Xi Linghe also broke into a smile, turned around, and walked toward Tianmiao: "Yeah, Sister Tianmiao, let’s go back."
"Stop! Do you think it can just end like this? As if nothing happened?" Wu Yihan looked at the restroom door opening and shouted loudly, "Someone come quickly, there’s someone bullying a classmate here."
"What are you talking about, Wu Yihan?" Tianmiao held Xi Linghe’s hand, "Were you bullying a classmate in the restroom?"
"Are you lying with your eyes wide open? Didn’t you see Lu Renyi getting beaten up like this? And my leg..." Wu Yihan stood up, but was stunned. Lu Renyi stood in place, shocked, with her previously swollen, pig-like face completely restored, and her leg, too, was intact. What’s going on?
"Are you hallucinating? Or are you trying to slander us again?" Tianmiao smiled, "We still haven’t settled the score from last time. Well, let’s add another note now."
Wu Yihan looked at Tianmiao’s smiling face, and for some reason, a chill crept from her feet to her head. If Xi Linghe had made her feel fear, then Tianmiao made her feel boundless despair and dread, sinking into a quagmire of death, unable to escape.
Was that really an illusion just now?
Xi Linghe could actually hypnotize people.
Wu Yihan touched the phone in her bag, horrified that someone could effortlessly hypnotize others. But that feeling was so real.
"What is going on here?" At the doorway of the restroom, it was surprisingly the homeroom teacher.
"Ah, nothing much. Just went to the restroom together and encountered some classmates, chatted a bit. Teacher, haven’t you gone home yet?" Tianmiao asked with a smile.
"Oh, it’s Tianmiao and Xi Linghe." The homeroom teacher saw Tianmiao and smiled, "The mid-term exams are coming, you both should keep it up."
"Yes, we will definitely keep it up." Tianmiao nodded.
"Alright, head back early now." The homeroom teacher nodded, not sparing a glance at Wu Yihan and Lu Renyi, and turned to leave.
After the homeroom teacher left, Tianmiao turned back to look at Wu Yihan and Lu Renyi, and whispered, "Get lost."
Wu Yihan glared at the two of them and left quickly with Lu Renyi.
Xi Linghe moved the mop blocking Yuan Wei’s stall away, and left with Tianmiao.
Yuan Wei pushed open the door, watching Xi Linghe’s back, wanting to catch up. But she saw Xi Linghe extend a hand behind her, making a halting gesture.
Yuan Wei stopped in her tracks, watching Xi Linghe’s figure fade away.
Xi Linghe remained silent throughout, not daring to speak to Tianmiao, like a child who had done something wrong, occasionally stealing a glance at Tianmiao.
"I didn’t say what you did was wrong. But it’s not worth risking your life for people like that." Tianmiao spoke up when Xi Linghe stole another glance, "You need to remember, your life now belongs to me."
"I’m sorry, Sister Tianmiao. I couldn’t hold back." Xi Linghe said softly, "I understand what it’s like to be bullied in a restroom, feeling desperate and helpless. I wanted someone to save me, but I wasn’t able to wait for anyone to rescue me. Today, I wanted to save Yuan Wei."
"That’s why I didn’t say you were wrong, you did well." Tianmiao smiled, "What you said was very true, with some people, only violence can counteract violence."
"But this person won’t just give up. I really wanted to kill her just now." Xi Linghe’s voice grew lower and lower, "Her family has power and influence, and even if it gets exposed, they’ll suppress it quickly, so it’s pointless. Only by actually killing her, will no other classmates be bullied. I never want to see another tragedy like mine happen again. If I hadn’t shown up today, Yuan Wei would be the next me."