<p>35 – Sudden Incident</p>
<p>Although Zhang De-yi is not planning to start a romantic relationship in university now, he is actually very curious about such things, especially since this involves a former roommate whom he lived with for half a year.</p>
<p>After all, spending every day staying in the dormitory playing games and slacking off in studies, and suddenly he ends up dating a rich beauty and reaching the peak of life.</p>
<p>Anyone would feel envious. If the other roommates knew, they would probably not sleep at night and call Suyun all night long.</p>
<p>“Zhang De-yi, what’s wrong with you? Is there a mouse crawling onto your bed?”</p>
<p>Liu Fei heard the unusual noise and walked to Zhang De-yi’s bed. Just a moment ago, he was thinking about how to grab a place next Tuesday, but this guy’s shout interrupted his thoughts.</p>
<p>“It’s nothing, nothing at all.”</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi did not plan to tell anyone about this matter, as he had seen it by accident, and since Suyun was unwilling to share, he naturally had no obligation to say anything.</p>
<p>(Bro, did you really sleep all day?)</p>
<p>He swallowed hard and couldn’t help but continue to ask Suyun on his phone.</p>
<p>This time, there was a long delay before a message came back.</p>
<p>(Yun Ge: Why do you ask that? It’s not like I slept all day; I went out in the afternoon.)</p>
<p>After sweetly watching a movie and shopping with his girlfriend, he would then sleep in bed or do some other things.</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi understood.</p>
<p>He recalled that when he followed Chen Tingting out before, it was usually because she had called several boys and girls to go together, while he was just the one carrying things; in six months, he had only held Chen Tingting’s hand once.</p>
<p>(Bro, good night.)</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi thought that in the future he should ask Suyun for some tips; it might come in handy after graduation.</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>“Good night, Xuejie~”</p>
<p>“Mm, good night, Little Yun.” A satisfied female voice came from the phone.</p>
<p>Late at night, Qin Xue suddenly called, and Suyun, who was studying, had no choice but to answer.</p>
<p>This call turned into her singing.</p>
<p>Suyun could only force herself to sing the song she had sung dozens of times again, just quietly lowering the music, and Qin Xue surprisingly praised her singing.</p>
<p>Then, they continued to chat, talking from eleven-thirty until twelve-thirty, a full hour.</p>
<p>‘What were you doing just now?’, ‘What color pajamas are you wearing? Are you wearing underwear?’, ‘Have you showered yet?’, ‘Is your hair messy?’, ‘Are you biting anyone?’ These were all the peculiar questions Qin Xue asked her.</p>
<p>And because it was very quiet over at Suyun’s place, Qin Xue also knew that she was living away and said she would come to visit later.</p>
<p>Suyun still had a boy’s clothes at home, and her homework paper bore her name, Suyun; she wondered if she would be discovered.</p>
<p>She wished she hadn’t answered; she texted.</p>
<p>However, due to the phone call, Suyun had no trouble getting a break for tomorrow by calling her sister.</p>
<p>Her parents were coming tomorrow, and she couldn’t go to work in the afternoon.</p>
<p>“Dingling.” After hanging up, her phone received a message.</p>
<p>Suyun opened it to find a message from Qin Xue on WeChat.</p>
<p>(Qin Xue: Good night, baby.)</p>
<p>“…” Suyun’s face darkened as she sulked.</p>
<p>She felt like biting someone.</p>
<p>She simply didn’t reply because she had already said good night on the phone, and if asked later, she could just say she had put her phone down to sleep.</p>
<p>Moreover, during the call just now, Zhang De-yi had also sent her several messages, asking a few strange questions just like Qin Xue.</p>
<p>Is this a trend among young people now?</p>
<p>Suyun felt a bit speechless, thinking these people are foolish.</p>
<p>“I’m a bit tired, going to sleep.” Suyun pressed the button for the lamp beside her.</p>
<p>Since starting the chat at eleven-thirty, she realized she couldn’t chat and study at the same time, so she simply lay in bed to chat.</p>
<p>Suyun closed her eyes, filled with the nervousness of seeing her parents tomorrow afternoon.</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>Sunday morning was very peaceful. Suyun practiced singing for two and a half hours, spending the remaining time studying.</p>
<p>For this sweet song, she had already achieved a high score in the software, so she felt she had done her best; earning this 1000 was guilt-free.</p>
<p>Feeling hungry at noon, she took out her thermos and sipped while thinking about meeting her parents in the afternoon.</p>
<p>“12:35, my parents arrive at the summer terminal train station at 2…”</p>
<p>That would be around 2:40 when they arrive near the school, and at that time, she would go to pick them up.</p>
<p>In two hours, Suyun would have to explode.</p>
<p>“Send.”</p>
<p>Moreover, she couldn’t reveal her identity the moment they met on the bus, or else it might attract others’ attention on the street.</p>
<p>But without revealing her identity, she still needed to bring her parents home.</p>
<p>Suyun had already come up with a plan that morning.</p>
<p>Just tell her parents that she is Suyun’s girlfriend.</p>
<p>Hehe.</p>
<p>What happens after going home is anyone’s guess.</p>
<p>‘The son raised for over ten years has turned into a girl?!’</p>
<p>Suyun felt a bit of pressure, and sitting or lying down felt uncomfortable; she could only stand up and walk around the room.</p>
<p>It even became difficult to just walk; under immense tension and pressure, she spun several circles in the bedroom in a second, feeling as though if she went any faster, she might fly.</p>
<p>She wanted to calm down but instead became more anxious.</p>
<p>“Meow, meow, meow.” Just as Suyun was tensing up, a cat’s meow came from the window, but compared to before, the cat’s voice now sounded sharper and more mournful.</p>
<p>This caught her off guard, and she stood there dazed for a while before walking to the cat.</p>
<p>“Orange cat, it’s the same one, right?” Suyun now had quite a fondness for this cat; it had helped her escape a home invasion once.</p>
<p>But just as she reached out her hand, the cat swiped at her.</p>
<p>“!?” Suyun was taken by surprise and didn’t jump away; the cat had scratched her, which left her a bit astonished.</p>
<p>For a moment, Suyun thought she’d mistaken the cat; the previous orange cat was very gentle.</p>
<p>After scratching Suyun, the orange cat jumped down and bit her pant leg tightly.</p>
<p>“?” Watching the familiar movement, Suyun followed curiously.</p>
<p>Familiar with the action, the cat jumped up to the doorknob and opened the bedroom door, then proceeded to the front door.</p>
<p>Suyun widened her eyes; she didn’t expect this cat could freely open and close doors.</p>
<p>However, this made her realize that it was indeed that orange cat.</p>
<p>Finally, the cat stopped at the door of room 1102, which Suyun thought was unoccupied.</p>
<p>The cat called out mournfully many times.</p>
<p>If a cat could feel sadness, Suyun felt that this was the cry of a heartbroken cat.</p>
<p>“What does this mean?” Suyun looked at the orange cat standing at the door of 1102, uncertain about what to do.</p>
<p>She couldn’t possibly think that a burglar had entered 1102 and needed her to chase them away.</p>
<p>Suyun listened closely and found that there was no sound coming from inside; the doorknob of 1102 was also intact, unlike that of a burglar.</p>
<p>“Meow…” The orange cat pawed at the door, glancing back at Suyun after every swipe.</p>
<p>“Hey, is there anyone inside.” Suyun seemed to understand something, stepping forward to gently knock on the door.</p>
<p>“Is anyone there?” She raised her voice.</p>
<p>But even after a while, there was still no response from inside.</p>
<p>Suyun wanted to check on the cat again, but the next scene made her widen her eyes.</p>
<p>This orange cat was crying…</p>
<p>“Eh?” Suyun felt a tremble in her body and looked on in disbelief.</p>
<p>“Boom.” The cat knocked on the door with its last strength, making a sound.</p>
<p>At this moment, Suyun finally understood.</p>
<p>There was a problem inside; it wasn’t a burglar.</p>
<p>Little orange, I believe you one time!</p>
<p>She tightened her grip on the doorknob, her eyes firm, and the next moment, a series of twisting sounds came from inside the door.</p>
<p>The noise was so loud that it filled the entire stairwell; it was metal, and Suyun directly twisted and broke the iron that was blocking the door from inside.</p>
<p>“Crack.”</p>
<p>The door opened, and Suyun looked at the scene within.</p>
<p>It was the same layout as her own side; upon entering, there was a hall, and at the end, there was a bedroom.</p>
<p>She carefully examined all the items inside.</p>
<p>The kitchen window was filled with many plants, growing very lush.</p>
<p>On the sofa in the hall lay a rabbit plush toy about her size.</p>
<p>On the table was a photo frame containing four people, two older looking like parents, and the other two resembling an older brother and younger sister.</p>
<p>The younger sister was dressed in a beautiful dress, smiling sweetly, looking like a very happy family, but this sister’s skin tone was frighteningly pale.</p>
<p>Just like Suyun.</p>
<p>There was nothing suspicious until Suyun reached the bedroom door.</p>
<p>She discovered that the bedroom door wouldn’t turn, as it was locked from the inside.</p>
<p>So, using the same method as before, Suyun tried to open this door.</p>
<p>But the door turned open, yet she still felt there was an obstruction.</p>
<p>“?” Suyun was puzzled and slightly opened it to take a look.</p>
<p>What met her eyes were scattered locks of hair on the floor.</p>
<p>“!” This shocked Suyun, and she quickly stepped back.</p>
<p>Dead, dead…?</p>
<p>Her body trembled uncontrollably.</p>
<p>Suyun had never seen anything like this; she couldn’t dare to look.</p>
<p>But at that moment, the orange cat jumped in, letting out a mournful cry.</p>
<p>This…</p>
<p>Suyun pinched her face, forcing herself to calm down.</p>
<p>If someone just fainted, she needed to act quickly, but she couldn’t just push the door open; doing so might exacerbate the other’s condition.</p>
<p>Earlier, she had twisted the doorknob just to save a bit of money, but now that wasn’t possible.</p>
<p>Suyun pushed her small hand into the gap connecting the door and frame.</p>
<p>“Bang!” With great effort, the entire door toppled outward.</p>
<p>At that moment, Suyun finally saw the girl lying on the ground.</p>
<p>Her face was pale, and her lips were indistinguishable as either black or purple.</p>
<p>It was the girl from the photo frame earlier.</p>
<p>Although Zhang De-yi is not planning to start a romantic relationship in university now, he is actually very curious about such things, especially since this involves a former roommate whom he lived with for half a year.</p>
<p>After all, spending every day staying in the dormitory playing games and slacking off in studies, and suddenly he ends up dating a rich beauty and reaching the peak of life.</p>
<p>Anyone would feel envious. If the other roommates knew, they would probably not sleep at night and call Suyun all night long.</p>
<p>“Zhang De-yi, what’s wrong with you? Is there a mouse crawling onto your bed?”</p>
<p>Liu Fei heard the unusual noise and walked to Zhang De-yi’s bed. Just a moment ago, he was thinking about how to grab a place next Tuesday, but this guy’s shout interrupted his thoughts.</p>
<p>“It’s nothing, nothing at all.”</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi did not plan to tell anyone about this matter, as he had seen it by accident, and since Suyun was unwilling to share, he naturally had no obligation to say anything.</p>
<p>(Bro, did you really sleep all day?)</p>
<p>He swallowed hard and couldn’t help but continue to ask Suyun on his phone.</p>
<p>This time, there was a long delay before a message came back.</p>
<p>(Yun Ge: Why do you ask that? It’s not like I slept all day; I went out in the afternoon.)</p>
<p>After sweetly watching a movie and shopping with his girlfriend, he would then sleep in bed or do some other things.</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi understood.</p>
<p>He recalled that when he followed Chen Tingting out before, it was usually because she had called several boys and girls to go together, while he was just the one carrying things; in six months, he had only held Chen Tingting’s hand once.</p>
<p>(Bro, good night.)</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi thought that in the future he should ask Suyun for some tips; it might come in handy after graduation.</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>“Good night, Xuejie~”</p>
<p>“Mm, good night, Little Yun.” A satisfied female voice came from the phone.</p>
<p>Late at night, Qin Xue suddenly called, and Suyun, who was studying, had no choice but to answer.</p>
<p>This call turned into her singing.</p>
<p>Suyun could only force herself to sing the song she had sung dozens of times again, just quietly lowering the music, and Qin Xue surprisingly praised her singing.</p>
<p>Then, they continued to chat, talking from eleven-thirty until twelve-thirty, a full hour.</p>
<p>‘What were you doing just now?’, ‘What color pajamas are you wearing? Are you wearing underwear?’, ‘Have you showered yet?’, ‘Is your hair messy?’, ‘Are you biting anyone?’ These were all the peculiar questions Qin Xue asked her.</p>
<p>And because it was very quiet over at Suyun’s place, Qin Xue also knew that she was living away and said she would come to visit later.</p>
<p>Suyun still had a boy’s clothes at home, and her homework paper bore her name, Suyun; she wondered if she would be discovered.</p>
<p>She wished she hadn’t answered; she texted.</p>
<p>However, due to the phone call, Suyun had no trouble getting a break for tomorrow by calling her sister.</p>
<p>Her parents were coming tomorrow, and she couldn’t go to work in the afternoon.</p>
<p>“Dingling.” After hanging up, her phone received a message.</p>
<p>Suyun opened it to find a message from Qin Xue on WeChat.</p>
<p>(Qin Xue: Good night, baby.)</p>
<p>“…” Suyun’s face darkened as she sulked.</p>
<p>She felt like biting someone.</p>
<p>She simply didn’t reply because she had already said good night on the phone, and if asked later, she could just say she had put her phone down to sleep.</p>
<p>Moreover, during the call just now, Zhang De-yi had also sent her several messages, asking a few strange questions just like Qin Xue.</p>
<p>Is this a trend among young people now?</p>
<p>Suyun felt a bit speechless, thinking these people are foolish.</p>
<p>“I’m a bit tired, going to sleep.” Suyun pressed the button for the lamp beside her.</p>
<p>Since starting the chat at eleven-thirty, she realized she couldn’t chat and study at the same time, so she simply lay in bed to chat.</p>
<p>Suyun closed her eyes, filled with the nervousness of seeing her parents tomorrow afternoon.</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>Sunday morning was very peaceful. Suyun practiced singing for two and a half hours, spending the remaining time studying.</p>
<p>For this sweet song, she had already achieved a high score in the software, so she felt she had done her best; earning this 1000 was guilt-free.</p>
<p>Feeling hungry at noon, she took out her thermos and sipped while thinking about meeting her parents in the afternoon.</p>
<p>“12:35, my parents arrive at the summer terminal train station at 2…”</p>
<p>That would be around 2:40 when they arrive near the school, and at that time, she would go to pick them up.</p>
<p>In two hours, Suyun would have to explode.</p>
<p>“Send.”</p>
<p>Moreover, she couldn’t reveal her identity the moment they met on the bus, or else it might attract others’ attention on the street.</p>
<p>But without revealing her identity, she still needed to bring her parents home.</p>
<p>Suyun had already come up with a plan that morning.</p>
<p>Just tell her parents that she is Suyun’s girlfriend.</p>
<p>Hehe.</p>
<p>What happens after going home is anyone’s guess.</p>
<p>‘The son raised for over ten years has turned into a girl?!’</p>
<p>Suyun felt a bit of pressure, and sitting or lying down felt uncomfortable; she could only stand up and walk around the room.</p>
<p>It even became difficult to just walk; under immense tension and pressure, she spun several circles in the bedroom in a second, feeling as though if she went any faster, she might fly.</p>
<p>She wanted to calm down but instead became more anxious.</p>
<p>“Meow, meow, meow.” Just as Suyun was tensing up, a cat’s meow came from the window, but compared to before, the cat’s voice now sounded sharper and more mournful.</p>
<p>This caught her off guard, and she stood there dazed for a while before walking to the cat.</p>
<p>“Orange cat, it’s the same one, right?” Suyun now had quite a fondness for this cat; it had helped her escape a home invasion once.</p>
<p>But just as she reached out her hand, the cat swiped at her.</p>
<p>“!?” Suyun was taken by surprise and didn’t jump away; the cat had scratched her, which left her a bit astonished.</p>
<p>For a moment, Suyun thought she’d mistaken the cat; the previous orange cat was very gentle.</p>
<p>After scratching Suyun, the orange cat jumped down and bit her pant leg tightly.</p>
<p>“?” Watching the familiar movement, Suyun followed curiously.</p>
<p>Familiar with the action, the cat jumped up to the doorknob and opened the bedroom door, then proceeded to the front door.</p>
<p>Suyun widened her eyes; she didn’t expect this cat could freely open and close doors.</p>
<p>However, this made her realize that it was indeed that orange cat.</p>
<p>Finally, the cat stopped at the door of room 1102, which Suyun thought was unoccupied.</p>
<p>The cat called out mournfully many times.</p>
<p>If a cat could feel sadness, Suyun felt that this was the cry of a heartbroken cat.</p>
<p>“What does this mean?” Suyun looked at the orange cat standing at the door of 1102, uncertain about what to do.</p>
<p>She couldn’t possibly think that a burglar had entered 1102 and needed her to chase them away.</p>
<p>Suyun listened closely and found that there was no sound coming from inside; the doorknob of 1102 was also intact, unlike that of a burglar.</p>
<p>“Meow…” The orange cat pawed at the door, glancing back at Suyun after every swipe.</p>
<p>“Hey, is there anyone inside.” Suyun seemed to understand something, stepping forward to gently knock on the door.</p>
<p>“Is anyone there?” She raised her voice.</p>
<p>But even after a while, there was still no response from inside.</p>
<p>Suyun wanted to check on the cat again, but the next scene made her widen her eyes.</p>
<p>This orange cat was crying…</p>
<p>“Eh?” Suyun felt a tremble in her body and looked on in disbelief.</p>
<p>“Boom.” The cat knocked on the door with its last strength, making a sound.</p>
<p>At this moment, Suyun finally understood.</p>
<p>There was a problem inside; it wasn’t a burglar.</p>
<p>Little orange, I believe you one time!</p>
<p>She tightened her grip on the doorknob, her eyes firm, and the next moment, a series of twisting sounds came from inside the door.</p>
<p>The noise was so loud that it filled the entire stairwell; it was metal, and Suyun directly twisted and broke the iron that was blocking the door from inside.</p>
<p>“Crack.”</p>
<p>The door opened, and Suyun looked at the scene within.</p>
<p>It was the same layout as her own side; upon entering, there was a hall, and at the end, there was a bedroom.</p>
<p>She carefully examined all the items inside.</p>
<p>The kitchen window was filled with many plants, growing very lush.</p>
<p>On the sofa in the hall lay a rabbit plush toy about her size.</p>
<p>On the table was a photo frame containing four people, two older looking like parents, and the other two resembling an older brother and younger sister.</p>
<p>The younger sister was dressed in a beautiful dress, smiling sweetly, looking like a very happy family, but this sister’s skin tone was frighteningly pale.</p>
<p>Just like Suyun.</p>
<p>There was nothing suspicious until Suyun reached the bedroom door.</p>
<p>She discovered that the bedroom door wouldn’t turn, as it was locked from the inside.</p>
<p>So, using the same method as before, Suyun tried to open this door.</p>
<p>But the door turned open, yet she still felt there was an obstruction.</p>
<p>“?” Suyun was puzzled and slightly opened it to take a look.</p>
<p>What met her eyes were scattered locks of hair on the floor.</p>
<p>“!” This shocked Suyun, and she quickly stepped back.</p>
<p>Dead, dead…?</p>
<p>Her body trembled uncontrollably.</p>
<p>Suyun had never seen anything like this; she couldn’t dare to look.</p>
<p>But at that moment, the orange cat jumped in, letting out a mournful cry.</p>
<p>This…</p>
<p>Suyun pinched her face, forcing herself to calm down.</p>
<p>If someone just fainted, she needed to act quickly, but she couldn’t just push the door open; doing so might exacerbate the other’s condition.</p>
<p>Earlier, she had twisted the doorknob just to save a bit of money, but now that wasn’t possible.</p>
<p>Suyun pushed her small hand into the gap connecting the door and frame.</p>
<p>“Bang!” With great effort, the entire door toppled outward.</p>
<p>At that moment, Suyun finally saw the girl lying on the ground.</p>
<p>Her face was pale, and her lips were indistinguishable as either black or purple.</p>
<p>It was the girl from the photo frame earlier.</p>
