“It’s quite lively.” Wen Jiuya took a big gulp and said.
Wen Qiao drained her glass in one go. “Isn’t that right?”
“I wasn’t as happy as them back then. I was kind of an invisible person in class. But I only felt a little disappointed—everything else was fine. I sat alone reading, or stood looking at the trees outside the classroom, occasionally wandering around.” Wen Jiuya walked to the window and placed the wine glass on the table.
This was her youth, her school campus life.
There had been nothing, and she had been nothing.
There had been no especially close playmates, no secret crush, nor any grand, passionate thing done together with friends.
It had been very ordinary, nothing worth talking about, yet it had been her youth.
It was also the reason she liked novels.
Novels were her spiritual nourishment.
They were not the bad things adults claimed that eroded children’s will.
They had taught her many things—about human relationships, about distinguishing right from wrong, and about things she might never encounter in her lifetime, in all aspects.
Wen Qiao patted her shoulder. Xue Qi did not speak at this time either. After finishing her drink, she handed the glass to Wen Qiao and walked out.
Not long after, the lights in the room went out.
After Xue Qi left, Team 13 immediately quieted down.
Everyone tacitly avoided mentioning the fierce battle tomorrow. There might be casualties; they could only hope everything would go smoothly.
They silently finished the drinks in their hands, tidied up a bit, and went to sleep.
Two people were left on night watch, and the shift was changed at two in the morning.
Early the next morning, everyone got up.
“We agree, but we want half of your food as exchange. And we’ll only be responsible for clearing the path and dealing with troublesome zombies and mutated animals and plants.”
Wang Ze did not speak. He glanced around at his brothers.
He could have agreed immediately, but there were many of them, and food was the foundation of survival. If food ran out, what would his brothers do?
At this moment, He Jin spoke. “Alright. Brothers, don’t mind it. We’re about to leave anyway. Lin Xu’s space can’t hold this much. Rather than letting it go bad, it’s better to give it to them to save their younger sister.”
“That’s fine, Yutou.” Everyone agreed one after another.
Yesterday, they had said the ranking was only for Team 13. Others could call them whatever they wanted, as long as the person involved didn’t mind.
Wen Qiao tapped the tea table. “Tell us the situation.”
He Wangyan (Lao Jiu) spoke up. “We’re going to save my younger sister, but Sutong is a combined middle and high school with full boarding and strict management.”
Li Xiaodong (Lao Er, yellow-haired) was afraid they didn’t know what Sutong was, so he explained, “It’s Suhai Direct Experimental High School.”
The three of Xue Qi nodded. They had heard of this school—it was famous for school campus bullying and excellent academic results.
This was also why many parents, even knowing about the campus bullying, still sent their children there to study.
Suhai Direct Experimental High School was a private school with extremely strict control. Here, scores determined everything.
If one did poorly in studies, cold violence, verbal abuse, and physical violence were everywhere, enough to crush anyone.
Of course, to expand enrollment and build its reputation, the school also did charity work—such as donations, waiving tuition to admit children like He Jin from orphanages, and accepting some wealthy children (like Wang Ze and his sister).
However, the school had no idea that Wang Ze and his sister were abandoned by their family, because their maternal family had gone bankrupt.
After their mother became gravely ill, their father immediately divorced her and remarried, causing their mother’s condition to worsen until she passed away.
He then gave them a small sum of money and drove the two of them to this remote city.
If these wealthy children achieved good results, it would be credited to the school, enhancing its reputation and connections.
If they did poorly, they would simply be labeled as spoiled rich kids, their nature unchanged, and it would have nothing to do with the school.
When Wang Ze and his sister first arrived at the school, others saw that they had no family backing them up. People provoked them verbally every day or deliberately bumped into them.
It wasn’t that they hadn’t resisted, but they were ruthlessly suppressed by the Teacher.
The Teacher didn’t care whether they lived or died—only about scores and money.
What Wang Ze felt fortunate about was that his sister had excellent grades and a cute appearance. Her classmates and the Teacher all liked her very much, which spared her from direct bullying.
From then on, he only did two things: taking care of his sister every day, and taking these brothers—who were on the verge of being bullied into depression—out to skip classes and go racing.
One was his passion; the other was to vent the hatred in his heart.
One day, you will pay with your life for my mother, Wang Debang.
It also helped relieve the brothers’ growing gloom. They couldn’t let something bloody happen right after they arrived at school—it wouldn’t be good if it scared his sister.
He had never expected the apocalypse to happen. The past half year had actually been quite enjoyable. Now, things had turned out like this—they might as well become a family.
Jun Bian (Xiao Liu) was cold and aloof, and his studies were fairly good. However, he was close with He Wangyan (Lao Jiu), and ignoring others’ warnings, he was also placed on the list of those who could be bullied.
Seeing that no one else spoke, he lifted his head, glanced at He Wangyan, and began to describe the school’s layout.
Suhai occupied a large area. After entering through the main gate, there were the middle school and high school teaching buildings and laboratory buildings, with middle school on the left and high school on the right.
A main road in the center led straight to the sports field. On the left side of the field was the sports center, on the right was a convenience store, and ahead were the teachers’ dormitories.
The canteen was to the southwest of the sports field, between the sports center and the teachers’ dormitories.
The student dormitories were to the southeast of the sports field, between the convenience store and the teachers’ dormitories.