When he reached the arguing crowd, Lin Yi deliberately slowed his steps and tried asking them, "Excuse me, did anyone see who wrote those words on the blackboard?"
One student who had failed to gain the upper hand in the argument took time out of his "busy schedule" to answer Lin Yi. "We don't know either. That passage was already on the blackboard when we got back."
"Okay, thanks." Having received an answer, Lin Yi asked nothing else, nor did he put on an air of "teaching the Experience Students how to do things." Instead, he continued helping Li Huiyuan toward Wei Liang.
As he helped Li Huiyuan through the arguing crowd this time, although the situation was much the same as at noon, the Experience Students no longer looked at them the way they had before. They merely glanced at Li Huiyuan, then looked away and continued arguing over whether to stay or leave.
Lin Yi also noticed something: those advocating spending the night in the classroom wore all sorts of clothes, while those advocating leaving the classroom wore matching school uniforms.
The reason for this divide was that those who wanted to leave had spent the previous night in the Dormitory. They had experienced an absolutely safe sleeping environment, and compared with being trapped in the classroom through a long, tense, thrilling night, they preferred to return to the Dormitory.
Of those who had never returned to the Dormitory, some had scraped through a night in the classroom, while others had only arrived that afternoon. They believed they could survive in the classroom while also complying with the rules, so they preferred to stay.
Lin Yi offered no opinion on this. He had already considered both routes and was only waiting to confirm whether the Athlete Students had