The Yu Brothers’ Case Book

9 PM. After Yan Si escaped and arrived at the Yu family home, he heard some alarming information firsthand.

“The student that was ganged up on is missing?”

When he walked into the living room, he was shocked to hear this news from the university students inside.

“Yeah, he didn’t go to class today.” Ah Fang, who had brought Yu home, said, “That was what ticked us off, since he usually calls classmates to help him write his name down for attendance when he skips class. But nobody got any calls from him today, and his number isn’t connecting.” He had found Yu at the drinks shop after wrapping up his basketball game, thinking that Yu was waiting for Yu Yin to leave class as usual. When Ah Fang then kindly went to the classroom to pass on the message, he finally realised that Yu Yin had never entered the classroom at all today.

“Xiao Zhong didn’t get a call either, so we thought Ah Yin went to the police station again.” Ah Guan had found it suspicious as well. Since he had noticed Yu Yin seeming somewhat down recently, Ah Guan had wanted to invite Yu Yin to a hangout with friends, only to unexpectedly discover that Yu Yin had not come to school. “But when we called to ask, the people [at the station] said they hadn’t seen Ah Yin either. So we ended up searching around the area in the afternoon, but we didn’t find him nor his motorbike.”

“We asked some of the gang aside from Ah Guan as well, but none of them have seen Ah Yin either. The group that hangs out together outside school hasn’t spotted him nor has the hair salon.” Li Lin Yue, who had followed them back, glanced over at the clearly worried Yu and patted his shoulder. “We only just brought the little brother back; we’ll go out and do another search in a bit.”

“I’ve asked my younger sister to help keep an eye out too. Hopefully nothing’s wrong.” Ah Fang sighed. He had warned Yu Yin to be careful literally two days ago; who would’ve imagined the danger to arrive immediately after? “Why does it have to happen exactly on a day Yi Tai isn’t here…”

“The super godly youngster isn’t here?” Yan Si raised a brow. He had assumed that these university students had gathered here to hold some kind of extradimensional search meeting.

“He was summoned out by a friend in the eastern district two days ago. Apparently it was something urgent. I have no idea where he went, but his cell signal is very poor and communications won’t go through.” Ah Fang scratched his head, seriously feeling like the timing was too unlucky.

“He didn’t leave behind three tips or anything?” It appeared that there were times when the youth was not that godly. Yan Si swiftly dialled the police station to inform Yu Tong of the matter first. If these children were not mistaken, then Yu Yin had immediately gone missing as soon as he had left the home in the morning. His classmates probably had not reported to the police simply because Yu Yin had a horrible track record of running around all the time.

“…Nothing of the sort. But he did say before he left that nothing big should happen, so I didn’t particularly ask him either.” Ah Fang had not expected Yi Tai would not remind them of this. He was starting to get a headache; if things were as usual, they wouldn’t be so anxiously looking. But these past few days had been different, and despite feeling a duty as friends to help, they had not known how to do so.

“Weird, at the very least, the student that was ganged up on wouldn’t just abandon Yu…” Yan Si had a gut feeling that there was something very wrong. He contemplated to himself for a bit before saying, “I’ll be asking for everyone’s help for now. I will head back to find Boss and the others and ask them to retrieve some of the street surveillance footage to speed things up.”

Yu had been sitting on the sofa. When he saw Yan Si turn to leave, he hurriedly ran over to grab Yan Si.

“You want to come too?” Yan Si narrowed his eyes. “What if the student that was ganged up on comes back and can’t find you? Plus, you’re still injured, young friend.”

“I’ll just wait here then. There shouldn’t be a problem if Xiao Yu is with a doctor, right?” Li Lin Yue raised her hand. “You guys hurry up and go search. Not being able to contact him right now really isn’t a good sign.” Any normal person would be fine, but anyone with eyes could see how prone to disaster Yu Yin had been recently, so it was best if they located him first.

“Alright then.”

With Yu in tow, Yan Si opened the front door to head towards his car. However, he was instead startled by something crouched outside the entrance. “Holy crap! Even if you want me to die, this isn’t the way to do it, junior Xiao Dong-zai. Sooner or later, you’ll frighten someone to death. Do you actually have some kind of grudge for the student that was ganged up on to be lying in front of his door like this?”

Dong Feng had originally bent down to rest, but he instantly stood up when he heard an extremely insufferable voice, an expression of loathing on his face as he straightened. “Why are you here?”

“Hmph, in terms of friendship, I’ve known the student that was ganged up on much longer than you and I’ve come to his home hundreds of times. Jealous?” Yan Si crossed his arms with a smug expression.

“Tch.” Since someone annoying was here, Dong Feng decided not to bother going in to look [for Yu Yin]. He turned around to wave at the taxi that had just dropped him off before it could leave.

“Wait, junior Xiao Dong-zai, since you’re already here, might as well join our search team.” Yan Si shot an arm out to grab the person attempting to flee, ignoring Dong Feng’s struggling back. “The student that was ganged up on disappeared. If you have nothing to do, come help us look.”

“Don’t know who that is.” Dong Feng had no idea who Yan Si was talking about as he tried his best to claw the other person’s arm away.

“Ah, Yu Yin, student Yu Yin.” Yan Si sensed the resistance stop and he let go of his hold. “He’s been missing since this morning and nobody knows where he ran off to play. Help us find him.”

“Where was he last seen?” Dong Feng asked as his eyebrows slowly arched upwards.

Yan Si gestured at the house behind them.

“His house.”

***

He could smell the strong stench of blood.

He vaguely recalled having actually planned on going to school. After seeing Yu Xia off, he had organised his backpack and swung his keys around while walking out the door. Everything up until then had been fine. Afterwards, while waiting at a traffic light at the end of the street, he had felt a sudden dizziness, and his vision had gone black. Only after being sharply honked at by the car behind him had he struggled to recover.

After crouching on the side of the street to rest for a while, he had prepared to continue heading towards the campus. But by the time he regained his senses, his motorcycle was already stopped at a narrow side road that he did not recognise.

He had a general understanding of what had occurred based on his past experience, so he decided to park his bike and lock it. Then, he prepared to contact others for help.

But when he stretched his hands out, he saw that the palms were covered in blood, assailing his nose with a rusty smell.

Amidst his dizziness, he had heard someone speaking nearby. It was a familiar voice shouting in anger.

“Fuck! What the hell are those two policemen even looking for! You guys don’t know the prosecutor above them? …What the fuck do you mean I’m to blame too! That bitch’s entire family owes me, fucking the daughter was just a coincidence. That ‘holy maiden’ was outside spreading her legs wide for others to jump her…Whatever, who cares. You think of a way to level this whole thing over. What do you think I gave you so much money for, to make me tea? Don’t forget that this position of yours was thanks to my efforts too…Ok, ok, I can hand over some more money for the bail. Just get the situation dealt with!”

This wasn’t right.

She had not been willing.

She had been threatened. He had scared her with photos that he would post all over social media, send them to her school, enlarge them and gift them to her parents. So that the whole world could see what she had been up to.

She could only cry and beg for him not to.

They wanted her to not disclose anything, to not tell a single person, or else her schoolmates would know about this. They would spread her photos all over the internet and show her what an accidental explosion looked like. They wanted her to live as she had been before, to smile at her classmates, to smile at those around her, to smile at everyone. But when she entered the home next door, her bedroom, she would have to take off all her clothes.

She…really wanted to die.

She really wanted them to die.

Why couldn’t anyone else understand this kind of hatred? Why had others on the news decided to give them a new opportunity, why could these people go back and start life anew so soon?

Why had others kept her from returning to her beloved studies without a single worry?

She was very dirty.

They were very filthy.

But as she fell down to Hell, they were instead able to start over.

Who could she speak of this resentment to? Who would know? Even if she was dead, she would drag them into Hell with her. Why couldn’t she?

Tears fell from her eyes as she reached out with her hands covered in fresh blood.

“Who are you!”

The familiar face standing at the end of the road showed astonishment, at a loss as he stared at her bloody hands. “Were you-you in a car accident…university student? Be more careful, where did you come from…so careless.”

“Why don’t you…need punishment?” She looked at the hated person, disgust filling her body. She could even smell the nauseating oily sweat. She had been restained under this body without any way to resist, only able to curl up and cry.

She was dead now, but they were still here.

“What the hell are you talking about!”

“You threatened me, saying you’d kill my parents.” She heard a female voice that belonged to her. It made the other person shut his mouth in fear from hearing her voice. “Look at me…all the blood…all the blood…”

“Cut the devil act! What exactly are you after!” The man roared out angrily as he took several steps backwards. In this kind of small road, there was not even a single passerby. He picked up a rock in panic, brandishing it threateningly. “If you come closer…I’ll kill you!”

“I hate you all…”

She did not want to wait for “punishment”. She knew it could not eliminate her resentment. They had never once repented after she had died. What meaning did the decision on paper have on them?

She…she wanted them to die.

But—that isn’t right.

He held his head, forcefully trying to shake off the dizziness. “No, my Dad and the others are helping you…You can’t…You will definitely get your justice…”

Ice-cold hands stretched out from behind to cover his line of sight. The reek of blood diffused outwards. Through the light from the finger cracks, he saw the tragically smashed up face. Crimson blood continued to drip downwards as those hate-filled eyes were practically right in front of his face.

I didn’t want to die.

I didn’t want to die—

“We can definitely help you…ah!”

Just as he was about to persuade her, there was a burst of pain from his forehead. He staggered backwards a few steps and watched the rock fall, landing before his feet. The blow made him extremely dizzy, and he barely kept his legs from going weak at the knees to collapse on the ground.

“Who cares who you are? Don’t even dream of trying to threaten me!” The person’s eyes were red as he picked up another nearby rock and smashed it downwards towards his head.

I have to dodge or else I’ll definitely get beaten to death when I go home. But his body was unusually heavy, not listening to his commands at all. His head was spinning so much that he was on the verge of losing consciousness, and his vision blurred.

Through the haziness, he seemed to see another person appear, an adult male wearing a hat. The hat was worn extremely low, making it impossible to see the face.

The man seemed to say something, but he could not comprehend it at all. All he felt was slight shock at the person’s tone.

In his daze, all he heard was a female voice—

Why aren’t they all dead?

I really want to kill them…

I’m so dirty, so afraid. I don’t want to see them…

“Xiao Yun?”

He seemed to hear that adult speaking to someone.

Then the other person grabbed his shoulders and clearly declared:

“I will definitely help you.”

Yu Yin felt his entire body grow heavy.

He vaguely sensed someone help him onto the backseat of a car. The car had a faint fragrance he could not recognise. The scent mixed together with the stench of blood on his body and was quickly suppressed.

When the person helped him into the car, they grabbed something to wipe his forehead and hands, then rubbed on some type of medication and performed simple bandaging.

Outside the car window, he saw the dark night sky.

What time is it…?

Xiao Yu should already be at home by now, right?

After the bandaging was done, the car was started.

He saw a figure sway before him in the front seat. “Who…” His vision was blurry, only seeing dark grey. Just the outline of the person’s back was a struggle to make out, let alone anything else.

The other party adjusted the rearview mirror, a suspended white, little fish charm swinging with it.

“BB. I will help you.”

The male voice came from in front. For some reason, Yu Yin thought it sounded very familiar. A feeling of grief that did not belong to him surged.

“What can you do if you’re dead? Why get yourself into such a state, it’s not like nothing can be done.” The voice spoke again, flat without any emotion. “But whatever, at least I’ll send two down for you.”

“No…you can’t do that…” Yu Yin fought against the lightheadedness, trying his best to keep his eyes open. He had a vague feeling that if he closed his eyes, something would happen. “Have to hand it to the police…”

“You are truly quite interesting.” The car made a turn onto a different street. “Since you’re already here, just sit and watch the show.”

“That’s wrong…you can’t…”

Yu Yin was finding breathing a bit difficult. Despite his struggles, he was tightly bound to the seat. The bloody face neared him, keeping him from resisting. A gaze flooded with deep hatred and resentment locked onto him, the smell of blood wrapping around the air and never dispersing.

He saw a girl banging the car window from outside, attempting to approach him. However, it was shaken off and left far behind.

The odour of blood slowly permeated his body, the fluid gradually turning into ice. He really wanted to fight back, but the pain and dizziness just continued forcing his consciousness to fall further.

Time blended together in the darkness. Yu Yin did not know how long he was in the car for.

He regained awareness a few times as a result of the car owner shaking him awake, feeding him water or something he was barely aware of. He felt that no matter what he swallowed, it carried with it the heavy taste of blood. Then he would continue his deep sleep again.

Once, twice, the driver seemed to prick him with a needle which made him feel an even heavier exhaustion.

He did not know how much time had passed by the time the car stopped and was carefully parked. The cold, wet air of the early morning instantly flooded into the car the moment the door was opened.

Yu Yin was shocked awake by the cold, and slightly regained his senses to discover that a very thick jacket was covering him and the owner of the car had disappeared. The car was stopped at what appeared to be a parking lot with several other cars neatly lined up nearby. The sky was dark blue and a faint mist surrounded the area.

He went through his pockets – his cellphone, wallet, and other items were all gone. He could not muster the energy to move, and when he tried to push the door open, he discovered that he was still tied down by the seatbelt and the car had been locked, making it impossible to open.

He was half lying down in the backseat, his mind a complete mess and so heavy that he had no idea what he should do. It was like something was peeling away his ability to think. All he could do was quietly sit there.

Then, a brief shout pierced through the silence.

When he listened more closely, it seemed to be someone fighting and begging to be saved.

The sound quickly vanished.

Soon after, the car door was opened. He saw someone wearing a large overcoat enter, the hat on their head pressed low. When the person turned around to look at Yu Yin, he saw a blank space without any facial features.

The completely empty face turned back around and started the car, slowly sliding it out of the parking space.

He looked outside the window. There was blood on the ground.

The car passed by a person lying on the ground of the parking lot, a large amount of blood gushing out from the neck. That person was fighting to crawl, but could no longer make any sound. A blood-soaked utility knife was on the ground next to him. The blade that had been pushed out was already split into halves, soaking in a pool of blood.

“They have to take some responsibility for things to have come to this.” The person sitting in front said, “Those two should have died long ago. I finally had the chance to act now after they dragged things out.”

“Shouldn’t have died…” Yu Yin weakly leaned against the car window and gazed out at the parking lot in the distance. He could not read the signs along the street so he had no idea where he was. “They…”

“Save it. Do you think you can save everyone? Putting normal people aside, you think you can save even people like that who don’t know to repent? Such a baffling goodwill.” The car jolted, as if driving down a rugged path. “You really are a bunch of good people.”

“That’s not…”

That’s not it. He did not want to care about those people that did not know how to repent either.

But they couldn’t be killed. Because then the case would not truly end. There would be no way for the family and the deceased to get their justice.

I don’t want any justice.

The bloody face of the girl appeared in front of him, the blood-stained body filled with unshakeable fury.

I just want them to die.

***

“Did you find them?

Yu Tong and Yu Xia had not slept the entire night. When they finally managed to free themselves, they quickly rushed to the monitor room.

“Dong Feng-xiǎodì found some traces.” Yan Si pointed next to the mummy standing in front of various monitors. “Xiao Dong-zai is pretty amazing. He’s able to simultaneously watch a bunch of footage all by himself.” What a godly skill. Why hadn’t he ever heard his former roommate mention such a godly skill?

“He was near the deceased’s home.” Dong Feng did not move, gaze still fixed at the moving scenes as he replied without turning around, “Although the cameras didn’t catch it, he may have been brought away by a black car. If you compare the times, Yu Yin disappeared when the car left.”

“We just gave the car’s license plate number to Xiao Wu. It turns out that it was a stolen car reported last night. The original owner apparently discovered his car was gone when he got off work. It had been parked along the street in the morning for work, around eight or so in the morning. The owner never left his company building afterwards.”

Yan Si shrugged. Yu was also sitting next to them with his eyes glued to the screens, similarly not having slept the entire night. “We asked Xiao Wu to transfer the footage for the entire street and found that the car headed down National Freeway 3, headed south.”

“If he was planning on murder, he would not have specially taken the National Freeway. There might be a target destination.” Dong Feng pressed pause and rubbed his smarting eyes as he turned to face the twins. “Any further and we’ll need access to the next district. We needed to apply for a report, so we’re still waiting for the clips. It was around three in the afternoon when the car got onto the National Freeway. In that time, the car stopped several times at convenience stores, but the person was always wearing a hat, so their face was not caught.”

“In addition, the person captured is really interesting. Boss, you guys will definitely recognise him too.” Yan Si stretched his waist and waved them over with a grim smile. “Come take a look at the very familiar figure.”

Yu Xia and Yu Tong patted Yu for him to move while they each went up to a monitor. Then their eyes widened.

The person walking into the convenience store was limping slightly, and seemed to be in a rush. Although the hat was lowered to cover the face, the person’s back could not be more recognisable.

“Su Zhang!” Yu Xia clenched his hands into fists. “Ah Yin’s in his hands?”

“The murderer from last time? The one that was lost?” Dong Feng had thought it quite a pity that the forensic investigator next to him had not been killed. Really, quite a shame. When he had seen the news, he had believed the criminal to be a huge failure, having been unable to kill Yan Si even with several chances. Is that guy even a proper criminal? “He doesn’t plan to kill Yu Yin for the time being.”

“Yes…he bought two of everything.” Yu Tong barely forced himself to calm down and carefully scrutinised the items the person had purchased. Most things had been purchased in twos, including water and food. The final stop before going onto the National Freeway had been a larger amount, which indicated that the target destination was likely some distance away that had required prior preparations. If the plan had been to kill immediately, there would not have been need to go through all this trouble. Su Zhang undoubtedly knew they would inspect the surveillance cameras. He was not afraid of being caught on camera, and likely knew they would pursue after him.

He indeed did not want to kill Ah Yin. Moreover, there was an extremely high chance that his original plan was to release Ah Yin.

But that was just their current speculation.

“Got the National Freeway’s…huh? Oh, you’re all here.” Xiao Wu walked in from outside with a bag of food. He instantly sensed the sombre atmosphere filling the room and he couldn’t help but cower back a bit. “I asked my colleagues over at the National Freeway [section]. They followed the car and found that it stopped last at the highway interchange near Kaohsiung. But someone reported this morning that the stolen car had been located, parked at a field not far from the interchange. Because there aren’t normally people over there, there were no witnesses.”

“They changed to another car.” Dong Feng accepted the borrowed disk while Yan Si flashed out to take a call.

“Oh yeah, the morning news bulletin mentioned that the throat-slitting wolf appeared in Tainan, but the victim actually died this time.” Xiao Wu placed the bag of food down on the table and gestured for the others to quickly eat some. “At a bit past five in the morning, a person was found dead in a community public parking lot. The technique was identical to the throat-slitting wolf’s, but it seemed like that the victim had fought back, causing the accidental severy of the carotid artery. When a morning jogger living in the area found the victim, they had already died from excessive blood loss. A complete report should be coming in later.”

“The one from before?” Yu Xia furrowed his brows, his instincts sensing something fishy. It was just too coincidental. “The throat-slitting wolf that appeared when we were chasing after Su Zhang?”

“Yeah, they were still committing the crimes a few days ago. Nobody expected them to have run all the way to Tainan.” Xiao Wu chewed on a rice ball as he said, “Transportation is too convenient now; the criminals can easily run all over the place and change their positions quickly.”

“Who’s responsible?”

“Hm? Ah Chen’s group next door.”

Yu Xia glanced at Yu Tong then directly stepped out to request information from next door.

“Contact me if you guys learn any information. I’m going to head to Kaohsiung right now.” Yu Tong turned to leave immediately.

“Wait a minute, let me announce some awesome news first.” Yan Si re-entered at this time, blocking off the exit just in time as he declared to everyone present, “My senior from Tainan just called and said that the throat-slitting wolf’s victim came from here. It’s truly a ridiculously matchless coincidence…the deceased’s name is Song Jie Han.” When they had found the deceased’s ID, the senior forensic investigator that was also Yan Si’s friend had immediately given him a call.

“Song Jie Han’s dead?” Yu Tong was stunned.

“Yep, couldn’t be more dead, really. He lost an excessive amount of blood. How had the throat-slitting wolf just happened to choose him?” Yan Si shrugged. “Senior said that the cut had been an accident because of a brawl, since there were several shallow cuts on the neck as well. The movements seemed to be a bit coarse, which made it appear as a typical slip-up.”

“That’s too coincidental…” Xiao Wu said in a thoughtful voice.

“Could you all get out.” Dong Feng interrupted the group’s conversation before stating in a scathing tone, “The noise is disturbing me. Out.” These people made it impossible for him to properly concentrate all his focus on the monitors.

“Junior brother, you…”

Before Yan Si could start another friendly group conversation, a phone ringing broke through his words.

Yu Tong lifted his cellphone and frowned at the name displayed on the screen. “Ah Yin? Where are you?” As soon as he said this, Yu instantly stood up from his seat. Even Dong Feng turned around. Everyone’s gazes were fixed on Yu Tong.

A low chuckle came from the opposite end. Yu Tong instantly knew this was not Yu Yin’s voice and turned on the speaker function. “Is this Su Zhang?”

“As I expected, you’re quite fast. Not bad.”

The other person using Yu Yin’s cellphone spoke in an amused tone, “But there’s no need for concern. Student Yu is my unexpected guest; he isn’t within the scope of my work. I just brought him around to enjoy some scenery and should be able to return him by noon.”

“Where are you!”

Dong Feng gave Yu Tong a hand signal, then started to attempt tracking the call with one of the nearby computers.

“Buying some local products. As I recalled, Student Yu enjoys buying sweets quite a bit, so I figured I might as well purchase some gifts since we were already out catching some fresh air. Running all this way is quite exhausting by itself.” They heard the rustling of a plastic bag. “There’s no need for you to go through the trouble of watching the surveillance cameras and tracing the call, we’re nearly back already. You won’t find anyone if you continue chasing that way.”

“Where are you bringing Ah Yin? Let him answer the phone,” Yu Tong asked through clenched teeth, his hands curled into fists.

“I’m afraid that isn’t possible. But don’t worry, I’ll bring him back to where he first got into the car. Come over and pick him up yourself.”

“You—”

Before Yu Tong could finish his sentence, the line was already cut. Yu Tong immediately spun around towards Dong Feng, the latter shrugging to indicate that the position had not been traced.

“Wasn’t the student that was ganged up on kidnapped near the deceased’s home?” Yan Si grabbed a water [bottle] and glanced at the rarely furious Yu Tong. “Should we head over first and ambush him?”

“Yes. Xiao Wu, come and assist.”

“Understood!”

Seeing Yu Tong leave, Yu hurriedly followed as well.

“Junior brother, are you not going to join the fun?” Yan Si asked the person still standing in front of the screens as everyone else ran away.

“I’m not your junior brother. Get lost.”

***

What time is it now?

Yu Yin wriggled his fingers as he realised that he had once again fallen into a deep sleep. He had no clue how long he had been unconscious for; his body and mind were both still very heavy.

Unlike earlier, he was lying down completely now, the space seemingly wider. It appeared to be the back of a large, spacious van. Aside from the driver’s seat and the front seat, there were no seats in the back; just luggage space. He was lying all the way in the back, and to his surprise, there was a very familiar bag of pudding next to him.

He was very tired. His entire body was weighed down with exhaustion in addition to various types of pain that did not seem to fade.

The air was hot and humid. The windows and doors were tightly shut without allowing the slightest breeze.

He flipped over with much difficulty, using all his strength to lift himself up. When he moved, something fell from his body, and he finally noticed that it was his own cellphone that had been changed to silent mode. There were many missed calls marked on the screen. His blurred vision could only make out the fact that they had been from his dad, uncle, and Yu. He shut his eyes, waiting until his vision cleared up slightly before he could finally see that the time displayed on the screen was around 10 AM.

It appeared that he had already been lying here for a very long time. His mouth was extremely dry.

He weakly collapsed back down, reaching out to grab the phone and clicking a random number to start the call. With impeccable timing, the cellphone beeped to signal that it was nearly out of battery.

He closed his eyes, waiting a few seconds before the line connected.

“Where the hell are you, you damn brat—”

For some reason, Yu Yin suddenly laughed. He felt bizarrely happy to hear the furious roar now.

He moved his mouth, and with great difficulty, managed to speak in a voice so weak that he couldn’t even hear himself. “In car…trunk…”

“What car? Is that bastard Su Zhang next to you?”

“Nobody…van…” He really wanted to crawl up and survey his surroundings, but he was too tired and truly could not move. All the energy he had spent to flip himself over earlier had already caused him to see stars from dizziness, and his vision was starting to fade to black. “Car…”

“Don’t hang up!”

“Mm.”

He turned his head to the side and saw the blood-soaked girl sitting next to him, her half-destroyed face pointed outside, as if waiting for something.

“Why…”

Why do you have to go through such extremes to settle things?

She did not want the case to come to an end. She simply wanted the assaulters to vanish from this world.

The girl slowly turned her head and the injured face began to twist together, slowly returning to its previous appearance. She was truly a beautiful girl, possessing a beauty that would definitely attract many people’s attention when walking down the street.

She stretched a hand out to cover his eyes, a chilly air surrounding him.

He knew she had originally been a girl that easily felt content, extremely happy just to be able to read and attend class without stopping. Her love for studying surpassed everything. Whenever the arguing flared up in her house, she would still continue to earnestly study with all her ability.

After graduation, her advanced degree and extensive knowledge would definitely allow her to earn plenty of money for her family. She would buy a large house for her parents to live in, with a large library filled with books. Community college was fine, cram classes were fine. She would continue doing what she loved. That was also why she had good relationships with her classmates. She never stole anyone’s boyfriend, never competed against others for beauty. She simply loved attending lectures, so she could never become anyone’s enemy.

Before exams, she would even help everyone draft the main points to h