Wu Ran narrowed his eyes, his expression beginning to fill with indignation.
"Things suddenly took a turn. A week ago, I heard it with my own ears. I'd gone out to eat with my dorm buddies and went to the bathroom halfway through. Since it was a little roadside restaurant, there was only one bathroom, shared by men and women."
"I really needed to go, so I waited outside the door. I was going to knock and hurry whoever was inside along, but then I heard a girl on the phone and felt too awkward."
"And then... I heard it."
"That female student said, 'I was afraid he wasn't dead, so I stabbed him twice more. Thank goodness the police didn't pursue it!'"
"She was keeping her voice down. I only heard her because it was so quiet near the bathroom. I didn't connect it to her at first, but when she came out, I recognized her."
"Afterward, the more I thought about it, the more wrong it seemed. It had nothing to do with me, but when I thought about how that guy's parents were so devastated that they both attempted suicide and nearly died, I just couldn't let it go."
"I thought maybe even heaven couldn't stand it anymore and deliberately let me hear it because it wanted me to 'meddle.' But on my own, I couldn't uncover any of the truth."
"Master Xiao, was she really defending herself, or was she the one committing a crime? What was the truth, and what exactly happened? I'm so curious I can't even sleep!"
What was the truth?
For Xiao Yu now, fortune-telling at this level was already child's play.
The truth was nothing more than a tragedy.
Learning the truth would merely spread that tragedy further.
But since a