At 7:30 in the morning, Jin City University.
Tang Xiaowan didn’t take the black SUV to school; instead, she ran, and at the school entrance, she encountered Li Zihan who had just alighted from a car.
"Why didn’t Cheng Shi co to drop you off?"
"There’s so family matter, busy, so I just..." Tang Xiaowan gasped for breath as she answered.
"Don’t hurry, take a breath first."
Li Zihan said and then unscrewed the bottle of mineral water he was holding and passed it to her.
Their residential areas were situated one to the east and one to the south of Jin City University, aning they shouldn’t have run into each other, yet because Tang Xiaowan had received that strange electronic sound again, they ended up bumping into each other at the school gate.
After drinking half the bottle, she felt much better.
Not having seen each other for a few days, Li Zihan asked Tang Xiaowan about her sudden departure from Jin City.
She inford him that the day after Lin Ping died, she received a threatening photo, prompting her to rush to Li Garden to confront her brother, Li Zishen.
Leaving Jin City was just because she wanted to see her grandmother.
Although Tang Xiaowan’s words were half-true, half-false, Li Zishen believed her completely, as he could deeply understand the loneliness that cos with the loss of a family mber.
"Next ti you go back, just give a shout, and you even turned off your phone, you got my brother so worried."
"I just wanted so quiet ti, and yet your brother still showed up. He doesn’t keep his word at all, I hate that!"
"Be content, he has never cared about like that," Li Zihan said aningfully.
"Nonsense, you two are real brothers!"
"Why would I lie to you, when we were kids..."
The two chatted and comforted each other as they walked.
At this mont, there was a large crowd gathered in front of the announcent board.
Tang Xiaowan thought, the surprise at the east gate ntioned in the electronic sound definitely wouldn’t be bumping into Li Zihan, so it could only be there.
"My god, what are they looking at?"
"The yearly athletic et opening ceremonies morial, or it might be photos of the award-winning students," Li Zihan replied proudly.
Seeing the festive decorations in front of the office building and the surging crowd at the announcent board, Tang Xiaowan believed it.
"This is quite the event!"
"Oh yes, this year it coincides with the centennial anniversary. Just wait and see; city leaders, literati, and television reporters will all be there. The scene will truly be impressive."
"Oh, so it will be on TV then."
"Please, Jinda University is a prestigious school, getting on TV is a small matter; we’re on it all the ti, why wait for the anniversary?"
"Old Wang boasting about his own lons," Tang Xiaowan teased.
"You need to face reality; you’re now part of Jinda too, hahaha."
Tang Xiaowan ignored him and ran over.
The honor list, the first section.
She saw the hosts at the awards ceremony, one man was dashing and the woman was gentle and graceful.
Li Zhenshan, Yi Xiaodan!
What shocked Tang Xiaowan was that for two consecutive years, whether it was the spring or autumn sports ets, the annual university celebration, or even the New Year’s cultural gala, both were hosted by them.
Wow, this biography is so impressive!
Tang Xiaowan feared she had read the na wrong and checked once more.
She had seen photos of Li Zishen’s father, but there was a big difference between his current and student images— one serious, the other bright.
Is this girl Yi Xiaodan?
My goodness, she’s beautiful, such a fair girl, how can she be so pale?
She looks so beautiful, and her figure is amazing too!
Li Zihan stood outside the crowd, getting a bit impatient as he waited. He intended to leave but was worried that, caught up in the excitent, Tang Xiaowan might be late again.
"Let’s go, let’s go, stop looking. It’s the sa every year, what’s there to see?"
Tang Xiaowan ca out, biting her lip.
Her puzzled eyes made Li Zihan uncomfortably self-conscious; he thought his hair must be a ss and hastily ran his fingers through it a few tis.
"You’ve never seen this before?"
"No, I’m too lazy to look."
Tang Xiaowan deliberately took two steps closer and lowered her voice, "At the very top, there’s your old man, and right beside him is Yi Xiaodan. Haven’t you always wanted to know what she looks like? Don’t you want to take a look?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zihan was imdiately dumbfounded.
After being stunned for several seconds, he slowly began to speak, "Really? Don’t kid , okay?"
Tang Xiaowan was sowhat puzzled by Li Zihan’s reaction. Since this type of publicity happened every year, how could he possibly not know what Yi Xiaodan looked like?
Besides, it also featured his dearly departed relative. Why wouldn’t he want to take a look?
"Have you really never seen it before?"
Li Zihan shook his head, not responding, and suddenly squeezed into the crowd.
At the very top, the very top...
He murmured silently in his heart.
His father’s past glory stood out prominently, and Li Zihan’s eyes were instantly filled with tears.
So she is Yi Xiaodan!
No wonder Dad couldn’t stop thinking about you, even calling out your na when he was dying, while my mother didn’t get a ntion.
Just because you’re beautiful?
That’s true, you are quite pretty, definitely Dad’s type, gentle and quiet, but what about my mother, who lived a life of loneliness!
As Li Zihan complained silently in his heart, he pulled out his phone and snapped several photos.
"It’s ti to go, hurry up!"
Tang Xiaowan yelled out.
Only then did Li Zihan leisurely make his way out, clearly not pleased, "Thanks, goodbye."
"Hey, co over to my place at noon; try Granny Yu’s cooking, it’s super good. You’ll definitely want more after one al."
"No, I’ve got sothing on at noon."
"Oh, then so other ti."
Clutching his phone tightly, Li Zihan left.
Watching his retreating figure, Tang Xiaowan felt a sudden pang of unease, sensing sothing strange.
Yi Xiaodan, Li Zhenshan!
Could this be why the electronic voice guided here, to fulfill Li Zihan’s wish?
No, that can’t be right. If that were the case, wouldn’t it have been simpler to guide him here directly? Why bother going through ?
With these thoughts, Tang Xiaowan also left.
But before she could reach the Foreign Language College, the call from the electronic voice ca.
"Why aren’t you wearing a skirt today?"
Tang Xiaowan suspected she was being followed, and her shiny, black eyes quickly swept the surroundings, but she found nothing.
Still uneasy, she then rummaged through her shoulder bag, and after ensuring there were no eavesdropping devices, she took a long breath of relief.
"What exactly do you want?"
"Look, look, getting impatient again, aren’t we? You need to change this habit, otherwise, it’ll cost you."
Tang Xiaowan snorted coldly, "Stop pretending, just yesterday you sent soone to harm . If you’re bold, show your face; what skill is there in hiding in the shadows? It’s just shaful!"
"Where did you hear this gossip? I wasn’t aware."
"Like master, like man. You’ve been recorded and don’t even know it, and that phone of yours, it’s too easy to recover data from; child’s play!"
The person on the other end did not answer, but Tang Xiaowan could clearly hear a faint sigh.
"If you’ve got nothing to say, I’m hanging up. Bye!"
"Wait a second."
"What now, you’re not planning on..."
"I’ve left you a little gift, at your usual spot. By now, it’s probably already been delivered, no need to thank ."
Imdiately after, the call ended.
Tang Xiaowan’s heart skipped a beat.
Without ti to ask further questions, and without considering anything else, she dashed toward the Foreign Language College.
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