Chapter 62: She’s Like an Angel
Lu Zhiyin didn’t know how much time had passed, being repeatedly lifted from the water basin and then pushed back down.
Did it really only last a minute and a half? Lu Zhiyin didn’t quite believe it.
When the class bell rang, Qin An and her followers finally left.
Before leaving, Qin An lifted Lu Zhiyin’s head from the water basin, making her lie on the ground like a stray dog. Then, she picked up the basin and poured the remaining half basin of water all over Lu Zhiyin. Finally, she casually threw the basin beside Lu Zhiyin and overturned the girl’s wheelchair.
After doing all this, Qin An left with satisfaction.
“Cough… cough cough…”
Lying on the ground, Lu Zhiyin couldn’t stop coughing. Her drenched long hair clung to her body, and her wet school uniform also stuck to her. It was very cold, and also very tight.
She coughed, trying hard to breathe, her vision blurry.
Her whole body had completely lost its strength, and she was unable to move.
“Why…”
Why? Why must she suffer these unjust disasters?
That bastard deity, Qin An… and Leng Qing Qiu. Lu Zhiyin etched these names into her heart and silently vowed that one day, she would get revenge.
She would definitely get revenge. Before going home, no matter what it took, she wanted to make them feel her pain too.
Even the weakest person, when pushed to their limits, would inevitably develop the emotion called hatred, right?
Her mind a chaotic mess, she tried to move her body, but it was all in vain.
Outside the corridor, the rain continued to intensify, punctuated by deafening thunder that was annoying.
The rainy days she loved most in her previous life now only brought Lu Zhiyin annoyance.
It was too cold.
Time passed second by second. A teacher, holding a stack of test papers, walked past Lu Zhiyin. But the teacher only glanced indifferently at Lu Zhiyin before stepping over her and entering the classroom.
Time passed second by second. Her limbs gradually regained some strength, but what could she do on her own?
Regaining strength only allowed her to crawl. Could she right the wheelchair that that bastard Qin An had overturned?
She couldn’t. Without her legs, she couldn’t do such a thing.
After lying in the water on the corridor floor for a while longer, in a daze, Lu Zhiyin saw a pair of legs in school pants appear before her.
She was too weak to lift her head, so she couldn’t see the person’s face clearly. Her muddled brain instinctively thought that Qin An, that guy, hadn’t had enough and had returned.
The person noticed her and quickened their pace.
“Zhiyin classmate!?”
A voice, somewhat uncertain and surprised. This voice was not Qin An’s.
It was Long Qinxin.
Although her mind was muddled and she was about to lose consciousness, she could still recognize the other person’s voice.
After all, Long Qinxin was the only person who hadn’t done anything to her in the past few days.
In the dim corridor, Long Qinxin crouched down. She looked at the disheveled girl with white hair lying on the corridor floor.
The girl’s long hair and school uniform were completely wet, their colors now a bit darker.
Looking at the girl before her, Long Qinxin felt a tightness in her chest.
Was it heartache, or some other emotion? She didn’t know.
Looking at the girl in front of her, she wondered if Lu Zhiyin had been bullied by Qin An again. Why hadn’t the person named Leng Qing Qiu helped Lu Zhiyin?
Standing up, Long Qinxin looked towards the brightly lit classroom.
Inside the classroom, students were diligently writing the test papers in front of them, and the invigilator was walking back and forth in the aisles between the desks.
Long Qinxin looked at Leng Qing Qiu’s seat.
That person with brown hair, like everyone else, was only focused on writing the test paper, seemingly indifferent to Lu Zhiyin’s disappearance.
A surge of anger arose. Long Qinxin hated people like Leng Qing Qiu. Facing her friend being bullied, she just stood by and watched, letting her friend be humiliated?
Long Qinxin remembered her last friend from a long time ago. When she was called a monster by others, that so-called friend just watched, and watched.
Long Qinxin didn’t think such a person could be called a friend.
“…Huu…”
Exhaling, Long Qinxin decided not to participate in the exam.
She took one last look at the students diligently writing in the classroom, then slowly walked to the classroom door. With great effort, she managed to right Lu Zhiyin’s wheelchair.
The black paint on the wheelchair was a bit chipped, revealing the gray metal beneath.
Pushing the wheelchair to Lu Zhiyin’s side, Long Qinxin grabbed one of Lu Zhiyin’s arms and slowly helped Lu Zhiyin onto the wheelchair.
“So thin.”
After helping Lu Zhiyin onto the wheelchair, Long Qinxin looked at her hand and exclaimed involuntarily.
Zhiyin classmate was a little taller than her, but she was indeed very light. Her body was so slender, giving the illusion that she could collapse at any moment.
“Zhiyin classmate… are you okay?”
After a brief silence, Long Qinxin brushed the wet long hair from Lu Zhiyin’s face, revealing the girl’s face, soaked with dirty water.
Her red eyes were a little dim, looking at her quietly, seemingly still not recovered.
Looking at the girl before her, Long Qinxin felt even more heartbroken. Lu Zhiyin now was like her past self. The heartache was not only for Lu Zhiyin but also for herself.
She took out a small packet of tissues from her pocket. Because of the plastic bag, the tissues were not wet.
Gently wiping all the dirty water from Lu Zhiyin’s face, during this process, Long Qinxin’s finger accidentally touched Lu Zhiyin’s pale face.
It was very soft and very cold.
“Zhiyin classmate, are you alright?”
Tossing the tissues aside, Long Qinxin gently asked again, looking at Lu Zhiyin.
“…I… I’m okay…”
Her blurry consciousness gradually returned to her body. Looking at the black-haired girl before her, Lu Zhiyin, for some reason, suddenly felt like crying.
Long Qinxin was probably the only normal person she had encountered in recent days. Compared to Leng Qing Qiu and Qin An, she was simply an angel.
Although in the game’s storyline, Long Qinxin would gradually reveal an excessively strong possessiveness later on, so what?
At least for now, to Lu Zhiyin, she was an angel.
“…”
Remaining silent, Long Qinxin looked at Lu Zhiyin’s school uniform and spoke again after a while.
“Zhiyin classmate, I’ll call the driver to send some clothes, and then I’ll take you to the infirmary.”
As she finished speaking, Long Qinxin took out a phone from her pocket. Yes… a feature phone, the kind you could get for less than a hundred yuan.
Lu Zhiyin looked at what Long Qinxin was holding and was slightly stunned.
Long Qinxin noticed Lu Zhiyin’s gaze.
“Are you looking at this? Because if I bring valuable items, they might get stolen, so I usually only bring cheap phones like this to school. They are separate from the SIM card, and I insert the card when I need to use it.”
While explaining, Long Qinxin inserted the SIM card into the phone.
Just before she dialed, Lu Zhiyin stopped her.
“Actually, I’m fine… Aren’t you taking the exam?”
Her head felt a bit fuzzy, but Lu Zhiyin knew that exams were quite important.
Long Qinxin helping her back into the wheelchair was enough. She didn’t want to trouble her further.
As she spoke, Lu Zhiyin looked at the brightly lit classroom beside her, which was completely different from the dim corridor.
