Only Shi Zhan and Song Shaojie remained.
Song Shaojie could tell that Shi Zhan didn't want to leave so soon, so he pretended to say,
"Oh dear, we've eaten quite a lot, Zhanzhan. Shall we take a walk to digest our food and cool off a bit? We can call a taxi at the intersection ahead!"
Wu Youyou was struggling to find a suitable excuse to agree directly.
"Okay! Let's go for a walk!"
Shi Zhan was quite willing and gave a soft "hmm".
The three of them walked for a while, and Song Shaojie suddenly felt that he was being too much of a third wheel, so he simply said that he wanted to go for a run and ran ahead by himself.
Only Shi Zhan and Wu Youyou remained. The two of them walked slowly like that, and neither of them spoke for a while.
Suddenly, Wu Youyou spoke first.
"Shi Zhan, don't take what we said at the dinner table to heart, and don't feel guilty. We were just acting!"
Just acting?
Shi Zhan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his gaze toward Wu Youyou turned cold. Wu Youyou didn't need to look at him to feel the coldness in his eyes. She didn't dare to look at him and just walked on quietly.
Soon they reached the crossroads, Wu Youyou said.
"We've arrived. You can take a taxi back to school from here! I'll be going now."
Shi Zhan's lips parted slightly, but he ultimately remained silent, his eyes lingering on Wu Youyou's departing figure with a touch of sadness.
As Wu Youyou approached her front door, she was suddenly surrounded by three strange men. Instantly, most of the alcohol wore off, and she became extremely alert.
Who are you? What do you want?
"What do you want? I want to kidnap you, of course!"
One of the men chuckled eerily.
Wu Youyou felt something was wrong. She wanted to run away and shouted, "Help!"
One of the men covered Wu Youyou's mouth, and then the other two men grabbed Wu Youyou's legs and tried to take her to a van parked on the side of the road.
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