Qin Siyang said to Gu Yunxuan, "Dormitory life will definitely be enjoyable. If you ever feel wronged or uncomfortable, just tell Xiao Zhao. Xiao Zhao can arrange a private room for you at the South Glory Guest House."
Zhao Sifang was stunned: "How am I supposed to arrange that...?"
But Qin Siyang winked at him, and Zhao Sifang immediately understood.
It seemed that Brother Qin intended to use his name to vacate a room and settle Gu Yunxuan's accommodation problem.
Thinking about this, Zhao Sifang's heart surged with excitement, feeling even more grateful toward Qin Siyang.
"That's right, Xuanxuan, if you're not used to living in a shared dormitory, just let me know, I'll help you solve it."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Sifang."
Giving up a room for the Gu family's young lady, Qin Siyang felt that this deal was definitely worth it.
As they chatted, the conversation shifted to what everyone usually liked to do.
Qin Siyang lived a simple life, either hunting gods or healing his wounds, nothing much to talk about.
Zhao Sifang was busy managing the Zhao family's business.
Gu Yunpeng handled some of the Gu family's affairs.
And Gu Yunxuan? She spent her time reading alone in the study.
"I like reading some obscure books."
"Obscure? How obscure?"
Gu Yunxuan replied, "For example, A Hundred Ways to Commit a Crime Without Being Discovered by a Sequence User and A Hundred Ways for Ordinary People to Kill Sequence Users."
Hearing these two book titles, Qin Siyang instantly shivered.
These were books that Wen Shu had read.
He never expected Wen Shu to have a kindred spirit?
Gu Yunpeng looked at Gu Yunxuan with disdain: "You don't even dare to kill a chicken, and you're reading books about killing people? What's the point?"
"I just like reading them, so what?"
Qin Siyang was curious: "Where did you find these books? I searched online before and couldn't find them."
"These two books aren't available on the market."
Gu Yunxuan thought for a moment and said, "About three years ago, someone posted the first few chapters of these books in the 'Aisiko Virtual Chatroom.' If you were interested, you could send money to their anonymous account, and they would provide you with the full book."
"Aisiko Virtual Chatroom? You had to buy books online?"
"Yeah."
Qin Siyang immediately frowned.
Wen Shu's family situation wasn't great.
Forget buying books, just going to an internet café was a challenge.
'Where would she get the money for this?'
He thought back to when he was organizing books in the library—he had never come across these two books.
Even stranger.
"So, the only way to get them was through Aisiko Virtual Chatroom?"
"Yes, yes. The content of these books teaches ordinary people how to kill Sequence Users, which is detrimental to the stability of the Safe Zone. Of course, they wouldn't be printed."
"The author even mentioned they were working on new books, also about how ordinary people can kill Sequence Users. But before those books came out, they vanished without a trace."
"Later, some people wrote similar books using the author's name, but they were all poorly done, not worth reading."
Qin Siyang asked, "So you know the author's name?"
"Not the real name, just the pen name."
"What's the pen name?"
"Sher Yu."
Hearing this, Qin Siyang's face was full of doubt.
'Sher Yu?'
'Put together, doesn't that sound like 'Shu'...?'
'Could it be that these books were written by Wen Shu?'
'Three years ago... She was only sixteen.'
'How could she write something like this?'
Qin Siyang narrowed his eyes.
That lively, cheerful, sweet, intelligent girl, possibly harboring a crush on him, was becoming more and more mysterious.
After chatting a while longer, Gu Weirong and the others finished their conversation in the living room and came out.
After saying their goodbyes, everyone went their separate ways.
Zhao Sifang drove Qin Siyang back to Yucai Kindergarten.
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Returning to his bedroom, he found that a brand-new adult bed had been placed inside.
Li Tianming was likely out on business and wasn't there.
Since it was a new bed, he naturally had to test it first.
Qin Siyang lay down directly.
His mind was still on those two books.
He checked the calendar. Unknowingly, he had been away from Safe Zone 14121 for over half a month.
He remembered that Wen Shu had mentioned the Eight-State Joint Exam in March, which was a simulation test before the college entrance exam.
'How did Wen Shu do?'
"She didn't even send a text to let me know."
Tomorrow was Saturday, the school was on break. Perfect timing for him to check in on Wen Shu.
Thinking this, he dialed her number.
Beep—beep—
["Hello?"]
"Hey, Wen Shu? It's me, Qin Siyang."
["Mm, I know. Caller ID."]
"Where are you?"
["At home, cooking dinner for me and my grandma... Ah! I'm chatting with a friend, dinner's almost ready! Hold on, let me serve the food and head outside to talk."]
"Okay."
A few minutes later.
["Hey? Why are you calling me tomorrow?"]
"Nothing special, just wanted to ask—did your Eight-State Joint Exam results come out?"
["You're asking at the right time—results were released just yesterday, Friday."]
"And?"
["Not bad. I placed second."]
"..."
Qin Siyang did the math.
Eight states, meaning eighty cities, eight thousand districts...
'Out of eight thousand districts, she ranked second, and she calls that 'not bad'?'
Sure enough, he couldn't understand the world of top students like Wen Shu.
["After the results came out, two or three academies offered me early admission. I wouldn't need to take the college entrance exam, and they'd provide full accommodation and meals."]
"Was Jiulong Academy one of them?"
["No."]
Qin Siyang's heart tensed.
"What do you plan to do? Accept the offers?"
["I'm still considering... If I mess up the entrance exam, I might end up with nothing."]
Qin Siyang lowered his eyes, "That's true. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
["Heh, I was just messing with you,"] Wen Shu laughed over the phone, ["I already promised to go to Jiulong Academy. You even sorted out my accommodation. Of course, I won't accept their early admission."]
"..."
Hearing this, Qin Siyang inexplicably felt relieved.
He casually said, "After all, Jiulong Academy has better conditions."
Wen Shu chuckled teasingly and replied with a playful ["Mhm."]
"Since I left, you haven't run into any trouble, have you?"
As soon as Qin Siyang asked this, Wen Shu's tone became serious.
["Actually... I did run into a bit of trouble."]
"What kind of trouble?"
["You remember our classmate, Ling Ze? The one who used to study in the library with Zhang Shidong—the Buddhist guy?"]
'Ling Ze? Zhang Shidong?'
'Studying in the library?'
Qin Siyang frowned.
He sensed that Wen Shu was conveying some hidden message, something inconvenient to say directly over the phone.
"Yeah, I remember. What about him?"
["He said he's looking to cause you trouble."]
"Why?"
["I don't know."]
"Alright, I get it. When I get back, I'll ask that guy what he means."
["Mhm, let's leave it at that. Talk later."]
Qin Siyang hung up.
He analyzed Wen Shu's words.
''Studying in the library'—only Wen Shu had been there.'
'This must be a hint.'
'The message shouldn't be too deeply hidden.'
'Ling Ze, Zhang Shidong, Buddhism...'
'Someone looking to cause me trouble. The answer is hidden in these words.'
'Buddhism? But there aren't any large-scale Buddhist organizations in the Safe Zone...'
'Wen Shu won't say meaningless things.'
'A force related to Buddhism... Could it be the Church?'
'Ling Ze... Zhang Shidong...'
'Zephyr church?'
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