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Countless thoughts flashed through Shen Baili's mind, but her eyes stayed on the page as she kept reading.

This new chapter was packed with information. She had to catch every detail.

[Ruan Mian sat in a hospital corridor. Not far from her, the lights above two emergency rooms were on at the same time.

Meng Jiu'an lay in the emergency room on the left. Lu Mingqian lay in the one on the right. Her homeroom teacher, Deng Qin, lay in the morgue...

Someone who had been alive just an hour ago was gone. Her two good friends lay on cold hospital beds, their lives hanging in the balance...

Ruan Mian felt cold. So cold.

The news anchor had a lovely voice, but what she reported made Ruan Mian feel sick...

Ruan Mian's thoughts returned to the moment of the attack.]

Shen Baili struggled to breathe. She gripped her pen so tightly that her nails dug into her palm. The sting made it a little easier to bear.

She focused on the story and read on.

[Today had been an ordinary day. If anything had been different, it was how happy Ruan Mian felt. So very, very happy. She had found her place in the class and made several true friends. Her classmates were kind, too.

Ruan Mian loved her life as it was.

Ms. Deng Qin had promised to buy milk tea for the whole class. They left the school together, talking and laughing. Ruan Mian linked arms with Qiao Yi and quietly glanced up at the boy ahead of her.

The sunlight fell across Meng Jiu'an. She could see even the fine down on his face, soft and delicate, just like his personality.

Ruan Mian saw Meng Jiu'an smiling as he swung a fist at Ji Qi beside him.