Chapter 4

On graduation day, Zhou Yichen confessed to her, and she agreed.

Su Mian didn't understand what liking was. Apart from script murder games, it was hard to find people or things that could interest her.

She thought having a good impression was liking, being moved was liking, and in the end, she agreed.

But after entering university, the two were not in the same school. Zhou Yichen began to change, becoming indifferent and impatient, and his demands began to increase.

"Mian Mian, you always have a face like that. Who else can stand you besides me?"

"Mian Mian, is your poker face hereditary?... Ah, I'm just asking, no other meaning."

"We are already together, Mian Mian. You can't ask me to still be like I was when I was pursuing you."

"Why won't you let me touch you? This is very boring."

If it's boring, why not break up?

Su Mian only found out later that Zhou Yichen had already started dating a girlfriend in his third year of high school, and the two had even agreed to go to the same university.

And she was just a trophy for Zhou Yichen to show off, a shield for the infatuated persona he occasionally needed, a toy to relieve boredom from time to time.

"Back then, I pursued for two years and finally caught the sickly beauty class flower of Class 6."

"It didn't feel that hard to pursue; such a cold person's waist is soft when you hug it."

That day, she rushed into the university cafeteria where Zhou Yichen was, dumped the rice on his head, and slapped him in front of his brothers' surprised eyes.

The school forum was buzzing with discussion. This segment was recorded and put online, and Zhou Yichen's official girlfriend also broke up with him.

Everything was in the past. She only hoped that Zhou Yichen would not provoke her again; otherwise, she would not be as simple as just slapping him like before.

"My name is Kai Luo, four years old this year, mixed-race. My parents are not in the country. My father is in the casino business. My quirk is that I like to count sheep before going to bed."

"So normal?"

Zhou Yichen looked puzzled, Wang Zhe stared at him with a face full of collapse, "I have to count to nine hundred and ninety-nine before I can sleep."

"Pfft..."

Someone laughed, and everyone present looked at him pitifully.

"My name is Xu Yiyi, six years old this year. My mother has passed away, and my father is not convenient to take care of me, so he sent me here. My quirk is that I like... cross-dressing."

The last sentence might have been a bit difficult to say; the boy lowered his head after finishing.

Su Mian looked at him twice more.

He was the only one present who admitted that he had been abandoned by his family, an orphan in the literal sense.

"Ding, ding."

The last person finished introducing, and the electronic clock countdown instantly cleared to zero.

There was a knock on the door outside, and a chubby aunt in an apron stood at the door, a kind and amiable smile on the corners of her mouth.

If you didn't see those hollowed-out, empty eye sockets.

Traces of blood fibers remained in the pitch-black hollows.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!"

Yu Maomao was scared half to death, her whole body shrinking into the corner of the wall, covering her eyes trembling, her teeth chattering up and down.

"Little ones, it's dinner time."

"Come quickly, come to Grandma's place."

Grandma's tone was even gentler, as if she knew she had scared the new juniors.

She slowly wiped her hands on her apron, reached out those old hands full of yellow spots to everyone, and her eye sockets without eyeballs stared straight at them.

The air stood still; no one dared to step forward.

After waiting for a few minutes, Su Mian stood up, put the candy given by the DM into her bag, took the script, and held Grandma's hand.

Grandma was surprised for a moment, her breathing shook, and her other hand also held on, gently stroking the back of Su Mian's hand, as if she were stroking a treasure.

"Good child... good, good..."

Seeing this, the others followed.

【Four idiots, the NPC is following the plot, what are you afraid of? Grandma is so nice, and you let her perform a one-man show.】

"... How can you still talk in my head?"

Su Mian was led by the old woman toward the restaurant.

【Mian Mian, because the script is in your pocket, I can communicate with you at any time within a certain range.】

Su Mian wanted to continue asking, but the old woman beside her spoke. She looked bitter and spoke in a soft whisper.

"Girl, I won't take you in. The children are noisy, and my body can't take it."

"It's okay."

Su Mian gently let go of the old woman's hand. Grandma seemed a bit reluctant, her fingertips lingering in the air for two seconds before letting go.

She pushed open the restaurant door, and just as she was about to lift her foot to walk in, Wang Zhe let out a foul word.

"Damn!"

A child hanging upside down and tied up fell from the ceiling. Its hair was so long it reached the floor, its face was smeared red, and liquid was dripping onto the ground. The whole face looked like it had been corroded and melted away.

Su Mian's breathing quickened for two seconds, and she took a step back.

Instantly, all the children in the restaurant laughed and sang an eerie nursery rhyme in unison.

"Moonlight, heart panic"

"Sister singing at the bottom of the well"

"One new friend every day"

"Come down and play hide-and-seek with me"

The eerie "welcome ceremony," except for Su Mian, the faces of the remaining few were so bad they had no appetite.

Su Mian bent down and picked up the child, finding it was just a doll smeared with red paint. She held up the doll and shook it, asking, "Is the sister you sing about in the song her?"

The child with braided hair standing at the front cheered happily.

She was wearing a pink cake gauze skirt, her face full of freckles, and she looked like the leader of this group of children.

"Mi Guo, you are so smart, I want to share the candy the Director gave me with you!"

As the words fell, another candy appeared in Su Mian's pocket.

"What is this candy for?"

【It's a points item, Mian Mian. Eating it can gain an extra 100 points, but your body is not very good, so I suggest you eat it when you have low blood sugar.】

"How do you know I have low blood sugar?"

【I am a dedicated detective assistant! I learned all your information before coming here, so you should just be happy!】

【Go out and ask around, which detective's assistant isn't a bot? Always asking you to transfer to a human, asking you to press seven, asking you to press eight.】

Su Mian: "..."

Alright, so she got a bargain.

Su Mian sat at the dining table under the constant chatter of her "cheap assistant."

All the children had the same configuration: a grid of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a grid of cucumber with shrimp, a grid of mixed grain rice, and a cup of milk on the side.

Wang Zhe had been hungry for a long time and started eating coolly as soon as he sat down. The remaining few had no appetite looking at it.

"Wen Zirui, eat, what's wrong, afraid there's poison in the food."

Wang Zhe said happily, but Wen Zirui kept his head down and didn't seem to care.

Su Mian happened to be sitting next to Wang Zhe, and she asked casually, "Do you all know each other?"

Wang Zhe nodded immediately. When the girl leaned over, she carried a faint scent of green apple, which made his ears turn red unconsciously, and his speech was a bit incoherent.

"Yeah, yeah, the three of us are in the same dormitory, and then that one."

He tilted his chin, signaling Su Mian to look at the two who were sitting deliberately far away, wanting to be alone.

"That one is called Zhou Yichen, our dormitory leader, and the one next to him is his girlfriend, Yu Maomao."