Chapter 20 Sending Wen Shu Home

"By the way," Wen Shu asked again, "When do you plan to reveal that you're a sequence ability user? If you can't reveal it before the college entrance examination, you won't be able to participate in the assessment for sequence ability users."

"I thought you would first ask me when I awakened my sequence ability."

"Why would I ask so many questions?"

Qin Siyang couldn't help but take another look at Wen Shu.

She was a bit special.

"Probably soon. I need to find out what I need to prepare before going to the Sequence Ability User Administration Bureau. My background is a bit complicated, as you saw today. So, I must ensure that there won't be any problems during the registration process."

"Yeah, that makes sense."

"Also, I need to learn about the assessment for sequence ability users. Since I'm going to participate, I should get everything ready in advance. I don't want a bunch of messy things popping up after I reveal my identity and have to deal with them, which would drive me crazy."

"Yeah, that makes sense."

"Don't you have any suggestions?"

Wen Shu shrugged. "What you said is all right. I don't have any suggestions to offer."

"Okay."

"Then what are you going to do with Li Jingwen? Since her uncle is missing, she should quickly figure out that it's because of you."

Qin Siyang said indifferently, "Just give her some hope and keep her hanging on."

"You mean, don't ruin the thing between her and Zhou Yang, and let her still have something to look forward to?"

"Yes. Let her keep this hope, and when I've got everything sorted out, I'll personally crush her hope." "And then kill her?"

"And then kill her and her whole family."

"Yeah, that's quite reasonable."

A pair of young boys and girls with innocent faces were talking about killing people. If others heard them, they would surely think it was just kids talking nonsense.

After a while, Qin Siyang asked again, "Which college do you plan to apply for?"

"I haven't decided yet, but I definitely want to apply for one that assigns independent dormitories. I want to take my grandmother with me."

"Are colleges with independent dormitories rare?"

Wen Shu smiled. "You obviously didn't listen carefully to the school-wide unified course on filling out college application forms last week."

"As a sequence ability user, what's the point of listening to that? Isn't it a waste of time?"

"All right, you're amazing. It's my fault. Among the eight colleges, there are only two that have independent dormitories."

"Only two? What about the others?"

"The others are all public dormitories, four-person or six-person rooms."

"It sounds like the colleges with independent dormitories should have better conditions. I guess they are the two best colleges, right? You're so good that you should be able to get into them."

Wen Shu originally wanted to say something, but she took another look at Qin Siyang and found that he had a big smile on his face and was sincerely blessing her.

The words she wanted to say were swallowed back. "Yeah, thank you."

Qin Siyang nodded and didn't say anything more.

The two walked for a while.

Wen Shu asked, "Do you know the way?" "No. Don't you know the way?"

"You dragged me running. How could I remember the way?"

"…Then where have we been walking for so long?"

"…"

"Forget it. Let's keep walking. Once we see the main road, we'll recognize it."

The two walked for another half an hour and finally saw the dim streetlights.

"We're on the main road. Let's go and check the road signs."

"Okay."

The two walked onto the main road and confirmed that they were going in the completely opposite direction of home.

To get home, they still had to walk for more than forty minutes.

"Now there are fewer people on the road. I'll walk you home."

"Okay, thank you."

The two walked side by side, and they talked less and less.

They both knew their boundaries and didn't ask each other too many questions.

Especially when it came to unmentionable privacy, they didn't mention it at all.

For example, Wen Shu didn't ask Qin Siyang what sequence he was.

Qin Siyang also didn't ask Wen Shu why she could immediately think of how to deal with the smell of the bodies.

The two of them had done a huge bad thing together, and now they were very close, but there was still a certain distance between them.

This kind of relationship made both of them feel very comfortable.

After a while, Wen Shu said, "Qin Siyang, you're so powerful and smart. Why did you like Li Jingwen?" Although this question didn't involve privacy, it made Qin Siyang feel extremely ashamed.

He looked down at Wen Shu and found that she was looking ahead, and it seemed that she didn't have the intention of making fun of him.

But Qin Siyang just felt that she seemed to be laughing at him.

"Maybe it's because even the smartest people can be stupid sometimes."

"Besides, I'm not a smart person. At least when I'm with you, I often feel a bit stupid."

Wen Shu shook her head gently. "One can be stupid for a while, but not for so long."

Qin Siyang was slightly taken aback.

This sentence was a bit too close to his absolute privacy.

Wen Shu seemed to be saying that he was completely different from before.

But how could he explain this?

After all, he had only changed completely after being reborn.

Qin Siyang encountered a question that he couldn't answer for the first time.

He felt that no matter what lie he told, it seemed that this female classmate with big flickering eyes and flowing long hair would be able to see through it.

After thinking for a long time, Qin Siyang still couldn't come up with a suitable explanation.

Finally, he could only say, "Many things are beyond our control."

Wen Shu nodded. "Yes, many things are beyond our control."

It seemed that she knew she couldn't ask further about this question, so Wen Shu stopped talking.

Qin Siyang also had no intention of continuing the conversation. For the rest of the way, the two didn't say a word, letting the cold wind blow through their thin jackets.

After passing one streetlight after another, they finally returned to the intersection where they were supposed to part ways after school.

Then Qin Siyang followed Wen Shu and walked her home.

"All right, I'm home. Thank you. I should have invited you in, but it's really late, and it's not convenient for me to put you up for the night at my home."

"It doesn't matter. I understand. We don't need to be so polite to each other."

"Okay, then be careful on your way home."

Qin Siyang smiled at Wen Shu's clear face. "You know, it's others who should be careful. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

After watching Qin Siyang leave, Wen Shu let out a soft sigh.

The way things had turned out today had indeed far exceeded her expectations. She never thought that just studying hard at school could involve matters of life and death.

All of this was brought about by Qin Siyang. A few days ago, the two of them didn't know each other, and today they had killed people and hidden the bodies together.

She couldn't help but sigh that the world was full of changes.

Wen Shu didn't think about Qin Siyang's matter anymore. She took a few deep breaths to calm her mood as much as possible.

Then she turned around and opened the door.

"Grandma, I'm back."

A cheerful voice sounded at the door.

As soon as she finished speaking, the candle lamp in the room lit up. Although her grandma was blind, before she came home from school every day, her grandma would always sit beside the candle lamp and light it for her when she returned.

Thinking that her grandma might have been sitting beside the candle lamp for three or four hours tonight, Wen Shu couldn't help feeling a bit心疼.

"Little Shu is back? Why are you so late today?"

"Yes, I'm back. I encountered some things, so I'm late."

Wen Shu took off her shoes at the door and walked into the room barefoot.

Although the floor of the room was cold, she didn't have any slippers to wear.

Her family's situation was not much different from Qin Siyang's. Even because there was an old person who couldn't do any work, the burden on her family was heavier than Qin Siyang's situation where he only needed to take care of himself.

The reason she was barefoot was that the inferior composite board floor of her home, which was not smooth, was extremely clean.

Because someone often carefully cleaned every piece of the floor.

Wen Shu couldn't bear to step on it and dirty it with her shoes. Once she came in wearing shoes, her grandma would clean the floor again the next day. It was可想而知 how difficult it was for a blind person to clean the floor.

"Little Shu, why aren't you wearing shoes! It's so cold! Put on your shoes!"

"It's okay, Grandma. I like being barefoot. When I was a child, I often ran around the house barefoot. Do you remember?"

"Of course I remember. At that time, you were like a little wild girl and couldn't be stopped. Alas, at that time, there was still a sun in the sky. In the blink of an eye, the end of the world has been here for ten years."

Wen Shu stepped on the carpet, sat beside her grandma, and held her hand, hoping to reduce the old woman's sadness.

After her grandma lost her sight, in order to prevent her grandma from bumping into things at home, Wen Shu removed all the chairs in the room and laid some carpets that she had scavenged from the garbage dump.

Even the original wooden bed had been moved out of the house. Now she and her grandma both slept on three layers of blankets spread directly on the floor.

So, Wen Shu's home was empty, and it could be said that there was nothing but bare walls.

There was only a small dining table in the whole room. On the dining table, there was a small candle lamp standing alone.

The flame of the small candle lamp flickered, casting the shadows of the old and the young leaning on each other.

Both of their faces were filled with smiles, and they seemed to be quite satisfied with the current situation.

After a while, Wen Shu said, "Grandma, have you eaten? I'll cook for you."

"I've already eaten. Didn't you bring back some leftovers from the cafeteria yesterday? I've already eaten them."

"Okay, that's good. I was afraid that you were waiting for me to eat and would starve your stomach. I haven't eaten yet. I'll just make myself a little something to eat later."

Just as Wen Shu was about to get up, her wrist was grabbed by her grandma's withered hand.

"Little Shu, Grandma has a question for you."

"Go ahead, Grandma."

"As soon as you came home, I smelled a smell on you..."

Wen Shu was taken aback for a moment, and her heart immediately tensed up. Then she smiled and asked, "What kind of smell is it?"

"The smell of someone else. Little Shu, are you in a relationship?"

Wen Shu let out a sigh of relief in her heart.

She had thought that her grandma had smelled the smell of blood.

She had checked carefully before coming home. There was clearly no blood on her clothes, and there was only dust on the soles of her shoes. She was afraid that her grandma would smell this smell and she wouldn't be able to explain it.

Since her grandma's eyesight had deteriorated, her sense of smell had become extremely sharp. Usually, she could even tell what dishes Wen Shu had eaten at school. When she came home today, she was also on tenterhooks, fearing that the secret between her and Qin Siyang would be discovered.

"Oh, I studied with another classmate today, so I might have gotten a bit of his smell on me."

"Little Shu, you usually study by yourself. In the whole grade, no one can really help you with your studies. Why would you study with someone else?"

Faced with her grandma's caring questioning, Wen Shu could only respond with silence. The more she tried to explain this matter, the worse it would seem. It was better not to say anything.

"It's not that Grandma is scolding you. You're at an important time for the college entrance examination now. Don't get distracted. Regarding falling in love, when you go to college, Grandma won't stop you, but don't do it now. Among the students in your school, except for you, no one can be sure to get into college. Don't waste your time on them and delay yourself."

"Okay, Grandma. Don't worry. I won't delay myself. As for falling in love, I know what I'm doing."

Since she couldn't explain the smell of someone else on her body clearly, she had to vaguely admit that she was in a relationship.

If she didn't admit that she was in a relationship, was she going to say that she went to kill someone with a boy?

"That's the best. Grandma has always been confident in you."

"Grandma, I'm going to cook. After that, I still need to review some knowledge points. You should go to bed early."

"Is this candle lamp too dim? If you study like this, it's bad for your eyes. Don't be like your grandma and become blind at a young age."

Wen Shu smiled. "Don't worry, Grandma. I know what I'm doing. I haven't made you worry about me all these years, have I?"

"Alas, it's all Grandma's fault. I can't give you a good study environment. If our family could afford an electric light, your academic performance would definitely be even better."

Wen Shu hugged her grandma tightly. "Grandma, being with you is the happiest thing for me. Whether there is an electric light or not, I won't let you down! I'm going to heat up the food!"

"Okay, go ahead."

Wen Shu walked to the kitchen and poured the food she had brought from the cafeteria today into the pot, making a series of sounds.

Just like Qin Siyang, she also had the privilege of getting more food in the cafeteria.

However, Qin Siyang's privilege came from Aunt Zhang in the cafeteria's sympathy, while her privilege was a real privilege.

The school principal personally instructed Aunt Zhang to give Wen Shu as much food as she wanted.

As the top candidate for the college entrance examination in the school this year, the principal would never allow the school to be at fault in terms of hardware for her.

Wen Shu looked at the flying fish with three fins flipping in the pot, and her thoughts unconsciously jumped to the series of things that had happened today.

Listening to the sound of Wen Shu busying herself in the kitchen, her grandma's smile gradually faded, and her face was filled with bitterness.

In the candlelight, her wrinkled face hid the love and worry of an elder for a younger generation.

"Alas, there's the smell of someone else, and there's also a faint smell of blood..."

"Could it be that she went to kill someone with others again?"