Because she stayed up late last night, Hua Qian’an slept especially long today.
For some unknown reason, she seemed to have felt chills several times in the middle of the night, which made her sleep somewhat restless.
But fortunately, at least those annoying nightmares didn’t haunt her.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been just restlessness.
Hua Qian’an didn’t want to recall the times she couldn’t move at all in her sleep.
There was never anything good about those memories.
Although there were no classes this morning, Hua Qian’an still felt listless and stayed in bed, not wanting to move at all.
Because in the afternoon, she would be forced to meet Lin Yanqiu again over the elective course issue.
Just thinking about it made her heart feel an inexplicable irritation.
What kind of feelings did she have toward Lin Yanqiu?
Hate?
Definitely not.
After all, Lin Yanqiu had indeed helped her in many ways.
And when she first got involved with Lin Yanqiu, she admittedly had a somewhat unsavory motive…
But to say she liked Lin Yanqiu…
The debts she owed were no decoration.
Perhaps, her feelings toward Lin Yanqiu were actually very complicated.
At least most of the time, Hua Qian’an only felt an undercurrent of inadequacy and indebtedness toward him…
Especially after being scolded by him at the hospital just yesterday.
Thinking about having to see Lin Yanqiu so soon in class this afternoon…
Hua Qian’an couldn’t help but get a stomachache again.
Hearing rustling sounds coming from the dormitory, it seemed the other roommates were gradually getting up too.
After the Pen Fairy incident, they went to return the table.
Although Hua Qian’an was lying in bed, she didn’t fall asleep right away and still heard the noise and voices when they came back.
The three of them seemed frightened by something, as if they were running back.
Running in the hallway late at night was certainly not very considerate.
It was probably Li Xiaozhen who told the others what she had seen, causing all three to panic and become suspicious of the pitch-black hallway.
Hua Qian’an quickly guessed the cause and process of what had happened.
Unfortunately, she wasn’t at all curious about what Li Xiaozhen had actually seen.
Most likely, she was just overthinking and being paranoid, or it was simply a boring prank.
That night, He Yi and Zhao Yingying still shared a bed.
Because they said sleeping alone was scary…
Hua Qian’an almost laughed hearing that inside her bed curtain, but she only chuckled quietly in her heart.
Maybe Li Xiaozhen’s shocking story on the way back made them turn off the lights and want to sleep immediately upon returning to the dorm.
They all thought Hua Qian’an was already asleep.
And so it was until now.
Perhaps because she had slept for a while, the emotions she felt before sleeping were somewhat diluted by rest.
Except for the one involved, Li Xiaozhen, Zhao Yingying and He Yi seemed to have returned to their usual spirits.
Since they slept in the same bed last night, they naturally started chatting.
“…The elective course starts this afternoon, right?”
“Sigh, so annoying. I wonder what elective Chen Zhiyan will pick…”
If Zhao Yingying could know Chen Zhiyan’s elective in advance, she would definitely take the same one.
But unfortunately, although she fancied herself as a “little informant,” she wasn’t clairvoyant.
Last night’s incident was a bit scary at the time, but thinking about the answer the ‘Pen Fairy’ gave her…
Zhao Yingying’s fear seemed to have subsided quite a bit.
Anyway, Li Xiaozhen had already burned the ritual items.
Maybe nothing would happen?
If there were really curses, they probably wouldn’t fall on her.
Whether it was Hua Qian’an, who had her hand touched at the time, or Li Xiaozhen, who burned the items, both were far more likely targets for curses than she was.
The more Zhao Yingying thought about it, the happier she felt.
She opened her phone and checked her unread messages.
“What?!”
Her sharp voice suddenly rang out in the dorm.
Even Li Xiaozhen, lying on the opposite bed, vaguely woke up, not knowing what had happened.
“What’s wrong…”
Last night’s incident seemed to have shocked Li Xiaozhen quite a bit; she still looked groggy.
Zhao Yingying had already climbed down the ladder, taking out pen and paper to start writing.
“I got paid intel on my goddess’s latest news!”
“Chen Zhiyan actually chose Evidence Law—”
“Did she forget to grab her elective?”
As she spoke, her pen paused as she glanced toward Hua Qian’an’s bed.
Then she clicked her tongue, “Didn’t expect Xiao Qian to be so lucky, taking the same class as my goddess.”
She didn’t know if Hua Qian’an was awake, but she didn’t care at all.
Hearing the voice, Hua Qian’an slowly sat up and pulled back the bed curtain.
She expressionlessly sat on the bed, squinting slightly in Zhao Yingying’s direction.
Zhao Yingying hadn’t expected Hua Qian’an to do this. Their eyes met, and the moment turned a little awkward.
Hua Qian’an tilted her head, “Hmm? What do you mean ‘grabbing the elective’?”
“Yingying, what are you talking about?”
She cracked a half-smile, looking at Zhao Yingying with a playful but unreadable expression.
Zhao Yingying felt a bit guilty and looked away.
“You didn’t oversleep yesterday and forget to grab your elective, did you?”
“The class is this afternoon. You should double-check your schedule.”
Hua Qian’an nodded thoughtfully, “I see.”
“This is actually the first time I’ve heard about this~”
He Yi stuck her head out from the bed to check the situation, and Hua Qian’an gave her a slight smile, though it held no warmth.
He Yi quickly withdrew her head again.
“Xiao Qian, you really need to keep up with the class group messages from now on…”
Sighing in her heart, Hua Qian’an knew there was no point in talking with these three..
She changed her clothes and got out of bed, ready to wash up and go to the cafeteria.
There were still burn marks left on the bathroom floor from yesterday.
Hua Qian’an frowned impatiently.
Would the dorm make her pay for those?
Looking up, she caught her reflection in the mirror.
Not much different from yesterday.
Hua Qian’an thought again of the mirror in that haunted house.
“……”
Since coming back from that cursed house, though she didn’t want to admit it, she had become a little more irritable than before.
Her patience was getting thinner.
After washing up and tidying herself, Hua Qian’an set off for the cafeteria.
Although the food there didn’t taste very good, the five-yuan window offering two meat dishes and one vegetable was hard to resist.
All of freshman year, Hua Qian’an had been eating here.
Over time, even the auntie serving food at that window recognized her and would occasionally give her extra portions.
The taste was indeed mediocre.
But luckily, Hua Qian’an was the type to eat just for the sake of eating.
While standing in line, she glanced around out of boredom.
At that moment, she noticed a girl standing in the queue at another window, completely out of place with the surroundings.
Her posture was upright, and even while waiting, she still faced forward with a confident gaze.
At a glance, she clearly came from a well-off and well-educated background.
Hua Qian’an heard faint whispers around that girl, as if she were some kind of influential figure.
“Chen Zhiyan…?”
Hua Qian’an seemed to pick up that name as a keyword from the surrounding murmurs.
Wasn’t this the goddess Zhao Yingying had been talking about every day?
As if sensing the gaze, the girl turned her head, just meeting Hua Qian’an’s eyes.
Her eyes were bright, and her features were strikingly beautiful.
At that moment, it seemed her eyes only held Hua Qian’an, glowing with intensity.
Hua Qian’an awkwardly turned her head away.
She didn’t want to have anything to do with the person she disliked, who was also liked by someone she disliked.
When it was her turn, she gave up the idea of eating in the cafeteria and, unusually, spent an extra yuan to have her meal packed to go, putting distance between herself, the cafeteria, and Chen Zhiyan.
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