"Keep it in my heart?" Xue Yuantong repeated.
Her heart felt sweet, sweeter than the Sugar Pills she had eaten at the hospital as a child.
Her eyes curved into crescents as she pretended to laugh, then she suddenly put on a stern little face and adopted the imposing manner her mother used when scolding her.
"Keep it in your heart, hmph. Then why won't you listen to me? What if something happens to you from drinking?"
Jiang Ning was just about to say that was impossible.
Xue Yuantong saw right through him and cut him off. "What if you drink someone else into trouble?"
That would mean paying compensation. Not just compensation—it would be terrifying!
Without realizing it, Xue Yuantong had taken his side and started considering the consequences for him.
Jiang Ning waved his hand. "Fine, fine, I won't drink."
"Hmph." Xue Yuantong lifted her little chin, looking as if she had won a battle, then strutted proudly out of the room.
Within the range of Jiang Ning's Spiritual Sense, a woman in the hallway outside was about to pass by. She might run into Xue Yuantong.
He activated his Spiritual Energy.
The woman suddenly felt a stabbing pain in her neck and instinctively stopped.
Xue Yuantong looked at her strangely, not understanding why, then swiped her keycard and opened her room.
The room instantly brightened, though it also seemed empty.
Xue Yuantong was both brave and timid. In middle school, she had dared to live alone by the River Dam while waiting for her mother to return from the night shift.
Yet after entering Yuzhou No.4 Middle School, she had become too scared to even walk alone at night.
In this unfamiliar city, in this empty room, Xue Yuantong suddenly wanted to turn around and go back