Wen Li was woken up by the aunt who made breakfast the next day.
"Miss Wen, would you like to eat now?"
Wen Li was startled awake by the sound, and then her head felt like it had been stabbed by countless pieces of glass, making her gasp in pain.
She wasn't lying yesterday; she drew over three hundred peace talismans without hesitation. But she added a formation to the talismans, which could withstand seven death calamities and then withstand three more.
Two hours isn't enough time to prepare much; this is the only thing she can do.
The knocking on the door grew more and more urgent.
"Miss Wen, are you awake?"
"Miss Wen, I'm coming in."
Before Wen Li could react, the doorknob suddenly started turning.
Wen Li suddenly remembered that the altar from yesterday hadn't been cleaned up yet, but it was too late; the cook had already pushed the door open and come in.
Their gazes first fell upon the blood-soaked altar.
Startled, the cook turned pale instantly, then her gaze fell on Wen Li's wide sleeves—Wen Li's hand was wrapped in white cloth, with faint traces of blood seeping out.
The cook called out and rushed over: "Miss Wen, you—"
"I..." Wen Li was about to explain, but her aunt spoke first in a panic.
"Miss Wen, what's bothering you?"
Wen Li was visibly stunned for a moment, thinking she was hallucinating due to excessive blood loss last night: "What did you say?"
The cook looked distressed: "Tell me what's bothering you? Suicide is so painful. No, you've lost so much blood. I have to call Mr. Wen..."
The cook was a temporary worker. Wen Yu had paid a high price to hire her last night to cook and take care of Wen Li, but who knew that she would see such a bloody scene when she opened the door.
"Please don't call my brother." Wen Li took a deep breath and stood up abruptly, but her head felt dizzy and she slumped back down.
She used a lot of blood in the blood sacrifice array yesterday, and didn't dare turn on the lights so that her third brother wouldn't see it. Her purpose was to avoid worrying him. If her third brother found out, how could he go on the mission with peace of mind?
"Auntie, please don't call me. I'm not trying to commit suicide."
The cook looked incredulous.
“Ms. Wen, I’m just an employee. I can’t take responsibility if anything happens to you. I have to call my employer.”
Wenli:......
She was too weak to stand up and could only watch helplessly as the other person dialed the number.
But after calling for a long time, Wen Yu still couldn't answer.
By now, the third brother should have arrived at the scene. It's normal that there's no signal in the mountains and the call can't get through.
Wen Li gradually breathed a sigh of relief.
She couldn't tell her aunt the real reason, so she could only say, "Auntie, you saw it too. I like to think about feng shui. I heard that you can draw talismans with blood, so I wanted to try it. I'm still so young, what's there to be upset about?"
The cook indeed saw many ritual implements and prayer flags on the altar, and even several portraits hanging in the very center.
"Miss Wen, those are all fake. You can't do that again next time."
The aunt looked disapproving, and seeing that Wen Li's expression was not good, she asked, "After you finish eating, I'll take you to the hospital."
"No need, I can go by myself."
Wen Li's wound on her palm was indeed quite large. She knew how to stop the bleeding, but such a large cut required treatment at the hospital.
After dinner, Wen Li took a taxi to the hospital to get stitches.
When Wen Li left the hospital, she belatedly realized that she should be starting classes today.
Wen Li opened her phone and took a look.
really--
One of the three people was absent.
On her very first day of university, she was invited to her counselor's office for a talk about life.
——
The counselor was initially somewhat angry that Wen Li skipped class on her first day of school, thinking that Wen Li was a big star and that's why she was so arrogant.
When Wen Li carefully pushed open the door, her hand still wrapped in thick gauze, the counselor paused for a moment, then asked anxiously, "What happened?"
The counselor is quite young, having just graduated from university. One second he was angry, and the next he was showing concern for the students.
"I'm sorry, teacher. I went straight to the hospital to get my hand bandaged after I hurt it, and I didn't have time to ask for leave."
On the way, Tan Xiaoxiao had already sent her a message saying that she hadn't gone back to the dormitory yesterday to cover for her, and that she didn't need to say what she had done yesterday, since saying too much would only lead to more mistakes.
One lie leads to countless more to cover it up.
University counselors don't always target students. Seeing that Wen Li had a reason for her situation, the counselor only asked a few words of concern and then said, "Then you should write a leave slip. Otherwise, you'll have to retake the course next semester if you fail at the end of the semester. Explain it to today's teacher, and they won't make things difficult for you."
Wen Li nodded.
She couldn't write because of an injury to her right hand, so her counselor helped her write.
Wen Li wasn't familiar with the campus yet and couldn't find the teacher's office, so she simply went back to her dormitory first.
She had sent a message to the people in the group in the morning. When Tan Xiaoxiao learned that Wen Li had injured her hand, she and Tong Zhu helped Wen Li bring food back from the cafeteria.
When Wen Li returned to her dormitory, they had just finished class.
Tong Zhu initially thought it was a minor injury, but she was surprised to see that Wen Li had wrapped her hand so heavily.
"How did it get so serious?"
Wen Li shook her head: "It looks serious, but it's actually not a big deal."
Tan Xiaoxiao, who was standing nearby, put the food on the table and looked up at Wen Li's pale lips with concern: "How much blood did you lose? Your lips are all pale."
Wen Li subconsciously touched her mouth and chuckled a few times.
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