Although they could let the others secretly stay in their own rooms, there were only two spare beds available. No matter what, someone would still die for lack of a room!
After seeing the messages on Li Xian's phone, Xu Loubai had already started thinking of a solution. "The school library is open twenty-four hours a day-if we really have no other choice, we can go there tonight."
But Li Xian waved a hand and replied to Zhai Shu, who was frantically trying to stop the others from breaking the locks:
"Act enthusiastic. Volunteer to take them to where I'm staying."
When Zhai Shu saw this baffling message, she almost suspected someone had snatched Li Xian's phone. She spent ages typing and deleting before finally sending a single word: "Huh?"
"Are you serious?"
Li Xian replied decisively, "You can't stop them anyway. Speaking up for us might just get you implicated too."
"If you act enthusiastic, you can even be our mole."
Only then did Zhai Shu calm down. After thinking it over carefully, she realized he was right.
The Class 32 students around her had already started asking who knew the room numbers where Li Xian and the others were staying. Zhai Shu sent a brief "Okay," then began following Li Xian's instructions.
But this did nothing to solve the predicament of the four of them losing their safe accommodation. Jiang Qiuyue and Qian Chen were both growing anxious. There was still some time before dark, and that was their "deadline."
If they couldn't come up with a solution before then, they would be in trouble.
The worst-case scenario was to spend the night in the library, as Xu Loubai had suggested, but that certainly wouldn't leave them much better off.
If the library were safe, these students wouldn't