instantly lit up.
But she still said pretentiously, "No, I can't have it. If someone finds out, you will be implicated by me too!"
Seeing that Su Man was in such a situation and still cared about him, Ding Gaoxuan's face outside the door was filled with guilt.
After a brief silence, he asked the question that had been bothering him all day, "It wasn't you who was with me last night, why did you admit it?"
Su Man was not at all surprised that he would ask this question, and even felt that, "You bastard finally asked."
She softened her voice and directly said the answer she had already prepared, "Don't blame yourself. I know I'm not worthy of you, and I never expected to be with you, but if I had the chance to do something for you, I would actually be very happy. After all..."
To arouse the emotions, Su Man paused, then lowered her voice, as if a little shy, "Our names are finally connected, even if it's just a rumor."
[Ding Gaoxuan's favorability increased by 10, current favorability is 30]
Su Man's combination of punches completely confused Ding Gaoxuan, a young man who had just become an adult. The emotion in his chest almost overflowed.
After a long pause, he said solemnly, "Don't worry, I won't let you be punished for me."
Hearing his footsteps getting farther and farther away, Su Man knew without a doubt that he must be going to beg for mercy for her.
only...
Su Man frowned. Ding Gaoxuan was a rich second-generation and it was true that the teachers in the school took care of him, but it was not possible for him to come and go as he pleased like he did now.
When she was brought down just now, it was the security guard who opened the iron gate for her. So how did Ding Gaoxuan get in?
Not only that, the school was heavily guarded, so how did he manage to sneak out in the middle of the night and bring out the girl he was having a secret meeting with?
If she knew the key, she wouldn't have to stay in this place and suffer anymore.
Su Man narrowed her eyes. Ding Gaoxuan might play a greater role than she imagined.
“Cough cough cough…”
The coughing sound from next door interrupted Su Man's thoughts, and she then remembered that there was someone next to her.
Hearing that he was coughing more and more violently, Su Man hooked the pocket on the ground with her toes, took out the water bottle first, unscrewed the bottle cap and poured the water into her mouth without touching the bottle mouth.
After drinking half the bottle, Su Man screwed the cap back on and kicked the bread and water in her pocket to the side. "I didn't drink it straight away. You're coughing so badly, eat something."
“…”
There was still no response, and Su Man didn't know if he had eaten yet. But she was afraid that Ding Gaoxuan would come back at any time, so she urged him, "Eat it quickly and give me the packaging bag."
As soon as he finished speaking, the food and water that Su Man had kicked over were kicked back. He didn't touch the bread at all, but he drank a few sips of the water.
Su Man did not insist any further. As a stranger who had just met by chance, she had done the most she could. If she did not feel sorry for these students who were sick and sent to such a hellish place by their families, she would not have interfered.
...
The lights in the corridor were dim, and the wicks with poor contact flickered from time to time, and the sky outside gradually darkened.
Ding Gaoxuan was walking in a hurry, and just as he was passing by the girls' dormitory building, he was suddenly pulled by someone.
Just as he was about to lose his temper, he heard the other party call out, "Gao Xuan."
Ding Gaoxuan raised an eyebrow, "Yuwei?"
It was almost time to close the dormitory, and there were many security guards patrolling. The two did not dare to be too conspicuous and hid in the shadow of the building.
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