Chapter 32
Listening to her words, Gu Xici couldn't help but turn to look at her. Feeling Gu Xici's scrutinizing gaze, Lu Jia became more uneasy and nervous. Her mouth even felt a bit dry, but she had to remain calm while her mind was filled with countless thoughts.
Lu Jia speculated that perhaps Gu Xici had heard what the other girls said and realized Su Mo's unusual physical abilities. After all, it was rare for someone here to easily push down a tall and muscular boy, even without visible signs of a struggle in the dorm. So, this was indeed uncommon.
The most important thing is that Gu Xici never spoke. Lu Jia didn't know if she did it on purpose, but Gu Xici paused for a long time as if she was intentionally keeping Lu Jia in suspense. Lu Jia couldn't wait any longer and wanted to ask again, but then Gu Xici continued speaking.
"Qiao Tang told me everything. I know it was you who helped her this time."
"Me?" Hearing Gu Xici's words, Lu Jia didn't dare to say too much. She couldn't be sure if the "me" Gu Xici referred to was just her, or if it included Su Mo as well.
Seeing how cautious and careful Gu Xici was being, she thought that she would be happy to have Lu Jia under control. But now it seemed like she wasn't as happy as she had expected. "Don't worry, even though I don't like you, I won't bother you after you've done a good deed."
Lu Jia noticed something unusual in Gu Xici's words. It seemed like she wasn't talking about Su Mo and didn't seem interested in finding out anything. But despite that, Lu Jia couldn't trust a stranger so easily. "What do you want to say to me?"
Feeling Lu Jia's wariness towards her, Gu Xici actually felt satisfied. Lu Jia had always been indifferent, which annoyed her. Provoking her emotions made things more interesting.
"I know you stopped Wang Chenghua from happening because of your presence, so I gave Qiao Tang a chance to retaliate against Wang Chenghua. But I hope you can keep this a secret."
Hearing Gu Xici's description, Lu Jia finally felt relieved. It seemed like the girl wasn't making things up.
"Keep it a secret?" In fact, Lu Jia wanted nothing more than to keep herself and Su Mo out of it. But she was curious about Gu Xici's intentions for hiding this so-called truth.
Feeling puzzled, Gu Xici didn't hesitate and explained directly, "Lu Jia, the reason I came to find you is because I want you to know that Wang Chenghua's death will be an accident, not intentional murder. He cornered Qiao Tang on the balcony and ended up losing his own life."
For Gu Xici, no matter what happened in between, the result would be Qiao Tang forced to resist and Wang Chenghua bringing it upon himself.
Listening to the person in front of her, Lu Jia instantly understood Gu Xici's intention. Gu Xici wanted to label this death as something forced and unavoidable. Without any surprises, this was probably to protect that girl. But even if it was truly an accident, would things really be resolved as smoothly as Gu Xici expected?
Although she didn't want to get involved in such matters, because interfering would surely bring trouble, she couldn't completely ignore it either. "So according to your description, it should be that she was forced to resist and then pushed a person who weighed almost twice as much as her off the balcony, which was nearly a meter high."
"Lu Jia, I don't need you to remind me of this. I know Qiao Tang may not have told me the truth, and you may not have really just stopped the person," the person speaking looked at Lu Jia with an overly sharp gaze, with a penetrating quality as if they wanted to see right through her.
Silently feeling the other person's gaze, Lu Jia couldn't help but feel that this Gu Xici was truly extraordinary.
Gu Xici's gaze scanned Lu Jia, and her initially fierce gaze softened slightly. "But I don't care. Besides, just because you haven't seen something doesn't mean it's impossible. As long as you keep your mouth shut and don't speak recklessly."
This was Gu Xici's warning to Lu Jia. Although she knew Lu Jia wasn't someone who talks too much, her nature told her that it's better to be prepared for everything.
Her confrontation with Jiang Bei had already escalated the conflict to some extent, so she couldn't allow deliberate acts of violence to surface in the dormitory again, even if it was the truth. Otherwise, not only would she fail to maintain this balance, but she also wouldn't be able to protect Qiao Tang.
Looking at the person in front of her, Lu Jia thought since Gu Xici had a plan and was determined, she could only trust Gu Xici. After all, Lu Jia knew she couldn't do much.
"Don't worry, I dislike getting involved in other people's business," she assured the person in front of her.
"That's good. You better remember not to go back on your word or go telling Jiang Hua anything. Otherwise, I won't let you off."
Although it was a threat, when Lu Jia listened, it felt like something was missing. How should she put it? It wasn't dangerous, even though she felt Gu Xici was not an ordinary person. However, in these days, she didn't sense any danger from this person.
Was Gu Xici hiding too well? She couldn't be sure, even until Gu Xici left, she always had this suspicion in her heart.
Once Gu Xici left, Lu Jia couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and her body and mind relaxed. Actually, it had nothing to do with her. She was mainly scared by Gu Xici's tone as if she had seen through something.
But when she thought about what happened to that girl, she always felt something was strange. From Su Mo pushing the person down the stairs to the time when those people came over, it seemed a bit too long.
Although it gave her and Su Mo enough reaction time... on the same floor, not to mention there were people in the adjacent dorm room, was the reaction a bit too delayed?
The more she thought about it, the harder it was for her to accept the answer. So in the end, she simply chose not to think about the incident with Qiao Tang. After all, there are some things that you just can't dwell on.
Quietly, she walked back to Su Mo's sleeping bed. She silently sat down and stayed there quietly until she realized that Su Mo seemed to have no plans of getting up.
Did she really fall asleep? With this question in mind, she leaned forward to take a closer look, but Su Mo's eyes were clearly open, not like she was sleeping.
Awake but not moving?
Su Mo's behavior puzzled Lu Jia because normally, Su Mo would immediately sit up and play with her. But now, Su Mo seemed to have no such intention.
Silently observing Su Mo's unusual attitude, Lu Jia didn't know how long had passed until she was certain that Su Mo wouldn't sit up. At the same time, a wave of worried emotions washed over her.
"Little Mo?" She tried calling Su Mo, but Su Mo, unusually, didn't respond to her call. Even when angry, Su Mo would usually show some reaction.
"Little Mo"
This time, there was a hint of trembling in her voice. She reached out her hand, wanting to pull Su Mo's arm, but right before her hand touched Su Mo's arm, she stopped.
In her mind, she sat up and reached over Su Mo's neck, her emotional face contrasting greatly with Su Mo's completely frozen expression behind those sunglasses.
Thinking about what just happened, Lu Jia couldn't help but take a deep breath. Did Su Mo dislike her?
Did she misunderstand Su Mo's intentions from start to finish? Was Su Mo really just trying to comfort her, while she... was in heat?
In heat?
She didn't even want to criticize herself for using that word. After all, she couldn't even find a proper word to use now.
With these thoughts, her hand, which originally wanted to touch Su Mo, was quietly pulled back.
Her hand, hanging on her thigh, nervously fiddled with her pants. The expression of hopelessness on her face matched perfectly. At this moment, she was like a living embodiment of eternal regret.
If there was a time machine, she swore she would go back and grab hold of her past self. It would be better than being rejected so directly like now.
Someone in their heart was regretting and muttering to themselves, while the person on the bed was completely unaware.
At this moment, her gaze was fixed tightly on the wall in front of her. On the wall was a picture of a handsome male doctor wearing a white coat, and the signature contained an unreadable name.
Su Mo lay on the bed for the first time and saw the photo for the first time. Her eyes were completely focused on the photo.
The photo seemed to be copied into Su Mo's mind, and a person dressed the same way was born in her mind.
The hands with white gloves were so big that they seemed capable of swallowing a person.
There was a strong force dragging her in her mind, pulling her far away and finally pressing her onto a strange chair. The hands forcibly prised open her mouth.
Then some strange white pills were forcefully poured into her mouth, filling her mouth with water. There were coughing and crying sounds all around.
In this situation, the person on the bed was successfully affected by the scenes in her mind and became agitated.
She grabbed the photo on the bed, completely disregarding everything else, and wanted to tear the photo off. But the photo was probably glued on with adhesive and had been posted on the wall for too long. It was like it was born on the wall. Her fingers couldn't peel it off all at once.
On the wall, the remaining photo was deeply marked with nail prints and even bloodstains. As for Su Mo, her originally fair and clean hands were covered with red, with white wall dust mixed in with her fingernails. There were even a few fingers where the nails were flipped over from the middle, along with the flesh and blood.
Even though Lu Jia reacted quickly, by the time she completely stopped Su Mo, Su Mo's hand was already in a terrible state.
"You're crazy!"
Looking at Su Mo's hands, several fingers with flipped over nails and flesh, Lu Jia spoke loudly in an angry tone.
Lu Jia didn't dare touch Su Mo's broken fingers, she could only tightly grasp Su Mo's wrist, trying to restrain her.
But Su Mo's strength was weaker than before, and her struggles caused Lu Jia to lose her balance and fall backwards.
