Experimental Class 1.
Li Shi entered the classroom wearing a brown coat of fine fabric. At five foot eight, she drew quite a few glances.
Li Shi first looked toward the back of the classroom. Zhuang Jianhui was not there.
Then she looked at Ding Shuyan's seat and discovered that Lin Zida was actually sitting across from Ding Shuyan, with a Chinese chessboard on the desk between them.
Has the sun risen in the west? Lin Zida actually isn't playing his handheld game.
Li Shi went over to the chessboard, found an empty seat, and watched them play.
The game was perilous. After only a few moves, Ding Shuyan checkmated Lin Zida.
Lin Zida spread his hands. "I'm scared, I'm scared. Shuyan, go find someone else to play."
He slipped off to the back row to play his handheld game.
Ding Shuyan picked up a chess piece. "Want to play?"
"Forget it. I don't want to get crushed." Li Shi knew a little Chinese chess, but compared to Ding Shuyan, she was far too inferior. There was simply no comparison.
With her limited understanding, among people their age, only a professional chess player could fight Ding Shuyan on equal footing.
"Today, I had someone look into Jiang Ning." That was the first thing Li Shi said.
Ding Shuyan's hand froze. Her slender fingers tightened around the chess piece, revealing her inner unrest.
"Don't investigate him," she said.
Li Shi was surprised. "I just casually had someone look into him. Nothing will happen."
It was only looking into someone. Jiang Ning was nothing more than a better student—what could possibly be different about him?
Ding Shuyan fell silent. "If you trust me, don't keep investigating."
Last year, out of curiosity, she had asked Lin Zida to investigate Jiang Ning. Everything that