Chapter 15: Going Home
Time passed quickly, or perhaps Lu Zhiyin chose to sleep to conserve energy. In any case, by the time Leng Qing Qiu woke her, it was already time for school to end.
“Zhiyin, Zhiyin, wake up, school’s out.”
After poking the face of the white furball next to her, Leng Qing Qiu watched as the girl slowly stretched and lifted her head.
Her hair was a little messy, and her red eyes were still hazy with sleep.
There were some red marks on the girl’s fair face, likely from resting her face on her arm.
However, the red marks on her face didn’t detract from the girl’s appearance; they actually made her look more adorable.
Looking at the girl in front of her, Leng Qing Qiu somewhat understood why her childhood friend was always bullied.
Good-looking, easy to bully, and with no one to stand up for her.
“Mm… it’s, it’s time to go home again?”
As if just snapping back to reality, Lu Zhiyin sat dazed in her wheelchair.
She had slept through all the afternoon classes, and Lu Zhiyin hadn’t even figured out the class schedule yet. She also didn’t understand why no teacher had woken her up after sleeping through the entire afternoon.
In fact, in the game, being late would result in punishment, but slacking off in class would basically cause no problems. The game’s protagonist might even be sexually harassed in class.
Perhaps it was because she had experienced too much that Lu Zhiyin forgot about this.
“Yes, let’s go, I’ll take you home.”
Looking at her somewhat oblivious childhood friend, Leng Qing Qiu put a hand to her forehead. She picked up Lu Zhiyin’s school bag, placed it on Lu Zhiyin’s lap, reminded Lu Zhiyin to hold her bag, and then pushed Lu Zhiyin out of the classroom.
Lu Zhiyin touched her pocket, put her house key back into her school bag, and then let Leng Qing Qiu push her without a word.
Everything was not much different from yesterday, the only difference was likely Long Qinxin standing at the school gate.
Yesterday, Lu Zhiyin did not see Long Qinxin, possibly because she had wasted some time in the infirmary yesterday.
“Classmate Lu Zhiyin.”
Upon noticing Lu Zhiyin leaving the school gate, Long Qinxin stopped her hand that was about to close the car door.
She jumped out of a white car, looking at Lu Zhiyin and Leng Qing Qiu.
“See you tomorrow.”
After noticing Leng Qing Qiu’s presence, her expression became less natural. She waved goodbye to Lu Zhiyin, then got back into the car. A moment later, the car started and disappeared from view in the blink of an eye.
Lu Zhiyin didn’t understand the value of the car much, but through the window, she could see a man in a black suit sitting in the driver’s seat.
Long Qinxin’s family must be very wealthy.
It was somewhat difficult to understand why the wealthy Long Qinxin was bullied, just as it was difficult to understand why Qin An, with her background, could bully others without reason.
As expected, the person who made this game was an idiot, and the deity who sent herself into this game was even more foolish.
“Zhiyin, is she your new friend?”
Behind Lu Zhiyin, Leng Qing Qiu subconsciously thought Lu Zhiyin was lost in thought because of Long Qinxin’s goodbye.
She tightened her grip on the wheelchair handles and swayed the wheelchair back and forth, successfully bringing Lu Zhiyin back to her senses.
“No, um… probably not a friend, she’s just often bullied like me.”
She answered Leng Qing Qiu’s question absentmindedly. Her attitude displeased Leng Qing Qiu somewhat, but Leng Qing Qiu didn’t say anything.
They returned to the familiar street in silence. Leng Qing Qiu released her grip on the wheelchair handles, crossed the street, and returned to her own home.
Lu Zhiyin also took out her key and opened the door.
“…Ah… it’s really bare indeed.”
Looking at her house, Lu Zhiyin couldn’t help but exclaim.
The structure of this house was similar to Leng Qing Qiu’s, but it was much more spacious than Leng Qing Qiu’s home.
In the living room, there was only an old daybed, a wooden table with cracks, and an old-fashioned television set on the table.
Operating her wheelchair into the house, Lu Zhiyin closed the door, threw her school bag on the daybed, and went to the table.
She looked around the room. The floor was quite clean, with no dust or trash. However, the slightly higher walls and ceiling were different. The white paint was slightly yellowish, and in the corners where the ceiling met the walls, many spiderwebs could be seen. There was also a lot of dust on the walls.
After all, Lu Zhiyin couldn’t clean the high places herself. Or rather, it was already commendable that she had managed to clean the floor so well while in a wheelchair.
She pressed the power button on the side of the old television. First, there was a screen full of snow, and then the picture became clear.
It seemed to be a variety show playing on TV. Lu Zhiyin didn’t recognize the hosts or guests on the show, but she didn’t turn on the TV for entertainment.
She just wanted to know the time.
Through the real-time display of the time at the top of the TV, Lu Zhiyin learned that today was September 2nd, Tuesday.
Not wanting to waste electricity, Lu Zhiyin quickly turned off the TV after knowing the time and returned to her bedroom.
The bedroom’s decor was not as girly as Leng Qing Qiu’s bedroom. To describe Lu Zhiyin’s bedroom in a more understated way, it was simple.
There was only a bed, a nightstand, a wardrobe, and a mirror. Nothing else.
Moving her wheelchair to the bedside, Lu Zhiyin carefully climbed onto the bed, covering her lower body with the blanket. She felt a rare sense of comfort.
Although this was not her home in the true sense, it was indeed much more reassuring than Leng Qing Qiu’s home or the school.
Sitting on the rather soft bed, Lu Zhiyin looked at the mirror not far away.
After a moment of daze, several lines of text suddenly appeared on the mirror:
Leng Qing Qiu: 42
Qin An: 11
Long Qinxin: 32
???: 0
“What is this? ”
Looking at the names of the female leads and the meaningless numbers next to them that appeared on the mirror, Lu Zhiyin was a bit confused.
The affection of the female leads? Or something else?
After staring at the strange mirror for a while longer, Lu Zhiyin thought, this must be the favorability of the female leads towards her.
It must be some small help from that so-called deity.
There were no supernatural elements in the game, so the only thing that could make words appear on the mirror was likely that so-called deity.
As for the name with three question marks, if she guessed correctly, it was probably the fourth female lead in the game.
The school librarian, and the principal’s daughter.
Without dwelling on the names and favorability on the mirror for now, Lu Zhiyin began to ponder Leng Qing Qiu’s invitation from earlier that day.
About killing someone with her…
Lu Zhiyin pursed her lips, finding it hard to make a decision. If it were a more decisive person, would they immediately accept Leng Qing Qiu’s invitation? Lu Zhiyin didn’t know.
