Send 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 do it before the college entrance examination, you won't be able to participate in the assessment for sequence ability users."

"I thought you'd 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 truly different from all the other girls he knew.

"Probably in the near future. I need to find out what I should 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."

"Hmm, that makes sense."

"Also, I need to learn about the assessment for sequence ability users. Since I'm going to take it, I should get everything ready in advance. I don't want a bunch of messy things to come up and need to be dealt with after I reveal my identity, which would make me overwhelmed."

"Hmm, 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 about Li Jingwen? Her uncle is missing, and she should quickly figure out that you're the reason."

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, so that she still has something to look forward to?"

"Yes. Let her keep that hope, and when I've got everything sorted out, I'll personally shatter her hope."

"Then kill her?"

"Then kill her, and her whole family too."

"Hmm, that's quite reasonable."

A young boy and girl with innocent faces were talking about killing people. If others heard them, they would surely think it was just children talking nonsense.

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

"I haven't decided yet, but it must be one that allocates 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, why would I listen 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, either four-person or six-person rooms."

"It sounds like the colleges with independent dormitories should have better conditions. They're probably the two best colleges, right? You're so capable that you should be able to get into one of them."

Wen Shu was about 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 was going to say were swallowed back. "Hmm, 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 along while running. How could I remember the way?"

"…Then where are we going after walking for so long?"

"…"

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

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 had gone in the completely opposite direction of home.

It would still take them over forty minutes to get home.

"There are fewer people on the road now. 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 things that shouldn't be told, they didn't mention them at all.

For example, Wen Shu didn't ask Qin Siyang what kind of sequence ability he had.

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 comfortable.

After a while, Wen Shu said, "Qin Siyang, you're so capable and smart. Why did you like Li Jingwen?"

Although this question didn't involve privacy, it made Qin Siyang feel extremely embarrassed.

He looked down at Wen Shu and found that she was looking ahead and didn't seem to want to make fun of him.

But Qin Siyang still felt that she was probably laughing at him.

"Maybe it's because, no matter how smart someone is, they can still be stupid sometimes."

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

Wen Shu shook her head slightly. "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 that?

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, this female classmate with fluttering big eyes and flowing long hair would probably 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 didn't feel like continuing the conversation.

For the rest of the way, the two didn't say a word, letting the cold wind blow in and out of their thin jackets.

After passing one streetlight after another, they finally reached 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 let you stay overnight 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 developed today had indeed far exceeded her expectations. She hadn't expected that just studying hard at school could get her involved in matters of life and death.

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

She couldn't help but sigh at the unpredictability of the world.

Wen Shu stopped thinking about Qin Siyang. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down as much as possible.

Then she turned around and opened the door.

"Grandma, I'm back."

Her cheerful voice sounded at the door.

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

Wen Shu couldn't help but feel a bit feel sorry for when she thought that her grandmother had probably been sitting beside the candlelight for three or four hours tonight.

"Is my dear granddaughter back? Why are you so late today?"

"Yeah, 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 similar to Qin Siyang's. Even because there was an old person who couldn't 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 poor-quality composite board floor at home, which wasn't smooth, was extremely clean.

Because someone would often carefully clean 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 grandmother would clean the floor again the next day.

It was imagined how difficult it was for a blind person to clean the floor.

"Dear granddaughter, 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. You were like a little wild girl at that time, and no one could stop you. Sigh, at that time, there was still the sun in the sky. In the blink of an eye, it's been ten years since the apocalypse arrived."

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

After her grandmother went blind, in order to prevent her from bumping into things at home, Wen Shu removed all the chairs in the room and laid some carpets that she had picked up from the junkyard.

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

So, Wen Shu's home was empty. It could be said to be almost destitute.

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

The flame of the small candlelight 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 leftover food from the cafeteria yesterday? I've already eaten it."

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

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

"Dear granddaughter, Grandma has a question to ask you."

"Go ahead, Grandma."

"As soon as you came home, I smelled a strange 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. Dear granddaughter, are you in a relationship?"

Wen Shu felt relieved.

She had thought that her grandmother 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 grandmother would smell the blood and she wouldn't be able to explain it.

Since her grandmother's eyesight had deteriorated, her sense of smell had become extremely sensitive. Usually, she could even tell what dishes Wen Shu had eaten at school. Today, when she came home, she was also very nervous, afraid that her secret with Qin Siyang would be discovered.

"Oh, I studied with another classmate today, so I might have picked up some of his smell."

"Dear granddaughter, you usually study by yourself. No one in the whole grade can help you with your studies. Why would you study with someone else?"

Faced with her grandmother's concerned questioning, Wen Shu could only respond with silence. The more she tried to explain this matter, the worse it would get, so it was better not to say anything.

"It's not that I'm criticizing you. You're at an important time for the college entrance examination now. Don't get distracted. When it comes to falling in love, after you go to college, Grandma won't stop you, but don't do it now.

"Except for you, no one in your school 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."

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

If she didn't admit it, was she going to say that she had gone to kill someone with a boy?

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

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

"Is this candlelight too dim? Studying like this is 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 worried you all these years, have I?"

"Sigh, it's also my fault that 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 grandmother tightly. "Grandma, being with you is the happiest thing for me. Whether there's 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 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 three-winged flying fish stirring in the pot, and her thoughts unconsciously jumped to the series of things that had happened today.

Listening to the sound of Wen Shu being busy in the kitchen, her grandmother's smile gradually disappeared, and her face became extremely bitter.

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

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

"Did she go to kill someone with others again?"