Chapter 191

The class monitor identity knew more information than other identities; she understood the interpersonal relationships and campus experiences of every classmate in the class.

Furthermore, most of the travel expenses were covered by her. If cliques formed later on, it would be easier to survive by sucking up to the class monitor.

Su Mian watched this scene quietly without speaking.

"I am the class monitor, Wang Yan, a current graduate student at this university. I am serious and earnest by nature. I organized this graduation trip, and I will also have full authority over subsequent room assignments and expense distribution."

"We are all classmates who have spent four years together. If there are any conflicts during the trip, we will handle them with the principle of making big problems small. I'm done, next."

Classmate Jiang Hong beside her raised his head. "I'm Jiang Hong. You might find me unfamiliar because I often skip class and only appear for PE."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of laughter erupted around them; they were clearly amused by his words.

Ruan Ruan: "No wonder I don't have much of an impression of you. By the way, why did you want to join this trip?"

The implication was: you aren't close to any of us, so why did you come?

It would have been fine if she hadn't asked, but as soon as she did, Jiang Hong's cheeks immediately tightened. Su Mian noticed this subtle change at once, her gaze falling on his face.

"I... my roommate told me to come. I didn't have anything to do anyway, and I wanted to see the great rivers and mountains of our motherland, hahaha."

"Is that so, hahaha..."

The group laughed again, but his roommate directly in front of him, Ye Shuheng, had no expression at all and wasn't even sitting with Jiang Hong.

Because his roommate told him to, he came, but in the current situation, it didn't look like they had a good relationship.

"My name is Ye Shuheng. I like reading Western philosophy works, can play a little piano, and I am the class's life committee member."

His expression was concise and to the point. No one was sitting next to him, and the group looked toward Su Mian on the other side.

"My name is Su Mian. I am roommates with Ruan Ruan. My GPA is excellent, and I've won many professional awards."

After finishing, she put her headphones back on. The remaining few also finished their self-introductions, and the bus arrived at the stop.

The sky, which had been bright just a moment ago, turned completely dark the moment the players stepped into the ticket gate, with only blood-red characters printed on the large screen scrolling slowly.

The light shone on everyone's faces. The chairs in the waiting room had long been abandoned. Jiang Hong sat down, and the chair cracked. He let out a miserable scream and got up, clutching his buttocks.

Su Mian looked down and discovered she had stepped on something. She took a step back; it was a severed, rotting bat wing.

The players were laughing and chatting when they got off the bus, but now no one dared to speak; it was deathly silent.

The girls huddled together for warmth, while the boys took the lead in front, flashing their flashlights. Their footsteps were terrifyingly slow; the light was too dim, so they could only grope forward slowly.

"Passengers, please proceed to Ticket Gate No. 8 to have your tickets checked."

"Passengers, please proceed to Ticket Gate No. 8 to have your tickets checked."

"Where... where is Ticket Gate No. 8? Damn it, I stepped on something."

"Don't keep walking forward, that's Ticket Gate No. 2 over there."

"Ahhhhh, who touched me?!!!"

"Be quiet!"

Wang Yan shouted at the top of her lungs. Everyone was startled and looked back at her, only to see she had nothing more to say. It was clear she wanted to show off but didn't know which way to go. Jiang Hong was speechless, but he didn't show it.

Su Mian raised her light source high, instantly illuminating several bats on the ceiling. Those bats flew away as soon as they encountered the light, plunging into the darkness.

"Follow the bats."

Su Mian spoke coldly. Regardless of whether they believed her or not, the group just wanted to reach the designated platform quickly and hurried forward to follow Su Mian.

Su Mian kept her eyes fixed on the bats' movement trajectory and finally started running. The pedestrians followed suit, and they finally reached the ticket gate.

The train schedule scrolling on the large screen instantly disappeared, turning into a few large, bloody characters.

Ticket Gate No. 8.

"We... we're here."

Everyone began searching for their ID cards. Su Mian stood at the very front, having held her ID card in her hand the whole time, and swiped it immediately.

"My ID card is gone?!!!"

The arts committee member behind her, Lv Meng, squatted on the ground, frantically rummaging through her crossbody bag. Cosmetics, keys, and tissues were scattered all over the floor.

Until the bag was completely empty, her face turned even paler, and she looked up at the group.

"Have you guys seen my ID card?"

The players looked at each other and all shook their heads. Zhou Yunfeng looked at her suitcase.

"Could it be in your suitcase?"

"No, I touched my bag before getting off the bus; it was still inside."

As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately guessed something and stood up abruptly.

"You guys, who touched me just now?"

Ruan Ruan widened her eyes. "You suspect we stole it? What if you dropped it? The station is so big and dark, it wouldn't be strange if you dropped it."

Lv Meng no longer had the capacity to think about whether it was stolen or dropped. She was so anxious she was about to cry. She didn't want to stay in the station alone. As she spoke, she immediately pulled out the people who were about to swipe their cards.

"Hurry and help me look! If it's really lost, it must be in here. Hurry and help me look!"

She pulled and dragged, forcing two boys to her side. Seeing this, the group could only go and look for the card for her first.

Meanwhile, Su Mian had already swiped her card and was leaning against the wall listening to music. From time to time, bats flew from the waiting room into the platform.

Ruan Ruan searched symbolically for a while, and finding that no one was paying attention to her, she swiped her card and entered the station. She came to Su Mian's side, and the two stood together on the inner side of the platform.

"Sigh, she didn't keep it safe herself, who can she blame? The place is so big, where are we supposed to look?"

Ruan Ruan dragged her suitcase, her hands tucked into the pockets of her sun-protective jacket.

"It's actually quite easy to find," Su Mian didn't look up. Ruan Ruan looked over suspiciously. "Hmm?"

"I'm talking about the ID card."

"It was in the waiting room just now."

Su Mian gave Ruan Ruan a slight smile. "Now it's on the platform."

As soon as these words were spoken, Ruan Ruan's face turned deathly pale. She pursed her lips, lowered her head, and stopped speaking.

Su Mian didn't intend to expose her; she said those words just to see Ruan Ruan's reaction.

The facts proved that she had flushed her out.

Every player had a hidden task, which meant Ruan Ruan's hidden task was already completed, so there was no need to be specifically wary of her later on.

Helping her hide it now might mean Ruan Ruan could help her in the future.

A strong gust of wind suddenly blew from behind; the train had arrived. Su Mian took off her headphones and shouted to the group who were still looking for their ID cards.

Seeing the train, everyone abandoned Lv Meng and swiped their cards to enter the platform.

"No, don't leave! What... what should I do if I can't get in?"

She stomped her feet in anxiety, ran over with the group, and while crying, squeezed into the ticket gate, only to be bounced back quickly.

"There are three minutes until departure. Passengers, please board the train as soon as possible."

Wei Xiaowei looked at her sympathetically but didn't speak. Zhou Yunfeng put his arm around her waist and boarded the train.