Saturday, October 19.
In the morning, Lin Li rode his bicycle to school. While waiting at a red light, he messaged Bai Bufan on his phone.
"Lin Li: I'm almost at the school gate. Are you up? Get ready to come out."
—They had agreed to meet up and head to Nansang Railway Station together.
Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan had also confirmed that they would be trying Live-ammunition Shooting, but their families would be driving them directly to the station. They would meet at the railway station rather than come to school.
"Bai Bufan: OK."
Half an hour later.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Lai Lai Lai, Bai Bufan, tell your dam, why the fuck did you say 'OK'?"
After waiting at the school gate for twenty minutes without seeing Bai Bufan or receiving a reply, Lin Li angrily pounded on Bai Bufan's dorm room door.
The dorm door opened. Bai Bufan was already dressed, though his hair was still a mess. Facing the furious Lin Li, he could only apologize. "There really was a reason this time. I think something went wrong with my eyes."
"What happened?" Lin Li frowned.
"It's fine now. I managed to open them. Whew, when I couldn't open them this morning, I was scared to death. That was really dangerous." Bai Bufan spoke with a lingering look of fear.
Lin Li: "?"
Lin Li smiled.
Not being able to open his eyes counted as a problem, huh? "Mount! Tai! Meteor! Fist!"
Fortunately, there was hardly anyone in the dormitory on the weekend. Otherwise, Bai Bufan did not dare imagine how many people would have heard his screams.
"Wait a moment. I just need to dry my hair, then we can go."
Holding a hair dryer and sporting dripping wet hair, Bai Bufan left the