Arrest

Ksenia returned to her dormitory alone. After washing up, she changed into her pajamas and lay down alone on her small cot.

Thinking of her meeting with Hesta the previous night, she drifted off to sleep with a sense of peace.

The round-up that had lasted all night took a turn by the afternoon of the next day.

After waking up, Ksenia saw a concentrated wave of voices online beginning to oppose the spread of that document concerning "Sister Xiaofei." Some long-form analyses targeting the content and voices of support for Gao Fei herself slowly appeared and spread. The entire background of the matter was sorted out, and some people even went to relevant forums overnight to verify the original post, discovering that the compiled content in the document was mixed with a large amount of tampered, untruthful material. Unfortunately, however, by the early morning hours, these posts had disappeared without exception—perhaps due to the actions of the parties involved, or perhaps the goodwill of the administrators... none of this was known.

At the same time, a large number of discussion posts on the forum involving personal experiences were all turned to private, anonymous users flooded in, the forum refused access, and then an announcement was hung on the homepage: the forum was closed indefinitely.

A site that had once allowed a small group of people to gather and find warmth fell just like that... and all of this came from a pre-meditated social snipping.

Ksenia suppressed her desire to constantly refresh for news; these comments filled her with heavy thoughts, and she did not like to wallow in such a state, so she forced herself to take her computer to the office to work.

However, the moment she pushed open the corridor door, a familiar face met her head-on.