“Smack!”
A crisp sound echoed through the room.
Jin Ke’er stared at Su Li with icy eyes.
“Su Li, who gave you the right to question me?”
Having unleashed the emotions she had pent up for so long with that single slap, Jin Ke’er felt an immense sense of relief wash over her.
Su Li was different from other people.
Anyone else who took a slap from her would probably be on the verge of passing out by now.
But Su Li was different.
Even now, Su Li still looked no different from a normal person.
The only difference was that her face was slightly red and swollen.
Su Li remained silent.
She had already warned Jin Ke’er.
Whatever Jin Ke’er chose to do from here on out was her own decision.
Su Li didn’t mind watching her pay the price for it.
“Slap! Slap! Slap!”
Jin Ke’er stared at Su Li, a twisted, excited gleam flickering in her eyes.
She craved the sight of her prey trembling and begging for mercy.
She reveled in the pleasure of controlling another person’s life and fate.
The crisp sounds rang out one after another.
But soon, Jin Ke’er grew irritated by Su Li’s indifferent reaction.
She hated the expressionless look on Su Li’s face.
Her face was red and swollen, yet she showed no sign of struggling at all.
Su Li didn’t look like prey at this moment—she looked like a kidnapped young lady, her eyes filled with nothing but contempt.
Of course, Su Li’s eyes held no real change in emotion. She simply closed them and let Jin Ke’er amuse herself.
“Damn it!
Waste!”
No matter how Jin Ke’er cursed, not a trace of emotion flickered across Su Li’s face.
It was as if Jin Ke’er were merely tickling her.
Jin Ke’er’s composure was beginning to crack.
In her fury, she slapped Su Li’s face even harder, but Su Li still gave no response.
It was just like how things had ended between them when they last worked together.
Back then…
Back then, Su Li would always put on that look of letting herself be bullied.
Why was she acting like this now?
“You worthless waste!”
Even as Jin Ke’er’s delicate palm turned bright red from the slapping, Su Li remained
utterly unruffled.
There was nothing stuffed in her mouth, yet she hadn’t spoken a single word.
As if even exchanging a single sentence with Jin Ke’er would be a waste of time.
“Waste!
Waste!
Waste!”
No matter how Jin Ke’er cursed, Su Li remained completely deaf to it.
This wasn’t at all how she had imagined it would go.
She had thought that when Su Li was brought before her, she would beg for mercy and grovel.
She never expected Su Li to be as unresponsive as a doll or a wooden figure.
If that was the case, why not just find a wooden figure, a doll, and slap that instead?
“Damn it!
You bastard!”
Jin Ke’er said coldly, glaring at Su Li before getting up and leaving.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to stay longer with Su Li—it was simply that she had been hitting so hard that her palm was now throbbing with the backlash.
She needed to rest for a bit.
Not having gained any emotional satisfaction, Jin Ke’er only grew more agitated instead.
She hated Su Li’s expressionless face.
They hadn’t seen each other in such a long time—she should have felt delighted and happy.
But seeing her again, it was the same as always, and it made her sick.
Before long, Jin Ke’er returned to the room.
The computer screen still displayed the small room where Su Li was being held captive.
But Su Li just sat quietly on the chair, as if she were dead.
There was no change in emotion at all.
“Playing dumb.
I’ll see how long you can keep playing dumb!”
Jin Ke’er said coldly.
She was certain that if she kept Su Li locked up here, Su Li would eventually be unable to bear the loneliness and would come begging for mercy.
As long as Su Li begged her, then the one who emerged victorious in the end would be her!
……
Jin Xueli lay on the infirmary bed.
She watched the last drop of medicine fall from the drip bottle.
She let out a bored sigh.
Boring. So boring.
The white walls of the infirmary made her feel incredibly oppressed, and her thoughts
involuntarily drifted to Su Li.
What was Su Li doing right now?
Was she focused and listening to a lecture in the classroom?
Or was she taking a walk somewhere with Cat Cat?
Or maybe the two of them were holding hands and strolling through the snow-covered campus together?
She wished she could join them.
Jin Xueli rubbed her phone, looking through photo after photo she had asked someone to secretly take of Su Li, feeling a little better inside.
At least with photos of Su Li to keep her company, she didn’t have to feel too lonely.
Oh, right!
A sudden idea struck Jin Xueli, as if she had remembered something.
Su Li had brought her to the infirmary today—she could take this opportunity to thank her.
But Jin Xueli hesitated over what exactly to say.
[Su Li, thank you for bringing me to the infirmary!]
[You’re welcome!]
Not long passed before Jin Xueli received Su Li’s reply.
The corners of her lips curled up slightly. She was a little happy.
But soon, she found it a bit strange.
Wasn’t Su Li in class right now?
Or maybe…
Su Li was looking at her phone?
Jin Xueli quickly checked Su Li’s class schedule and found that Su Li didn’t have any classes this afternoon.
So why had Su Li replied to her message so quickly?
Based on her investigation of Su Li, when Su Li had nothing to do in the afternoon, she would go home.
She never lingered around the school.
[Su Li, what are you doing right now?]
[I’m reading a book in the library]
The reply came instantly again.
This made Jin Xueli even more puzzled.
Were they really that close?
Su Li actually replied to her message instantly?
Based on her understanding of Su Li, even when classmates needed something from Su Li, she basically never responded to their messages.
For some reason, a faint sense of unease began to surface in Jin Xueli’s heart.
Should she go bother Cat Cat?
Would that worry Cat Cat?
And what if she made things worse by meddling and ended up making Su Li dislike her?
They hadn’t even known each other for that long. If she went off on her own to investigate what Su Li was doing, wouldn’t that backfire on her?
Jin Xueli didn’t know what she should do right now.
So after hesitating for a moment, she decided to test Cat Cat a little.
[Cat Cat, thank you for the bento at noon!]
[Ah, no, y-you’re welcome]
Cat Cat took a while to reply—at least Jin Xueli could clearly see the long “typing…” indicator…
If Cat Cat was with Su Li, she probably wouldn’t be staring at her phone like that.
[Cat Cat, has Su Li gotten home yet?]
[She dropped me off at the infirmary and then left]
Jin Xueli thought about it and decided to ask Cat Cat anyway.
If Su Li was with Cat Cat, then Su Li would probably have told Cat Cat about chatting with her.
Even if she got hated for it, she had to ask!
That was what Jin Xueli was thinking in her heart.
[Su Li, Su Li still has things to do tonight. She hasn’t gone home yet. She probably went off to take care of some business]
Cat Cat’s reply came a little faster than before.
Jin Xueli guessed that Cat Cat might have used voice input.
But suddenly, a figure flashed through her mind.
Lan Yinyun!