The opening ceremony of the Chinese Department was held indoors, and both undergraduate and graduate students attended.

Jiang Baige deliberately arrived a little later and stood at the end of the hall, confirming that there was no familiar figure in the huge crowd.

This shows that her plan was successful.

"Still not going in?"

A familiar voice sounded beside him. Jiang Baige turned around in surprise: "Why are you outside?"

"Looking for you." Shi Xin said very naturally.

During this summer vacation, Shi Xin changed his previous confident attitude and began to pursue Jiang Baige with all his strength, even bribing the people in her dormitory.

But that posture only reminded Jiang Baige of Lin Yuanjiang, who had pursued Zhou Ling fiercely back then, and all the derogatory words associated with him. Occasionally, she would also think of Yao Jing's fatal rose. Therefore, she never felt sweet about Shi Xin's behavior.

The only thing that prevented Jiang Baige from saying no was that face.

Shi Xin didn't know all this and even called Jiang Baige before the opening ceremony to ask if he wanted to save a seat for her.

Of course not, Jiang Baige thought, she didn't want to admire Chen Dongguo's old face that exuded a corrupt and dirty aura from a close distance.

Shi Xin didn’t know these either—he didn’t know how filthy Chen Dongguo was, nor did he know the great pain Jingchai was enduring.

Of course, Jiang Baige thought, even if he knew, he probably wouldn’t feel as much pain as she did.

He might even stand on Chen Dongguo's side and "understand" his anxiety about azoospermia, the pain of being cheated on by his wife, and the despair of running out of ideas...

Thinking of this, Shi Xin's handsome face gradually blurred in Jiang Baige's mind, leaving only an indescribable boredom rising from the bottom of her heart. When she came to her senses, the cold "no" had already been sent out.

But judging from Shi Xin's current enthusiasm, he was not at all unhappy about last night's rejection.

This "innate" confidence is probably not due to the advantage of face, but to the "gender advantage"...

"Why don't you speak?"

Shi Xin did not give Jiang Baige a chance to refuse. He put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her to sit in the two empty seats next to each other in the last row.

It was as if he knew Jiang Baige would never refuse.

She really wouldn't refuse, not only because seeing that face up close was still lethal, but more importantly, she wanted to confirm one thing with him.

"I didn't see Senior Sister Jing, and I thought you graduate students couldn't come..."

"How is that possible?" Shi Xin narcissistically thought that Jiang Baige was looking behind him just now because she was looking for him, and he felt happy. "But Senior Sister Jing seemed to have taken a leave of absence. She didn't even come to the registration two days ago..."

"She didn't even come to register? Wouldn't that affect her enrollment..."

Jiang Baige finally understood why she couldn't contact Jingchai in the past few days.

Originally according to their plan, Jingchai only needed to go to the hospital to check her allergens, and then deliberately take a small amount of allergenic food - this was dangerous, so she chose to eat near the hospital.

Afterwards, she was naturally hospitalized to temporarily avoid Chen Dongguo's harassment until her novel was completed and Chen Dongguo helped her publish it.

Although this plan sounds simple and a bit risky, Jingchai still decides to give it a try.

But a few days before school started, she suddenly disappeared.

Jiang Baige had been busy reviewing her major courses for postgraduate study this summer and had no time to take care of herself, so she even had a hard time keeping a draft of her novel.

After learning that Jingchai followed her plan, was successfully hospitalized, and began to finish the novel, she relaxed.

She thought from her own perspective that perhaps Jingchai was just in seclusion writing, so she didn't reply in time.

After all, she was in almost the same state when she was writing.

The finished product of writing - the novel, although it is a bright and beautiful thing, the writing process of creating a novel is extremely boring. There is even only one action, which is to write, and write continuously.

I write until my eyes get sore, my fingers cramp, and my brain becomes a mess... Then I fall down, sleep, wake up and continue, over and over again, until the writing is finished.

Long online novels may still have room to breathe - long novels have their own difficulties, but for those who write short and medium-length stories of pure literature, this tension is always hanging in the air until the novel is completed.

At this time, let alone discussing the escape plan, even the most ordinary chatting or even eating, the mind is not on that.

With this understanding, Jiang Baige didn't think much about it.

But now...if I haven't even registered...Jiang Baige had a bad feeling in his heart.

"If I apply for delayed admission, it should be fine..." Shi Xin was not worried. "How could Teacher Chen be willing to let go of such a talented writer?"

The latter sentence successfully made Jiang Baige feel physically nauseous.

She stood up from the chair suddenly, pushed Shi Xin away, and rushed to the bathroom. Her hurried footsteps attracted a lot of attention.

Shi Xin looked up at the stage and saw that Chen Dongguo was speaking, so he suppressed his confusion and did not chase after him.

But after Jiang Baige went out that day, she never came back.

After coming out of the bathroom, her nausea was relieved, but the uneasiness in her heart became stronger.

She called Chen Xi first... Just as she expected, her phone was turned off. She had no choice but to send a text message to ask where Chen Xi was and why her phone was turned off.

But waiting for Chen Xi's reply was definitely not a good idea, so she called Jingchai's cell phone again... It was not turned off, but no one answered the call.

She was not discouraged and continued to fight.

With her persistence, the call was connected.

But the person who answered the phone was Chen Xi: "Bai Ge? Do you have something urgent to talk to Jing Chai about? I see these dozen missed calls are all from you..."

"Why is Senior Sister Jing's phone number with you? Why is your phone still turned off? Where are the two of you now? Are you all right?"

The two of them seemed to be having a question-asking competition, with each asking more questions than the other.

"How do you know she's in trouble?" After asking, Chen Xi realized that his question was unreasonable, so he explained directly, "Chai Chai is indeed in trouble. I'm in the hospital now. If nothing's wrong..."

"Hospital..." Jiang Baige was not surprised by this location. "Senior Sister Jing's allergy hasn't healed yet?" she asked tentatively.

"Allergic?" Chen Xi sneered, "She committed suicide by turning on the gas a few days ago. If I hadn't left her things at home and went back to get them, she would be dead! She's not even out of danger yet!"

"Suicide..."

Jiang Baige couldn't recover for a long time. Another doctor came to urge Chen Xi, who seemed to say that the patient's condition had relapsed.

Chen Xi didn't have time to chat with Jiang Baige in detail. He said, "I'll send you the hospital name and ward number later. Come over when you are free," and hung up the phone.

What went wrong?

Jiang Baige's mind seemed to be tangled with thousands of clues, but she couldn't find the end of the thread. At this moment, a text message alert sounded from her mobile phone. She took a look and immediately ran out of the school gate...

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