...Oh, forget it. He'd already seen everything anyway. One more time wouldn't make any difference.
Li Xian consoled himself, then hurried back to the Dormitory.
On the way, he happened to run into He Tongtong and Zhai Shu in the corridor.
The former widened her eyes in surprise at the sight of Li Xian, clearly not having expected him to survive the night. Zhai Shu kept her expression under better control, but a trace of shock still showed.
Zhai Shu opened her mouth, momentarily unsure how to ask, and He Tongtong beat her to it:
"Did you find a way to escape danger?"
He Tongtong had always firmly believed that being "stained with blood" meant certain death. Now that Li Xian stood before her unharmed, her first reaction wasn't to question that condition, but to assume he'd found a way to survive it.
So after only a moment of surprise, He Tongtong's expression turned to delight. She approached Li Xian with a pleading look and reached out to grab his sleeve, hoping he would tell her how he'd done it.
Uncomfortable with someone suddenly getting so close, Li Xian took two steps back. He Tongtong mistook the movement for a refusal, however, and hurried to close the distance again, wanting to say more.
Zhai Shu was much calmer by comparison. Noticing Li Xian's discomfort, she promptly pulled He Tongtong back to her side.
The two hadn't known each other before entering the Instance and had each come with their own teammates, so they weren't particularly close. But over the past few days in the Instance, their teammates had died one after another, while Li Xian's team remained intact. He Tongtong and Zhai Shu had therefore been forced to band together for the time being, and had slept in the same