The fifth floor.
"Liu Yuan... Liu Yuan."
"Ruo Ruo, I'm here, I'm here!"
In the corner of the classroom, Han Ruo Ruo took the initiative to move closer to Liu Yuan, her eyes rimmed with red, lips pursed, looking like a frightened little deer.
"Liu Yuan... why do they want to lock us up?"
"Li Yifei, Li Yifei said there might be a monster among us!" Liu Yuan gritted his teeth, staring fixedly at the few boys outside the window.
"Liu Yuan..."
"Yes."
"I, I'm so scared..."
Looking into those pitiful eyes, Liu Yuan felt his heart melt. In his heart, his hatred for Lin Qiye burned like a raging fire, uncontrollable.
Why... why!
Han Ruo Ruo should have been mine!
You outsider who has only been here for a few days, what right do you have to be with her!
I don't accept this!!
Liu Yuan suppressed the flames in his heart and said gently to Han Ruo Ruo, "Don't be afraid, with me here, it'll be fine."
"Liu Yuan, you're so good." Han Ruo Ruo leaned her head against Liu Yuan's chest, her gaze somewhat resentful. "Unlike that Lin Qiye, who only runs far away when he encounters danger and doesn't care about me at all..."
"Lin Qiye? Heh, he's just a piece of trash." Liu Yuan sneered.
"I've decided." Han Ruo Ruo raised her head, looking into Liu Yuan's eyes, a blush appearing on her cheeks. "I'm going to break up with him. A man like him is not reliable at all!"
Liu Yuan shuddered, a gleam of joy appearing in his eyes. "Then you..."
"I... I still prefer boys like you, who can bring me a sense of security." Han Ruo Ruo lowered her head, acting shy.
Hearing this, Liu Yuan felt as if he were ascending to heaven. He suddenly pulled Han Ruo Ruo into his arms and said solemnly, "Ruo Ruo, I like you! Be my girlfriend! I will definitely be a hundred times better than that Lin Qiye!"
Han Ruo Ruo gave a hum, nodded slightly, and leaned back into his arms.
Liu Yuan was overjoyed!
"Liu Yuan..."
"What's wrong?"
"I don't want to stay here, I'm so scared."
Liu Yuan was stunned. He looked up at the few boys standing outside the door, his expression somewhat conflicted. "But they won't let us leave. There might be a monster among us..."
"Liu Yuan, do you think I'm a monster?" Han Ruo Ruo looked into Liu Yuan's eyes, looking aggrieved enough to cry.
Liu Yuan swallowed his saliva and shook his head firmly. "No."
"Then are you a monster?"
"I'm not either!"
"Then why do we have to stay here? Do we have to stay here just because Li Yifei tells us to? What right does he have to say there's something wrong with us?" Han Ruo Ruo took Liu Yuan's hand and said, crying, "Liu Yuan, I... I really don't want to stay here anymore. Take me out of here!"
Every word of Han Ruo Ruo's touched Liu Yuan's heart, and combined with that pitiful look, it completely ignited Liu Yuan's desire to protect her!He took a deep breath, stood up, grabbed Han Ruo Ruo's hand, and said firmly, "Don't worry, I will definitely take you out. I will prove to you... that I am a man with more guts than Lin Qiye!"
Saying this, he pulled Han Ruo Ruo's hand to the classroom door and knocked on it with a thud-thud-thud.
"Liu Yuan, what are you doing?!" the man outside shouted at Liu Yuan from the window.
"Let us out!" Liu Yuan roared.
"You can't go out. Li Yifei said there is a monster among you!"
"You're talking bullshit!!" Liu Yuan pointed at the boy's nose. "Li Qiang, open your eyes and look! I am Liu Yuan! She is Han Ruo Ruo! We are classmates!"
"Just because of one word from him, Li Yifei, you're locking us in here? Do you know what this is called? This is illegal detention!! If you don't let us out, you're breaking the law! That Li Yifei is a lunatic. If he wants to break the law, are you going to follow him and break the law too?!"
Liu Yuan's voice echoed throughout the floor, immediately attracting the attention of all the students. The few students responsible for guarding Liu Yuan and the others changed expressions slightly and began to hesitate.
They were still students after all, and they felt that this kind of behavior of imprisoning others wasn't right. Besides, they were locking up their own classmates; doing so did seem a bit excessive.
"Liu Yuan, don't you make false accusations! This is a special situation. You've seen it too; so many students have turned into monsters. Who can guarantee that there isn't one among you?" Li Qiang still didn't back down.
"Why us?" Liu Yuan sneered, pointing at everyone present. "Don't you all have the same suspicion? How does Li Yifei know there's a monster among us? Does he have x-ray vision or something?"
"You!!"
Just as the two were arguing, a loud bang came from the corridor on the right!
Everyone's heart jumped into their throats. They turned their heads to look at the same time, their eyes filled with fear. Could it be that the monster had broken through the defense line?
"It's Lin Qiye and his sister! They are crazily killing monsters, and Li Yifei and the others are following behind!!"
Exclamations came from the entrance of the corridor. Everyone looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe their ears. Lin Qiye? Killing monsters?
Boom—!!
Another loud bang. The desks and chairs in the corridor collapsed like a small mountain. The clattering sounds scared the surrounding students, causing them to retreat repeatedly, and the rising dust clouded everyone's eyes.
Dust rose everywhere. A young man in a blood-stained school uniform, holding a sword in his right hand, walked out slowly. And a young woman is spinning her pistols and skillfully reloading them with a click. Her flowing blonde hair makes her look like an angel, along with a ressuring smile on her lips.
But their eyes were burning like a furnace.
The moment they saw those eyes, everyone felt as if they had been targeted by an ancient monsters, and they didn't even dare to breathe.
The golden glow in Lin Qiye's eyes slowly faded, and the heavy stone pressing on everyone's hearts finally disappeared.
Behind him, a few boys ran up one after another; Li Yifei and An Qingyu were among them.
"Li Yifei? How did you come up from there? What about the snake demons on the fourth floor?!" In the crowd, someone soon recovered and asked anxiously.
Li Yifei looked at the fire axe in his hand and chuckled, "They're all dead. My Brother and sister Qiye with Xichen killed their way through the entire fourth floor, and now the whole building has been cleared!"
Everyone's gaze fell on Lin Qiye, their eyes full of disbelief!
Lin Xichen looked incredibly smug—her nose practically reaching the heavens—as she tossed her hair back and smirked, excitedly nudging Lin Qiye with her elbow. He, in turn, offered a smile that was both helpless and full of indulgence for his silly younger sister.
"How is that possible? So many monsters..."
"They killed their way through alone? Is that real?!"
"Look at the weapons in their hands, and the blood on their clothes!! It must be real, right?"
"Holy crap! Did you see his eyes just now? So cool!!"
"And look at her glowing hair too!"
"What was that? A superpower?"
Just as everyone was whispering while looking at Lin Qiye, Lin Qiye's gaze cut through the crowd and landed on the righteous and indignant Liu Yuan.
For some reason, Liu Yuan's heart trembled, and he subconsciously took half a step back.
Lin Qiye held the knife, looked at Liu Yuan with an expressionless face, and walked slowly toward him...
Subconsciously, all the students in the corridor made way for him, and the whispering voices grew quieter and quieter.
When Lin Qiye walked in front of Liu Yuan, the entire corridor fell into a dead silence.
Meanwhile, Lin Xi Chen was laughing so hard she had to clutch her stomach; this school-age romance drama felt so real that she felt she could never bring herself to watch it again.
"What... what do you want to do?" Under Lin Qiye's gaze, Liu Yuan actually stammered, "Let me tell you! Han Ruo Ruo has already broken up with you! She is my girlfriend now!"
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow, seemingly not caring whose girlfriend she was. "I heard you want to take her away from here?"
Han Ruo Ruo, who was on the side, lowered her head, seemingly avoiding Lin Qiye's gaze.
Liu Yuan gritted his teeth and mustered up the courage, "That's right! I am going to take her away! Do you want to stop me?!"
Lin Qiye just looked at him quietly. After a long while, he sneered.
He turned to the side, cleared a path, and made a gesture of invitation. "I won't stop you. You can go now. Also... wishing you happiness."